Copart Listing- CA, Martinez NMNA
https://www.copart.com/lot/37014362/salvage-1973-bmw-3-0-csi-ca-martinez
https://www.copart.com/lot/37014362/salvage-1973-bmw-3-0-csi-ca-martinez
1973 BMW 3.0 CSI- Copart
- Thread starter Redrumm3
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So sad! Wish there were more pictures. I think this could be brought back to life. Whether or not it is really a CSi is debatable. Chris?
I think a 2265 vin is an injected car but others can confirm. Make a great project if it's solid everywhere else.
day66
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Yes, 2265xxx should be a factory CSi. Could be the light but does the windscreen pillar look bent at the top, and is the windscreen aperture out of square? Either way may still be easier to repair than rampant rust .....
Looks like a nice car. They probably didn't know how to open the hood. That's an auction that I bid at every week so I can follow it if it goes to auction. I might be able to contact the manager there and have some engine pics taken.
Pillar looks okay to me. You can click on the HD in the photo and zoom in.
Pillar looks okay to me. You can click on the HD in the photo and zoom in.
Someone was under insured.
Passenger rear is wrinkled too. I imagine the a pillar is pushed back.
Hard to imagine this amount of damage makes it a total loss…seems repairable. Shame to have a salvage title forevermore.
I agree, but....I probably shouldn't say this, but my wife doesn't wear a t-shirt that says "virgin"...I don't either, so I guess I don't have a problem with a salvage title.
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Looks like it just hit something there, or got hit. That car is very repairable..
They can also get sold out of the country and the title means nothing.
Hello, tomorrow is the sale date for that E9 but bring back to life will have a salvage title in this case I don't want to invest 50 or 60 K on the salvage title car no one will pay top dollar for that car unless you want to spend that kind of money to just have a E9 to drive what do you think will you spend big dollar for salvage title car?
Possibly. Thank you for asking.
He who saves a salvage title E9 saves the entire platform...
is based on a line from a famous movie of course, no, not Casablanca.
Are you looking at a different sale?
The manager and crew at Copart were really great and got back to me about the coupe. Unfortunately, the hood is pinned in place by the fender damage so they can't open it. They won't pry or pull on anything that might cause more damage so they're limited to what they can do.
Could make the sale a little more reasonable.....?
I asked the Copart guys to look on the steering column and there was a VIN plate added. 2265857 Not on the registry, but at least we have a little more info. Sure is clean.
