1972 CSA at auction

Drew Gregg

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1972 BMW (E9) 3.0 CS

A clean and original example of the classic E9 coupé.
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A few questions about RHD coupes after looking at the pics for this car:
1-Does the sunroof work with the vinyl top the same as a painted top?
2-The accelerator pedal is located towards the middle of the footwell. That seems okay for the single pedal automatic. Where is the accel. pedal with brake and clutch pedals present?
3-The dash grab rail part of the dash is also wood on RHD cars. Does anyone know why that feature was not carried over to the LHD cars?
4-Why do RHD cars have a different braking system than LHD cars?
 
Drew Gregg said:
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1972 BMW (E9) 3.0 CS

A clean and original example of the classic E9 coupé.
collectingcars.com

A few questions about RHD coupes after looking at the pics for this car:
1-Does the sunroof work with the vinyl top the same as a painted top?
2-The accelerator pedal is located towards the middle of the footwell. That seems okay for the single pedal automatic. Where is the accel. pedal with brake and clutch pedals present?
3-The dash grab rail part of the dash is also wood on RHD cars. Does anyone know why that feature was not carried over to the LHD cars?
4-Why do RHD cars have a different braking system than LHD cars?
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1. It’s a webasto roof. After market. Not a E9 sunroof. Similar look as the vinyl roof applied to some E9’s here in the U.K.

All RHD cars came with wooden grab rails. I may be wrong but I thought all cars, both LHD and RHD has wooden grab rails EXCEPT for US spec cars.

4. I can’t remember the technical reasons but RHD cars have two servos (boosters) I think because the RHD configuration meant longer travel for the brake lines etc (this may be completely wrong!).

hopefully someone else can confirm/deny :)
 
Drew, Only RHD coupes have the wood dash rail. The gas pedal is hampered by wheel well intrusion but it does make it look a bit weird. There was no room on right side of engine bay so a remote booster was needed, why there are two I don’t know. We as to roofs were common in the UK, Jaguars seem to have quite a few and 50s era VW Beetles in the US had them as well.
 
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