My uncle has an auto, Red in Red 1986 non turbo RX7 that only has 40,100 miles on it. Mint condition, everything works, clean title, no white smoking, high idling or leak. Just wondering how much is the car worth?

 

"Mint" means nothing without pictures.
That said, I'd hazard $3000>3500 to a motivated buyer.

 

post pics. include some underbody shots aswell

 

The word "mint" means the factory, therefore a "mint" item is one which is in a condition that is indistinguishable from one that was just produced by the factory. A car with 40,100 miles is not anywhere near mint. If you mean Excellent condition, then it would probably sell for around $3,000.

 

$3,000 would be a pretty decent deal. Too bad it's automatic.

 

^3k would be for someone not looking for a project car. as for the auto... theres always the option to do a 5speed swap.

 

Naturally it's only worth what someone is willing to pay. The reality is that FCs are still far too young to be a collector item (in terms of high monetary value). They're still plentiful and 70's japanese cars have only recently started to climb in value. Observe the forum; most owners would drop their FC in a second for an FD (they aren't shy about this)... they're in it because they only have a few thousand dollars for a car, not because the FC is neccessarily THE car for them.

Most FC enthusiasts tend more to performance and given the ease of a rebuild, low cost of bushings and other replacement parts equating to like-new or superior performance, there's not a huge difference between a low-mileage FC to a high-mileage FC that's in good condition. It's even tougher since it's non-turbo and automatic given the current crowd buying FCs. It'll take quite a while before the FC becomes sacred and even then, it would have to be a 10AE, or at the minimum a turbo model.

I'm only saying this because there's been a rash of recent "rare" FC threads (ie low-mileage base-model non-turbos) popping up with newer people hoping they have an undiscovered special addition super FC worth a gillion dollars.

Either way, you should post some pics. Is it a base model or GXL?

 

www.kbb.com will give you the average sale price in your area. People here tend to lowball it but OTOH people here also like to buy project cars which are fairly sold at $0 and up. kbb doesn't cover those.

As always have a mechanic or very knowledgeable person inspect it before you buy. The $50 will save you hundreds if not thousands in potential repairs.

 

I would actually be worried about a first year FC that only had 40,000 miles and is on its original engine. God knows what woes it suffers from being in and out of storage so much. All I know is around where I live it would be worth about 2k to an informed buyer. In any case, good luck.

 

Actually, When I bought my first FC, I went looking for Rx7s. I thought I wanted an FD. I drove a first gen first, cause i found a clean one in the paper. I didn't care for it much. Fun just didn't fit me.
Then I drove the FD. it was fast and fun. I thought i was going to get it. They were still in production then.
Then i found an 88 at a used car lot. Before I left the parking lot on the test drive, I knew i was buying that car. I still have that car BTW. It just fit me better. I should have held out for a TII. But they were scarce in middle Missouri.

I remember the FC commercials when I was in Jr High. Those commercials and the magazines made me want an Rx7.

 

yea my fc definetily changed my life. now i wanna buy any fc i see even if its a pos v8.... ADDICTIVE

 

pics or it didnt happen... lol