Sacramento: '73 3.0 CSI (I think) Project: $8,000

HB Chris said:
But there might not be anything left. That upper nose is nothing but bondo, where else was it overused? I see significant rust everywhere, the upper dash looks OK, that and the spark plug loom, the rest is beat.
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I see metal under the bondo.

Metal is the easy part. Finding a complete car that hasn't been ripped apart with missing parts is the hard part. I actually know someone who saw that Atlanta car in person. He walked away and he is brave as well.

Of course, this is not a car for a check book car builder.
 
dang said:
This car was literally coming apart at every seam. I didn't see any sheet metal on the chassis that could be saved and if its a csi you'd have to source all the injection parts. I told the guy's brother (only guy there) that its worth about half what he's asking.
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Find me all the other complete $4000 CSI's. I'll buy them all!
 
floridabmx said:
Find me all the other complete $4000 CSI's. I'll buy them all!
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This car didn't have a VIN. The "owner" lists it as a parts cars under the title field, which to me says he doesn't have a title. "CSi" is probably used because that's what non-BMW types call all the old coupes, although it was rusty enough to be a CSi. The car had no injection parts but had some side-drafts that could be rebuildable I suppose. In person the car looked like it had been sitting in a field for the last 20 years. If this car was a complete CSi with VIN tags and a title it would be a different story.
 
dang said:
This car didn't have a VIN. The "owner" lists it as a parts cars under the title field, which to me says he doesn't have a title. "CSi" is probably used because that's what non-BMW types call all the old coupes, although it was rusty enough to be a CSi. The car had no injection parts but had some side-drafts that could be rebuildable I suppose. In person the car looked like it had been sitting in a field for the last 20 years. If this car was a complete CSi with VIN tags and a title it would be a different story.
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Hi Dan,

I agree that it is odd that all the injection parts are missing. The car does have a CSI airbox mount though. It seems like an odd thing to add the na car with DCOE's. The missing VIN is a deal breaker for me. My CSI is also missing the firewall VIN. My guess is that someone swapped all the CSI parts over to a better CS donor and swapped VIN's and motors. This is probably sacrificial CSI that had its identity stolen. The VIN may already be registered in CA.
 
dang said:
This car didn't have a VIN. The "owner" lists it as a parts cars under the title field, which to me says he doesn't have a title. "CSi" is probably used because that's what non-BMW types call all the old coupes, although it was rusty enough to be a CSi. The car had no injection parts but had some side-drafts that could be rebuildable I suppose. In person the car looked like it had been sitting in a field for the last 20 years. If this car was a complete CSi with VIN tags and a title it would be a different story.
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No vin stamped in the metal on the firewall? Or one on the steering column?
 
floridabmx said:
No vin stamped in the metal on the firewall? Or one on the steering column?
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Correct me if I am wrong, but only US cars have a VIN on the steering column, and there are no US CSI's. Both of my cars are euro imports and neither have a VIN on the steering column cover.
 
Markos said:
Correct me if I am wrong, but only US cars have a VIN on the steering column, and there are no US CSI's. Both of my cars are euro imports and neither have a VIN on the steering column cover.
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probably right, but they all have them on the firewall/raintray cowl. that part was missing, dang ?
 
floridabmx said:
No vin stamped in the metal on the firewall? Or one on the steering column?
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I would've had to tear the crumbling insulation away to check for a VIN on the bulkhead, which I wasn't willing to do. I tried to take a photo of the number on the block but my camera wouldn't focus well enough. I figured if someone was interested enough they'd go back and check stuff out a little better.
 
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