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Old 10-18-05, 11:15 PM
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Originally Posted by RustyRotary
You mean a sunroof? That would be what just about every 1st gen has =P
A sunroof with a Targa Bar...

Sorry to tell you, they're nothing special. The Targa band is a part of the IMSA package that was available from Mazda as a dealer add-on/counter parts kit...

I have two Targa's for sale right now...



Is it the second one...?
Old 10-18-05, 11:54 PM
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Is a one peice or three peice rarer?
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The RAREST 1st Gen ................

Old 10-19-05, 12:11 AM
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Heh, it's back!
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Damn how much work, time and cost did it took to design that car that way? I mean, like what body kit was it use and how much fabrication and fiberglass was needed to make this car look the way it dose? I like the way it looks is very nice almost look like a new 1st gen but for 2005 lol.
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Uh,oh...here we go again!!
The frontend is off a Porsche,and I believe the guy did all the work himself.Or at least came up with the idea.There is no kit.....
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But if there was a kit, I'd buy one
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How many 1980 10th Anneversary Editions were produced? (Celebrating 10 years of Mazda in teh US Market. Available in Red only... Came with a medallion that had a roman numeral "X")

There were 2500 1980 LS models produced. There were 5000 1983 LE models produced.
Old 10-19-05, 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by jays83gsl
Is a one peice or three peice rarer?
The three piece is MUCH RARER...

I want one of those almost as much as I want an actual Targa car....
Do you know someone with a 1 piece?

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How many 1980 10th Anneversary Editions were produced? (Celebrating 10 years of Mazda in teh US Market. Available in Red only... Came with a medallion that had a roman numeral "X")

There were 2500 1980 LS models produced. There were 5000 1983 LE models produced.
The 83 LE was kown as the GX here in Canada...
There probably aren't a lot of X AE's made, but I've seen several of those, and no Targas (the picture notwithstanding)...
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probably a 1st gen convertible.
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Originally Posted by Max7
The RAREST 1st Gen ................

that car might be rare but every supra has that spoiler ^_^
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Originally Posted by smnc
The 83 LE was kown as the GX here in Canada...
There probably aren't a lot of X AE's made, but I've seen several of those, and no Targas (the picture notwithstanding)...
The GX, I thought was the GS.

The 1983 LE was a GS with Chateu silver (Kinda like a sea foam greenish, I thought.) and it had 14 inch alloy BBS style wheels.
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Originally Posted by Pele
The GX, I thought was the GS.

The 1983 LE was a GS with Chateu silver (Kinda like a sea foam greenish, I thought.) and it had 14 inch alloy BBS style wheels.
We had a GS model up here, just like you

But the '83 LE's were called GX's for some reason up here...
Weird, eh?
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Spool32 has the rarest so stop arguing..
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Originally Posted by peejay
i was told that there were less than 200 (179 sticks in my head) models imported for the '79 model year with an automatic transmission.
I had heard that the auto '79 was "just about the rarest first gen" when I was trying to get a guy to sell me his 5 speed out of a '80 parts car - he was pretty sure I should keep my car as an automatic. I figure the reason it's so rare is because no one would want an auto

I do know that I saw none with automatics in '79 when I was test driving every one that the dealer could get in stock "That was fun, but how does the blue one handle?"
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Nuff said- Factory PACE CAR!!! FACTORY 12A TURBO. OEM ISMA GTU BODYKIT.. RAREST EVER! Everyone else stop posting about stupid Automatic 79 models.... This is it end of story.

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Originally Posted by karlm
I had heard that the auto '79 was "just about the rarest first gen" when I was trying to get a guy to sell me his 5 speed out of a '80 parts car - he was pretty sure I should keep my car as an automatic. I figure the reason it's so rare is because no one would want an auto

I do know that I saw none with automatics in '79 when I was test driving every one that the dealer could get in stock "That was fun, but how does the blue one handle?"
Wow, my '79 parts car must be super rare. It has an automatic. As rare as it is, I want to convert it to 5 speed.
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what a nice car yupp spool32's is the nicest one, what a beauty eh i love the widebody, i love the whole thing, but wait, didnt mazda put out a few awd turbo first gens so that they could run in rallys? thats what ive heard, thats gotta be pretty rare if its true, i think ive seen some pics too, its white with some orange and red pin striping and i think its also go wantanabe? wheels
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Originally Posted by TheLatinHeat
Damn how much work, time and cost did it took to design that car that way? I mean, like what body kit was it use and how much fabrication and fiberglass was needed to make this car look the way it dose? I like the way it looks is very nice almost look like a new 1st gen but for 2005 lol.
The fenders look a lot like Z32 300ZX fenders, and the bumper looks like an aftermarket Z32 piece as well. I have no idea if that's what they actually are, but it sure looks that way. Maybe the guy who fabricated the parts just liked Z-cars a lot lol But yeah, it kinda looks like what it would have looked like if it came out in 1990 or something.
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lookes like the front is off of a 90-96 nissan 300zx i think the front is a gtr front from stiillen, and the wing is just molded and its got a widebody.
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The AWD 1st gen was something Rod Millen built in the off season to counter the Audi Quattro.It was mostly an experiment and was done to a tube chassis car using 626 FWD parts.
In the end,he still lost to Buffam's Audi.
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Originally Posted by smnc
The three piece is MUCH RARER...

I want one of those almost as much as I want an actual Targa car....
Do you know someone with a 1 piece?
There was a first gen at the local pick n pull with a one piece targa bar. I tried to pull it off, but it was pretty well stuck on there. Besides that I really would never use it as I do not personally like the looks.
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Originally Posted by steve84GS TII
The AWD 1st gen was something Rod Millen built in the off season to counter the Audi Quattro.It was mostly an experiment and was done to a tube chassis car using 626 FWD parts.
In the end,he still lost to Buffam's Audi.

your right, here it is, i wonder if anyone else has done the awd conversion since. looks cool. theres also more rare looking cars on this page, but i doubt many would be more rare than spool 32s car,

that roger mandevilles car and spool32s car are so far the most rare rx7s weve got, but as for rarest production rx7. thats another story
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Originally Posted by smnc
A sunroof with a Targa Bar...

Sorry to tell you, they're nothing special. The Targa band is a part of the IMSA package that was available from Mazda as a dealer add-on/counter parts kit...

I have two Targa's for sale right now...



Is it the second one...?


how much for the first one, shipped to 32207?
Old 10-20-05, 01:20 AM
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Originally Posted by 13 BEEF
Rarest first gen's are probably the Jap spec 12A turbo's (s2)

^^^^^^^^^^ thats what I always thought.


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