Any South Africa Owners...
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HonaloochieBoogie
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We visited South Africa for our 30th wedding anniversary 10 years ago. It’s still my favorite vacation ever. Thanks for posting.
Nice. See many E9s over there?
HonaloochieBoogie
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I know of a few guys over there with them. There's a couple of ex pats on here as well from memory.
My old CS was an ex SA car - no rust
Great photos. Who took them?
Its a pretty cool site -- I think they sell model cars + prints but do a lot of articles about the real cars. Pretty neat that it is all local too but I have yet to do a deep dive...
CLASSIC DRIVE: 1970 BMW 2800 CS
Many of us would love to own one of the pinnacle BMW’s of the '70s, the 3.2 “Batmobile”, but doesn’t the 2800 CS offer much of the experience for a quarter of the money? By: Wilhelm Lutjeharms The E9 range is arguably amongst the prettiest coupés BMW have ever produced, the exception perhaps...
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So it looks like it’s all by a South African photographer, either Hannes Oosthuizen or Wilhelm Lutjeharms. Either way these guys did a really nice job
I lived in RSA for two years, married a South African and had our first daughter there, so fond memories. I saw only one coupe the entire time I was there though, but it’s a really good country for oddball bmws. I bought a ~1985 745i which had an S38 M engine from factory. My research revealed that these were South Africa only cars built for the security details to keep up with executives in their M cars. I really wanted to bring that car home with me, but too many hurdles; it was a blast to drive.