rotorracing

hi my name is andy, i have been into rx7s for the last 2 years or more right know we have 6 and the newes one i got about 2 weeks ago and i wanted to know how much you guys might think it is worth. the body is in good shap except for the football size dent in the drives door, the in side of the car is in good shap ,o ya it has a back set too, it is in good shap. has all jap tags under hood, here are some pics to look at.

thanx
andy
rotorracing@hotmail.com

faster7

Those wheels are sure different..... I bet with some polishing/powdercoating they could look very nice!

I'd usually guess a carb 12A car would be worth $500-$750 more to the right person if it's RHD and TAGGABLE over a LHD model.

A factory RHD 12A turbo would be worth quite a bit more than that to some people....I'd sure like one!

RXcetera

I've never seen those wheels... interesting. About the value of the car, you'd be better off selling specific parts off of it instead of the whole thing. You might get 500$ for the complete car if your lucky.

MarkPerez

I would think you might get at least $ 500.00 dollors for those wheels.
To the die hard 7 lover.because those are cool, and very different.

RXcetera

I've never seen any RX-7 from any country sporting those wheels. They're probably from earlier RX's. 500$ for used, old, mazda mystery wheels? I dont think so...

SIX TWO SLEEPER

RX-7's in Japan came with sweet rims, 15" pizza-like ones from the 626GT were on the 12A turbo (actually, the RX-T wheels were put on the 626) there were also these really nice wheels on J-spec's. I want a set badly... take a peek[IMG]C:\My Documents\My Pictures\SA-RotoWheel.jpg[/IMG]

RXcetera

My 78 Savanna's original wheels are exactly the same as the North American 79-80 alloys. Those rotor wheels could be special ordered through Mazda here too.

SIX TWO SLEEPER

can they still be purchased via a mazda dealer?

RXcetera

I wish. I've never asked though...

80rx-7

fix it up. i bet there aint to many of them around!

ScruffyChimp

Hi Rotorracing.

Wow, that interior looks familiar to me! I live in New Zealand and have a 1978 right-hand drive Japanese import with the poo brown interior and the back seat.

http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/~jamesmcl/dash3.jpg

http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/~jamesmcl/dash1.jpg

I think the value of the car would be lowish. It's an automatic, which is an undesirable feature in a car that people usually buy to drive fast.

Good luck,
ScruffyChimp

80rx-7

yea i know i cant stand to see an automatic trans in a car that was obviously built for going fast.

SIX TWO SLEEPER

Hey wait. What exactly is wrong with it? Run? 1978 models and japanese-spec models are VERY rare. Remember that Mazda built 474,565 RX-7's between 1978 and 1985. Also, keep in mind 450,000 of them were US market models. Not ones for Canada or Mexico, just cars exported to the US. That leaves 24,565 cars for all years for all markets and all countries. So, a '78 model (made only between March 30th 1978 and May 1978) for Japan is really rare. Also, a RHD car in the US is cool. And registerable. Because of it being RHD and a J-spec car, you can tag it as a "collector" which all 1st gens are. Because of that, you have a special plate, and are exempt from emissions if you aren't already. You are restricted to a certain number of miles/year in most cases, but if you have six RX-7's, that isn't a problem. Driving a RHD car is very enjoyable. Espcially when I was driving once with my sister of eight a long while ago and everybody thought that 8-year old was driving said 1958 MGA. (which wasn't mine unfortunatly)