So here I am back in 1980....got an FD now but will always have a special place for my first 7.

 

If it weren't for the grainy picture quality, I'd swear you were one of those 20-something doofuses you see nowadays. You know... The ultra-hip ones that are way into the Strokes...

-Jay (Wants that sweet van in the background....)

 

the hair!!!
the hair!!!

j/k

 

If I only still had that hair....

 

you bought that new?

 

In the summer of 1980 rode my bicycle to the Mada dealer , put it in the hatch and drove it home.

 

That's bad ***, man.

 

thats badass

 

damn, what happend to the car?

 

got married in 1983 and when my son was born in 1987 the car was sold. So here's a couple more of the wife in 1983 and then the FD in the same spot in 2006.

 

That thing looked great. How old were you when you bought it?

 

I was 20 at the time.

 

Great retro pic. Reminds me of the old days with the hair and the flannel. You need another 1st gen to go with the 3rd.

 

I can always go buy a flannel shirt and some hair too...

 

i got plenty....and the hair to go with it. i guess i would get classified as the "ultra hip" kids even though i was doin this since i was 7.

 

haha, great memories i'll bet.

jeez i was just born in '80, can't imagine how much fun they were to drive brand new!

 

Ya, that would be so awesome to see all the 1st gens lined up with the hoods popped and all brand new and test driving them.

 

awesome pics!! you should take one of yourself now by the FD and post it.....but with the flannel shirt and the crotch huggers and shoes with yellow laces.

what did the car cost you new? did the salesman at the dealership take you seriously knowing that you rode to the dealership on a bike?

 

nice pictures man

 

I did the same thing. Went to Sioux City IA and bought a brand new 1980 RX7. Black. I wanted the Tornado Silver, but it was going to be an extra $100 and a three day wait to drive it up from KS.
By the way. It is still in my driveway.
http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/View...884&p=72385596

 

Oh, also, I have a red FD sitting next to it. Along with a black second gen vert, and a grey FB.

 

Yea, maybe I'll go to the Salvation Army and pickup a shirt. The shoes were Clyde Pumas.

The car new was it think 9300. At the time most dealerships were getting over sticker. I actually made 4 trips to the dealer, dropping off partial payment checks until I could pay for the whole thing. It was the Mazda dealer (maybe its gone now) on Northern Blvd just over the NYC border in Nassau County.

BTW: at the time my dad wanted me to get a pickup truck

 

awesome story, clyde pumas and all!! are you glad you didn't go with a truck?

 

yea, 27 years later it would have sucked having to go on the Ford F150 board.

 

actually the inline 6 board i am a member of is pretty decent. i subscribe to it because of my 63 Falcon. its definatly no rx7club but it gets the job done and the guys there are pretty helpful and all seem pretty friendly.