2tallfor7

Found a JDM car for sale......looking at it for a friend

yeti

iTrader: (1)

SA22C is from pre VIN days. Is it right hand drive?

2tallfor7

yeah its a RHD car....... but i have never seen or head of a vin/serial lower than sa22c-500001

MyRxBad

Might be european number.
Ones from Japan have an E before the sa22c

KYPREO

A VIN is a standardised 17 digit number that encodes information about the vehicle including build date etc.

There is no "VIN" for any JDM 1st gen rx7 (or for Australia, NZ or South Africa for that matter)

There are chassis numbers only. these are simply sequential build/serial numbers equivalent to the last 6 digits of a VIN.

JDM uses the follow chassis number ranges

Series 1 (1978-80) SA22C-100001 on
Series 2 (1980-83) SA22C-200001 on
Series 3 (1983-85) SA22C-300001 on

Export markets that didn't adopt VINs::

Series 1 (1978-80) SA22C-500001 on
Series 2 (1980-83) SA22C-650001 on
Series 3 (1983-85) SA22C-700001 on

These numbers were allocated sequentially from the production line for global markets so 1 car might have been for Australia, the next NZ etc

more detailed info here: Mazda RX-7 SA22C / 1st Generation (1978 - 1985) - AusRotary