Bavaria & coupe interchange ?

[John Buchtenkirch]

Just wondering :confused: if the rear suspension, namely the swing arms and the crossmember swap between the coupe & Bavaria ? Also how about the gas tank ? Enclosed are a few photos just so you don’t think I’m destroying a nice Bavaria for my coupe. ~ John Buchtenkirch

 

[kurtd]

Looks like the only thing holding that Bavaria together is paint

On the parts I suggest trying to cross referencing via realoem.com which allows you to look up part numbers by BMW model and also cross reference parts

Here's the CS swing arm
http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=3435&mospid=47811&btnr=33_0920&hg=33&fg=30

I quick check of the rear CS swing arm on the cross reference shows it's only for the coupe
http://www.realoem.com/bmw/partxref.do?part=33321106869&showus=on

HTH

 

[PaulinPa]

No swap on gas tank (filler tube in back of car not on side) or swing arms and crossmember.Front suspension swaps tho.

 

[John Buchtenkirch]

THANKS GUYS :-D, that is good to know but kinda surprising, you wouldn’t think BMW would have gone thru the trouble to have different swing arms for the 2 cars. And yes the only car that BMW ever gave a name to is a real rust bucket in this case. Rolled the car out of my garage and swept up 3 dust pans of rust & Bondo fragments from the floor. The guy I bought it from told me it was actually restorable :roll: <BIGEST GRIN> :roll:. It took me about 3 minutes to convince him otherwise & cut his price in half. ~ John Buchtenkirch

 

[Bill Riblett]

None of the rear suspension pieces are interchangeable. The E9 rear track is quite a bit narrower than the E3. The E9 rear suspension was based on the NK sedans and the E3 (successor to the NKs) was a new design for a larger car.

Years ago, I knew a kid who had an E3 who for some forgotten reason put E9 swing arms in his E3. It looked pretty strange with the narrower rear track. I suspect the handling was pretty strange too.

 

[Jellobmw]

Snakes in a Car

I was given a similar condition Bavaria parts car when I was restoring my e9. Got a number of serviceable parts from it. But when dismantling it, I found numerous snake skins inside the heater box. Guess a family of field snakes had been living there.... Good thing it was from a Northern state.