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Old 11-19-23, 08:50 PM
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1979 rx7 12A leather interior

I have this car I bout from someone local and it’s just sitting in my driveway covered not doing anything I was thinking about selling it is 12,500 asking too much or is it rare enough to ask for that much it runs good hunts some paint and tuning issues but no mechanical problems is it worth it or not ?
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It's worth what you paid for it. Having said that, it's only worth what someone will pay. We generally shy away from these non-technical questions in this forum as to not turn it into a selling forum.
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Agree with KC, but I will say it helps to become somewhat knowledgeable about what you are selling. There was no 79 model that included a leather interior. The first one's were the 1980 LS (Leather Sport) models. No matter what year or version of Rx-7 you have, it's actual value will be highly dependent on it's milage, it's condition, both cosmetically and mechanically and originality.

To me, $12,500 for a 1st gen that has some paint and tuning issues is overly optimistic at this point in time.
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For sure man I recently got it and can’t find much info so I was just curious how others felt ya know. But idk pretty sure it’s a 79 and it has not leather bat a more vynil style interior and everything is still original. More or less just wanting opinions on if the car is as rare as I thought it was or if it’s just a cool lil car.
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Originally Posted by Christo121
For sure man I recently got it and can’t find much info so I was just curious how others felt ya know. But idk pretty sure it’s a 79 and it has not leather bat a more vynil style interior and everything is still original. More or less just wanting opinions on if the car is as rare as I thought it was or if it’s just a cool lil car.
Sounds like a normal 1979. When I say normal, I'm saying vinyl seats. The other options would be a S model and a GS model. S had no sunroof, two spoke steering wheel, and 4 speed trans. The GS had a 4 spoke steering wheel, 5 speed trans, and an optional sunroof. Both versions also had the option of dealer installed AC. For the 1979, AC was never installed at the factory. You could also get a passenger side mirror as an option.

For the 1979, being the first year of production, the earlier the VIN the better. The early version had cloth seats and a passenger side dash speaker, evident by the holes in the dash.
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Cool man you have been super helpful I just haven’t had much experience with any rotary vehicles yet is it easy to
tune like most carborated vehicles or is it super touchy and best to let a mechanic do jt ?
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Cool man you have been super helpful I just haven’t had much experience with any rotary vehicles yet is it easy to
tune like most carborated vehicles or is it super touchy and best to let a mechanic do jt ?
It's just a carb. The factory service manual here has the tuning details. Foxed.ca
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You’re a g thanks man
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Got pictures? I'd love to see what you've got.
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