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Anyone see the original 13B in a HJ on Ebay (holden only made about 800 of these)

Can't find it Nes,whats the item number?

Terry

Item number 170033344698.
Peter.

here it is
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Mazda-Roadpacer-Rotary_W0QQitemZ170033344698QQihZ007QQcategoryZ2030QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
    cheers mark

I was also told holden made a limited run of VC Commodore 202 factory turbo. Dunno how true that is but if anyone knows.....

nes138,
            i pretty sure they did too,the tubro
commo that is. but not sure about vc but
personally seen two ex chaser vh 6cyl turbo's
back in 87/88.auctually race one and it bloo
my 302 xb fairmont stupid,funny thing was
i couldn't hardly even here the engine either
very quiet and fast.
                                                                    col.

werent they assembled by mazda, they were a bit of a flop as the 13B didnt have enough tourque for a real car, if its for sale here its imported from japan, I think they sell here for around $19k-20k,  these were a top of the line luxury mazda in japan wich I am sure was only available in japan, I would imagine a good solid quality holden body would have felt better than what mazda offered at the time.
notice they even have the hj prem steering wheel but with mazda in the middle.

I feel violated, a Mazda rotory factory fitted to a holden.
13b's were great IN A MAZDA!

factory turbo vb commodore on ebay what a coincidence
item number 150039961327.

cheers
Scott

Hi all,

there's one of these beasties in a private museum here in WA.  It is a reddish coloured one...will try and navigate photobucket later and put up a pic of it....

Brad

I never knew a thing like this even existed! I suppose once up to speed it went ok,but that little rotary in that relatively heavy car must have made for rather uninspiring acceleration times.Still,what an interesting car it is.......and dont those wing mirrors look just dandy perched up there!..........Regards Jimmy

I think thats a understaent jimmy, I had a rx7 auto once, I would get blown of at the lights by grandpas in work utes with my foot flat to the floor but once it was going on the motorway it really got up and went, the roadpacer must have had a low diff to be able to move of the lights.
Problem was the motorway always was bumper to bumper traffic so I could never take advantage of the rotary and just found myself paying nearly double the fuel the FC used so I sold it 2 months after buying it, I would imagine japan would have simular traffic.
There used to be a model of this car in a local model car store, I told a mazda/model car fan at work to go and get it about a year ago and they no longer had any, I always wanted it when I was a kid to go with my matchbox holden utes, my micro FE police car and brock commodore pullback car, I think it was made buy a japanese company like tomica but it wasnt tomica.

Hi All,

oops, sorry, forgot about posting these pics of the Roadpacer over here in the west....

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v463/bradngem/FEFC_Club/DSC01141.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v463/bradngem/FEFC_Club/DSC01140a.jpg)

cheers.....Brad

Is that the motor sitting up underneath the air cleaner???...or maybe the alternator.......or is that the motor sitting to the right of the alternator??..or is that the aircon....or is the motor in the boot?..Geez,what a shemozzle.......Regards Jimmy

Its good to finally see photo's of one after all these years but I have to agree with Jimmy it's a shemozzle under the bonnet.Those seats a certainly different looks like a maple leaf pattern? Cheers Tommo

... and now you could own one!

This is for sale at North Sydney.

http://www.classicthrottleshop.com/car52.html

Strange thing...

Looks to be in pretty good nick - wonder what the asking is?

 8)

Not really No