The Latest 1st gen sightings

[ian65]

Thanks guys....I had one of these series 3's a few years back and wish I had found this forum (and exile) then, I would have prob kept it! Guys like this selling duds but making them sound like a rare gem give these beautiful cars a bad name. I think if there is a 7 out there someone on here will know something about it so thanks for sharing your knowledge!

yeah, the trouble is Dean that someone who's always fancied one of these cars but doesn't know much about them gets taken in by this blokes spiel, then ends up with a dog and becomes disenchanted with it. They then end up selling it on and forever more tell people "I had one of those Mazdas, it was crap".

[syebba]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MAZDA-RX7-198 ... 35b8fda09f

TWR kitted fb,with a bored out rotary, equivalent to 5000cc.

[ian65]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MAZDA-RX7-198 ... 35b8fda09f

TWR kitted fb,with a bored out rotary, equivalent to 5000cc.

it was on ebay in 2009 and again on 20.02.210

Back then the advert stated:

IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION FOR AGE.HAS A TWR FULL BODY KIT.HAS STREET PORT BY ROTECNICS OF READING.HAS GODD INTERIOR.HAS MOSTLY ALL GENUIAN MAZDA PARTS.THE ALLOYS WERE RE-DIPPED NOT TO LONG AGO THEY LOOK NEW.MILLAGE IS AROUND THE132K.ENGINE WAS RESTORED AT ABOUT 102K,SO ONLY DONE 32K ON THE REFERB/STREET PORT.METALIC BLACK,ELECTRIC WINDOWS/MIRRORS.SUNROOF.POP UP LIGHTS.ELECTRIC ARIAL.FULL RACING STAINLESS STEAL EXHORST.NEW TYRES,BRIDGESTONE.NEW NUMBER PLATES.PULL COVER FOR IN BOOT.NICE SPARE WHEEL.VERY TIDY..VERY FAST CAR.HAS STERIO SYSTEM.I HAVE LOOKED AFTER THIS CAR FOR 18 YEARS

[A7RXY]

Funny how owning a car for 18 yrs and forgetting engine mods were 32k ago and not 3k. what else has he forgot ........

[ian65]

Funny how owning a car for 18 yrs and forgetting engine mods were 32k ago and not 3k. what else has he forgot ........

it's not all bad news though Dibs, it has got a 'STEAL EXHORST' and a 'STERIO'










joking aside, it does look like a nice car and has obviously had money spent on it....... but £3700 is a big ask in the current market... it might make it's starting bid of £2400 though.
Doesn't say if it's mot'd?

How does porting a 12a rotary engine increase it's capacity to 5 litres?..... surely the capacity is what it is? On a piston engine you can bore it out or increase the stroke to raise the cc, but I can't see how porting a 12a would do that... all you're basically doing is gas flowing it aren't you?

[Steve-A]

I read that bit about 'ported till its 5000cc' bit and laughed. I guess that shows the general publics level of understanding of how the rotary actually works!

[ian65]

If I paid someone for any type of engine work, I'd want to know what I'm paying for..... if you gas flow a head, what's going to be the benefit?.... if you bore it out, what's the increase in cc & power?.... if I have a rotary ported, what's it going to achieve?
I wouldn't hand over any dosh until I was straight in my own mind what I was getting.

[codge]

Says Power 500 in the ebay specifics. So there you are, why bugger about triple rotoring etc.

It's also got a ding on the offside behind the door. (I thought I could see something out of shape in the pics).

Been SORNed (on previous ad and again now) so I think no MOT..........

[ian65]

Green S3 in Milton Keynes on ebay today. £1200 Buy it Now. Looks reasonable except screen might have to come out?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1985-MAZDA-RX ... 500wt_1196

Was on ebay in Essex last July.

now relisted at £1750 again

[syebba]

I give up trying to predict sold prices.

Can think of 2 silver fb's sold at both ends of the scale,both were rotters.

1 silver fb was sold for £36.87 approx

1 silver fb was sold for £2450 with rusty arches & front valance.


I don't think the black fb will sell at the starting price in todays market,maybe next year!