April 1st 1985
12-23-17, 10:27 AM
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April 1st 1985
i have decided that my next project car is going to be another 1st gen, its been too long and i really like em, etc. i was talking to my friend about it, and if its still with us, i want the silver bullet back, as its one of those cars where everyone took a turn with it. the trouble is that its been sold and parted out at least twice, and the only thing i really remember is that it was built on 4/1/1985, and sold new at the dealership i used to work at, 41178, Almaden Mazda.
so i started looking in the way that was most available, which is running the warranty history of every Rx7 built on 4/1/1985, and below are some of the findings. i would post the geographical locations these cars went to also, but in 1 day of production i don't think its very representative (40 went to California, 20 some to florida, none to NJ, 1 to NY, 3 to AK..)
the last time i tried something like this is with the 95 FD, and i was unprepared for the amount of cars Mazda built in 1985! 222 is in one day about half the total run of the 95 FD, which is a model year that went from 8/94 to 12/95!
anyways check it out:
4/1/1985
JM1FB3320F0893766 to JM1FB3311F0893993
Total Cars - 222; GSL-SE - 40
V3 - Tender Blue Metallic - 51
RH - Sunrise Red - 41
H1 - Sparkling Black Metallic - 30
K3 - Sunbeam Silver Metallic - 22
V9 - Custom Silver Metallic - 15
WU - Dover White - 14
T9 - Traditional Brown Metallic - 7
PZ - Brilliant Black - 5
3A - Royal Maroon Metallic - 5
VG - Light Beige - 3
L6 - Ocean Blue Metallic - 0
T5 - Havana Brown Metallic - 0
R7 - Persimmon Red Metallic - 0
C5 - Grey Cloth - 123
C2 - Red Cloth - 45
L2 - Red Leather - 15
C4 - Brown Cloth - 7
L4 - Brown Leather - 5
so i started looking in the way that was most available, which is running the warranty history of every Rx7 built on 4/1/1985, and below are some of the findings. i would post the geographical locations these cars went to also, but in 1 day of production i don't think its very representative (40 went to California, 20 some to florida, none to NJ, 1 to NY, 3 to AK..)
the last time i tried something like this is with the 95 FD, and i was unprepared for the amount of cars Mazda built in 1985! 222 is in one day about half the total run of the 95 FD, which is a model year that went from 8/94 to 12/95!
anyways check it out:
4/1/1985
JM1FB3320F0893766 to JM1FB3311F0893993
Total Cars - 222; GSL-SE - 40
V3 - Tender Blue Metallic - 51
RH - Sunrise Red - 41
H1 - Sparkling Black Metallic - 30
K3 - Sunbeam Silver Metallic - 22
V9 - Custom Silver Metallic - 15
WU - Dover White - 14
T9 - Traditional Brown Metallic - 7
PZ - Brilliant Black - 5
3A - Royal Maroon Metallic - 5
VG - Light Beige - 3
L6 - Ocean Blue Metallic - 0
T5 - Havana Brown Metallic - 0
R7 - Persimmon Red Metallic - 0
C5 - Grey Cloth - 123
C2 - Red Cloth - 45
L2 - Red Leather - 15
C4 - Brown Cloth - 7
L4 - Brown Leather - 5
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interestingly Mazda lists the start of the painted mirror/shaded glass production with F893766 (i think, not in front of the big spreadsheet), and it is a GSL-SE, but its also not a color that would have painted mirrors (v9?)
the one i'm looking for is this one, https://www.rx7club.com/1st-gen-gene...n-yard-954886/
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updated numbers, this is US/Canada/Guam production for 4/1/1985 and 4/2/1985. there is not a ton of other info, but will include a few other things as i learn how to do them in excel...
most inestering combo so far, there are 3 PZ black GSL-SE's with grey interior, which seems like it would be fairly badass.
most odd, there are 2 RH Sunrise red cars with red interiors....
average car seems to have been sold at the end of May, makes me wonder if the 'you get a better deal at the end of the month' thing is true.
Total Cars - 429
GSL-SE - 79
California Cars - 89
V3 - Tender Blue Metallic - 81
RH - Sunrise Red - 76
H1 - Sparkling Black Metallic - 56
K3 - Sunbeam Silver Metallic - 56
V9 - Custom Silver Metallic - 32
WU - Dover White - 29
3A - Royal Maroon Metallic - 17 (GSL-SE only)
PZ - Brilliant Black - 14 (GSL-SE only)
T9 - Traditional Brown Metallic - 13
VG - Light Beige - 8
L6 - Ocean Blue Metallic - 3
T5 - Havana Brown Metallic - 0 (i think 1984 only)
R7 - Persimmon Red Metallic - 0 (i think this is 1984 only)
C5 - Grey Cloth - 230
C2 - Red Cloth - 102
L2 - Red Leather - 50
C4 - Brown Cloth - 18
L4 - Brown Leather - 5
most inestering combo so far, there are 3 PZ black GSL-SE's with grey interior, which seems like it would be fairly badass.
most odd, there are 2 RH Sunrise red cars with red interiors....
average car seems to have been sold at the end of May, makes me wonder if the 'you get a better deal at the end of the month' thing is true.
Total Cars - 429
GSL-SE - 79
California Cars - 89
V3 - Tender Blue Metallic - 81
RH - Sunrise Red - 76
H1 - Sparkling Black Metallic - 56
K3 - Sunbeam Silver Metallic - 56
V9 - Custom Silver Metallic - 32
WU - Dover White - 29
3A - Royal Maroon Metallic - 17 (GSL-SE only)
PZ - Brilliant Black - 14 (GSL-SE only)
T9 - Traditional Brown Metallic - 13
VG - Light Beige - 8
L6 - Ocean Blue Metallic - 3
T5 - Havana Brown Metallic - 0 (i think 1984 only)
R7 - Persimmon Red Metallic - 0 (i think this is 1984 only)
C5 - Grey Cloth - 230
C2 - Red Cloth - 102
L2 - Red Leather - 50
C4 - Brown Cloth - 18
L4 - Brown Leather - 5
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