Crusty 72 3.0 CS on Hemmings

This one has been discussed a number of times. It has been on Hemings since November of last ear (at least). It was also included in an estate sale ad on CL about four months ago...
 
I'll buy it for 4K

4K Seems a fair price for something that needs a total tear down. I could practice my welding and finally put a V8 in one of these things :-)
 
Peter Coomaraswamy said:
4K Seems a fair price for something that needs a total tear down. I could practice my welding and finally put a V8 in one of these things :-)
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At $4K, I will provide some very polite advice that you gave me about my $3K car. As you know I ignored your advice and proceeded to pelt this forum with posts. Per old Peter - Don't get sucked in! Remember your 15 hour trunk project. :D



Peter Coomaraswamy said:
Hi Markos, welcome to the best resource for e9's that I could ever think of. I appreciate your questions and have to say that the advice given below is well worth taking. If you want to rebuild a complete goner then this is the car for you; there are others who have done it with remarkable results but, BUT they knew exactly what they were up against. I do not mean to presume but if you are asking the price value of this car then it is probably not the right car for you. I think SF Don was being kind with his estimation, you could pay 10K for that car and never even miss it by the time you get it stripped down and start ordering parts. I think you will regret it. As a parts car I think the bumpers could be worth something, and I'm being serious, I don't see anything else that someone would buy. If you got the car for less than 1K, you could completely strip it down, salvage a few parts and in the process learn allot about the cars and their weak points making yourself familiar with the model. Other than that, I hate to say it but you could buy a 60K car and it would cost less than making that one a 20K car. For example, regarding the mold, it took me over 15 hours just to clean the trunk of an e9 I recently purchased that was infected with mold and there was barely any rust stains let alone rust on this particular car- see the thread "well I have to start somewhere".

Please keep visiting this site, ask lots of questions and wait for a "good" one to come up and jump on it. Since you are mechanical, wait for one with a blown engine or an auto trans that has given up the ghost but has a super body and interior. There is your bargain!!

Good luck!
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The guy I bought my first BMW from in 1986 said "Electrons love BMW's, especially the shock towers". I have yet to figure out why, but he was right. One would think they would have gotten rid of the design flaws that cause such rust but it continued into the 80's.
 
Markos, thanks for the reminder, I guess I'm getting old(er) and stupid(er). Maybe one day when I have more time I can play with something like that, right now I'm having lots of fun finishing up the Polaris coupe. Just bled the brakes and clutch, have a couple of minor welds behind the seat riser, further rust-proofing and scrubbing then it's off to the electrics and re assembling the interior. I'll put this one in storage for now and then start preparing the blue coupe for the trip out west in August!

thanks :-)
 
Markos said:
At $4K, I will provide some very polite advice that you gave me about my $3K car. As you know I ignored your advice and proceeded to pelt this forum with posts. Per old Peter - Don't get sucked in! Remember your 15 hour trunk project. :D
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hahahahaha. I would buy this car today for 4k, if i could.
 
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