Strange one...

[E911]

http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/3737741459.html

This could be an interesting conversation.

 

[jmackro]

1973 BMW COUPE new paint...

Gee, I wonder what the old paint looked like?

 

[Stan]

Mirror missing, wrong wiper blades.
Can't see enough of the car to make any other determination

 

[E911]

yes but; "no low ballers"...

 

[tmason]

Where exactly is the new paint?Another one with the decimal point in wrong position.

 

[sfdon]

Brandon just might be a curbstoner.....

https://www.google.com/search?q=214...616,d.cGE&fp=17d60615eae59664&biw=768&bih=928

 

[dang]

Gee, I wonder what the old paint looked like?

That could be "new" paint. Looks like sunlight through a tree outside maybe, plus a 1/4" of dust. Might be a new paint job under all that. :wink:

Dan

 

[jmackro]

That could be "new" paint. Looks like sunlight through a tree outside maybe, plus a 1/4" of dust. Might be a new paint job under all that.

I thought that too. But the car is lit from behind - that is, the open garage door seems to be behind the coupe's tail. So dappled light wouldn't just hit the hood. And, neither the floor nor the car next to it shows that pattern.

Even if it is a new paint job, you have to wonder about the seller's attention to detail if that's the best photo he chose to display when selling a $22,500 car!

 

[Stan]

I thought that too. But the car is lit from behind - that is, the open garage door seems to be behind the coupe's tail. So dappled light wouldn't just hit the hood. And, neither the floor nor the car next to it shows that pattern.

Even if it is a new paint job, you have to wonder about the seller's attention to detail if that's the best photo he chose to display when selling a $22,500 car!

+1 My thought exactly. In pharmacy school they always emphasized that we should be careful to put the label on the bottle carefully. If we can't be bothered with a good presentation, how much care did we give filling of the Rx?

Jaysus buddy, roll it our of the garage, clean it, take the boxes out of the inside......

 

[CSLCOUPE]

"22,500"

 

[dang]

I thought that too. But the car is lit from behind - that is, the open garage door seems to be behind the coupe's tail. So dappled light wouldn't just hit the hood. And, neither the floor nor the car next to it shows that pattern.

Even if it is a new paint job, you have to wonder about the seller's attention to detail if that's the best photo he chose to display when selling a $22,500 car!

Since talking about the photo is more interesting than the car.... I still think its sunlight. Its on the cover on the hood and its also reflected on the left front edge of the hood making it look like a large window behind the camera.

 

[bwalvoord]

The garage could have a window which is letting light in from the front but since it's mainly blocked by a large oak tree, only a small pattern is hitting the front hood

 

[jmackro]

The garage could have a window which is letting light in from the front but since it's mainly blocked by a large oak tree, ....

No, clearly its a maple tree.

 

[E911]

yes, the light dappling of a maple tree is hard to miss... a sugar maple to be specific- strange indeed

 

[ablank135]

African or European?

 

[CSteve]

This reminds me of the debate in "The Holy Grail" about the Swallow and whether it was African or European and how it could carry the coconut. The disdain for the English by the French soldier is brilliantly summed up with, "I fart in your general direction." And the fake? accent adds a bit of Gallic charm.

 

[Stevehose]

Those probably don't grow down in these parts, probably a Red or Swamp Maple, or one of several Oak varieties

yes, the light dappling of a maple tree is hard to miss... a sugar maple to be specific- strange indeed

 

[ablank135]

You got my gist, yes...

 

[jamesw]

I am reasonably close by so I sent him a message. He is going to send me some more photos which I can post. I am intrigued by the car - not the picture ;-)

Cheers
James

 

[chicane]

Brandon just might be a curbstoner.....

https://www.google.com/search?q=214...616,d.cGE&fp=17d60615eae59664&biw=768&bih=928

Good catch....