1970 BMW 2800CS 4-Speed
Bid for the chance to own a 1970 BMW 2800CS 4-Speed at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #50,984.
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Good guess.....Good luck w/ sale Craterface...nice vid. Keep us posted what fills the garage space, hopefully German!Craterface's?
ScottThanks guys for your kind words. Still have the injected CSL, which I will keep indefinitely.
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That's a really good idea. I am sure Mario could make it better by modifying the hinges a bit. My local body shop here is good, but probably not inclined to think outside the box. If the car does not meet reserve, I will work on this idea.Scott
About that hood gap. From the pictures, it appears that if you could split the diff between the left/right side and then it would be visually 100% good to all but the most observant person (HBChris). If this is so, is it not a straightforward exercise to enlarge the hinge slots a tad to make this happen?
Doing this will eliminate the one major caveat you made in your BAT auction. To my eye the body is otherwise very nice and worthy of a very strong price. The work itself seemswill work on this idea.
I was hoping for more, but you never know who shows up to bid on any given day. I set the reserve at 70 and was hoping for 90. Also, if I lived in a big city in California, that would have helped—more people could come see the car. Very few coupes, and interest in old imported car generally in my area is limited.I thought for sure this would go higher, what held it back?
I was watching and I think your estimation on $$$ and reasons why are bang on.I was hoping for more, but you never know who shows up to bid on any given day. I set the reserve at 70 and was hoping for 90. Also, if I lived in a big city in California, that would have helped—more people could come see the car. Very few coupes, and interest in old imported car generally in my area is limited.
I considered shipping the car to Oregon to 911r to see if they would bring a big price.
The buyer got a solid car, which is not often the case on BaT.
@teahead, maybe an Alfa 4C, or bank the money to pay tuition. I have to pay a lot of that these days! My brother calls this phase of life “tuition purgatory”.
Wondering if the fact that it’s a 2800 and not a 3.0 held it back some? When an e9 is as solid and as well cared for as this one, 2.8 or 3.0(rear discs) should not have mattered in the current market IMHO. But I think there is something to theI was hoping for more, but you never know who shows up to bid on any given day. I set the reserve at 70 and was hoping for 90. Also, if I lived in a big city in California, that would have helped—more people could come see the car. Very few coupes, and interest in old imported car generally in my area is limited.
I considered shipping the car to Oregon to 911r to see if they would bring a big price.
The buyer got a solid car, which is not often the case on BaT.
@teahead, maybe an Alfa 4C, or bank the money to pay tuition. I have to pay a lot of that these days! My brother calls this phase of life “tuition purgatory”.