1972 CSi on BaT (again) - Fjord car....

[lip277]

This one was on BaT about 18 months back. No explanation as to why it is now back on the market. Hopefully not due to any faults with the car itself. Clarity would be good to have on that to help prospective bidders feel better about not getting someone else's problem child (so to speak....
First glance - looks like a nice presentable car.
Several service items (and some more extensive/expensive items) are stated as to being done to the car recently. A pretty healthy list actually (especially if you are having the expense of a shop do the work).
Wonder if that has anything to do with it being for sale (again)?

Euro 1972 BMW 3.0CSi 4-Speed

Bid for the chance to own a Euro 1972 BMW 3.0CSi 4-Speed at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #215,978.

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[teahead]

74 style seats.

$85k plus a lot of work done since.

going to be hard to recoup his money back

 

[vince]

First couple of pictures don't do it justice. I liked it more as I went through the pictures, usually the other way around.

 

[sfdon]

The things that aren’t being shown or talked about….

Fenders replaced.. shoddy bondo filling in fender drain holes…

If the fenders had to come off, there needs to be pictures of the inside behind the glove box and behind the fuse box door to the left of the fuse box.
Also pictures looking into the front wheel wells.

Euro cars are infamous for having horrible rust problems in the fender and bulkhead.

 

[Minivansomeren]

The things that aren’t being shown or talked about….

Fenders replaced.. shoddy bondo filling in fender drain holes…

If the fenders had to come off, there needs to be pictures of the inside behind the glove box and behind the fuse box door to the left of the fuse box.
Also pictures looking into the front wheel wells.

Euro cars are infamous for having horrible rust problems in the fender and bulkhead.





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Interesting. Don I definitely defer to your expertise, but is that definitely a sign of fender replacement? Could it be from the factory?

Mine has visible smears of something in those areas too. It is not nearly as thick/noticeable but it is there. I was under the impression that my coupe had never had the fenders off and never even had the engine bay repainted.

 

[rsporsche]

The things that aren’t being shown or talked about….

Fenders replaced.. shoddy bondo filling in fender drain holes…

If the fenders had to come off, there needs to be pictures of the inside behind the glove box and behind the fuse box door to the left of the fuse box.
Also pictures looking into the front wheel wells.

Euro cars are infamous for having horrible rust problems in the fender and bulkhead.





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ruff, ruff ... that's bad

 

[HB Chris]

But Don, those are not fender drain holes, they are some kind of crimp when the fenders were welded on I assume. The 74 has two circular drain holes with plugs though.

 

[sfdon]

Thank you Chris- I suspected I had miss-identified them. I came to the shop and today and took pics of what I expected to see.

 

[afeustel]

My hypothesis is that those tabs are there to control the position of the fender on installation. It basically sets the "height" of the fender because there are metal tabs that fold away from the engine compartment and keep the fender from sitting too low prior to welding in place.

Again, this is a hypothesis only but from what I have seen, some are covered with seam sealer and some are not covered at all.