1973 3.0CS on BAT

[Drew Gregg]

Nice looking car from a frequent seller on BAT.

1973 BMW 3.0CS

Bid for the chance to own a 1973 BMW 3.0CS at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #45,684.

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[vince]

That car has my old Nardi with custom horn button. I had it in my coupe for years, I know for sure it's the same one because my daughter accidentally put the little nick in the top of the horn button.

I sold it here to a guy on the coast, now it back in Portland.

 

[teahead]

Nice car, but puzzling.

SOme pics, it shows BLACK interior, other pics show BLUE!

Seller says it's black, but...

 

[teahead]

I'd take a heat gun to remove that body insulation. Uggh.

 

[teahead]

Someone sure loves yellow chromate plating:

 

[vince]

There were a few questions about the color of the interior. The seller did say it was black but in a later reply confirmed it was blue.

 

[Bravo]

What is wrong with you guy's. The car is great, well taken care of, why nit pick about nothing, be thankful someone took care of a great car. I am tired of this.

 

[Markos]

@Bravo,

Who is complaining? @teahead has recommended improvements for every car sold. He didn’t complain about anything.

I complained about the misleading photos on the seat color, which has nothing to do with the subject at hand.

 

[autokunst]

Not complaining, but is this the correct owner's manual? I think this is for an E3, no?

 

[Stevehose]

Incorrect manual

Not complaining, but is this the correct owner's manual? I think this is for an E3, no?
View attachment 115676

 

[JMinPDX]

Not complaining, but is this the correct owner's manual? I think this is for an E3, no?
View attachment 115676

Yes sir.
3.0si is late fuel injected e3
Still a lovely car. I like the BWA wheels.

 

[Markos]

Incorrect manual

Whoah lay off man!

 

[Markos]

Sunroof is a Golde unit

Reference pics:

 

[HB Chris]

Do sunroof coupes use the sun visor clips without the header panel?

 

[Markos]

Do sunroof coupes use the sun visor clips without the header panel?

No they have a slightly different header panel, but it isn’t all that different from the slick top. The visor clips are recessed. One could assume that if BMW used raised visor clips for the sunroof CS they would be white versions of the standard CSL clips (which these are not).

At any rate, if a car is to have an aftermarket sunroof, a period Golde roof would be the way to go. It is quite deep compared to factory though, so headroom could be an issue for some.

I’ll update with a BaT pic of another sunroof car.

Edit:

Credit: @DavidE9

Credit: Random BaT

Note the depth difference between the factory roof and aftermarket Golde:

BaT Listing Above:

Factory: @DavidE9

(Shout out to @Stan who sells the reproduction deflector shown below. I’m not sure if David’s was original or not. I won’t mention the original manufacturer to avoid confusion. )

 

[HB Chris]

That was my point, Golde or not, it is aftermarket.

 

[Markos]

Stop phrasing your points in the form of a question! Do you really think I will pass up the opportunity to answer something that @HB Chris may not know? I want my 10 minutes back!

That was my point, Golde or not, it is aftermarket.

 

[teahead]

The BAT car's sunroof looks OEM-ish for sure. Even that header panel, but those are the wrong (CSL/Porsche style) visor clips:

 

[teahead]

And no indentations for your hand to reach the visor to pull down. Like Markos' example above.

 

[teahead]

These factory spot welds?