E9 CSL in turquoise metallic.
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So it is blue in the shade, green under sunlight, and red in the dark?
Many moons ago (probably back in 2006 or 2007) - I went to look at a Turkis E9 in BC (a bit east of Vancouver). It was in wonderful shape - but, the price the seller wanted was a bit rich for my budget at the time.
I forgot about that car till it ended up on BaT many years later (sold by the buyer from when I looked at it).
I loved the car back then - I loved it later when it was on BaT.
For me, the bright colors on mid-1970's european cars just work. My wife - not so much (she told me that if I bought the Turkis Coupe back then, she would never be seen riding in it - LOL).
I guess that means many nice and quiet drives - LOL
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I forgot about that car till it ended up on BaT many years later (sold by the buyer from when I looked at it).
I loved the car back then - I loved it later when it was on BaT.
For me, the bright colors on mid-1970's european cars just work. My wife - not so much (she told me that if I bought the Turkis Coupe back then, she would never be seen riding in it - LOL).
I guess that means many nice and quiet drives - LOL
Turkis 1973 BMW 3.0CS
Bid for the chance to own a Turkis 1973 BMW 3.0CS at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #17,993.
Cheers....
I was there today before the auction started - could not get any closer as the area was cordoned off - took some outside pics.
Guys, be careful of judging pictures or calling something not correct, without all the evidence. By the time you got to Batmobiles, and especially the second series, the idea of lightweight was very different from a Carb CSL. Firstly, you could have had one of the 57 second series, pink with green spots if you were prepared to pay for it, absolutely anything you wanted.
Therefore Batmobiles can have all of the city pack attributes, including steel door skins and even trunk, as many did .............. or they can have lots of lightweight features, but not all because they were Batmobiles and not Carb cars
A lightweight configured Batmobile as in the blue car shown, is a seriously rare animal, but it is not a Carb car, therefore calling it "not correct" is simply not factual.
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Turkis is a great color, we have Turkis BMW 2002…Drew is correct Turkis looks different in sunlight and shade, I have a friend one day he told me I really like your green car and I was like I don’t have a green car He said Yes you do and pointed at my turkis 02….I always see it as Being blue
Right - Turkis is a bit like Calypso Red in that it changes color/hue depending on lighting.
I had a Calypso E38 for a time. Loved that car... Loved that color....
Sometimes the car was red. Sometimes brown. Sometimes even a very cherry red. All depends on the light.
I had a Calypso E38 for a time. Loved that car... Loved that color....
Sometimes the car was red. Sometimes brown. Sometimes even a very cherry red. All depends on the light.
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to me there are a couple of really complex colors on the coupe - turkis, granatrot, baikal and ceylon are the ones that come to mind.
Barney, my first set of alloy wheels was your BSA on my '72 2002. The black lug nut areas were painted gold. You have a very nice-looking car.