What's a Rotus 7 worth

[Old Yellow]

I'm planning on selling my 1990 Rotus. It's presently in the process of being painted at the local Votech School. The color is Ferrari Fly Yellow. I would like to get a idea of what it's worth now as I already have a couple of folks that are interested in it just sitting at the Votech school.

 

It has a 13b rotary that has been pretty strongly street ported and has a 48IDA Webber that has 50mm chokes and opened up a little more. It has a heavy duty Centerforce clutch. The engine has been balanced and lightweight roaters installed by a professional who builds ITA cars. The flywheel power on a dyno is 255hp. I autocrossed the car for a few years which doesn't involve a lot of heavy duty track time and the rev limiter is set at 8600 which is well below what it's capable of. It also has a set of double adjustable Koni shocks that were around $2000 for the set.

 

The rear end is a 4.10 ratio Toyota Supra with a TRD limited slip in it. I also have a 5.33 pumpkin and 2 spare transmissions and a spare engine that go with it. The spare engine and one transmission is out of a early turbo car so the transmission is heavier duty

[slngsht]

Hi Joe, It's hard to say. I'd say probably about 12K for an average car in good running condition to 16K for a more nicely finished car. Of course both of those would be with pretty stock engines... If you have alot of $$$$ sunk into the drive train, that's a different story.

 

The prices are just my opinions. There may be others with more recent knowledge of Rotus transactions.

[Croc]

Here is the only sale I have ever seen for a Rotus in the last year

 

http://www.usa7s.com/vb/showthread.php?t=4285

 

Not really comparable on spec and I bet they probably took an offer at around $12k - no one pays list from a dealer unless they can avoid it.

[Old Yellow]

Thanks Mazda.

 

I'm going to start driving one of my Triumph TR8 cars which is so competitive that it can almost stay up with a Miata in it's class. In other words will be just be for fun now which is what it has always been about anyway. It's hard to make a 30 year old car stay up with the newer ones. I'll be putting a 4.6l Rover in one of them with a little lumpy cam for fun to replace the 3.5L one it came with. They look the same only larger bore and stroke.

 

Joe

[Old Yellow]

Mine might not be quite as clean as the one pictured but we'll see after it's painted. It has leather interior and I'll redo the carpet in the trunk also. It doesn't have the motorcycle type front fenders and the reat tail lights are different as they had trouble with them rubbing the wiring. I like my 53 chevy tail lights better.

[Spaz]

Looks like the one Croc posted is up for sale again at Hemmings.

 

LOTUS: 7 Replica, wonderful car, factory built by Rotus, bulletproof Toyota driveline, 4-cyl Toyota Hemi engine with dual Webers and 5-speed, stock and racing windshields, 3-link and 4-link rear end setups, alloy cycle fenders and full sweep fenders, full rain gear, tonneau cover, top and side curtains, 2 new set of wheels and tires, (alloy Panasports and Bassett steel race), no disappointments, great car and great buy, $13,500 obo. 805-466-1015, Atascadero, California ; or automojo@hughes.net $13,500

 

 

http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/carsforsale/lotus/7/942056.html