My 1971 2800CS, 5 Speed, Triple Webers, Not on BAT, yet...

[eddiewho]

Manufactured Feb 15, 1971, Delivered May 12, 1971 to Hoffman Motors Corp, NY.
California and Texas history.
Runs and drives great. No smoke, no leaks, no grinds. Drive anywhere.
Completely restored and upgraded in the last 10 years with:
3.3 liter inline-six
Getrag 265 five-speed manual gearbox
Triple Weber 45 DCOE carburetors
123 Tune Ignition Distributor
Stahl headers
3.0CS rear end and rear disc brakes
16” Staggered-width (7” & 8”) genuine Alpina wheels
Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3 tires: 205/50 front 225/50 rear
Blaupunkt stereo
Upgraded air-conditioning system (cold!)
La Jolla Independent suspension kit
Ireland Engineering front upper strut brace
Refinished in Original Sahara (006).
Reupholstered with genuine tan leather.
Nardi Wood Steering Wheel
Spare Key. Tool kit. ODO: 60886 TMU
Some minor cosmetic issues, wood dash imperfect, small paint blemishes,
but overall an outstanding car, as you can see in the recently taken photos.
Private party sale. Clean CA title. Current CA plates. Smog exempt.
Located Pacoima, CA 91331 Will ship anywhere, for cost, at buyer's expense.
$89,500./obo. Call: 8I8+6I2+OO4six

 

[eddiewho]

Will be at Camarillo Airport Car Show tomorrow, Saturday, August 20th, 11am-3pm.
Camarillo, CA 93010

 

[jamesw]

My old car! Sold her on BAT a few years back to buy a yacht. Biggest mistake ever!

Glad to see she is looking good. Good luck with the sale!

Cheers
James

 

[eddiewho]

Thanks James! Had a nice 100 mile ride to Camarillo yesterday, love that A/C!

 

[eddiewho]

Back in town, bump!

 

[JFENG]

This looks like a really great car. I skimmed the previous sale ((BAT), and I think the commentary was overly harsh. It was well bought.

one think that irks me about BAT is the huge amount of uninformed expert opinions. But I guess that comes with the BAT package.

Here is how I read BAT comments
I was always led to believe
Means “ I don’t have actual knowledge to contribute, but enjoy being part of a non-value-add conversation.”


Thread hijack:
“low compression US motors could not handle that much carb”
DCOE’s can be “choked” and jetted to fit a wide range of displacement and engine mods. A 40DCOE can be choked down to 28mm or opened up to 36mm ( 65% range). I have a pair of 40DCOEs on a 1.3liter 4 banger and it makes amazing power. And they worked just as great on my 2liter M10. It’s all in the tuning


“ a US spec 3.3 (~8:1 compression) with … triple Weber 40s. … but not a lot of ummmph”
had the same setup w a stock cam + Stahl headers and it had enough torque to lay rubber 100ft long all day (albeit 1989’s 207/70R14 tire tech). The curse of DCOE’s is their tuning flexibility means many setups are mistuned tuned for intended use. Our local vintage race shop found over 20% more power on a “professionally setup” race motor by tweaking the DCOE’s tuning (dyno results). I found a similar improvement on my professionally setup E9 by adjusting the carb tuning (38/38s).

 

[JFENG]

Back in town, bump!

Eddie, good luck with the sale. If I didn’t already have an E9, I would be tempted to fly out and try your car. Love the overall choices/setup, which seems to emphasize driving. Would look much better with a CSL style front spoiler and a new front exhaust heat shield.

John

 

[eddiewho]

Thanks John, it's been great for me, no issues.
Not sure if I have the temperament to tolerate all the BAT nonsense....

 

[teahead]

You can try Hemmings auctions???

 

[Dick Steinkamp]

Thanks John, it's been great for me, no issues.
Not sure if I have the temperament to tolerate all the BAT nonsense....

Virtually any time you sell a car, you have to be prepared to put up with nonsense. The only way to minimize it is to pay someone to sell it for you (consignment).

 

[eddiewho]

Thanks for the inputs.
Consignment, and BAT would only raise the ultimate cost to the buyer,
and the Hemmings Auction seems unproven to me.
For now I'll keep my ads on the internet, and enjoy the car until the right next owner finds it....

 

[teahead]

You can advertise on Hemmings w/o going through their auction.

Think you had it on ebay once, right? If not, try there since there, it is seen by millions of peeps.

 

[eddiewho]

Thanks Rob, yes, I have it on Hemmings, Craigslist and ebay.
I'm confident the right buyer will find it in time...

 

[eddiewho]

Just lowered the price and will listen to reasonable offers....

 

[cicada]

Looks like the same price to me on the Hemmings ad as well as here, unless I'm mistaken. Magnificent car. Your upgrades should have put the car in the mid-6 second range 0-100km, no?

 

[eddiewho]

It is quick...

 

[eddiewho]

Bringing my E9 to SoCal Vintage BMW at Woodley Park in Van Nuys tomorrow, Sat. Nov 5th, not early.....

 

[jamesw]

I saw it's up for sale on Ebay now - if that's still you Eddie - good luck with the sale!

Cheers
James

 

[eddiewho]

Yes James, still me, thanks!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/225242801450
Took some new pics.....

 

[bmw2800cs]

I have a Sahara 2800cs - nice to see what it could look like. Beautiful car.