Low-mile ‘82 Mazda 626 rally car in OH (NMNA)

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/38uWD75wq1jafr9B/?mibextid=WC7FNe

Prepped for Peking-to-Paris Rally, but not run. Interesting piece for the right Mazda/rally fan. Looks to have some interesting garage-mates, too..

This belongs to a friend of mine, he always has something neat for sale. If anyone thinks it's cool enough to go look at let me know and I'll go with you. 

Oh, you son of a b*tch... it's even brown. 
 

My parents had a 1982 626 in the same color with the same interior. Loved that car. It wasn't  the car I learned to drive on, but it was the one that I always begged for the keys to. Truly a Japanese BMW for its time. I've always said that I'd buy a good brown one if I could find one, but I haven't seen a nice one in years. Not sure that I'd commit to a rally prepped example though.  

In reply to Woody (Forum Supportum) :

do it, you can crash on our couch

In reply to Patrick :

Can you get photos of the cage and the cage-to-roof rack welding?

Wonder how long this would last with maximum rustproofing applied, using it as a normal car- which for us means driving it to every rally we're not towing to.

Unmarried Woody would have bought this already. 
 

Married Woody could become Unmarried Woody with a quick trip to the Credit Union...

In reply to Patrick :

Definitely some cool things in that garage (and there was a Pacer in another picture)

I can't get in link - how much?

What is that green car to the left? 

Looks like a Giugiaro design, but I'm drawing a blank on exactly what kind of car it is. 

In reply to Datsun240ZGuy :

I would have thought that everybody on GRM was a member of the "Obscure Cars for Sale Group" 

Ad says $9,500

In reply to Woody (Forum Supportum) :

Google image search tags it as a one-of-one Honda concept car, the 1976 Honda Lady, based on Civic mechanicals, and designed and built by Coggiola Carrozziere (the folks that brought us the Saab Sonett). Don't know how it ended up in Akron.

https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/40594/1976-honda-lady-review-driving-the-one-of-one-civic-wearing-haute-italian-fashion

In reply to Woody (Forum Supportum) :

Honda Lady

https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/40594/1976-honda-lady-review-driving-the-one-of-one-civic-wearing-haute-italian-fashion

I texted him for you re: cage and rack

edit: i should have pics later today for you of that stuff

In reply to nlevine :

I've been tempted several times by the SCCA challenge nissan hardbody he has. I'm kinda hoping it's still around when I have some real play money

Right now married Woody is working on his "this is once in a lifetime" speech to wife, which it kind of is.  (Tell her DatsunGuy said that)

as he should be this thing is neat. I've seen it up close. great guy selling it too

I learned to drive stick (really drive, not the first time I made one move) on a brown four-door 1981 626. I have similar feelings to Woody, I'd love to find a clean one and give it a restomod - a Miata engine and trans would probably be a lot of fun. 

But not this one. Too much heritage, you'd only be a steward of it and not an owner.

In reply to Patrick :

Thank you. 
 

I messaged him directly through FB.
 

Unfortunately, that roof rack has four posts through holes in the roof and welded directly to the roll cage. That would be hard for me to live with. I was hoping that maybe it mounted through the sunroof opening which, being a Luxury edition, I think this car has. 

Woody (Forum Supportum) said:

Unmarried Woody would have bought this already. 
 

Married Woody could become Unmarried Woody with a quick trip to the Credit Union...

Unmarried Woody would probably be fun at parties

In reply to Keith Tanner :

I can still feel every switch, button and fabric texture in my mind!

The nostalgia is strong with this one. 

I fully endorse Woody to purchase this rad-tastic chocolate rally beast. 

In reply to Tony Sestito :

Not going to happen. (Sad trombone...)

Interior and cage photos indicate that it is far too "purpose built" for me. 

In reply to Woody (Forum Supportum) :

That's unfortunate about the cage. It's so damn cool looking otherwise.

In reply to Tony Sestito :

I think that's why there weren't many cage/interior photos on the ad.