Shortly after I counted over the bills... She's still at that track, and I don't have that Civic anymore, but she's in a small garage I rent there. I'm replacing the destroyed motor, everything else on the car is in good shape. She sat outside for so long, I'm hoping she learned a few things from all the race cars constantly tearing around. I'll find out for sure before too much longer.

 

summer of 2009, june i believe...
i bought it engineless and after 3 different engines i purchased (none of which made it into the engine bay...) i finally found the one thats going in, if mother nature decides not to pms on the midwest anymore this will finally get dropped in.

 

Before all the V8h8rs chime in, let me point out that an FB's fate with a V8 is so much better than a fate such as this, forever to sit on flat tires with rusted paint and a seized motor, forgotten and lost.

A V8-swapped FB is one less abandoned FB. Please, won't someone think of the FB33s?

 

I agree, I have 1 SA22 and a FB3S. Im building a 383 to drop in my SA22, I could careless what anyone says. My car, my money... On another note do you have more pics of the wheels and rear portion of the body ?

 

Not mine, just found a particularly beat-up RX7 on Craigslist to use as an example. http://seks.craigslist.org/cto/1574038629.html

 

someone needs to pick that up. wheels r worth more than what they're asking for the whole car.

 

Yeah, no kidding, I wish I was closer.

 

yeah thanks for the support you guys. the car was most likely going to the crusher since it was engineless and i bought it for $300, i was was playing around and in the middle of a rotary rebuild, street ported none the less... but always liked and wanted to try a swap of this caliber...which really isnt that hard... so i parted out the rotary and bought a 5.0

 

The first 3 are shortly after I brought her home. She didn't run and I paid $750. Last 3 are as she sits waiting for her new owner to take her away. Althought right she's burried under about 25"-30" of snow

 

my 1983 RX-7 GSL i picked it up on Nov 12, 2005 we payed $200 the old old owner swaped a 90,000km motor and it needed a carb

the pics of from the day it came home

 

Almost home:
May '04... on my trip home from San Diego to Fairbanks Alaska: 2650 miles!
Bought the car off ebay from owner down there...
never missed a beat. Amazing trip. West Coast USA, Canada, Yukon... gawd what a beautiful continent!
Would buy another SA in a heart beat just for the drive!


Stu Aull
80GS
Alaska

 

If and when you do Stu, let me know. I'd enjoy being your wingman on the drive home.

 

If I ever do decide to sell, Stu... you'll get first crack at Spry Beastie. & all her spares and docs.

And it'll only be due to the frigging smog ****'s down here, if it does happen.

 

if that happens, its time to move out of state Glen...

 

Tempting but difficult. Propertied here. And employment is a nice thing to have just now, too.

 

I know this is an old thread but I think its cool to see what people started out with. I wish I still had my pics of my ls when I first got it, but sadly they got deleted.

 

saw this thread and wanted to post a scan of a picture on the day I first brought my 1980 LS home. Date was July 9, 1980. Also attached is a picture I took last year.
July 1980


July 2013

 

White car's not done yet.... None of them are or ever will be I like driving them too much :P

 

Cool picture! One thing I do regret today is not capturing that new car moment. Heck, I didn't even own a camera back then. I should ask my Mom if she by chance took one that I don't recall. So is the stripe that goes along the door and up the leading edge of the B-pillar, part of the factory LS trim package? Or was this something the dealer added? I think Mazda Dave's old Solar Gold LS also had this. Not sure I've ever noticed this on any white or black LS's before.

 

th same great car....better camera....LOL

 

I'm going to have to go digging through my parent's photo collection. I know they have a shot of me with my first RX-7 somewhere. A broken-down '82 GS in maroon. It was a heap, but it was my heap.

 

My white LS has that same black L shaped stripe on the side. It did have the stripes around the side moulding too but someone removed it, if you look really close you can see where it was. I thought the stripes on a white car where gold?

 

Super dark... but i had just gotten home with a not so perfect '79

 

The LS Stripe was part of the LS package and is listed on the window sticker as part of the LS package.

 

Thanks for clearing up the LS stripe.
Does anyone know where you could get a replacement stripe for it? I would like to have one for it I ever had my car repainted.