hyochem
Active Member
A few years back I revived a 1969 2800 CS which had been stored since the 1980's. I've enjoyed driving and working on it but it may be time to sell it. It has an interesting story and I hope you all enjoy reading it.
Based on the info below, what are your opinions on keeping it vs. selling it? If i do sell, is $7,000 a reasonable price?
One sold for that amount at bmwclassicparts which is very similar. Pics will follow later today but the link below is almost a dead ringer (except that mine has black leather interior and dual webers).
http://www.bmwclassicparts.com/gallery/bmw/bmw-cs-coupes-for-sale/Evans+fjord+2800cs/
Here's a brief history on the car.
It was bought new in Nicaragua by a "doctor" in Nachtblau. He promptly had it repainted bright metallic gold and redid the interior in white. My grandfather purchased it in the early seventies from the doctor's daughter in south Texas. He drove it for some time in the gold and white color combo before having it restored in Corpus Christi, TX sometime in the late 1970's to its current combo of light blue paint and black leather interior. He also had the sunroof deleted at that point (likely to fix rust).
At some point after the restoration (circa early 1980's) the cylinder head cracked. It was driven for a period of time with smokey exhaust, etc, before being parked in my grandfather's driveway for a few years. It was moved into a warehouse after that but had allready developed some rust sitting in the salty, moist Corpus christi air.
In 2008, two years after my grandfather's death, we pulled it out of storage, replaced the cylinder head with a unit of unknown origin supplied by the man storing the car and got it back on the road. That head cracked after a few years, and a rebuilt head was installed about a year and a half ago.
At this point, it does have rust in the driver's side rocker panel (perforated in some spots) and a rust hole just below the a-pillar. The paint is bad in many spots (especially trunklid) but the underbody looks mostly rust free.
The (original) engine and transmission are working well and the dual webers sound amazing. I've done quite a bit of work to it over the past couple years but I feel maybe at this point it's not worth the money and work given the rust issues. It has minor issues popping up (temp guage not reading correctly, pass. turn signal not working, etc) and I am on the fance, as the saying goes.
What are your thoughts? Keep it or sell it?
Based on the info below, what are your opinions on keeping it vs. selling it? If i do sell, is $7,000 a reasonable price?
One sold for that amount at bmwclassicparts which is very similar. Pics will follow later today but the link below is almost a dead ringer (except that mine has black leather interior and dual webers).
http://www.bmwclassicparts.com/gallery/bmw/bmw-cs-coupes-for-sale/Evans+fjord+2800cs/
Here's a brief history on the car.
It was bought new in Nicaragua by a "doctor" in Nachtblau. He promptly had it repainted bright metallic gold and redid the interior in white. My grandfather purchased it in the early seventies from the doctor's daughter in south Texas. He drove it for some time in the gold and white color combo before having it restored in Corpus Christi, TX sometime in the late 1970's to its current combo of light blue paint and black leather interior. He also had the sunroof deleted at that point (likely to fix rust).
At some point after the restoration (circa early 1980's) the cylinder head cracked. It was driven for a period of time with smokey exhaust, etc, before being parked in my grandfather's driveway for a few years. It was moved into a warehouse after that but had allready developed some rust sitting in the salty, moist Corpus christi air.
In 2008, two years after my grandfather's death, we pulled it out of storage, replaced the cylinder head with a unit of unknown origin supplied by the man storing the car and got it back on the road. That head cracked after a few years, and a rebuilt head was installed about a year and a half ago.
At this point, it does have rust in the driver's side rocker panel (perforated in some spots) and a rust hole just below the a-pillar. The paint is bad in many spots (especially trunklid) but the underbody looks mostly rust free.
The (original) engine and transmission are working well and the dual webers sound amazing. I've done quite a bit of work to it over the past couple years but I feel maybe at this point it's not worth the money and work given the rust issues. It has minor issues popping up (temp guage not reading correctly, pass. turn signal not working, etc) and I am on the fance, as the saying goes.
What are your thoughts? Keep it or sell it?
well done Arde LMAO 
