skudak
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I have too many projects and this one is at the bottom of the list so I am putting it up for sale.
Price: $20k
Location: Newbury NH
It has been off the road in a garage since 1970, and was originally owned by Rita Hayworth's daughter, Princess Yasmin Khan.
The story I was told by the gentleman I bought it from; She was gifted the car and she used it to drive back and forth from NYC to VT. Less than a year on the road it got sideswiped by a town truck in VT. There was only one bmw dealership in the northeast at the time, it went back to them and had the engine rebuilt out of concern something may have been damaged when it was hit. After that, it went to the body shop where the paint was stripped and body work started. The insurance agent hated foreign cars and ended up going to court with the owner and refusing to pay for the repairs any more (apparently it got pretty dramatic in the court about not wanting foreign cars in our country). The storage fees added up and eventually the shop offered to keep the car and call the bill even. The shop owner stored it in his garage until he sold it to me in 2021. I have all the court documents to back up all of this.
I have all the parts to put the car back together, some of which are NOS that were ordered but never installed.
Since the car was stored for 50 years, the rust is minimal. The only bad spots I have found are in the rear wheel wells and the hood should be replaced, it was repaired before primer and probaby trapped moisture leading to rot, everything else is solid but has surface rust or the rubber coating is peeling at the corners and surface rust underneath, but still solid and not rotted.
This car doesn't look great in primer but it is very solid and is a great starting point for a restoration as it needs very minimal body repair.
I did start it up last year and drove it out of the garage and into the storage tent it is in currently.
Manual transmission
Sunroof
15k miles
I have a google photo album of high resolution photos of the car here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/p3c5vkkWnmoM3m4k6
I planned to do a group 5 body when I built it and have some very large BBS' that are the perfect fitment for that I am also selling if the buyer is interested
Price: $20k
Location: Newbury NH
It has been off the road in a garage since 1970, and was originally owned by Rita Hayworth's daughter, Princess Yasmin Khan.
The story I was told by the gentleman I bought it from; She was gifted the car and she used it to drive back and forth from NYC to VT. Less than a year on the road it got sideswiped by a town truck in VT. There was only one bmw dealership in the northeast at the time, it went back to them and had the engine rebuilt out of concern something may have been damaged when it was hit. After that, it went to the body shop where the paint was stripped and body work started. The insurance agent hated foreign cars and ended up going to court with the owner and refusing to pay for the repairs any more (apparently it got pretty dramatic in the court about not wanting foreign cars in our country). The storage fees added up and eventually the shop offered to keep the car and call the bill even. The shop owner stored it in his garage until he sold it to me in 2021. I have all the court documents to back up all of this.
I have all the parts to put the car back together, some of which are NOS that were ordered but never installed.
Since the car was stored for 50 years, the rust is minimal. The only bad spots I have found are in the rear wheel wells and the hood should be replaced, it was repaired before primer and probaby trapped moisture leading to rot, everything else is solid but has surface rust or the rubber coating is peeling at the corners and surface rust underneath, but still solid and not rotted.
This car doesn't look great in primer but it is very solid and is a great starting point for a restoration as it needs very minimal body repair.
I did start it up last year and drove it out of the garage and into the storage tent it is in currently.
Manual transmission
Sunroof
15k miles
I have a google photo album of high resolution photos of the car here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/p3c5vkkWnmoM3m4k6
I planned to do a group 5 body when I built it and have some very large BBS' that are the perfect fitment for that I am also selling if the buyer is interested
