First, there was an exhibition on the history of the rotary engine and how Mazda developed the technology after buying the patent for the Wankel rotary engine.
I then had a long forgotten memory come to the surface about one evening when discussing car engines with my father - and I don't think I've ever told this story to any of my family, so I think they'll be interested to read it too.
My sister Linda must have driven a Mazda car - I seem to remember an orange care of some description - and it would have had a rotary engine. I remember seeing a program on television - it might have even just been an advertisment - about the rotary engine and somehow the topic of conversation arose about car engines.
My father then drew a picture for me of the internal combustion engine, and also talked about the different stages of the process - injection, compression, expansion exhaust etc and then drew a picture of the rotary engine and explained it. After seeing this exhibition, it made me realise just how well my father understood engines, as these displays were exactly as I remember him talking.
The other memory was of the RX-7 that, in later years, Linda used to drive. She drove a later version than the one shown here, which was red, but my friends used to be very impressed when she used to drop by in the car.
It's a strange realisation, when a long way from home, how this facility has obviously affected people from all around the world in many different ways. We're obviously all connected.
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