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    How rare is this?

    I found an odd 89ish (sorry forgot to verify year) 626 sedan at the junkyard.

    What caught my eye were the wheels. I had never seen these ones before... They looked like BMW bottlecaps, albeit 5x114.3 and with mazda stamped center caps. The car was non-turbo, and much to my amazement had factory Dark Grey leather seats.

    I haven't seen leather in that bodystyle before. Is it pretty rare? I bought the fronts and rears for my probe, and short of the rears being too tall, they fit quite nicely, and match the darker grey color of my interior perfectly. The reason I ask is because the drivers bolster is worn out on mine. I want to find at least that skin in good shape if not both that and the bottom.

    I am going to attempt using a parts store leather repair kit on the big hole, but if that doesn't pan out, I'd like to find a good replacement.



    Last edited by CODY004WD; 11-17-2011, 05:11 PM.
    Current:
    68 Torino GT Fastback
    86 MR2
    91 F150
    94 Escort Wagon BP swap
    99 Escort Wagon BP swap
    00 Miata LS
    08 Arrow AX8
    14 Mazda5

    #2
    sounds like you found a gem to me! I've never seen a GD chassis with leather before, and I've seen all 3 cars (probe/mx6/626) in their DX/LX/GT trim in Canada! lol, are they bolstered like the GT seats?? those would be such amazing seats to have made in leather...lol

    You should have snapped a pic of those wheels tho, they sound interesting. I'm guessing they were 15"?
    -Jack

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      #3
      The wheels were 14" They were cool but only two remained. If they are still there next time, I will photograph them. The seats are bolstered like the GT seats and have the Halo headrests... I was able to find a few people on MX6.com that had NOS dark grey leather skins for sale a few years ago... So I now know for sure that they do exist. Mine are def OEM, and they appear to be rare as can be. There is a local MX6 guy that will know more about them, Ryan. I'm gonna give him a call, and see if there was an SE model, or if these were just an expensive special order type thing. Either way, they were an awesome score.

      I am going to try to track down another set because I've recently fallen in love with the 5-door "fastback" 626's.
      Current:
      68 Torino GT Fastback
      86 MR2
      91 F150
      94 Escort Wagon BP swap
      99 Escort Wagon BP swap
      00 Miata LS
      08 Arrow AX8
      14 Mazda5

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        #4
        needs pics!


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          #5
          Ok coming right up. Oh and it was the LE that had leather. LE "Leather Edition" was an LX with leather seats and shift knob.
          Current:
          68 Torino GT Fastback
          86 MR2
          91 F150
          94 Escort Wagon BP swap
          99 Escort Wagon BP swap
          00 Miata LS
          08 Arrow AX8
          14 Mazda5

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            #6
            Photos in first post. My camera died... Got three good shots. I still need to install the drivers bucket, but these will give you an idea of the outcome.

            I am bummed, I was going to snap a few of the new front bumper and lip combo...
            Current:
            68 Torino GT Fastback
            86 MR2
            91 F150
            94 Escort Wagon BP swap
            99 Escort Wagon BP swap
            00 Miata LS
            08 Arrow AX8
            14 Mazda5

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              #7
              Oh and the drawer underneath the passenger Probe seat bolted right where these leather seats had a strange OEM speaker box bolted to. I have the box still if anyone wants it. (I dunno if it's rare or what?)
              Current:
              68 Torino GT Fastback
              86 MR2
              91 F150
              94 Escort Wagon BP swap
              99 Escort Wagon BP swap
              00 Miata LS
              08 Arrow AX8
              14 Mazda5

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                #8
                those look pretty sweet


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                  #9
                  nice! looks awesome!! any pics of the speaker box? sounds neat lol
                  -Jack

                  ONTARIO MAZDA CLUB! Join! https://www.facebook.com/groups/500055016671733/

                  91 626 LX - basically stock and pretty slow still
                  http://www.clubprotege.com/forum/sho...my-GD-626-LX-)

                  01 E53 3.0i - FOR SALE! pm if interested

                  91 USDM Protege LX - SOLD! turbo/manifold up for sale!
                  http://www.clubprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46606

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                    #10
                    Nice score man!


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                      #11
                      Jack,
                      Here are those wheels.
                      Sincerely,
                      Cody

                      Current:
                      68 Torino GT Fastback
                      86 MR2
                      91 F150
                      94 Escort Wagon BP swap
                      99 Escort Wagon BP swap
                      00 Miata LS
                      08 Arrow AX8
                      14 Mazda5

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                        #12
                        Yea those seats are hella rare.. nice score dood! 626 LE seats!pat snagged the headrests off some of those seats at a yard one time and told me about them and that they are pretty rare.. atleast now adays and to find a set tahts in decent shape is quite a find.. good score dood im glad u picked them up instead of letting em get crushed. i would love to have a nice clean set..
                        Last edited by The Pile; 11-20-2011, 02:17 PM.

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                          #13
                          front bumper and lip? is that an 89-only thing or would this be relevant to my interests?

                          also, the weird speaker thing is a factory sub IIRC, you could get them in the Mazdas but not the Probe.
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                            #14
                            yea. those are from an LE model. ive found a few of them in yards over the years. but the seats are always hard as a rock, or the leather is all jacked up. i do have a set of clean head rests from a set though. lol.

                            and i know what you mean about the back seats. my friend and i did installed mx6 rears into his probe. they sat so high you could barely see out of his rear view mirror. lol
                            ~PaTricK~


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                              #15
                              Thanks guys. I got lucky on these. Good thing I am ocd and look in almost every car when I am at the junkyard!

                              Matt, The bumper and lip are an any 1st gen thing, if you don't mind the GL bumper:








                              Here are a few more of the seats:


                              Current:
                              68 Torino GT Fastback
                              86 MR2
                              91 F150
                              94 Escort Wagon BP swap
                              99 Escort Wagon BP swap
                              00 Miata LS
                              08 Arrow AX8
                              14 Mazda5

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