'75 CS on BAT

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Happy New Year everyone! Here is a another CS for sale on BAT, dressed in what seems to be Inka! Will be fun to watch this one and read all the comments. Hope 2026 brings us all great adventures with our Coupes!

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Euro 1975 BMW 3.0CS 4-Speed

Bid for the chance to own a Euro 1975 BMW 3.0CS 4-Speed at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #226,020.
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Nice looking car, You can hide a lot of sins with undercoating. When they redid this car they just painted the undersides and they look very clean. Never being in a rust prone area is a plus. Curious to see where this one goes.
 
“ It has been refinished in orange over black Skai vinyl upholstery“

Inka is 022 paint code

The Peruvians aren’t going to be happy with this.
 
CSteve said:
No where in the listing can I find the word "Inka" so the Peruvians have no worries. It does not look Inka to me. A pretty orange but not 022.
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It doesn’t say in the listing, but the seller’s first comment calls it Inka

I’m curious, what are everybody’s thoughts on a possible misfire? Engine definitely sounds warbley but it might just be the way the audio is encoded at that rpm?
 
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Nice underside. Floor plugs permanently welded (or glued) on? Or was that part of some replacement floor pan (W&N)?

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I did an overlay and while the back end looks to be squashed down, what you are seeing is the reflection of the sun on the tops of trunk lid, it's an optical illusion. At first I thought it was squashed down too, but then I realized that if you blow it up and look more closely you will see that the upper surface of the trunk lid and the hood are reflecting light and look almost silver on the Inka car. You don't see brown grass background you are seeing a slash of silver that is actually the sunlight on the upper surface. Also in comparing the two pictures in overlay the distance between the fuel door and the back of the car looks shorter on the Inca car but that is lighting too, the lengths are the same, but because it's in shadow it looks shorter. Bottom line is if you do an overlay the Inca car looks ok.
 
ElGrecko said:
I did an overlay and while the back end looks to be squashed down, what you are seeing is the reflection of the sun on the tops of trunk lid, it's an optical illusion. At first I thought it was squashed down too, but then I realized that if you blow it up and look more closely you will see that the upper surface of the trunk lid and the hood are reflecting light and look almost silver on the Inka car. You don't see brown grass background you are seeing a slash of silver that is actually the sunlight on the upper surface. Also in comparing the two pictures in overlay the distance between the fuel door and the back of the car looks shorter on the Inca car but that is lighting too, the lengths are the same, but because it's in shadow it looks shorter. Bottom line is if you do an overlay the Inca car looks ok.
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You might be right, the body looks pretty straight. But the chrome trim strips seem to curve down where the meet the trunk, symmetrically. So they might both be installed wrong.

But I stand by my opinion that even if the bodywork is straight, the chrome bumper is slightly squashed and drooping on the passenger side.
 
Thread from first appearance on BAT seems to confirm previous rear end damage…..

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Thread 'BAT Inka Euro 1975 BMW 3.0CS 4-Speed, NMNA'

The seller doesn't say "inka" but it looks like a nicely sorted example. Underside is painted with undercoat stripped so that allows a good look at the floor pans that are in great shape. Would like to see some more pictures of the other rust prone areas, but what is shown looks good.
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Euro 1975 BMW 3.0CS 4-Speed

Bid for the chance to own a Euro 1975 BMW 3.0CS 4-Speed at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #54,592.
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Minivansomeren said:
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Right chrome bumper looks squashed and slightly crooked from the rear a rear light is upwards toat the corner.
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Right chrome bumper looks squashed and slightly crooked from the rear also
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Rear left light is aligned upwards to the outside. The right light is horizontal.
(At this moment I am busy with the restoration of the back panel and the lights. Very difficult job to fit it without the use of a filler. So that’s why I was focused on this lights).
 
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