Pictures from when your SA/FB was first brought home
 

I was looking through my Photobucket at images of my FB, and I came across the pictures that I shot of her the day I brought her home. I figured that it'd be a cool thread to see how people's cars looked when they initially bought them.

THEN:

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/i...7/PB190062.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/i...7/PB190061.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/i...7/PB190060.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/i...7/PB190059.jpg


All monster-truck-ish with the fart cannon and no drivers side tail lens.

NOW:

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/i...7/P9250046.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/i...7/P9250045.jpg

Post up your pictures, then and now.

My 1983 LE at the dealership I found her at.
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...E/100_0390.jpg

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...E/100_0392.jpg

No new pictures yet..I found a set of LE wheel and she is going into the body shop next week for some fresh paint.

Also forgot to mention 1 owner car with 56k miles zero rust :nod:

http://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs107...._7985586_n.jpg

the first day i went to see it, also the first day i broke something in it... :( wish i knew how to work on it b4 i got it lol

$0 but the carpet smelled like old milk and cookies so out went the carpet..

and it needed a new waterpump, replaced it and the car ran great

got the car about 4 years ago...

I'll have to dig mine out of the photo box and scan them. 21-year-old polaroids.

I was hoping that some people who have owned theirs a long time (or are the original owners) will put up some polaroids/35mm shots of their cars from back in the day.

at work right now so i'll post mine when i get home later tonight.

Not the original brand new car pictures, but was in kind of rough shape when I picked it up.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83.../widebody6.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83.../widebody1.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83.../widebody9.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83.../widebody8.jpg

My dad's 80 a couple of months after he bought it new :)

and also what it looks like now

ok here's what mine looked like when i got it. been sitting under some oak trees for a while. it cleaned up pretty easy tho. got it for 50 bucks without an engine.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j2.../rx7before.jpg

That yellow car looks a lot better now Michael!

The day the Silver One came home, Sumitomo 170/50/R13's and all.

http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_...0119_large.jpg

those look like freaking doughnuts.

Ok here is mine.It came all the way from Jersey to Ga.

I've been thinking about driving the car back to the spot where I took my "just bought it" head-out-the-sunroof pics and recreating the scene. :)

Alas, been too lazy to do so as yet.

The day I bought the 83.
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...B/IMG_0035.jpg
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...B/IMG_0030.jpg
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...B/IMG_0034.jpg

The day I got the 84 from Ray:
http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs233...._6338423_n.jpg

day i bought it:
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i2...aw/resized.jpg
most recent pics:
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i2...w/IMG_3005.jpg
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i2...w/IMG_3010.jpg

Lookin good Cody! How is the CP bar? Sorry again for the mis-communication.

Pic from mine sitting in the very spot where i first saw it.

http://i542.photobucket.com/albums/g...4GSL-SE001.jpg

And this is from the very last day it was driven RIP 9-7-09

http://i542.photobucket.com/albums/g...GSL-SE/024.jpg

My first Fb:

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/c...7/SSA50001.jpg

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/c...7/SSA50005.jpg

Dont have any pictures of my 2nd fb, the winter daily driver.

the night i first brought the 85 GS home:

http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/r...b/DSC07395.jpg

http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/r...b/DSC07394.jpg

http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/r...b/DSC07396.jpg

http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/r...b/DSC07397.jpg

http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/r...b/DSC07399.jpg

now:

http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/r...b/DSC07935.jpg

http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/r...b/DSC07932.jpg

http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/r...b/DSC07735.jpg

http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/r...b/DSC07743.jpg

http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/r...b/DSC07933.jpg

http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/r...b/DSC07941.jpg

mis-communication? it must not have been that big of a deal because i don't remember lol. the bar is awesome though. i couldn't believe how well built it is. im used to seeing those cheap 3 piece ebay ones lol.

Here is my 79gs when I bought her during the summer of 2006

http://i365.photobucket.com/albums/oo100/matsa7/83.jpg

And summer 2009

http://i365.photobucket.com/albums/oo100/matsa7/36.jpg

I ran ~15 minutes behind dropping it off.

Here's the only shots I have of the day I bought my 80 GS: September 16th, 1989:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ff/RXnew-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ff/RXnew-2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ff/RXnew-3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ff/RXnew-4.jpg


And the most-recent shots, from JCCS (October) & the Turkey Run (November) 2009:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...IMG_0023-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...f/IMG_0014.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...9/IMG_0035.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...f/PA240039.jpg

^ that's unreal how high they sat from the factory. Look at the fender gaps.

The day i brought it home, sat undr an oak tree for 5 years:
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w...s/IMG_0850.jpg
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w...s/IMG_0849.jpg
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w...s/IMG_0852.jpg
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w...s/IMG_0854.jpg
As it is now:
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w...7/img_0912.jpg
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w...7/DSCN1454.jpg
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w...s/DSCN0173.jpg
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w...s/DSCN0167.jpg