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    BRAKING POINT

    Oct 13, 2021 5 minutes
    WORDS PHOTOS JAMES SECHER

    AS MENTIONED in the last episode, I bought myself an old Mazda 929 project car and have committed to the arduous task of taking it from a mild-mannered piston motor bowls club car to a raucous rotary powered RX-4 tribute cruiser.

    There have been a couple of significant events happen in my little 929’s life of late. Much to my wife’s delight the Mazda has moved from the carport on the side of the house to inside the garage, out the elements and away from neighbours judging eyes.

    The brake upgrade is the first cab off the rank in the laundry list of improvements needed. Its original brake callipers began to seize on the last lap around town and in my opinion were not worth rebuilding as there are plenty

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