where did the FB designation come from?
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where did the FB designation come from?
i looked throgh a lot of japanese mags, amercian mags, and never once seen the FB designation for the first gens. All of the has the SA22C. Can someone clarify this for me. Thanks
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Re: where did the FB designation come from?
Originally posted by darkside7
i looked throgh a lot of japanese mags, amercian mags, and never once seen the FB designation for the first gens. All of the has the SA22C. Can someone clarify this for me. Thanks
i looked throgh a lot of japanese mags, amercian mags, and never once seen the FB designation for the first gens. All of the has the SA22C. Can someone clarify this for me. Thanks
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North America (includes Canada, that bigger-than-Australia chunk of land north of the US) introduced standardized VINs in the early 80's and FB ended up the first two letters signifying that particular car ('JM1FB33...' etc. with J=Japanese M=Mazda 1=Passenger Car, FB= car line line, in this case RX-7, 33 = 2 door hatch back, and so forth)
As an FB is different in body shape, bracing, options, etc. than a North American spec SA, it is known as an FB to enthusiasts as '1st gen' would be too vague.
As an interesting side note, anSA (1979 model) came in fifth place in the last Cannonball Run (the race, not the movie inspired by it)
As an FB is different in body shape, bracing, options, etc. than a North American spec SA, it is known as an FB to enthusiasts as '1st gen' would be too vague.
As an interesting side note, anSA (1979 model) came in fifth place in the last Cannonball Run (the race, not the movie inspired by it)
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Re: Re: where did the FB designation come from?
Originally posted by REVHED
Only American cars were designated FB. All Australian and Japanese 1st gens are SA's. Can't quite remember what the reason behind this was though.
Only American cars were designated FB. All Australian and Japanese 1st gens are SA's. Can't quite remember what the reason behind this was though.
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