FS 1973 BMW 3.0 CSL

[Wes]

Just finished working on three bats- they all had aluminum trunks

@Keshav will probably know. I thought later Bats had steel boot lids on account of the down force from the wing. Noting @sfdon 3 Bats they could have come that way new without the rear wing fitted at the time?

I didn't see a vin for this car. It looks to be post-facelift from front valance, but that could be new?

 

[HB Chris]

This is a Series 1 Bat which begins 2275430, 110 built, aluminum deck lids and no center wing support. Front valance changed in early 1973.

 

[rsporsche]

@Keshav will probably know. I thought later Bats had steel boot lids on account of the down force from the wing. Noting @sfdon 3 Bats they could have come that way new without the rear wing fitted at the time?

I didn't see a vin for this car. It looks to be post-facelift from front valance, but that could be new?

2275461 - the closer i look, the more little things i see.

with the torsion bar hold open, its not an aluminum trunk lid. has to be a steel lid with the center wing support or there would be a nice indentation around that bolt thru the lid at the center. i just noticed that they left the torsion bar bolts in yellow zinc and didn't paint the torsion bar mounts (body color).

i'm also a bit confused by the gas tank pipe being at a severe angle ... something just learned as i see in the trunk pics of 2 Bat 2s that they do the same thing. i always thought that only the USA 74 models had the narrower gas tank due to the bumper bracing but i see that it is typical to all cars. but another little thing - the right floor (upstand) is missing.