Lucky Coin

[chief]

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.

[Northern Bongolow]

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. .

[Bob]

Haven't found one in Bongy or MX5.

Without my glasses I read it as Lucky Colin.

[chief]

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.

Haven't found one in Bongy or MX5.

Without my glasses I read it as Lucky Colin.

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 (as an aside, even though I tend not to wear them - I'm the same about misreading things without my glasses ).

[Bob]

It is the Eunos.

[Sven]

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

[Bob]

With interest that will be worth 1/6d by next week.

[nth]

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.

[Flanners]

Is that what I threw out

Ahhh so that'll be the start of all your pain then

[Sluggerwaters]

I found a coin/token when I removed the flooring. I had no idea this is what Mazda did

[Blazerbob]

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.