73 CSa on BAT

[merdad]

I always wondered what happened to this car. I owned it for a while and it was the cleanest one I had. Bought it in Palm Springs with an extremely low miles and bone dry. Only draw back was a change in color. I eventually had it repainted to original. Tranny was gone and as one receipt shows from Summit in 2000, I changed to ZF. I even redid the consul myself. I won a second place for it at one of the gatherings, shows.
It is a shame to see it go thru some hard times.

22-Years-Owned 1973 BMW 3.0CS

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[Nachtycoupe]

I always wondered what happened to this car. I owned it for a while and it was the cleanest one I had. Bought it in Palm Springs with an extremely low miles and bone dry. Only draw back was a change in color. I eventually had it repainted to original. Tranny was gone and as one receipt shows from Summit in 2000, I changed to ZF. I even redid the consul myself. I won a second place for it at one of the gatherings, shows.
It is a shame to see it go thru some hard times.

22-Years-Owned 1973 BMW 3.0CS

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I like that you took it to the original Polaris, however I am torn a bit as I obviously have a thing for Golf...curious where this ends up...getting down to the final half hour.

 

[merdad]

I like that you took it to the original Polaris, however I am torn a bit as I obviously have a thing for Golf...curious where this ends up...getting down to the final half hour.

It wasn’t even golf nor was it of any BMW colors.

 

[Nachtycoupe]

It wasn’t even golf nor was it of any BMW colors.

Oh those first couple pics kind of look like a faded Golf...my bad. What was that?

 

[rsporsche]

that looks like a BMW yellow that came out around 1980. i knew 2 different people that had cars in that color, the first an e21 and the second an e12. never new the color name

 

[Nachtycoupe]

that looks like a BMW yellow that came out around 1980. i knew 2 different people that had cars in that color, the first an e21 and the second an e12. never new the color name

Canary or Manila? But he said not a BMW color...

 

[merdad]

Canary or Manila? But he said not a BMW color...

I just said that since I hadn’t seen that color on a BMW, but may have been of later colors. Here is a picture in more of a sunlight.

 

[rsporsche]

looks like color 148 koronagelb

 

[DWMBMW]

Or 2002 “Condor” paint code 201?

 

[Alice Couper]

So why did this one sell for only $51,000? The slushbox? The stock engine? The accident repair? The need for new seals? Soft market? Voodoo? All of the above?

 

[ablank135]

So why did this one sell for only $51,000? The slushbox? The stock engine? The accident repair? The need for new seals? Soft market? Voodoo? All of the above?

"The seller recommends replacing the window seals."

 

[shanon]

Palm Springs?! Small world.

I lived there in the mid 80s and bombed the around the desert in Dad's TR6 during my high school daze....
Don't remember racing this one

When ya get it?

 

[merdad]

Palm Springs?! Small world.

I lived there in the mid 80s and bombed the around the desert in Dad's TR6 during my high school daze....
Don't remember racing this one

When ya get it?

Hi Shanon,
I can’t quite remember the year, but it was after I had sold the CSL and guess around early 90s.
It was a sale by the trustee. I had it towed right away. Great car it was.

 

[merdad]

So why did this one sell for only $51,000? The slushbox? The stock engine? The accident repair? The need for new seals? Soft market? Voodoo? All of the above?

Must have been the accident. Still the presentation was not good. The car should have been detailed.
It would have sold for more, if someone like Cartiologi had listed it.
It had a perfect interior, and I can’t understand the change other than being really used and hence the state of the car.

 

[teahead]

maybe the rust poking out?


No pics of car on a lift?

 

[dp]

So why did this one sell for only $51,000? The slushbox? The stock engine? The accident repair? The need for new seals? Soft market? Voodoo? All of the above?

"Only 51k" ? That's strong money for a driver. Period.