First pic is passenger front rocker, second is driver floor
FS: 1972 BMW 3.0CS - Craigslist - Sahara - California
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Belgiumbarry
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if it is "only" this ( floor panels ) and the car is complete and running fine .... it's acceptable for that price in Europ "terms" . If shock towers / rockers are also rusted ... that's another story...
My floor panels were even more rusted.... but if you need to weld in new ones , it doesn't matter how bad they are rusted.
Big advantage on replacing floor panels is that there is no expensive painting to be done... just simple coatings in & out .
My floor panels were even more rusted.... but if you need to weld in new ones , it doesn't matter how bad they are rusted.
Big advantage on replacing floor panels is that there is no expensive painting to be done... just simple coatings in & out .
Unfortunately I don’t have more pics of the troublesome areas.
Can someone explain to me why/how floor pans rust? Water coming in through the windshield seal? Door seal?
Rockers, near the front, I imagine having water running down and collecting down there.
Rockers, near the front, I imagine having water running down and collecting down there.
Belgiumbarry
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from were the water comes is another question , but it finds his way between the steel bottom plate and the glued anti vibration plates. There it stays wet and do his job you cannot reach it , nor see it.... and the floors are the lowest part ofcourse .... once the plate go's up ( example the tunnel ) there's no real rust anymore ....
you cannot reach it , nor see it.... and the floors are the lowest part ofcourse .... once the plate go's up ( example the tunnel ) there's no real rust anymore ....
Water comes in from door seals, windshield seal (rotting the dash wood too) and A/C when the drain gets plugged in the console.
My car is a working example of all of the above (except no AC). If I spray the car with water you can see it run into the interior.
He took a deposit on it Thu/Fri.
100% agree with this. 12-13 years ago, I flew to FL to look at a coupe for sale....landed, owner picked me up, took me to the car and it was seeping rust out of every crack on the car...subtle to an untrained eye, couldn't see it in photos at all, but it was not going to end well. I had them drive me right back to the airport and I flew home...quickest/shortest 2800 mile trip I've ever taken...Sadly, that was before the values went up and I could've had that car for peanuts...Ahhhhhhh!!! oh well...
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Anybody else notice the sticker peeling? Thoughts? Surely this can’t be a $30k car.
My stickers are peeling in a similar manner. And it was not a $30k car when I bought it.
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M stickers are peeling in a similar manner. And it was not a $30k car when I bought it.
I can’t believe that you are talking about your peeling stickers on a public forum. You may
wish to sell your car someday and your post could come back to haunt you.
Interesting take on that. My plans include a full restoration of the engine bay, and also to remove the tar paper sound deadening / moisture sponges. New replacement stickers are in my future regardless. I do not intent to represent that the car is one of those illusive time capsules.