<VV> Re: Mazda and Late Corvair sedans

[Stephen Upham]

My brother had a '72 Steel Gray/black 2-door 5-speed.  I, and just 
about everyone else, loved that little hummer.  Handled like it was on 
rails, neat little conveniences that I had never seen on a car before, 
and had the neatest rev sound.  Hummmmmmmmm up to 9K rpm.   Sweet!  His 
engine lasted over 100K miles.

Pictures of the style car:
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/617027

The power plant:
http://www.mazda.com/history/rotary/n-photo06.html

Stephen Upham
Corvairium II

  Message: 2
From: Thesuperscribe@cs.com
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 15:05:44 EDT
To: virtualvairs@corvair.org
Subject: <VV> Re: Mazda and Late Corvair sedans

Seth, do you mean the rotary powered RX3 (I think) sedans of '72-73? 
They
were also sold at least in southern California (in '72 I drove one at a 
dealer in
El Cajon) and Pennsylvania (I drove another in '73 at a dealer outside
Philly). They were smooth and FAST, but their engines didn't last. And 
now that you
mention it, they did look like Late sedans.

--Tom Berg