1973 hot rod CS on BaT

51K and 9 hours to go!

apprearently over 100.000 usd spend on it, largely at La Jolla; with a 3,5 L engine, new paint from ~2020 and Carl Nelsson history make it a solid package.

"Frame Reinforcements" make it "unique": not sure how much this helps torsional rigidity as the ends of the frame rails end into 'nothing'
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hadn't heard anything about this coupe since 2010 - no names attached to it. the car was built on 11-2-1972 and is the 1st 1973 3.0 CSA.
 
My car was also a 1973 CSA, about 100 cars later per the VIN. The rear bumper was tucked in close to the body. It looks like a bumper from a 2000CS since the rubber edge is missing.
Please note in the driving video when the driver is turning the steering wheel,he has his hand palm up as he grips the steering wheel rim. I have seen this in several BaT driving videos. That should never happen when driving any vehicle!!! Your hands should be gripping the wheel with your palms in towards the center with your fingers on the outside of the rim at all times. If your car has an airbag and it is activated in a crash, your wrist is immediately broken if your fingers are inside the rim as the rest of your hand hits your face. YMMV.....
 
Spoiler makes it look like it has a large underbite. Frame rail extensions would do nothing and floor patches were very poor. At least we found out that it does have a good motor built by Carl.
 
That frame mod is common on GM F body cars where it is referred to as "subframe connectors". In those cars on modern tires you can feel the subframe moving around under you. On this car, since the existing frame rails run back to the bulkhead under the front edge of the rear seat they don't do anything when carried aft of the front edge of the rear seat. Forward of that they do help stiffen the frame rails, but it's not really much of an improvement. Aft of the rear seat front bulkhead they don't do anything. It's not being sold as an original build, it's a nicely modded E9 and the other repairs are decent, not factory or excellent restoration, but it's likely as stiff as it was when new and that's fine for a driver, which is how it is being represented.
 
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But the other one sold for $80K without any underside photos.
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Couple of floor pan photos on the 80K coupe weren't a full bottom-side disclosure to be sure, but they didn't appear to showcase any ambitious welding efforts either. Supposedly had A/C too, which the more recent car did not(?) With BAT scheduling, - don't believe sellers get too much choice in how they stack up with other offerings, both recent and concurrent.
 
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