Hello, I have had this account for a while, but never posted. About a month ago I purchased a 79 in daytona blue, the car had been sitting since 90'. Unfortunately about a week after I got it I noticed it was burning a ton of oil, so I did a compression test (results were not very good) tore the engine out and stripped it down. Anyways, my intention is to do a driver quality restoration, I look forward to using the site and gathering some knowledge from all you guys.
-Nick

 

Welcome!!! Very nice 79 you have! Daytona Blue is an excellent color and the Panasport wheels look nice! Would love to see a build thread on this in the 1st Gen section!!! Do you know any of the car's history?

 

Welcome to forum

 

Welcome. Daytona Blue is a rare color. Is this an S model or GS? Looks like it's a 5 speed, but has a 2 spoke steering wheel. Does it have an electric rear hatch release?

 

As far as I know the original owner was a girl who purchased the car in 1980, she was a college student at the time, she had bought it in the Portland area and thats where it remained, unfortunately I did not meet her, she took it to a local rotary collector who did the brakes, fluids, water pump, filters, etc. He is the one who did the transaction. Thats about all i know.

 

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Well you would probably know better than me haha, but as far as far as I know it's an S? Due to the lack of sunroof and electric hatch release. It is a 4 speed, but it has a 5 speed shift ****, the original owner had a 8 ball shifter and I really was not a fan of the look, so the collector i bought it from threw in a 5 speed shift **** for me. It also has this super cool mid 70s? Pioneer supertuner which I intend on keeping in the car.

 

With a 4spd trans, no rear sway bar, no center console, no windshield sun shade, no electronic hatch release, no dead pedal, and a 2 spoke steering wheel are all indicators of an S model.

 

Thats what threw me, S models had the 2 spoke wheel and 4 speeds. You got the 5 speed shift lever along with the ****. 4 speed levers were taller and didn't have the bend at the top. S models did not come standard with the exterior body moldings either. Dealers could easily add those things for a little extra profit. In addition to what Dave listed, S models did not come with intermittent wipers or map pockets on the bottom of the door cards either.

 

To be fair, the 5spd **** and shifter threw me as well. My first thought was that it was swapped with a 5spd trans. Never would have figured someone would have installed the shifter and **** from a 5spd!