Proud new owner of this 1979 Spark Yellow GS, I've heard that some of you (mostly the Orlando guys) already know of this car. Looking forward to becoming part of the RX-7 community, I've been around Mazda's for the past 10 years though so the only thing I'm new to is the rotary :P

Pics of the car:

 

Nice car man, welcome to the boards

 

Thanks! And here was the rest of my first post... (because of too many pics)








My autocross ONLY Miata:






And the Protege (my DD) that I've recently put back to stock and am hoping to sell soon:






Sorry for all the pics, I tend to get carried away :P

 

great looking cars! Welcome to the boards. Where in FL are you ...I think I've seen that yellow 1st gen before (?)

Gainesville, FL here...go to the SE section of the forum

 

I'm in Orlando/Kissimmee but I bought it from Mark(don't know his s/n) in Melbourne last week.

I'll check out the SE section.

 

Damn Man! your FB is so cleaan :O

 

Saw the spark yellow SA on craigslist for awhile, is it as nice as it looked? Love Almex wheels!

 

Welcome! Orlando is a great group or rotary owners. I love being able to spend time with them. Come visit the SE section of the forum and introduce yourself to everyone!

 

It's an SA... and I can't take credit for how clean it is yet lol. My job for now is keeping it clean

It was only on CL for a few hours before it was all but mine, I bought it the next morning. It is nicer than it looked on CL and is as nice as it looks in my pics :P I love the wheels too.. but I'm going to "restore" them.

I shal do so I'm taking the car to Old Town Friday, don't know if any of you guys frequent there or not. I use to take my Protege but haven't been in about a year.

 

Beautiful SA! My first 7 was an '80 SA many moons ago. I'm hosting a meet in Jacksonville on July 9th--info is in the SE section. You should try to make it up. My buddy Wayne has a sweet SA too and he'll be there.


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Congrats on the purchase! I spoke with Mark a few weeks earlier and he told me he was wanting to sell. I am glad he was able to sell quickly and glad you were able to get it! See you at the local gatherings.

 

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Thanks I usually work every Saturday that isn't the first Sat of the month because I request that one off work for autocross. I'm sure I'll see ya around at a meet somewhere sometime though :P

Thanks! I'm happy to have gotten it as well, I'll see ya around!

 

yea that fb is very mint.

 

Very clean SA. Look forward to seeing you at the next event. Your protoge is really NICE. Why are you selling it? Looks like a great DD.

 

Well I've put it back to stock... and it's an automatic lol. Thanks though, it was a great DD but I got tired of it after 9 years and after 2 weeks in the SA I'm never going back! :P






And since I like pics and don't think I posted them in this thread:

 

I <3 this car...

 

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Wow Nice car....congrats Man

 

Oh Ya I love my dash mats...got one in every car

 

great looking fb enjoy that thing I think it's a rare color if it's stock paint I never seen that before and damn do I wish I lived in fl that place looks beautiful damn nj lol

 

Thanks I need to get a pic of the dash w/o the mat but it's pretty damn clean.

It's not the original coat of paint but it is the original color. And don't wish you lived here, there are some nice parts but mostly its just flat and hot lol.

 

This is my first rx7, i want to take to a rotary meet. Any coming soon?

 

I too just got into rx7's. i just bought an 88 TII, and an 89 TII without and engine. hopefully between the two of them i'll get me a good looking/running car. I'm from little rock arkansas myself

 

Makes me want to get my 79 Spark Yellow on the road.

I am glad Mark sold it. I bought some tires off him for our Lemons RX-7 before the new year when he first was putting it up for sale. Looked like a nice car.

 

Were those the really wide tires he was talking about? I saw some pics somewhere, they were pretty wide for the stock wheels lol. I'm glad he sold it too... and to me He hooked me up with a deal and I really appreciate it, I think he felt good knowing it would be in good hands. I wouldn't have sold it to a non-Mazda enthusiast either... and even if they were I wouldn't sell it to someone if they were gonna strip it down and race it. He actually ask me that exact question and I assured him I had a Miata for that

I do have 2 questions for the few ppl in this thread though...

First, is the air cleaner "box" different on the '79 because of the crap in the lid? I don't like the black and really want a stock blue one but don't know exactly what to look for.

Second, does anyone know what front spoiler this is?