Well, I never got around to this project. Silver with blue interior. It been stored in a heated garage for the past 14 years. It is complete (except for the tool kit of course) and for some unfathomable reason it has a TRX spare (there is a matching wheel available locally if needed). The outer sills are definitely rusty so the inners probably are too. The engine bay and trunk seem remarkably good. Oh, the stock air cleaner is missing, replaced in the 80's no doubt with the little chrome ones. The head is not original, the casting date is from the 80's. It hasn't run in 12 years. I have pictures and can take specific shots on request. $10k obo Seattle area
1970 2800 CS for sale
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Pittraider18
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Wow you're just down the hill from me! I'm in the Totem Lake area!
Wow, I feel a few of us renovating our cars in the Seattle area should get together and purchase this thing.
A few questions:
Was it running previously and just hasn't been run or do you think it isn't going to start up?
Quality of interior maybe with some pictures? Leather/vinyl vs velour? Quality of the wood?
AC vs non-AC car?
Also, not wanting to insult your goal for this car - in the end if you sell it then whatever the buyer does is fair game, but in your estimation is this a car best utilized to help someone else complete their build (parts car) or as a basis for a full restoration? Depending on the answers to the above, $10k could be easy to find the value, of course restoration then always opens up the need to put in additional funds and time, which may be in short supply.
A few questions:
Was it running previously and just hasn't been run or do you think it isn't going to start up?
Quality of interior maybe with some pictures? Leather/vinyl vs velour? Quality of the wood?
AC vs non-AC car?
Also, not wanting to insult your goal for this car - in the end if you sell it then whatever the buyer does is fair game, but in your estimation is this a car best utilized to help someone else complete their build (parts car) or as a basis for a full restoration? Depending on the answers to the above, $10k could be easy to find the value, of course restoration then always opens up the need to put in additional funds and time, which may be in short supply.
Thanks for the response. It has run since I bought it but I haven't tried in the past years. When it was running it was pretty rough so mentally I moved on to a rebuild/replacement and didn't look back. The interior is leather and several seams have become unstitched and the padding is worn out at least on the drivers seat. The wood is cracked/delaminated in several spots so there is work to do there. I think the radio is original though 
I think it is too good for a parts car. The exterior trim is in good shape and except as seen on the nose picture there isn't much body damage. I think it sat a long time before I got it. I traced it back to the New England area originally. It has a very noisy electric fuel pump for some reason. Rust is the big unknown issue with this but history does not provide a positive prognosis. I was going to do full restoration but feel I am time limited. If you are in the area (Woodinville) please come take a look.
As an aside, I have never liked the front seat belts in these cars, just too fiddly. So I had the genius idea of using seats from ~2004 6 series convertible where the belts are part of the seat itself plus they are heated, electric etc. I actually have those seats F&R in black leather if anyone wants to go down the resto mod rabbit hole.
I think it is too good for a parts car. The exterior trim is in good shape and except as seen on the nose picture there isn't much body damage. I think it sat a long time before I got it. I traced it back to the New England area originally. It has a very noisy electric fuel pump for some reason. Rust is the big unknown issue with this but history does not provide a positive prognosis. I was going to do full restoration but feel I am time limited. If you are in the area (Woodinville) please come take a look.
As an aside, I have never liked the front seat belts in these cars, just too fiddly. So I had the genius idea of using seats from ~2004 6 series convertible where the belts are part of the seat itself plus they are heated, electric etc. I actually have those seats F&R in black leather if anyone wants to go down the resto mod rabbit hole.
Dang, we're neighbors!
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I also forgot to mention the non-stock steering wheel
Well your price is great for sure, looks like there is at least some stuff here that can be used, the difficulty for someone will be whether it's try to refurbish vs just remove anything questionable and replace with new, at higher cost but perhaps better security. My suspicion is that this is an $80k+ job by the time you consider new engine, new interior, new paint, metalwork, etc, but if the bones are good then perhaps worth it to someone. Your mention of rust in the rocker panels/sills would be the real issue though it seems...but kudos to you for pricing this at a level that will entertain some takers - I feel that people often over-price something like this at $30-35k saying "with just some work it can be a $100k car!" which just isn't true when starting there.
And also local neighbor here on Mercer Island. There's an E9 drive happening this Saturday, I'll mention it to the other 10-11 people scheduled to show up in case anyone isn't a forum member or hasn't seen the post.
And also local neighbor here on Mercer Island. There's an E9 drive happening this Saturday, I'll mention it to the other 10-11 people scheduled to show up in case anyone isn't a forum member or hasn't seen the post.
ElGrecko
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More than fair; I've seen a lot worse brought back to life. One positive is if you go to the trouble to do it right you KNOW exactly what you have, as opposed to buying something and finding out later it's got rot and you need to do everything on it and you're another 20k in the hole. And yes if you do it right it's on the order of 80k in work, but OTOH you know what you have and you have a brand new car. The other positive is that it doesn't cost much more to build a motor with "that extra margin of highway passing safety" as it does a stock rebuild so if you're after a special build then this isn't a bad starting point. The only question is, how do the floors and frame horns look? IF they are good and don't need work then it's a good starting point.
The electric pump is a modification of necessity. The head would have been replaced due to coolant passage cracks. The replacement head has no provision for a mechanical fuel pump. You can carefully drill it out and tap threads to mount the pump, but it would be a lot cheaper to slap on a rotary fuel pump near the tank.
Thanks for the help and comments guys- Jim
I just want to let everyone know that the car has sold (on Facebook in less than an hour) I guess I priced it too low but I'm happy and I think it went to a great home. Thanks for the comments (I never thought of connecting the new head with the electric fuel pump). Good luck - Jim
Wow nicely done. I don’t think it was too low - sold quickly, you clearly didn’t have a bunch of tire-kickers wanting to question every single thing, hopefully it will be a good starting point for a restoration