1972 BMW CS 3.0 Automatic in San Diego County- $25,000

[leonine99]

NMNA - a lot of rust coming through high up on the car. Lord knows what lurks beneath it.

1972 BMW CS 3.0 Automatic - cars & trucks - by owner - vehicle...

Selling my1972 BMW CS Automatic. The car appears to have been restored about 25 years ago in my...

sandiego.craigslist.org

 

[Michael Kaye]

Wow they say and I quote : "There is very little rust on the car" Not clear what their definition of little is but too much for me!

 

[teahead]

Exploding. 10% is showing the actual amount of rust lurking. Probably was near the Pacific coast.

 

[Markos]

Wow they say and I quote : "There is very little rust on the car" Not clear what their definition of little is but too much for me!

Technically we have seen very little rust. All best guesses without a PPI. I’ve had two very rusty e9’s and none have been rusted out below the window trim. When I see that it always gives me pause.

Seeing that they body matched the heater cover, I’m guessing the restoration glossed over some problem areas. That is why you are seeing filler swelling in funny areas.

I don’t see any rust on the roof. That is paint failing and a bad sunroof seal.

Rust at the windscreen base doesn’t translate into rust in the glovebox. The glovebox rust comes from a rusted out shock tower. The tower gets pinholes. Once this starts water after drips into the fender box and pools at the firewall (above the glovebox).

The windscreen corner is actually the outer fender, which extends towards the center of the windscreen several inches. Under that is another two layers of sheetmetal that the fender rests on.

The upper door metal rusting must be from salty condensation inside the door. Water can’t pool there, and I’ve seen it most on coastal cars (as @teahead mentioned).

 

[John H.]

Looks like he has another project lurking in the garage. My favorite shot is the Alpina rim just sitting on the trunk lid. Ugh.

 

[bavbob]

But but but................he has rear bumper under riders!

 

[leonine99]

For $10,000 more you can have the 2800CS that Racerex is selling in the same county - which appears to be a smarter buy. But @Markos is correct, its all SWAG until a PPI is done.

 

[Markos]

For $10,000 more you can have the 2800CS that Racerex is selling in the same county - which appears to be a smarter buy. But @Markos is correct, its all SWAG until a PPI is done.

My money is on the @racerex car. It makes a lot of sense!

 

[posix]

wonder if he'll sell only the alpinas