Today, I had seen definitely, the most mintiest, all-original Mazda RX7 FC3S I would see for the rest of my life.

This 1988 RX-7 Turbo "10th Anniversary" (US Spec) is completely original. 1443 miles on the odometer, untouched, unmolested, and hardly ever driven, but completely maintained by Mazda dealer. The current owner is the 2nd, and the first owner only drove it 1000 miles and was put into an air-conditioned garage, and taken out only twice a year for check up at a Mazda dealer in Oregon, that for the last 28 years with records.

It has never, EVER seen rain, it has all factory option since day 1 off the lot, including box full of dealer accessories that has never been installed, like the original front bra, and mud flaps as it did not ever go back for PDI after delivery. In fact, I am the 5th person to ever drive this car, after the original owner, his son, the trucking company man who delivered it on to the current owner, the current owner, then me. Even the ultra-rare factory rear louvers is free of dust or UV fade.

None of the rubber pieces both inside or out has any sign of dryness, or any hint of it ever getting an once of UV. The wheels still have tire alignment dot marking from factory tire mounting. The spare tire has no cracks or even dust. The seat is not only brand new, but still smells new. The gas cap isn't worn out at all since today was the 7th time it was ever opened for refueling.

The only, and I mean only thing that isn't original to this car from new, is the battery, couple of hoses, spark plugs, and the tire, which only were replaced from simply age of just sitting there.

Mind you this is a 28 year old car...

It starts with one crank, and apex seal seems to be fine, unlike most all parked RX7. It does not smoke, and it's still blowing ice cold air on the original R12 AC refrigerant.

Cassette deck auto reverse and all features work perfectly. Original CIBIE headlights, still working on the original bulbs.... Automatic antenna mast makes no aged noises, and goes up and down as new.

A true "time-capsule" car....

It was truly one of the best days of my life to have seen this, and was lucky enough to put 5 miles on it with my own driving. The shifter feels stiff and new, the engine revs just as it had once for the original owner on his test drive before purchase in 1987.
I mean think about it. This 13B at 1144 miles has barely been broken in yet!

Imagine THAT!

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Another summer means another week of Pebble Beach Concours, and all of the related activities of the festival at Monterey Bay Peninsula of Central Coast of California.
The Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, better known as Monterey Historics Race, has had yet another first ever entry for a Japanese model.
Team Dainichi-Tamaru brought two examples of mint-restored 1970 Mazda R100 Rotary Coupe, known in Japan as the Familia Rotary Coupe, all the way from Japan.   This mind you, is also the first time these R100 had eligibility in this event, just like in 2014, when Team Tamaru brought over the Toyota Sports 800.
The little 1650 lbs race-prepared cars have had long history in the 1970's as the touring car to beat among Japanese cars in the international stage.
From Nurburgring to Spa, to LeMans, these Rotary Coupes were biting at the heels of then-successful Porsche 911, and besting the best from Alfa Romeo Giulia and BMW-Alpina 2002Tii.

The pair of 1970 Rotary Coupes present today were restored meticulously to the white/blue, white-red two tone liveries from the SPA Francorchamps 1969 24 Hour Grand Prix. The red #31A owned and driven by a famous car collector Dr.Kato of Japan, joined the principal team owner, a entrepreneur-car-expert Mr.Tamaru, who brought his own #32A blue car, with crew volunteered from the deepest legendary racing machine experts of Japan. Team members like the father of Prince Skyline, Mr.Higashikawa, Ai Koizumi and her crew, who usually procures top GT500, Super Taikyu, and AE86 N2 machines, and the notorious race-car magician that is Mr.Goto who works magic. US Side Operation of final building/ testing and documentations for Rolex event were performed by none other than Koji Haraguchi of Hiro's Auto in Costa Mesa, and former chief of RSR USA, Yataro "John" Masuda, along with assistance from talents like Takahisa "Flying Taka" Aono of AE86 fame.
Also important to mention that the #31A was kept in original state from 1969, while the #32A was retuned by famous RE Amemiya for a more reliable racing result.
This was purposefully done so that #31A was present for the historical accuracy of vintage example to show the fans up-close, and #32A was slightly honed with Amemiya hands and peripheral porting, and stronger coil-packs, and other hand-crafted ways to make it a bit more interesting in the event for exciting racing to the finish.
Driving the red #31A was Dr.Kato himself, and for the blue #32A, a retired professional driver from Mazda's own design team, Mr. Maeda was enlisted to give it a true spirited battle with the Alfa Giulia and Porsche 911S in the Historics.

Rather than boring you with any more words however, here are some pictures to depict that thrill that was there for 3 days with all the lucky Rotary Engine fans who witnessed the magic happen this August 2016.

-- Moto Miwa

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