Crazycanadian
Greenie Member
It's that time of year again where the summer fun has come and gone. I've got time to brows the forums, sit back relax a bit and prep for next years adventures.
I haven't spent much time with my Speed 6 in the last 6 - 7 months. My son was hit while driving his Mx3 we rebuilt. No one was hurt, it wasn't a hard hit, but it was enough for insurance to write the car off. As luck would have it a friend of mine was looking to down size his car collection. In that collection was a 1993 Mazda Protege, 25th Anniversary Canadian GT edition. This is a 1 of 500 Canadian only model. Poor thing had been sitting in a field since 2019.
What's so special about this car you might ask? A couple of reasons. This car got a JDM interior and some other JDM bits not available in the North American market. This perticular car was owned by a close friend of mine who passed away in 2018. Time to resurect the dead.
Since the Mx3 and Proteges chassis share a lot in common, my son and I stripped the Mx3 down and used it as a parts donar to bring this Protege back to life. The interior of the Protege got completely stripped down since there had been rodent issues, everything got cleaned and sanatized. We had to go through all the doors to clean, lubricate and free up the locks, window regulators ect. The KLG4 V6 from the Mx3 got installed. It's been quite the project.
It's still not finshed but it's now drivable as we sort out some of the teething issues from such a big project.
After a cut and polish the paint is still quite ruff. Sitting in the field has done some damage that's not reparable, but from 5 - 10 feet away the car looks fantastic.
I haven't spent much time with my Speed 6 in the last 6 - 7 months. My son was hit while driving his Mx3 we rebuilt. No one was hurt, it wasn't a hard hit, but it was enough for insurance to write the car off. As luck would have it a friend of mine was looking to down size his car collection. In that collection was a 1993 Mazda Protege, 25th Anniversary Canadian GT edition. This is a 1 of 500 Canadian only model. Poor thing had been sitting in a field since 2019.
What's so special about this car you might ask? A couple of reasons. This car got a JDM interior and some other JDM bits not available in the North American market. This perticular car was owned by a close friend of mine who passed away in 2018. Time to resurect the dead.
Since the Mx3 and Proteges chassis share a lot in common, my son and I stripped the Mx3 down and used it as a parts donar to bring this Protege back to life. The interior of the Protege got completely stripped down since there had been rodent issues, everything got cleaned and sanatized. We had to go through all the doors to clean, lubricate and free up the locks, window regulators ect. The KLG4 V6 from the Mx3 got installed. It's been quite the project.
It's still not finshed but it's now drivable as we sort out some of the teething issues from such a big project.
After a cut and polish the paint is still quite ruff. Sitting in the field has done some damage that's not reparable, but from 5 - 10 feet away the car looks fantastic.
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