RHD CSL in Cumbria

[wage73]

Saw this the other day and thought it was worth posting on here. Sounds like a basketcase, but someone on here may like to investigate further!

http://www.astraownersclub.com/vb/showthread.php?t=252868

 

[rlambert]

It's not for sale.

The guy that owns it also has a genuine Batmobile and he bought this car for spares.

Looks like the body is too far gone to salvage.

 

[dp]

A proper photo of THAT car
would make a PERFECT calendar foto
for us (few?) remaining "car guys"

---better than a hudson pickup with marigolds in the bed!

 

[bmwmadman]

The pictures of this car makes me sick to my stomach... How could someone let such as awesome car sit outside and collect rust. It unfathomable. If this were mine, it would have been in the garage years ago with the hope of a future resurrection

 

[Motorhead]

I talked to the owner. This car is not a CSL, its a converted CSi.

 

[bernardo]

cant help feeling bad about this poor beauty...a real crime, how come somebody do this....to abandon this is like abandoning your own child...totally unfair to BMW, to design, to all of us

Like the saying...."the way you treat your stuff is the way you treat yourself"

 

[E9Aus]

Show it

Shame it's not an original CSL or Bat, it would have made a hell of an "unrestored original" show car - maybe would have got even more interest than a restored Bat at shows. They have categories for cars like this at some shows now.

Motorhead, is it confirmed by VIN that it is definitely not a CSL / Bat?

 

[MarksE9]

Wheels

Anyone know what the wheels are on it? They appear to be Alpina "look alikes" but not genuine?

 

[30csl]

They are proper 7 x 14 alpina original equipment csl wheels.

 

[MarksE9]

Wheels

I see. It's just that I saw a set recently very similar to these on a 3.0CS(No black paint in the centre and apparently no markings). How would I identify them as genuine?

 

[30csl]

They will have alpina cast into the centre where they would have been black originally. Also in the back on all the genuine ones i have seen there has been a number engraved into the space between the holes for the studs - no idea what it means though.

 

[Motorhead]

Motorhead, is it confirmed by VIN that it is definitely not a CSL / Bat?

I don't know the VIN, but chatting with the owner he told me it was a dressed up CSi which he bought for spares for his real Bat.