3.0 CS B2 Alpina for sale in Switzerland

I have always admired this car although the large Alpina lettering is a matter of personal style.

Nice find.

-M
 
Price equals to €162.000 plus import taxes for Europeans since Swiss isint in the EU. Pretty much the price of a good CSL.
Unusual to see a scheel and a regular seat together. Would love to see the 'built sheet' as to what all Alpina is in there.

Keshav
 
I love all things Alpina and e9 but this one doesn't do it for me. It seems a bit hodge lodge. I don't like the mismatch seats, the missing alpina gauges, and the late model accordion steering hub. Also, I've never seen alpina stickers on the wheel lip, and perhaps I'm wrong but I don't think Alpina bolted a logo to the valve cover. There were machined Alpina valve covers over the years, like the e34 based B10.
 
Agree! Surely rare but doesn't equate to a CSL at that price, in my opinion.
As Mark says, Alpina didn't logo their valve covers nor are the wheel stickers original. Saw them on eBay not too long ago! Steering wheel looks cool but without the right hub indicating a later add on.
I guess you could, just like today, order whatever you wanted off the catalogue and individualise your car.
This one seems to have a very limited choice of Alpina extras. The rims are probably not right either, they should be the older type without the extra holes, let alone the B2S Magnesiums.
The completely different seating arrangement, scheel and normal, must look quite odd with passengers sitting in them.
 
Let me re-state why I like this coupe-- the obvious draw-backs are most certainly there...

This looks to me like a clean or well restored example with the right sort or patina or 'look' (what I like)

1) chin spoiler (Alpina style)
2) black paint ( F&R)
3) suspension (no odd front-end rake as standard on some CSL's)
4) condition (does not appear to have been abused or driven hard)

A major drawback to me personally is the white paint & non-original wheels/tires

Although the wheels/tires certainly look the part & are a good choice if you are going to put mileage on the coupe.

So not my ideal coupe, but nice to see something on the market that has a quality appearance.

-M
 
Alan,
Those are the 7" Alpina wheels but the right ones would have been the same except for the additional 5 holes. For a 1973, like this Alpina B2, they should be the type that Stevehose recently posted pics off. The ones without the extra holes are hard to come by.
Keshav
 
Here is the translation from the dealers website (seems it comes with good history file which is a big plus)

As description:
Alpina stands for an extremely successful, motor sport symbiosis with BMW, characterized by many remarkable successes, thanks to such great drivers as Stuck, Quester, Lauda, etc.

Especially the E9 Coupe's - as one is offered here - have made the 1970s unforgettable in the racing sport!

Yes such a BMW Alpina B2 did not simply buy "around the corner", no, you had to buy first a standard car at BMW buy and could then be customized at Alpina or in an Alpina branch according to its own ideas ,

Well, to our car:

Production year 1973 with the FIN: 2213317
Conversion Alpina B2 1975 apparently with Motorradfahrer "Schorschmeier" in its BMW branch in Munich.

- 3 double gasifiers
- 300 ° camshaft
- Cylinder head adjustment with 10,0: 1, 231 hp
- Sports gear
- Alpina 7 inch rims
- Alpina front and rear spoiler
- Alpina steering wheel
- at that time Recaro driver's seat

All changes are registered in the old German vehicle letter and prove this timely conversion. Extensive documentation includes, among other things, Papers from Alpina on technology, letter from BMW on the acceptance of the B2 engine compartment, and technical documents by Max Heidegger, which made the veteran test in Switzerland possible.

The E9 was extensively part-financed in 2010 and today is in a very good condition. History is widely known.

Let us summarize, an E9 B2 Alpina as a model of the beginnings of Alpina, no lightweight construction, but with just as good weight-performance ratio as an E9 CSL - but rarely as a CSL. Alpina estimates that there was no 100 B2. Not to forget, Alpina gave the initial ignition for the construction of the E9 CSL at BMW.

"The joy of driving" was at the time the advertising - in Switzerland it would have been "joy reigned".

Errors and errors excepted
 
If the documentation holds up, this seems like an interesting car at a fair price, as along as it is rust free.
 
Agree on the wheels. My 73 Alpinas are date-stamped and have no extra holes. Wonder if these are date-stamped? Or if they are a much later addition?
 
Looks like an enthusiast 'transformed' his CS into his personal Autobahn Assault Vehicle (AAV) back in the day. Wager he surprised and showed tailights to many.....

Neat car.
 
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