The Cosmo Sport
The Cosmo Sport
09-01-2011, 09:45 AM
#9
i've seen -on internet- some car (seems restored) by dealers.
http://www.carsensor.net/usedcar/map...073/index.html (click on blue hypertext, 4 cars available)
expensive BTW....around 50 k $
but you can found some less expensive Cosmo Sport in Japan IMHO
http://www.carsensor.net/usedcar/map...073/index.html (click on blue hypertext, 4 cars available)
expensive BTW....around 50 k $
but you can found some less expensive Cosmo Sport in Japan IMHO
09-01-2011, 09:58 AM
#10
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I tracked one down near Seattle around 2007 (IIRC). Pristine. Japanese expat brought his car over.
Oil change every 1000 miles. It was the stronger (but less rare) 130hp series 2.
He was asking $35k. I didn't have an indoor garage at the time and couldn't find alternative protected parking options within my budget, so I let go.
They can be found. I think there are more than 3 definitely in USA, but likely less than 10.
Oil change every 1000 miles. It was the stronger (but less rare) 130hp series 2.
He was asking $35k. I didn't have an indoor garage at the time and couldn't find alternative protected parking options within my budget, so I let go.
They can be found. I think there are more than 3 definitely in USA, but likely less than 10.
09-01-2011, 10:04 AM
#11
i've seen -on internet- some car (seems restored) by dealers.
http://www.carsensor.net/usedcar/map...073/index.html (click on blue hypertext, 4 cars available)
expensive BTW....around 50 k $
but you can found some less expensive Cosmo Sport in Japan IMHO
http://www.carsensor.net/usedcar/map...073/index.html (click on blue hypertext, 4 cars available)
expensive BTW....around 50 k $
but you can found some less expensive Cosmo Sport in Japan IMHO
Around what we'd pay for that UK one after a full 3 years restoration probably.
Vintage and classic jap cars aren't worth the stress if you're a collector. Our markets are too stubborn and "national" product oriented
09-01-2011, 10:14 AM
#12
There are a scant few in the US. There was a Jamaican gent who had one many years back who is friends with the owners of our company. I don't remember his name presently, maybe Charlie. The founder of my company had one (Jim Downing) which I drove once under instruction from Mr Engman. What a terrible life I live 
. That one was featured in Car and Driver back 15 plus years ago. it was running the original unopened engine too.
Paul.
. That one was featured in Car and Driver back 15 plus years ago. it was running the original unopened engine too.Paul.
09-01-2011, 10:58 AM
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09-01-2011, 11:57 AM
#15
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Globally they are not as rare, but in the US, I think they are rarer than the 2000GT.
Many Americans don't even know about the Cosmo. They are more likely to know that James Bond car.
Many Americans don't even know about the Cosmo. They are more likely to know that James Bond car.
09-01-2011, 03:56 PM
#16
The RX-2 is the same as the Mazda 616 and the RX-3 is the same as the 808. My classic at the moment is an 89 RX-7 GTU-S which is a super rare bird itself.
Paul.
09-01-2011, 04:23 PM
#17
Administrator
at 7stock we accounted for 5. there was one there that drove in morning of that i/we had heard rumors of but hadnt seen. i think except for Jay all of the other owners were actually represented in one way or another. Glen was there for example and Mazmart was there etc etc
09-02-2011, 12:28 AM
#18
I HATE SPEEDBUMPS!
I used to own a Triumph Spitfire 1500, and i shouldn't have sold it to my co-worker back in California. A month later, the timing chain broke and he just junked it on his backyard. So sad, and i told him to restore it, but he has no money for it on that time. Anyway, i don't know now what he did or what happened to it. Damn...i should have kept it. The only thing i have of it are pictures taken when i was stationed at Fort Stewart, Georgia.
09-02-2011, 01:32 AM
#19
Registered User
my buddy's mazda dealership in Ottawa On has ( a 1976 i think ) mazda cosmos sport i think it was called.. i'll double check...
edit: I found the pic just like that one same color, its in such great shape
edit: I found the pic
just like that one same color, its in such great shape
Last edited by Speed_8; 09-02-2011 at 01:34 AM.
09-02-2011, 10:37 AM
#22
40th anniversary Edition
Jay Leno's Cosmos has a later 13B engine in it. No one seems to want to even try to rebuilt a 10A. There are no parts available.The one in Mazda's museum in Hiroshima does have a working 10A, but is never really started up anymore.
Last edited by gwilliams6; 09-02-2011 at 10:39 AM.
09-02-2011, 11:36 AM
#23
Administrator
there are 10a engines sitting on the shelves at Racing Beat. or at least there were the last time I was in there. one of them leaked oil all over my hands when i picked it up to show someone the differences in rotor sizes.
09-02-2011, 12:01 PM
#24
As far as I know Jay Leno's car is 12A equipped. We have 10A parts here but the 10A in a Cosmo from that period is not the same as that found in an R100. The early ones were all aluminum. I even have 6mm ceramic seals for rebuilding 10A engines.
Paul.
Paul.