a $2 Million 1 of 3 Rotary-Engined Mazda 767 has caught fire yesterday.

[u/Im_still_a_student]

The crews were able to extinguish the fire before a complete loss.

[u/EbolaNinja]

Fyi, this is a less successful 7six7, not the famous Le Mans winning 7eight7 B. It's still a piece of automotive history, but not the one most people think of when they see the orange and green livery.

Also, the car survived, it will obviously need repairs, but is otherwise more or less fine.

[u/Cowhide12 → u/EbolaNinja]

Was gonna say, unless the frame melts they’re rebuilding it

[u/bobspuds → u/Cowhide12]

Hopefully it was extinguished before it got too hot.

I'm no expert but I suspect its made of some funky materials, Aluminium or Magnesium of its age wouldn't cope very well and carbon fibre is worse for it.

You know well the guys in the garage would be thinking the same, so I'd suspect they got it quickly.

Its not the golden child 787b but it is like its older sister that set the groundwork, it was the crazy Mazda that people thought was nuts, before the 787b proved just how nuts they could be

[u/Cowhide12 → u/bobspuds]

Oh absolutely. The 767 is still an awesome car though!

[u/Joyst1q → u/bobspuds]

How many other mazdas have gone up? I only recently found out about the furai, is this a common thing with mazda hypercars???

[u/bobspuds → u/Joyst1q]

Ah... erm.... hmmm??

I wouldn't like to jump to conclusions or anything, but I'd suspect if anything it would be rotary related, and even at that, when producing awesome power they are an excessively high performance engine, its not normal fuel, they produce crazy heat and require fuel and oil systems unlike a typical road car.

Rotarys are cool, but once you step into the 3rotor, and quad rotors- they are hardcore race engines.

I'd have a bit more faith in this old girl though- the Furai was a new car with new parts - this old slags been beating bushes and minceng tyres for decades now.

[u/ponyboy3 → u/Joyst1q]

Hypercar going to hypercar

[u/XchrisZ → u/Cowhide12]

For under 2 million I'm sure mazadar would rebuild the entire car from scratch and make a new vin plate.

[u/thuanjinkee → u/Cowhide12]

Korg: [Asgard is now in ruins] The damage is not too bad. As long as the foundations are still strong, we can rebuild this place. It will become a haven for all peoples and aliens of the universe.
[Asgard explodes]
Korg: Oof. Now those foundations are gone. Sorry.

[u/BB_210 → u/EbolaNinja]

https://giphy.com/gifs/LR0b0l93IobRjgquN0

[u/UndercoverFBIAgent9 → u/EbolaNinja]

Or the even more legendary 626

[u/IllMoney69 → u/UndercoverFBIAgent9]

The one with the centre air vents that swing side to side?

[u/obalovatyk → u/EbolaNinja]

The 787B has such an amazing sound.

[u/ramillerf1 → u/EbolaNinja]

The #203 Mazda 767 won the GTP Class at Le Mans in 1990. So that smaller rotary was a successful car.

[u/ForsakenSun6004 → u/EbolaNinja]

Thank you, I was confused for a second. 787b sounds amazing.

[u/xdr01]

Sad, rare legendary car.

[u/AtheistKiwi → u/xdr01]

Do they know what actually happened yet?

[u/7fingersDeep → u/AtheistKiwi]

It caught on fire.

[u/AtheistKiwi → u/7fingersDeep]

Oh dear, that probably won't end well...

[u/jewrassic_park-1940 → u/AtheistKiwi]

The fire is fine, its the car thats fucked up

[u/thekrone → u/jewrassic_park-1940]

Unfortunately, the fire didn't make it either :(

[u/jewrassic_park-1940 → u/thekrone]

Well, at least it died doing what it loved.

[u/thekrone → u/jewrassic_park-1940]

Being mowed down in a hail of bullets during a botched robbery?

