Kirk’s 74 3.0CSA

[HB Chris]

We have listed Kirk’s coupe on BaT and it just went live.

43-Years-Owned 1974 BMW 3.0CS

Bid for the chance to own a 43-Years-Owned 1974 BMW 3.0CS at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #229,532.

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[Pittraider18]

This car is basically my cars' doppelganger. '74 Automatic, AC, Silver/Blue owned for 40+ years. Best of luck with the sale and will be keeping an eye on it! I love the wheels!

 

[Ohmess]

Chris - what does your comment mean about bids for the model year with no follow through? I've never done a BAT auction, so I'm attempting to learn from your experience about bidder behavior.

 

[Pittraider18]

Chris - what does your comment mean about bids for the model year with no follow through? I've never done a BAT auction, so I'm attempting to learn from your experience about bidder behavior.

I'd imagine it's a comment about how people will always be the first to bid on a car using the model year as the dollar amount, knowing full well that the car will go for much more money and never bid again. Just an odd thing to do since you have to link your bank acct etc to even be able to bid.

 

[HB Chris]

They bid 1974 and then disappear. And they do it over and over, click on that guys Alias. And then you have ridiculously low ball bids who never bid higher again.

 

[lip277]

In looking up his history - I counted 30 bids of the MY in $$..... on various BaT auctions, with no further bids on any of those....
There were more than 30 - that is just as far as I counted (back to Jan 2025)...
Yeah - A real winner here....

 

[HB Chris]

Gives him street cred in his mind I guess.

 

[lip277]

The car moves along nicely (as I see in the video).
I dated a girl from Lawndale when I was in college. Had not seen that town's name in a LONG time... LOL

 

[Sean Haas]

Would you rather have "initial bid guy" or the guy that asks for tons of detailed follow up info that never bids on anything...

 

[JMinPDX]

They bid 1974 and then disappear. And they do it over and over, click on that guys Alias. And then you have ridiculously low ball bids who never bid higher again.

AKA: “Small dick energy”

 

[ablank135]

"Bidders" do this to simply log the vehicle into their favorites and make it easy to track and compare cars down the line. And/or as a placeholder that generates a reminder when the auction is coming to a close. There are other ways to accomplish this, of course...and then again some people just like to be "clever" and visible.

And GLWTA, Chris!

 

[HB Chris]

@ablank135 Not with Jive Turkey!

@Sean Haas It is definitely a trade-off!

@lip277 I grew up in Lennox just up Hawthorne Blvd from Lawndale. There was a used British car dealer there and I always used to look in his lot. Not too many Brit cars around in my neighborhood. I had a 57 Healy 100-6 and then several Jag XK-150 FHCs.

 

[HB Chris]

Feel free to post on BaT what you like about Kirk’s coupe, always appreciated,

 

[HB Chris]

Thanks guys

 

[Minivansomeren]

Hey Chris, sorry this didn't meet reserve. I guess it's just the auto trans that is hurting it because it looks great otherwise.

In 2023, it reached almost exactly the average sale for an E9 on BAT. Mean sale was $65,300 and it was bid to $64,500.

Last year, the mean sale was down to $59K so maybe $61K is fair? An automatic car might not do better in this market.

 

[HB Chris]

I think we have a buyer, stay tuned.

 

[HB Chris]

We have a new owner who is in SoCal!

 

[kys911t]

Thanks for everyone's positive comments. And especially to you Chris, Thank you for all your knowledge and help in finding a new home for my car. All the of the transactions and transfer were completed today. Car will be under the care of it new owner staying in SoCa!.