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.. Here we go.. here before your eyes is my 1987 Mazda 323. She's rather rare (one of only 3 red 323 BF's left in the UK) it's a 1.6 and 147bhp atm. kerb weight is about 950kgs but i've stripped all the rear out completely and i'm currently in the middle of removing all the sound deadening once it's all stripped i'm hopingfor around the 920kg mark.

she's in DIRE need of a respray and so she will be goin in in the next month or so for a full resprayin standard Mazda red.

The car has a 1.6 B6T I4 turbo engine in it and four wheel drive running gear so it's got some poke

currently trying to get hold of some coilovers atm but no companyseems to make them and for custom jobies, they're £951.75 from GAZ Shocks

plans for her are get my coils eventually, wheels refurb to white, full red respray, Bride Euro II seats, White roll cage, flocked dash, fuel cell in the boot.. atm i don't have much of it done.. but i'm in the middle of getting bits and pieces done... firstup is a heavy service on the engine. the engine itself has only done 69000 miles but has been sat for some time (prior to my ownership)

right enough gibberish by me... here's some pics

when i first got her...








then i gave her a wash....







and then this is what the engine looks like atm lol...




those bits are all off being powdercoated white and with a few red details on it

also changed my rear lights (i dont have a decent bit of the rear but my new lights have clear indicators the old ones were tangoed )



and here's what i hope it will look like upon completion.....

keep the black bonnet, think the white wheels and black bonnet go well. nice motor u dont c many of the around!

Yeah, keep the bonnet black and paint the wheels white

What happened to kroozetelford?

Nice to hear from you again matey.

Car should be sweet once done as you say you dont see these anywere anymore.

joe.. KT went down the shitter long ago... i kinda gave up patience putting allmy money in and sorting stuff for us to do, only for no one to do nowtand me constantly calleda "c**t" youcan only take so much

looks like a nice project mate, deffo keep the black bonnet (the sig version of it looks tidy!)

Shame matey but understand were you are comming from.

Get some of your local peps together mate and come to a cw meet be good to see you all again.

alright bud, how long have you had this for

oh yes. This is a right little pocket rocket! Love it

my kind of car, lookin forward to seeing your progress mate

some good stuff planned here Haywood, Just don't smash any windows on it like you did the Jetta

Keep up the good work

bullshit ass wipe YOU broke the window on the jetta you gypsy!

cheers for the comments guys i'll keep you all updated!

My bad

Do the wheels need a refurb or just a respray mate ?

they need refurbin dude.... they're all scuffed.. i want them powder coating too as if i just paint them, over time with taking wheels off and stone chips, the paint will flake off.

i likme the mazda keep us all updated