Welp, it's been a while...

[MazKid]

Sold my BF a year ago... and now I have another...

Just couldn't resist. Had to save one from ending up at a junkyard.

So for $400, I bought one 323 GT.






The guy that had it had good intentions. Poor execution. The car burned a valve, so the guy replaced all the valve, then for some reason messed with the VAF so it runs like crap right now, til I can get another. The guy lives in STL city and the car was side-swipped, damaged the left rear wheel arch, so he fiberglassed it in, kinda poor, and painted various parts of the car where it sat on a busy street.

But it's all there, a complete 207,000 mile car. He replaced some parts and included more in the trunk. The car needs a driver's side mirror glass(he included a manual mirror, the glass grenaded when I tried to swap it), driver's window regulator, tires would help, etc etc etc.

The irony is, this very car, parked infront of the guy's house, was something my family had been seeing for the decade + that the guy had owned it for, in a part of town we only visited driving from a famous restaurant to a famous frozen custard place, which we did every few months, and my brother and I would always exclaim "That's a 323 GT!! RARE!!". LOL Never thought I'd own it...

So... plans are to fix it up then ??? Might keep it, don't need to. Might sell it, if I can find someone to buy it that cares as much as I do.

How many of these did they make anyway? MazdaUSA doesn't know. I'm pretty sure these were rarer than the GT-X...

[FE3-323]

Welcome back ryan!!

[nickz]

nice find,still has the adjustable struts!doubt they're anygood.
don't think they are nearly as rare as the gtx.the gtx was an expensive little economy based hatch in its day.I've purchased some 88 gtxs that were sold in 89 I think dealers just wanted them gone.

[MazKid]

nice find,still has the adjustable struts!doubt they're anygood.
don't think they are nearly as rare as the gtx.the gtx was an expensive little economy based hatch in its day.I've purchased some 88 gtxs that were sold in 89 I think dealers just wanted them gone.

No, the adjustable struts still work, I actually showed them off to all my friends by bouncing the car in 'normal' mode then trying to bounce it in 'sport' mode. The guy replaced a few of the actuators, I think... there's a couple of those in the trunk. lol

I just know this is the only GT I've seen in St. Louis, and I've seen a few GT-Xs both on the road and 2 at a junkyard years ago.

[MazKid]

Cleaned up.


Decided to put it in my basement. Really wasn't a reason not to. 323 = 65" wide(excluding mirrors). Basement door opening = 67" wide. Was fun!


Hibernating for the winter. I'll be working on it while it's inside. Won't come out til spring!

[FE3-323]

you sir are the only person i know to put a car in their basement.

[MazKid]

My brother is supposed to put his KLZE '93 MX-6 in his basement today. I'll post a pic when he does. LOL The joys of owning a house capable having a car in the basement!

[MazdaNoob]

iirc Mazda_powered had about 40% of his car in the basement.....with no outside access

[Mazda_Powered]

haha oh good times were had.

hell of a clean BF tho man! good score!!!

[68stang]

Nice, great score wish mine was that clean when i bought it haha.

[Powar]

That looks like a great find. Congrats.

[monoxidechild]

you and your brother are the only two people i know crazy enough to shove there cars in a finished basement. lol. i need to get back down to STL again. i kinda miss all you crazy bastards.

[MazKid]

It's pretty clean but still needs some work... and debating whether to get the whole thing repainted. Guess I'll see how I feel about it in the spring...

you and your brother are the only two people i know crazy enough to shove there cars in a finished basement. lol. i need to get back down to STL again. i kinda miss all you crazy bastards.

lol I didn't think it was that crazy!

[1st Gen]

Nice save.

[MazKid]

Some more recent pics. I haven't done anything with the car since pushing it in my basement... I really need to, but have been busy with my BG, work, life, etc.