The Latest 1st gen sightings

[Smiller18]

I think it is worth the money, or very close to. It is completely originally, in fantastic condition with incredibly low mileage.

The brown GSL with 4000 miles sold last year in the US for $45,000 USD. An Elford is unique to the UK, however these have a particular history/back story associated.

I had messaged Cliff last year to enquire if it was available for sale, but the message wasn't seen/read. Sad to read that he recently passed away.

[DeanRX7]

US car. Nice example and price.

https://www.autoscout24.com/offers/mazd ... roid-share

Mileage: 52,644 km
First registration: 01/1984
Final price: € 8,000.-

[rotarypower]

'Priced to sell' at £1650

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mazda-RX7-2/ ... SwoBlf9l~L

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The annoying part is that there are probably some good useful parts on that car that someone could use, but the seller is so unrealistic with his pricing that he'll never sell it.
I'd say its worth MAX £400. I'd rather pay half that.

[ian65]

'Priced to sell' at £1650

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mazda-RX7-2/ ... SwoBlf9l~L

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The annoying part is that there are probably some good useful parts on that car that someone could use, but the seller is so unrealistic with his pricing that he'll never sell it.
I'd say its worth MAX £400. I'd rather pay half that.

to be fair it's got 'all good panels'
He 'Cant remember last seeing one on the road'...... and he won't ever see this ruin on the road either.
He must be on drugs if he thinks this is worth £1695.

[Threesevens]

White series 3 for sale on Facebook.
Says it has only done 40k miles and has been recently refurbished, whatever that means.
Looks pretty good but I am sure i have seen this car before when it didn't look so good.
£12500 ono. Asking prices are going through the roof but more like an £8k car
https://www.facebook.com/commerce/listi ... attachment

[ian65]

White series 3 for sale on Facebook.
Says it has only done 40k miles and has been recently refurbished, whatever that means.
Looks pretty good but I am sure i have seen this car before when it didn't look so good.
£12500 ono. Asking prices are going through the roof but more like an £8k car
https://www.facebook.com/commerce/listi ... attachment

It’s on page 359 of this thread, previously for sale in 2012 for £1200

[rotarypower]

The whole world seems to be in a speculative bubble right now, house prices are up despite an awful economy, car prices for anything slightly 'classic' (I've seen all sorts of tat being advertised at crazy prices), stock markets climbing despite economies dropping etc.

As much as I'd like to see our cars worth this much, I have my doubts over the next couple of years.

[ian65]

In my view hardly any of the 1st gens currently being advertised in the UK are worth the asking prices.... people seem to be pulling figures out of the air.

[DeanRX7]

7s in the States, Europe and Aus/nz are all way above UK prices. I do agree that the asking prices of what looks like non enthusiasts selling them for nuts prices, especially the rust buckets, has become a regularity of late. The US example i listed on here in Amsterdam was a fair price, 8k for a very clean low mileage example. I also think this conversation is one going on, on every classic car forum. I look at autoscout more than my email, prices in general are up across the board....is it justified....not so sure.

[gt_james]

Not a full spot, but Emma has moved to a new team at her company and had a zoom call to meet the team members, and someone in her team put a picture up of her family's cars, one was her father in laws RX7 FB. Reg C731 CKL, I think grimsby area, Red S3. Might be a new one for the register?

Also on the topic of prices, yes all classics, retros, etc seem to be going a bit bonkers, I have seen lots of crazy asking prices, but also lots of crazy genuine sale prices of older japanese cars. So why not ask high prices at the moment for RX7s too? I am in two minds like others, on the one hand the prices of these cars doesn't motivate me, its how they drive and the history of them that does, unlike many people who seem to be riding the wave of TV programs buying and selling these cars making money, wanting to do it themselves, but on the other hand If my cars are worth more then that's a bonus. Hopefully though that doesn't come at the cost of increased cost of ownership buying parts, and difficulty finding parts. In Japan FBs and FCs look like they are selling for a lot more than over here, and other types of cars having been selling for a lot for years. Look at skylines, Americans are buying them up from all round the world for very high prices, and interestingly often bought with finance! It might flop in a few years time as finance runs out, a new "in" thing will become more popular than old cars etc, but so what, if at the moment the asking prices are high, it only makes sense that RX7s follow. I'll still be here if the values crash, I don't plan on cashing out and selling on the current high... although everything has its price

Maybe increased interest and values at the moment are a good thing for us all in another way, the future of petrol burning cars on our roads is very uncertain, for now classics are afforded a lot of privileges, but as governments plan to get "all" petrol and diesel cars off the road by 2050 etc, maybe we need a classic car enthusiastic public on our side for the sake of rule making on classics. The downside might be high prices, but the upside could be more power to lobby against governments trying to take us off the road! If there was little interest and values remain low, our voice too would be less.