White/black 74 e9 on BAT

[teahead]

1974 BMW 3.0CS 3.5L 5-Speed

Bid for the chance to own a 1974 BMW 3.0CS 3.5L 5-Speed at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #23,951.

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I really like that color interior.

Looks pretty solid! Can't really tell the engine compartment how solid it is given the blinding white paint, but seems ok.

Definitely could use either a front bumper or at the very least, a CSL front air dam me thinks.

Don't know if the engine is a B34? B35?

Thinking will sell at $42k.

 

[floridabmx]

Interior looks brown

 

[autokunst]

Interior looks brown

Completely agree - it does look brown in almost all the pics. Then again, the underside shot looks pink on my screen. I wonder if it is something with the camera / photography.

 

[floridabmx]

yeah they couldve taken more than one picture of the underside especially after getting it on the lift, and the forward part of the car is more concerning than rear. looks promising though.

 

[teahead]

Interior looks brown

"The interior features brown leather seats joined by matching door panels and lighter-colored loop carpeting. Walnut trim accents the black dashboard as well as the upper door and side panels. "

Looks really good IMHO, however I think that interior would be best represented with maybe a black or Sienna exterior.

 

[HB Chris]

Except those aren’t the original seat covers, this is a 74 but with earlier style vertical pleats and 74 style sewn shoulders with no tucks. The door panels are recovered too, no pin hole upper piece and they look like the Seinfeld Puffy Shirt.

Does anyone else think the dash wood looks like plywood?

 

[Markos]

Does anyone else think the dash wood looks like plywood?

Live it or hate it, it looks exactly like tiger wood to me. There are other members on the forum with tiger wood dashboards...

 

[tferrer]

yeah they couldve taken more than one picture of the underside especially after getting it on the lift, and the forward part of the car is more concerning than rear. looks promising though.

Hmm... Why would someone only include a single lift shot from the most favorable angle when they already have it on the lift? That's a rhetorical question...

I don't care if the dash is gold plated with mink seats and virgin wool carpets. If the chassis is rusted it's a bad deal... listen to your elders regarding all the pretty, shiny horror stories!

 

[tferrer]

Bid to 28k. I have to think more transparency on the chassis condition would have yielded a better number...

 

[CSteve]

Bid to 28k. I have to think more transparency on the chassis condition would have yielded a better number...

Seems the "wood" was actually that peel off stuff you put on kitchen cabinet shelves. That's a first for me.

 

[tferrer]

Seems the "wood" was actually that peel off stuff you put on kitchen cabinet shelves. That's a first for me.

That's the blue car that's still in-auction. Yes, stick on wood grain. So disrespectful!

 

[Markos]

Bid to 28k. I have to think more transparency on the chassis condition would have yielded a better number...

The seller of the Chamonix wanted $40K on CL. I just didn't see this one stacking up against the $44K Seattle Polaris that sold on BaT a few weeks prior. $28K may have been a little low but the car was in the 30's IMO, not in the 40's. The market spoke on this one, and lack of pictures and transparency only hurt the situation. With all of that said, it was in an exterior color that generates less lust than others (I love chamonix but it's true for all 'white' cars). It has an interior leather color that while I also love, is polarizing. The wood choice is equally hit or miss. The absent front bumper will appear as an oversight to many. Sadly the stylized approach taken with the car immediately lops 50% off the market.

 

[HB Chris]

The seller of the Chamonix wanted $40K on CL. I just didn't see this one stacking up against the $44K Seattle Polaris that sold on BaT a few weeks prior. $28K may have been a little low but the car was in the 30's IMO, not in the 40's. The market spoke on this one, and lack of pictures and transparency only hurt the situation. With all of that said, it was in an exterior color that generates less lust than others (I love chamonix but it's true for all 'white' cars). It has an interior leather color that while I also love, is polarizing. The wood choice is equally hit or miss. The absent front bumper will appear as an oversight to many. Sadly the stylized approach taken with the car immediately lops 50% off the market.

And it looked like the rear bumper was bonded to the body? Weird seats, cross between 73 and 74.