IT’S BEEN a long time between updates on Project Mazda. Still, headway has been made, and a potential rotary conversion date has been loosely set to align with Beachfest 2023.
Living on the Sunshine Coast, I’m lucky enough to have Beachfest on my doorstep. The annual event sees 800-plus classic cars descend on Caloundra for four days of car-enthusiast heaven. If you live in South East Queensland, I highly recommend checking it out. Last year the kids and I checked out many of the goings-on in the rusty old Mazda. My kids are still completely infatuated with the Mazda or “Hot Wheels car,” as they call it, and will jump in it the moment they hear it start, even if I’m just moving it in the driveway. We did a few laps on the Friday night Beachfest cruise, which was hilarious. I possibly had the crappiest car lapping the main street among pro-street cars and hot rods, but
