FS 1973 BMW 3.0 CSL
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Seems to be this car:
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1973 BMW 3.0 CSL "Batmobile" — Danny McKenna's Garage
BMW’s 3.0 CSL (the “L” meaning “Lightweight”) was a pure-bread homologated race car built for the public. Only 1,265 models were ever produced, 765 left-hand drive and 500 right-hand, making this special BMW one of the rarest cars in our collection. The “Batmobile” nickname was inspired by the vario
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Maybe he wants a set of correct Alpina wheels?
Third support was added during production of the last 57 Bats only. City pack trunk torsion bars, ten hole Alpinas, wrong valve cover, yellow zinc hose clamps and trunk latch, a few too many other yellow zinc bits. Coupeking restored his Schwarz CSi with a 3.5 I think.
if i remember correctly, the Bat1 + 2 had city pack trunk torsion bars to hold up the trunk lid with the wing. i think i remember seeing that on Pete's bat 2.
With no info on the restoration (as stated in the auction) and being sold on a Bill of Sale (no registration) coupled with the somewhat weak recent BaT record on these cars recently (and E9's in general) - I am not holding my breath on this car doing well. I hope it does - but, I am not expecting it.....
I personally can’t quite get over the opening sales statement by the selling party for a
$1/2 million car.
Maybe he just ordered a sandwich while he was writing the copy….
“BMW’s 3.0 CSL (the “L” meaning “Lightweight”) was a pure-bread homologated race car built for the public.”
I know I like rye bread on my pastrami sandwiches….
$1/2 million car.
Maybe he just ordered a sandwich while he was writing the copy….
“BMW’s 3.0 CSL (the “L” meaning “Lightweight”) was a pure-bread homologated race car built for the public.”
I know I like rye bread on my pastrami sandwiches….
we will see if it gets anywhere near 1/2 mill. i'm guessing 385k RNM
He claims it's got Glaverbel glass front and rear which I've never heard of. I've asked for pics...
The bats had steel trunk lids to support the wing forces so I believe they have the torsion bars but please correct me if I'm wrong...
The bats had steel trunk lids to support the wing forces so I believe they have the torsion bars but please correct me if I'm wrong...
Just finished working on three bats- they all had aluminum trunks
I was thinking the same thing...
Dangit Don, now I am going to have to search out a Pastrami on Rye out here and this is not NY, hard to find, very elusive, like a Batmobile.
Where they bat's that left the factory with the kits in the trunk though? I've always heard those wings can create a fair amount of downforce...
i have seen bats that had torsion bars and those that did not. my belief is that the bats had a steel lid and torsion bars. our friend @BMW Pete has a beautiful bat 2 that has torsion bars on the trunk. i thought i had a pic of the hook in the center, but i don't. my understanding is that all steel trunk lids had the torsion bar hook.
here is an aluminum trunk lid from a carb car w/o torsion bars - notice that there is not a hook at the bottom of the lid (for the torsion bar)
here is a 2275 car - non bat with aluminum trunk, no torsion bar hook
here is a bat2 with no torsion bars, but the torsion bar hook
here is a 3.0cs with steel trunk + torsion bar - look at the hook in the center
here is an aluminum trunk lid from a carb car w/o torsion bars - notice that there is not a hook at the bottom of the lid (for the torsion bar)
here is a 2275 car - non bat with aluminum trunk, no torsion bar hook
here is a bat2 with no torsion bars, but the torsion bar hook
here is a 3.0cs with steel trunk + torsion bar - look at the hook in the center
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isn't Glaverbel glass the thinner glass windshields used in the CSL or is it a thinner replacement glass? i have heard of it but haven't focused on it to know which is correct. perhaps some of our CSL friends can take some pics of the temper stamps on their glass.
Something rubs me the wrong way about this car. Maybe it's the presentation by the guys at C&B's (while they are well meaning - IMO they are a bit out of their element) or the vibe the seller has.... Can't really put my finger on it.
I guess it all started going downhill for me when the seller, while admitting they don't have any documentation on the restoration, tries to say the car 'speaks for itself'.
Yeah - that may be true - but with no history available on the restoration - the car is speaking like a guard dog with a muzzle over its snout.
Will be interesting to see where this one ends up.
I guess it all started going downhill for me when the seller, while admitting they don't have any documentation on the restoration, tries to say the car 'speaks for itself'.
Yeah - that may be true - but with no history available on the restoration - the car is speaking like a guard dog with a muzzle over its snout.
Will be interesting to see where this one ends up.
Glaverbel is the original thin glass windshield. Same manufacturer as made the thin glass front and rear for the lightweight (non-touring) 73 Porsche 911 RS. You can reference the comments on the red carb CSL that recently sold on Bat that caused such a stir with the CSL cognocenti...
Interesting position.
Analogous to saying the car is sold AS IS.
while a true analogy, probably has a much different intent than what the seller, stumbling over his own 2 feet, is trying to say. Arde, your's is probably more truthful.