[u/moslof_flosom → u/thekrone]

No, Living. Breathing. Being a total dick to his roommates.

[u/UndercoverFBIAgent9 → u/7fingersDeep]

The front burned off

[u/mangamaster03 → u/7fingersDeep]

Yeah, that's not very typical, I'd like to make that point.

[u/bchurcho → u/mangamaster03]

Well how’s that untypical?

[u/dsdvbguutres → u/7fingersDeep]

Oh wow. Does anyone know how much it was worth?

[u/the_humeister → u/dsdvbguutres]

At least $3.50

[u/SinkHoleDeMayo → u/7fingersDeep]

Is that typical?

[u/Good_Air_7192 → u/AtheistKiwi]

Apex seals /s

[u/miatagaming]

The remaining 2 just got more expensive

[u/gandablond → u/miatagaming]

Mazda might need to do a recall now.

[u/sabotthehawk → u/gandablond]

Right! Over 30% chance the burst into flames! Higher chance than a pinto! Lol

[u/Zeraora807]

tried to go the way of the furai

[u/Kurnelk1]

I feel like I know that car well from Gran Tourismo.

[u/Im_still_a_student → u/Kurnelk1]

Thats probably the 787B you're thinking of, the 767 (in the photo) is it's less successful predecessor

[u/Splatpope → u/Im_still_a_student]

damn yeah, I was like "wait isn't it supposed to be RENOWN in the center of the hood ?"

[u/ramillerf1 → u/Im_still_a_student]

The #203 Mazda 767 won its class (GTP) at Le Mans in 1990. This was a year before the 787 won overall.

[u/Tinyzooseven]

Reminds me of the furai

[u/Styrlok → u/Tinyzooseven]

Furai was based on the same platform...

[u/Multipla_Orgasms → u/Styrlok]

Furai was built on a mid-2000s Courage LMP2 chassis

[u/Personal-Fuel4166 → u/Styrlok]

Idk who told you that, but that is completely false

[u/Styrlok → u/Personal-Fuel4166]

I was wrong, yeah. The other commenter already corrected me.

[u/Dunesday_JK → u/Styrlok]

And ended on the same note

[u/notcomplainingmuch]

What a wankel!

[u/dmethvin → u/notcomplainingmuch]

What goes around comes around

[u/ViolentSkyWizard]

Coolest sounding engine if all time.

In Japan they have a name for 787B engine note: tenshi no zekkyō, which translates to "Scream of an angel."

Edit: this is a 767, I saw the livery and immediately assumed it was a 787B. 

[u/OldieButNotMoldy]

That tiny fire extinguisher is a joke.

[u/evileagle → u/OldieButNotMoldy]

The guys are idiots. This is a private collector's car, and his own "crew" running it. They tried pumping it when it was still race hot, without a fire bottle near, with no supervision, and then when it started they didn't pull the kill switch so it kept pumping gas, and then had no extinguishers in their bay, and nobody trained on how to use them!

[u/clumaho → u/OldieButNotMoldy]

$2 million dollar car, $20 fire extinguisher.

[u/_BLACKHAWKS_88 → u/clumaho]

Some Harbor Freight shit.

[u/MichaelW24 → u/OldieButNotMoldy]

Theres a 0% chance this doesn't have a on-board fire suppression system, however most of them in race cars are manual operation.

Meant for life safety in the event you're trapped in the car and can't get out. Because suffocating from halon is still better than burning to death

[u/teh_herper]

RIP

[u/ProJoe → u/teh_herper]

it's not dead.

this is a heritage car. Mazda will rebuild it.

[u/teh_herper → u/ProJoe]

Hey at least its a rotary it'll be easy to rebuild amirite lol

[u/evileagle]

Private collection car, which means it wasn't Mazda's techs on it running it.

These idiots pumped the tank right after a run while it was still hot, had no fire bottle near the car while pumping, and had no kill switch for the pump. Then had no extinguishers close, and then NONE of them were properly trained on how to use one in a motorsport context.

