who has the oldest 7 on the forum? mine has to be one of the oldest, born in 3/78 vin SA22C-502077. when did production of the 7 begin? thanks for constructive input.

 

Not mine, I don't know the date, but I have 2 side mirrors.

 

big pimpin since big pimpin

Stepdaddy

 

I got a 79 with sa22c-134594 vin.. It's a right hand drive made in Japan..

 

OOOOoooooo...the battle goes on. heh

Well, you both have beaten me by a long shot, I've got an 82 GSL.

 

The first number was SA22C 500025. Of the 72,683 made in 1978 19,299 were exported to North America. So 502507 would be an early car, perhaps part of the third shipment to arrive and sold at a premium as demand was so high.

About 70% of that year have been junked so there would be about 50 older cars still in use in the USA.

 

My recently purchased '79 is SA22C53xxxx, so I guess you guys got me beat, but not by much.

Matt
1979 SA22C
"No rotor, no motor."

 

the vin goes in increments of production right? like sa22c 500026 was the 2nd car made?
thanks for the info paul thats what i wanted to know.

 

Let's see some pics mang!

Right on.

 

dirty *** rims in this pic.

 

that is only for the ones built to be sold in north america right?

 

Mine is SA22C 511960 Built in 7/78

 

Hi.

My one is SA22C-108***. It was made in 1978 in Japan.

From memory, RXtasy's car was made a little earlier than mine.

Bye,
ScruffyChimp

 

any of you other guys got any sa pics to share?

 

My car's a bit too rough to share with the general RX-7 public right now, but it looks almost identical to joel's, except mine has factory alloy wheels on it.

 

Pics of my 79..

 

Rex79 likes the BASS because he always told me that BASS is important to impress the chicks ! lol Nice Ride Dudes !


Max

 

ok i did some searching around and here is what i found. my car was the 2,076th rx7 made bound for the US. 79 rx7's were produced from 3/78-6/79, serial # from 500001-566640. my car arrived in the US on 5/25/78, msrp was $6,395 but an inland freight and handling fee of $125 was added, making the window sticker price $6,520. it was sold for $7,324 plus a $1,900 trade in, so the original owner payed a total of $9,224 for it at Bayshore Motors in baytown, texas. the purchase date was 6/3/78.
thanks for all the info you guys. i am still interested in finding out how many of these 79 rx7's built were S models. i guess i am gonna have to wade my way through more bullshit to find this out. if you guys have any sites that may help please post em. i did a quick search and it yeilded the following webpages:
http://www.rx7.org/public/1st-gen.html
http://www.solarwinds.com/jdbooker/rx-7faq/page01.htm

 

nice car rex79, that looks like a good clean install of that system. you car looks great inside and out.

 

This IS NOT my car, but hoped you guys haven't seen this pic yet. This is my motivation for get a SA in the future.

 

Well...

The 79 is 563490

The 80 is 580915

And as far as pics go, here are the two, nestled together tonight. I need more garage space, because 7's shouldn't have to sleep in the cold.

 

ow u just beat me.....
im SA22C-114***

all the vin starting with 1 are the jspec, which have a few lil differences..to the standard exported S1

.. the first of the imported ones start with a 5

 

Some previous pics of the 80...

With the Panasports...


With the BFG R-1's on black painted FB wheels...


Ready to autox...


On course and running...


Starting the 1/8th mile...

 

are the 79-80 lighter than the rest of the FBs? I always thought they were, but my book says curb weight for '79 S and GS is 2,420 lbs which seems a bit high, and the 81 is only 2,345 lbs?

 

hey all, I just went out and checked my ID

but I waay klose out I only got

SA22C-116356

I miss out by a longshot. I want my car to be older.