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Lucky Coin

Post by chief » Tue Sep 22, 2020 3:46 pm

Hi,
Today I learnt that non-export versions of the MX-5 in Japan (the Eunos Roadster) had an 100 yen coin hidden somewhere in them for luck by the workers.

Back when my mother got her Bongo I was given the task of cleaning it.

I made such a thorough job of it that even though it had been owned by several people in the UK, and of course any owners in Japan, I discovered a Japanese coin which though I don't have access to it at the moment was quite possibly an 100 yen piece.

So out of interest I was wondering if anyone knew if this was a common practice with Mazda and if anyone else had found a lucky yen coin within their Bongo.

:)
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Re: Lucky Coin

Post by Northern Bongolow » Tue Sep 22, 2020 7:59 pm

Yep, they are usually under the front edge of the rear carpets, behind the front seats.
Most will be removed by converters, which may explain why they are rich. 🤫.
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Re: Lucky Coin

Post by Bob » Wed Sep 23, 2020 10:37 am

Haven't found one in Bongy or MX5. :(

Without my glasses I read it as Lucky Colin. :lol:
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Re: Lucky Coin

Post by chief » Wed Sep 23, 2020 12:35 pm

Northern Bongolow wrote: Tue Sep 22, 2020 7:59 pm Most will be removed by converters
Ours was originally converted for a previous owner by 321Away so maybe they either didn't find it at the conversion or left them in.
Bob wrote: Wed Sep 23, 2020 10:37 am Haven't found one in Bongy or MX5. :(

Without my glasses I read it as Lucky Colin. :lol:
Is it an MX-5 or a Eunos, since it's only the Eunos apparently.

Yup, Mazda used to provide a Lucky Colin with every vehicle as the forerunner to voice activation in cars :D (as an aside, even though I tend not to wear them - I'm the same about misreading things without my glasses :wink: ).
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Re: Lucky Coin

Post by Bob » Wed Sep 23, 2020 3:19 pm

It is the Eunos. 8)
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Re: Lucky Coin

Post by Sven » Wed Sep 23, 2020 10:34 pm

I’ve just been out & searched mine from top to bottom ......& all I’ve found is this million £ note. Oh well......
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Re: Lucky Coin

Post by Bob » Thu Sep 24, 2020 6:31 am

With interest that will be worth 1/6d by next week. :lol:
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Re: Lucky Coin

Post by nth » Thu Sep 24, 2020 12:39 pm

I was chasing an intermittent rattle/vibration from the front right dashboard area for months when I first got the Bongo. Sometimes it would disappear for weeks & I would think its gone then it would appear again. By chance one morning when I was scraping ice off the windscreen I caught a glimpse of something in the gap between the dashboard & windscreen area, managed to fish it out with some welding rod & i had found the cause of the rattle, a Japanese coin, it wasn't a Yen, it appeared to be some sort of gaming machine token/coin.
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Re: Lucky Coin

Post by Flanners » Thu Oct 01, 2020 4:22 pm

plonkatronix wrote: Tue Sep 22, 2020 8:10 pm Is that what I threw out #-o :lol:
Ahhh so that'll be the start of all your pain then :wink:
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Re: Lucky Coin

Post by Sluggerwaters » Fri Aug 06, 2021 3:41 pm

I found a coin/token when I removed the flooring. I had no idea this is what Mazda did :-)
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Re: Lucky Coin

Post by Blazerbob » Sun Sep 19, 2021 9:08 pm

i found a coin in my bongo when i was pulling up the carpets on my bongo, a nice lucky token that i still keep in the van.
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