• From: Plymouth, MA
  • Registered: 2013-06-07
  • Posts: 787

Topic: 1960 Mazda 323 r360 is better than Miata

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it … 172055166/

would it be eligible for racing....? or too small?

there is just so mush awesome there....I'd be happy to help out with purchase

unfortunately, I think I outgrew it at approximately age 12.....

Mazda. 1960 -1964. It is a r360 This is the first car Mazda ever produced. This one is one of 800 made with left hand drive built for service men stationed in Japan. She is less than 10 feet long and weighs 850 pounds.This little rig has a V-twin rear engine.

MarioKart Driving School: 1987 Honda Prelude Si (Opus #28) 
Loudon, NH 2014 - Millville, NJ, Lightening 2019 (RIP)
New and improved: 1987 Honda Prelude Si (Opus #11) Pittsburgh, PA 2021 - ??
and finally won something, Class C Win: Loudon, NH 2022
  • From: Plymouth, MA
  • Registered: 2013-06-07
  • Posts: 787

Re: 1960 Mazda 323 r360 is better than Miata

https://i.postimg.cc/KzqkZXv4/421798725-1176601876861586-5864871094424904185-n.jpg

MarioKart Driving School: 1987 Honda Prelude Si (Opus #28) 
Loudon, NH 2014 - Millville, NJ, Lightening 2019 (RIP)
New and improved: 1987 Honda Prelude Si (Opus #11) Pittsburgh, PA 2021 - ??
and finally won something, Class C Win: Loudon, NH 2022
  • From: Plymouth, MA
  • Registered: 2013-06-07
  • Posts: 787

Re: 1960 Mazda 323 r360 is better than Miata

https://i.postimg.cc/Pp0KGPNw/411392606-973255734358154-1094664513048184712-n.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/VdQ4Drxy/421598730-3600616210191860-1038117197731859465-n.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/CzG7tM0R/423885267-1365866640944267-6089660565413561549-n.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/8srtRBnB/424929477-1184779949215868-6914287920680720491-n.jpg

MarioKart Driving School: 1987 Honda Prelude Si (Opus #28) 
Loudon, NH 2014 - Millville, NJ, Lightening 2019 (RIP)
New and improved: 1987 Honda Prelude Si (Opus #11) Pittsburgh, PA 2021 - ??
and finally won something, Class C Win: Loudon, NH 2022
  • From: Plymouth, MA
  • Registered: 2013-06-07
  • Posts: 787

Re: 1960 Mazda 323 r360 is better than Miata

https://i.postimg.cc/XqYPC5bQ/411392606-973255734358154-1094664513048184712-n.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/hPhw4VMG/421598730-3600616210191860-1038117197731859465-n.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/BQyzjtwB/423885267-1365866640944267-6089660565413561549-n.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/2j0Mf0QJ/424929477-1184779949215868-6914287920680720491-n.jpg

MarioKart Driving School: 1987 Honda Prelude Si (Opus #28) 
Loudon, NH 2014 - Millville, NJ, Lightening 2019 (RIP)
New and improved: 1987 Honda Prelude Si (Opus #11) Pittsburgh, PA 2021 - ??
and finally won something, Class C Win: Loudon, NH 2022
  • From: Elverson, PA
  • Registered: 2017-08-15
  • Posts: 1,132

Re: 1960 Mazda 323 r360 is better than Miata

Give it a Wankle

  • Registered: 2013-11-15
  • Posts: 671

Re: 1960 Mazda 323 r360 is better than Miata

Minimum wheelbase is 82 inches. Wikipedia says this has a 69 inch wheelbase.

Regardless do you really want to be in a 850 pound car getting passed like you are standing still by a 4000 pound car?

Team whatever_racecar #745 Volvo wagon
  • Registered: 2019-07-14
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Re: 1960 Mazda 323 r360 is better than Miata

Lemon_Newton-Metre wrote:

Give it a Wankle

or maybe a wankel
or maybe a Wank- el