Jackie O's E3 said to be for sale on Copart in Florida

[Dick Steinkamp]

https://www.copart.com/lot/61820092/1974-bmw-bavaria-fl-punta-gorda-south?fbclid=IwAR2xCUDI8QiApCDbIzKmPYi52g_YxLqV8_d7CZZQMMMxiIKAblAgazh9Nbk

Jackie O's Infamous BMW 3.0s: Jacqueline Kennedy Onasis Drove an E3!

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Dan alerted us to this one in post #39 of this thread... https://e9coupe.com/forum/threads/some-classics-damaged-by-hurricane-ian.41724/page-2#post-365066

 

[Christoph]

Sad thing. The car must have been under water at least up to the windows. Around here, there was a huge flood in July 2021 which cost 150 lives, thousands of homes and, least important, dozens of classic cars. People I know were affected, terrible.

Hopefully someone will take care of this one, as a historically important E3/car. I fear it was not in the best of states before. The reupholstery could have been done a big little better. Is it possible the rust on the door pillar bottom (last picture) has been caused by the hurrican? Usually not even Series 3 cars corrode that quickly.

 

[duct-tape]

The car must have been under water at least up to the windows

you can see in this pic there is a line how high the water went (FL=flood level)

 

[JMinPDX]

Word has gotten out.

Jackie Kennedy's 1974 BMW Bavaria Is Sitting on a Salvage Auction Lot in Florida

Copart estimates the retail value of the flood-damaged 1974 BMW Bavaria to be $8,860.67. Maybe double-check the VIN number and adjust that.

www.thedrive.com

Auction was supposed to end today. Its been extended to Friday 11/18 and estimated retail value has jumped from $9k to $95k.

 

[bavbob]

In Ma, I do know that any car over 10 years old does not get a "salvaged" title if it is totaled and bought from the insurance company. Gets me thinking if this car were bought by a Ma person, if it's title would be intact once again.

 

[adawil2002]

There's no upside on this no matter who owned it. Even if it was free the restoration cost would outweigh its value.

 

[JMinPDX]

Sold. It had bid up to just over $13K earlier today, but Copart doesn’t show the final sale price.