1972 BMW 3.0 CSL Batmobile

[Boobouna]

http://bingosportsworld.com/Inventory/#detail95


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[Markos]

Can someone clarify something for me? Should the torsion spring plates on the trunk be painted as seen below? I'm assuming not...

I'm thinking they should look more like Mike's Camaro...

 

[HB Chris]

Good question, I've always seen them painted.

I think hood and trunk hinge bolts get painted too.

 

[Arde]

No paint.

 

[Stevehose]

My trunk has original paint and it's on the torsion bars and bolts.

 

[bert35csi]

Have always seen these trunk parts painted body color.

 

[Peter Coomaraswamy]

Regardless of the bolts being painted it sure is a nice car

 

[Arde]

I meant the black plates are not painted.

 

[HB Chris]

Well, Chuck Rich has the most original 3.0CS I've ever seen. All is body color, and check out the hood, bolts are painted, latches on hood are black, as they should be.

 

[Stevehose]

The plates are painted on mine

 

[Arde]

I guess the question would be how was a car painted at the factory, Did they assemble the body and immerse it in a paint bath or they rolled te car into a paint booth and a person sprayed it manually. Or maybe painted the trunk separately and then assembled it. If the trunk was already assembled but open then all parts would be painted and the black plastic thingies were added later.

 

[HB Chris]

Arde, I think it was painted all assembled, just like they do it today in Munich.

 

[BMW Pete]

My old car, sold in a Bonhams auction about a year ago for $341k, wonder what they are asking for it.

Great car, but some artistic license with the comments in the article eh, its a dealer so expected.

Happy to help anybody in giving my two pennies should they be looking at purchasing.