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I was looking at some old news footage from London. "Thames News" published a lot of their old footage onto the Internet. The last time I went to London was in 1992, so in my imagination it still looks like this with old cars everywhere, haha!

You can see the videos if you click the links. There's a lot more there too.

TRAFFIC: Earls Court Rd/Cromwell Rd Junction 1987



There's a T11 Stanza. In Europe, we only used the "Stanza" name but it used the bonnet/grille style from the Auster. It has chrome trim on the A-Pillar, so it's the SGL grade. I have one of these, but mine is only the GL.



I noticed an unusual car in the corner. At first, I thought it could be an American or Australian car. There's also an Escort, like two I have owned previously.



However, when it turned the corner I could see it's a 330 Cedric, but here they called it the Datsun 260C/280C.

CHISWICK ROURDABOUT - TRAFFIC 1988



On another video, there's a Quint. We called it Quintet. I have one of these too, they were fairly rare even when new due to the high cost.



Behind it, there's a Triumph Acclaim. These were a Honda Ballade, but built in the Triumph factory. They were quite popular when new and they had quite good rust protection. There's still quite a few around!



Sunny RZ-1 is in the corner. Here, we just called it "Sunny Coupe". We got these with two engines, the normal type was 1.6L E16, but there was also a sports version called the ZX which used the 1.8L CA18DE engine with 125ps. I think this is just the normal type.



Second generation Prelude is in the distance, but I can't identify the grade. These were popular too, but the third generation with flip-lights was the most popular.



N10 Pulsar was known as Datsun Cherry, due to popularity of the "Cherry" name. This is the later model. These were extremely popular and I would see these every day even into the late 1990s, because they were tough and good on fuel. It's only recently they became quite rare to see. It looks good in yellow!



This would have been nearly new at the time, V20 Camry! It looks great. It's probably the 2.0 GLi grade.



You can see it drive away, but I can't read the badges on the back, but then it pulls out in front of...



...a JR120 Piazza Turbo! It's funny to think it may even be my friend's car, he has the same car in white. But I can't read the numberplate.



Just after that, you can just see a V10 Camry in the middle. It's small, but I recognise the unusual rear arch shape and back lights. There's also another Quintet! Maybe it's the same one going around again.



Finally, you can see a 910 Bluebird at the end. If you listen carefully, you can hear the people behind the camera talking about the shot.

Anyway, maybe I'll look at some other videos later.

After a lot of searching, I've found some parts for my BF5P over the last few days.

In the UK, it's quite rare to find any type of BF-series 323-Familia. It's the same for most of my cars, so what I do most days is search auction sites for new parts. Although I have everything I need to drive the car, I like to see if I can find new parts to improve it.



I was very lucky to find these speaker covers on a scrapyard car at the other side of the country. On my car, these were missing when I got it. I've been searching for replacement ones for a very long time! I was also glad to find them in the correct blue colour.



I also found this Finish Line 550 radio. This was an Optional Accessory for 1980s-era Mazdas in UK, my GC8P 626-Capella has the same one. It's a Clarion stereo with a few design changes, such as orange display lighting to match the instrument cluster. The sound quality is quite good. I still use cassette tapes, so it's no problem for me.



Finally, I found a rare item - an instrument cluster with a tachometer! My car has the non-tachometer type. The GLX grade had tachometer on 5MT cars, non-tachometer on 3AT cars. I can tell from the 6000rpm redline that it was from a car with the carburettor-type engine like mine. The injection and turbo models had a higher redline.

Anyway, I'll probably fit these parts soon.

I was looking for parts for my BF5P and I found the brother of my car for sale on an internet auction.

All the letters of the numberplate are the same, but the number is "217" instead of "202". This means it was registered at the same location around the same time, probably sold from the same Mazda dealer. It's even the same grade, 1.5 GLX Executive Automatic.

At one time, my car could have been next to this one at the factory, the cargo ship or the Mazda dealer. That's quite interesting to me! If it was more close, I'd drive over to take a look.