Hello
I am selling a 1971 European
Injected 3.0CSI BMW . Vin
numbers 2260137 checked by BMW shows this is the 137th 3.0 CSI ever built by
BMW.
First $25,000 takes this car. I have $22,000 in the car now plus years of work. That is $3,000 for the estimated $45,000 to $50,000 worth of body work......
As
many know these cars were low production units and the European
body style that put BMW into a big market and where they are today.
This is a project car I have worked on for years and is now 90% restored
just paint and glass reinstalled along with some interior parts.
This is one of many cars I have restored since the 1960’s.
I
bought this car right off the boat from Germany years ago. I registered in
the state of California and I have a USA pink slip.
I drove for a time before starting restoration. The car
was entirely stripped including all latex and undercoating which takes months.
The body was then tank dropped in muriatic and phosphate acid for 7-days
following days in a neutralizing tank. As many know this is the only way
to remove any and all corrosion in all compartments and as most know the correct
and only way to start for a true restored car.
You will
not find a CSI now day restored correctly like this one.
One basic reason the body parts have not been available for 20 years and
now days restoration is only started by media blasting.
Media blasting is a good rust removable on strong metal parts although a
car body can become distorted.
Also a car body has closed structural compartments and you can only media
blast what you see.
So the sub-frame, closed rocker panels, wheel wells, door compartments,
doorpost, hood & truck compartments and more never get touched.
Most just see rust bubbles coming through their expensive new paint job
in a very short time.
Car
has replaced:
New
front nose clip
New
front wheel wells
New
fenders
New
rocker panels
All
OEM BMW parts
All
were replaced after acid burn one at a time welded with a Lincoln spot welder
backed-up with mig welds every few inches. Car was on a steel car frame during
restoration.
Car
was then coated inside including all compartments with two gallons of Mar-Hyde synthetic
latex which seals all air from contacting metal. Then coated
including all compartments with a rust preventive primer coat. Following all
seams were then sealed and coated inside including motor compartment and trunk
plus all wheel wells and bottom with "Evercoat "undercoating.
Cars
motor has been rebuilt.
A
new set of costly stainless headers and complete exhaust system front to back.
New
Heavy Duty Bilsteins shocks
New
Coils
New
Tie rods
New
brakes
New
rotors
All
calipers rebuilt
All
lines brake and fuel were replaced.
And
many more things.
Upgraded
rims with new tires although have stock rims.
Many extra parts body parts from another CS cars.
This
car was being restored for myself although after the last offer of $40,000 many years ago by the actor Michael Douglas although then unexpectedly divorced
and moved out of the country it was hard to finish for my personal street use.
All parts are there including original BMW service manuals.
Car
has only about 10% of work left just cosmetics.
Car
has set on car stands lock in a garage in a plastic bag for years just starting
the motor.
Other
points, I have worked on many BMW’s and any that has been drove in just rain
conditions will have interior structure corrosion especially after 35+-years
since released. BMW once spot welding body parts on at the factory
in those days example such as rocker panels did not recoat the welds inside the
closed structure afterwards. These cars can look like new on the outside but
very deceiving once checked inside. Many are very questionable just to drive due
to inter structure corrosion damage especially sub-frame rocker panels and upper
wheel well strut contact area. This CSI car is not just a simple
media blasting & paint or sand blasted restoration leaving many water trap
compartments untouched plus blasting can deform body parts. It was
time consuming done correct stripped over many months then completely acid
dipped for over a week which is no long allow in most states in the USA anymore.
When
buying one of the just a small number of made CS models that still exist
you must conceder the years of corrosion that can be devastating to your
investment and lost of car in a short time as a few have shown on forums.
Only
1061 CSI’s were made in 1971 although the most popular model and most produced
by BMW between 1971 to 1975 of all the CS models.
As
said before this is the 137th ever built CSI BMW completely and correctly
restored just cosmetics left outer paint, restore seats to original and
reinstall glass. This is truly a
once in a lifetime chance to buy hundreds of hours of work restored correctly
with original OEM BMW parts that are now discontinued and no longer available.
Now all it needs is a good body shop to paint, reinstall trim and glass plus update
interior to original.
THESE CS CARS ALL HAVE RUST ESPECIALLY IN THE ROCKER PANELS SECTION AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. YOU WILL NOT SEE RUST COMING THROUGH LIKE ON THESE CARS BELOW EVEN THIS CSL. ONCE TANK DROPPED AND COATED CORRECTLY IS THE ONLY WAY TO STOP RUST IN A BIG INVESTMENT.
Please serious inquires only this was a big investment and hundreds of
hours of work. Restoration as done on this CSI now days would be too
costly to do if not impossible.
Santa
Barbara California area.
Please
feel free to contact me Bob at smprp@yahoo.com
Also here are some parts "FOR SALE"
original DRIVER AND Passenger FENDERS AND ORIGINAL CSI COLOR
truck Lid ** tank dropped, coated with synthetic latex, and a double fish oil red primer coat
rocker panel covers
Both doors, tank dropped, coated with synthetic latex, and a double fish oil red primer coat although THese doors NEED REPAIR ON THE OTHER SIDE