Rich guy nonsense as usual.

[u/Rzeszow2083]

Car-B-Que.

[u/dangledingle]

The sound that thing made was something else.

[u/KatieTSO]

So the others are now 1 of 2?

[u/on_spikes]

you mean the 2 of 2 $3 million car

[u/TedMich23]

On the bright side it will burn less oil tomorrow...

[u/Ourcade_Ink]

So how much did the other two increase in value overnight?

[u/Nii_Juu_Ichi]

If I had a nickel for every rotary-engined, 1 of <10 in the world, Mazda car worth millions, I'd have two. Which is weird because it happened twice.

Not to vaguepost, it's about the Mazda Furai

[u/demoralising]

:( https://www.instagram.com/reels/Db4k6h7BZ0h/

[u/IgDailystapler]

Can extremely limited production rotary Mazda’s please stop catching on fire?

It hasn’t happened a lot, but it’s weird that it’s happened twice…

[u/jsmith_92]

Car is fire bro

[u/Waterfish3333]

Grab Turismo 3 flashbacks

Edit: First, autocorrect strikes but I leave the typo. Second, I know it’s not the “exact” same car as GT3 but it’s close enough to bring back good memories of playing the game.

[u/eugene-fraxby → u/Waterfish3333]

I lived that Carr in Gram Turisno.

[u/eugene-fraxby → u/[deleted]]

It was, in my mind.

[u/eugene-fraxby → u/[deleted]]

I just checked my mind and it’s there

[u/santz007]

Don't worry guys, last Pic showed that it was fully working and in perfect condition.

[u/russki516]

Just saw a video of that one firing up. Shame.

[u/pukesonyourshoes → u/russki516]

What do you mean, there's several photos of it firing up right at the top of this post.

[u/russki516 → u/pukesonyourshoes]

I wasnt making a joke, actually, lol

The day before i had seen a short clip of engine start up on facebook

[u/Cowhide12]

NOOO

[u/NitemareFlareside]

Really sad to hear, lucky enough to see it person early this year, hope they car repair it and get back on the track soon

[u/bobs143]

https://giphy.com/gifs/WxDZ77xhPXf3i

[u/taco_in_the_shell]

Noooooo, my favorite car in Gran Turismo.

[u/smakusdod]

They must have turned it on.

[u/philharmanic]

Duh, it burned already while driving it!

[u/IllMoney69]

I was worried until I saw that last image and everything was fine.

[u/drivalowrida]

It's a hot wheels car

[u/artifexor]

So next news is '1 of 2 Rotary-Engined Mazda 767...'.

[u/Severe-Associate-455]

It's just a Mazda,so not a big loss

[u/Razgriz765]

She got FURAI'd as in FRIED :<

[u/ionlysurfontoilet]

There's a video of it going round the track with smoke coming out of it from something

[u/Breaking_My_Shell]

All that money for a car and he has a little baby dick fire extinguisher

[u/jojohohanon]

It was already on fire when it was driving in the 5th pic!

[u/ramillerf1 → u/jojohohanon]

Not the same car. Also, the Mazda always spits flame when the driver lifts.

[u/jojohohanon → u/ramillerf1]

Yes. I was joking about the overrun.

[u/No_Collection7360]

Now it's none of two.

[u/leepyws1961]

What goes around...

[u/No-Test2784]

Video would have been much more satisfying.  

"Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn."

[u/ramillerf1 → u/No-Test2784]

Video here: https://www.reddit.com/r/IMSARacing/s/k6b70Bdj3E

[u/No-Test2784 → u/ramillerf1]

Fucking amazing... thanks. now I feel better👍😆

[u/Boundish91]

Dude with the fire extinguisher is standing way too far away.

[u/5mackmyPitchup → u/Boundish91]

Yeah, he's not crispy enough fr

[u/ralo90]

It's probably electric. /s