Hey guys check this out. I looked at this auction and here is the deal. This car is a 5/78 car about 9200 as a production number. It is fairly low miles and nearly original. What mods have been made are very tasteful. Also the orig parts come with the car.

Owner stated that they also have nearly all the documentation for the car really big plus.

Oh that rare option..... The stripe kit is actually a dealer optioned stripe kit that has a mazda part number.... I have only see one other on a car. I am trying to get some really good pics of it. Someone who is looking for one as a collectible this would be a nice fit.

IMHO and FWIW....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1979-...item3cad9984e8

 

you're right, its very period... could those even be the original tires?!

 

Pretty. Very, very pretty.

Confused, though; the color code sticker says Y5, which would be Sonic Bronze... but the engine bay is black?

 

Think somebody got goofy with the ziebart Glen.... what a frickin' mess. Too bad tho maybe why the REST of the car is intact??
Ya dealer stripe kit looks pretty clean - does some gawd-awful things to the lines of the car, but certainly correct-in-period and in great shape. Almost a bargain compared to the $8K-and-climbing 6K mi silver 80 SA on ebay right now. Fellow forum member Banzai quiried the owner on the reserve: $15K!
Yoiks! Guess that's the price of Almost New these days...

:O

Stu Aull
Not-quite-so-new 80GS
Alaska

 

yeah they went overboard on the undercoating...

 

newb question. what with the tach and the 10-11-12-13-14??

 

the tach measures volts when the key is in the on position and the engine is not running. specific to 79-80's.

i think the original tires are bridgestone's steel belted 70's..so the 300's are probably a replacement tire.

i dig the stripe kit! i'd love to have that car!

 

I live in the area....might just go take a look. If anyone is interested.

 

Considering 20,000-30,000 miles was exceptional life for tires back in the day, those are almost certainly replacements, but vintage ones. They look to have very few miles on them.

 

I used to sell those bridgestones about 20 years ago.

 

If you go I want lots of good pictures I would like to repop that stripe kit but can't do it without good pics

 

This car actually has the better of the two stripe kits available. I like it just because its different and so 70s. Tasteful dealer options had yet to be realized. The only thing missing is the optional fake wire wheel covers for the complete look!

 

The concept of "tasteful" was a little different at the time. & rarely applied to sports cars in any case.

 

funny you should say that because if you find the small optional accessories brochure you will see the hideous optional accessory wire wheel covers,

BTW I do have pics of the other stripe kit on a car

 

I saw this car on ebay before here, & wondered "I wonder if any of the 7club guys have seen this?" just when I got to the questions, Rotarydude had already informed them it was a 5/78 car, etc etc, & I smiled =)

 

out the door at $6K. not bad in "this economy"...


Stu Aull
80GS
Alaska

 

Ran across this photo on a website dedicated to "awkward family photos...."

Really exemplifies my point about "tastefulness" in the 80's.





Looking at the bid history for the auction, it's clear that $6000 was the reserve amount. Last bid jumped from $3700 to $6000.

 

mullet@#@#@#@@##@#@thats just wrong the shorts are FU....You guys are sick

 

The 80's????

Has anyone spent any time in New Jersey in the summer? That pic could have been taken last weekend!

 

i know! that guy looks like jon bon jovi....

 

too cruel...

So Glen - who's the tall, flat chested gal with the doo?
(oh I see THIS thread spiraling out of control...)
Stu Aull
80GS
Alaska

 

No idea; just a pic I saw somewhere else, that screamed "80's 'style' ."

 

I live in Philly and they come over the bridge at night and take over certain bars. We call them Jersey Trash.