3rd and final 7

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on the contrear in some parts of the world all 1st gens were concedered SA's

81gen1

not in L.A.

chutzpah

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<-- that's an SA.

It's now a work in progress. Needs a whole front end refitted and will be changed back to the original spark yellow color...just as soon as there's time and money to afford it. The epsilons are still good, though.

dbragg

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check sig

rich-- that SA is a freak BEAUTY!!

wecycle

SA # 1 at the final Fresno SCCA autocross of 2006.
(don't have pictures of # 2 yet)

kymber39845

<-<-<- that is a 1980 SA. Haven't gotten her running yet, not sure of the original color (Tornado, maybe). Definitely a work in progress. Will get a picture of the silver 79 soon...

old_skool

a couple of the Codeblues cars...

kymber39845

Here's a picture of the silver 79...My Dad seems to think it's an 80 although I do have a car which has 1980 manuals and such in the glove box and the tag is below the bumper instead of between the lights...anyone have any info on that??
Build date on this one is 3/79 and 1/80 on the green one in my avatar...

FirebirdSlayer666

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^^^^It's a 79. You can also look on the Catalyst sticker on the hood and it will tell you what model year it is. I'll get some new pictures of my SA today, it's about 4 colors but it only has 69K original miles!

ourxseven

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heres a bunch of my '79 limited edition. Its been repainted in its past to a brilliant black , but it is currently getting some body and paint back to its original E-6 paint code "Beat Black" metallic black which was unique to the 3000 LE's shipped to North America in early 1979. Its more of a charcoal / dark grey colour.

The LE has a few other unique appearance differences than other models, black and light blue upholstery, digital clock , special almex rims, upgraded stereo with cassette, separate amp and 4 speakers. Nothing unique about engine or other mechanicals.

dbragg

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its a 79...now sale it to me

mazdaverx713b

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kymber, the easiest way to tell the difference between a 79 and 80 it that the 80 will have two black rubber nubs below the rear bumper's rub strip.

ourxseven

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cool, never knew that .

what other dfferences berween 79 and 80 do you know ? PM if don't want to clutter the thread. external voltage regulator on 79 is one.

kymber39845

What about the tag placement? I'll look for those nubs, but because of all the manuals and such in the glove box of the green car I'm sure it's an 80. It's just that the tag is between the lights on the 79 and it's below the bumper on the 80, just like my 82 and 83...So does that mean that all 7's with the tag between the tail lights are 78 or 79?

kymber39845

Oh wow! looking at the pix side by side it almost looks as though the tag on the 80 was between the lights originally! Am I right??? hmmm....Dad is already trying to steal that back piece from me for the 79 and now it actually looks like it would fit. Let's just not tell him, shall we? LOL

gsl-se addict

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That's right, Kim. Stock, the '80 looks just like the '79 on the back. That piece you have is aftermarket and fills in that indentation in the center. The piece will fit the '79 or the '80.

FirebirdSlayer666

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Hey kymber, wanna sell that trim piece? LOL

dbragg

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your car is a 79' you can tell from the size of the sunroof

ourxseven

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post both the VIN's on the registry thread, that'll clear this up this mystery

mazdaverx713b

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here's the link to the registry if you're interested: https://www.rx7club.com/1st-gen-general-discussion-207/sa-fb-owners-registry-655584/page14/

bad 83

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The old SA.........Wow, I can finally show the "track car" off. I am in the process changing most of the interior over to the S3 stuff. The dash is already swapped. The engine and trans are FB. I also stole the LSD out of a FB rear end, and used it in the SA drum rear end.

85 FB

Man, kymber, it sounds like your dad's a thief!

kymber39845

Nah...he just figures that since he put up the $ to buy them that he gets what he wants first..that's not fair...I gave the trade in and I'm doing most of the work! LOL I just told him that it wouldn't fit...LOL

ourxseven

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revive the thread to see more SA pics !!!!!! ......heres the repainted version of mine , now back to stock E6 paint

basic black before , then some body work , back to origonal E6 . Looks deep charcoal metallic in sun and darker black in shade in last pic

Jimbo II

Theres some awesome SA's on here!

Few of my 79 SA, 13B large extend port, 48ida. big **** slotted brakes. Racetech bucket seats. To much to list haha!










With some mates - silver sev 12a bridgeport, 626 13b J-port