Rotary powered HJ Premier

[Astro_Ghouls]

Believe it or not there are Rotary powered HJ Premiers that went into production. Not sold as a Holden here but exported of to Japan, rebadged and sold as Mazda Roadpacers. How strange would it be crusin ya Kingswood around while is sounded like an RX3????

http://www.gizmohighway.com/autos/mazda_roadpacer.htm

 

[VT-565]

Yeah true! How cool would it be to swap it out for a 20B with obligatory huge turbo though?! Go retro!

 

[hakhawk]

yep, found that one out a couple years back. i never found any good descriptive photos though. if anyone has any, id love to see them.

 

[semmi]

check out www.holdenhistory.com, follow the "specials" link and then click on "rare holdens" - there is info and pictures there

 

[hakhawk]

thanks for the link, damn, theres a few i havent seen before.

 

[greenfoam]

That car was supposed to be in Gran Turismo 4 but somehow missed the deadline, Wont be too surprised to see it in next time though. But I bet it's a slug : )

 

[Wombat]

This has always been one of my favorite fantasy projects...a Mazda Roadpacer with some wild rotary fitted.

The only styling drawback was that they had those stupid rear view side mirrors way out halfway down the top of the front guards... , as a lot of Japanese stuff did.

The car was apparently pretty slow with, I think, a poor little 12A rotary "powering" the heavy sedan...but yeah, a bridgeported 20B with massive turbo and fuel injection should sort that little problem out... :w00t:

I can't see rego being a major problem either...it wouldn't have anywhere near the capacity of the "biggest optional engine" in the HJ model range, being the 5-liter V8, and a set of power-assisted V8 brakes and worked suspension should sort out any rego hassles and a reasonably quiet exhaust (for the inspection) would see it fly through. Just imagine the looks on the faces of the ricey boys if it was painted in some nice modern candy colors and fitted with 18" wheels... :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t:

 

[krusing]

I just read about this,
Being such a big car, it would of been a bit of a slug, especially for the power weight ratio.
Sounds like it was worse than the faithful 202.
This sounds so much like the 4cyl 1.9L in the Early Commodores.

https://www.drive.com.au/news/mazda-roadpacer-holden-kingswood-sold-at-auction/

 

[Fu Manchu]

30k for a mint Kinga though.
Would find one like that in Australia for the price.