1971 BMW 2800CS #2556630
This desirable color combination 1971 BMW 2800CS is available in Night Blue Metallic with a blue interior. The 2800CS comes equipped with a manual transmission, power steering, and front-wheel...
2800CS on Hemmings...looks familiar.
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Must be an early euro 2800CS, notice no door ashtrays.
Looks like later model seats though.
My 2800 has the recline lever lower
My 2800 has the recline lever lower
Spare tire well awfully smooth
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Seats are 3.0CS
Oldbmwcoupes
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Looks nice, but also looks freshly done over. Like someone threw some seats,style 5 rims and a spoiler on it and gave it a paint job. The source is notorious for selling near junk cars for relatively high dollar.
Looks like both hood and trunk are using prop rods. Failed torsion bars on each end?
Honest question. What makes these 3.0CS seats?
My observations. A 1971 should have rear seat trim and a tilt lever on the backrest. A 1971 should also have ashtrays in the door. A 1969 would have early seats with no back trim and a tilt lever on the chrome pivot. The ashtray would be in the dash as seen here. It wouldn’t have a diagnostic port mount near the power steering reservoir as seen here.
Upper seat back release is 3.0CS. As a euro coupe it may not have had headrests. And it should have door ashtrays, only earliest 2800CS had no backrest trim and center ashtray. I don’t know if euro coupes had the diagnostic port.
Possible wood trim was redone without cutouts for ashtrays?
Very few 2800s were built in 1971. Was a transitional year for 3.0cs.
Perhaps really late builds of 2800s had the recline seats on the seatback?
Very few 2800s were built in 1971. Was a transitional year for 3.0cs.
Perhaps really late builds of 2800s had the recline seats on the seatback?
That’s possible
Can't tell but does the speedometer have white font (3.0)? Or off-white (2800CS)
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What makes it a 3.0CS release? My euro 2800CS has the same tilt levers on the seat back (and 10mm headrest posts). They changed from the chrome pivot
point to the back in 1970. My car was built in July 1970. I also don’t have a diagnostic port.
Guess we have a new data point.
1973 3.0 CSi built June 27 1972, has 2800 CS seats according to Ben Thongsai. So the interior was changed some time before Noel DeGaetano imported the car on or before May 13, 1991. That's the earliest insurance & NY registration in my files.
ya, my 2800CS built in 02/1970, so lower lever is correct for me.
Interesting Mark's 2800CS built in July 1970 has the upper lever.
So somewhere in between there, it transitioned to the latter.
Interesting Mark's 2800CS built in July 1970 has the upper lever.
So somewhere in between there, it transitioned to the latter.
Those look like REALLY early seats w/o the chrome trim on the seat backs.
Then again, the door panel also would have to be new in order to remove the ashtray hole.
Hey at least we can get something interesting out of a BHCC auction.
@adawil2002,
Thanks for the pic of the early eat. I presumed that those adjustment levers were plastic but they appear to be painted aluminum. I have no idea why I care other than a clear issue with fixating on randmom facts.
Car definitely had the doors (and seats recovered. No texture on the upper door card:
No Headrests:
The early seats without headrests had no provisions, as seen in the factory brochure. Later on however, BMW made little matching chrome and black plugs for the headrests. I have a set of four chrome that fit the 10mm post hole. Was going to post a pic but I recently tossed the zip log into the parts tower.
