OEM's like to have fun, too. And everyone knows that Mazda knows how to do that (Zoom Zoom!...). This time, Mazda
took the humble 1991 Mazda 626 of Washington Redskins running back
Alfred Morris (even more humble than his loved car), and gave it the restoration it needed.
Now, it looks like it just came off the factory line.
Bentley,
the name Alfred's trusty sidekick has taken on, went through a rigorous
275 hour restoration while Morris drove a loaner 2014 Mazda6 (lucky
him!). The effort seems to have been well worth it, with Mazda
presenting the car back to him as if it were a brand new model, though
some modern touches were added.
Obviously, you might be left scratching your head and wondering why anyone would go through the trouble, especially Mazda itself, to restore something so old and seemingly mundane compared to today's offerings. Our best guess? Every now and then you find people who get so attached to their car, no matter how old or how beaten up it may be, and those people will do anything to hold onto that feeling. We think Mazda gets that, and saw that with Alfred Morris and his '91 626.
Want to see the restoration unfold? Autoblog has plenty of pictures detailing the fun project.
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