I was the one who sold that car to the current owner.
I assume HB Chris forwarded the contact info on to amg5872. If not, I can supply it. Like he said, the gentleman that has it listed now is a serious stand up guy and not at all a flipper or someone just out to make a fast buck. He makes the most fanatical BMW collector/hoarder seem totally bush league. If he's selling it it's only because he wants to make physical room for other projects - or he thinks he won't get to it within a reasonable time frame.
Having said that; It isn't exactly what I would call a one owner car....
I bought it about a year ago from the son of "possibly" the original owner. He thought his dad bought it new; but he also told me that it was entirely possible that his dad purchased it when it was a year or two old. It was originally sold, and lived it's (almost) whole life in the South Bay area - San Jose CA. Then the guy I bought it from inherited it from his dad when he passed away about four or five years ago. The son had been driving it up at Lake Tahoe in the summers, where he currently lives. He told me it was always parked inside a garage in the winter. Then someone backed into it in a parking lot about a year ago, so he stopped driving it, etc.
I bought it from him about six months ago (without transferring the title into my name) when it came to my shop in Reno for some shifting issues. Luckily it was just the shift tower bushings; however, the owner really wasn't in a position to spend any more money on the car, had bought a new car, etc, so I bought from him.
Then, the present owner bought it from me about two months ago and had it shipped down to his shop/storage in So Cal.
So I kind of count four owners....maybe even five..... But it did include a huge folder with every single service record, going way back into the mid 70's...
As far as the paint: One rear panel (the one that got hit - maybe a bit more than a "slight scratch" heh heh) does show signs of a re-spray at one point. However, the engine bay, trunk, doors under the cards, and everywhere else, seems to have the exact same shade of blue that the exterior shows. I don't know what else to say about that; it sure doesn't seem to have ever had a real color-change paint job.
I wish I could shed some more light on this particular car but that's pretty much all I know about it, as it was only in my hands for a few short months.
As far as the value: It does seem to be an original condition and relatively unmolested car and all the service records bear out the claimed low miles. I guess it's worth what the market will support and what a potential buyer is willing to pay for it. There aren't that many E3's left that haven't been severely neglected, or thrashed, then made presentable again.
I say GLWS