73 mint green Euro spec E3, $1.8K

[Gordon]

Not mine, no affiliation, etc...

http://cleveland.craigslist.org/cto/2023712779.html Mint green is a rare color for an 02, let alone for an E3. Someone needs to check this one out but look for imported German rust...

G-Man

[AndyS]

Go get it, Harv!

[02Les]

Is that Mintgrün or Taiga?

Go take a look John.

[AndyS]

I had a buddy with a Taiga 3.0 back in the early 80s. Flash car.

[Harv]

Yea, I'll go look at it in my SPARE time........

I just can't do it now...

Gotta sell the Bonanza/money drain first.

Maybe I should go see it. Looks like Mintgrun to me and too much coverage to not be original.

John

[KrautByTrade]

bitchin!

[Harv]

OK

Who want's it? Who's really thinkin about it....?

I just talked to the guy that owns it, I'm going to see it Wednesday am. I'll take pictures. Just to let you know..... I can't buy it now and don't have room for it so I'm going to look at it out of morbid curiosity.

I'll report back.

John

[BenM_CT]

Sent you an email John (Harv).

[golf73]

i'll bet that is taiga. i don't think mintgrun was applied to munich's finest until '74, the spongebob era.

[Harv]

NOT Taiga, US model, 2800? (edit: starting to look like a later euro 2500 with a Bavaria badge on it. Maybe a motor transplant too. Look no side markers!)

Mintgrun is the original color and has ben resprayed a few times in it's life. It was enthusiast owned before the current owner got it. Hella headlights, under hood is somewhat tidy. Engine does not smoke and starts right up. Doesn't like to idle when it's cold. Zenith carbs. No major oil leaks that I could see. He is daily driving it. Has a BMWCCA sticker on it.

It's rough but how many e3's do you see that are originally Mintgrun?

Worse cars have been repaired.

I'll let the pics tell the story.

John

Worse spot on the car IMHO.

God forbid you go to the dealer and buy the 20$ in parts to fix a sunroof. It's been silly coned in place...

Have at it.........

[02Les]

Good job John.

Doesn't look that bad. Appears not to have been messed with, except the shock tower patch. Coming from the UK, I think the rust is acceptable. Hey, my Beater's worse than that.

Good that it's not closer to me.

[vinceinIL]

Sufficiently weird and interesting to attract my attention.....

[Harv]

Bump for a small realization.

Look, could be a later euro 2500 with a Bavaria badge on it. Maybe a motor transplant too. No side markers and I guess it does have a KPH speedo.

John

[02Les]

Well spotted John.

Euro 2500 auto

VINs 2450001 to 2453774

Made from 9/73 to 2/77

With the VIN 2451853 it should be a later model (maybe a '75), but the front grill looks from the early (73) model. A mystery!

[Harv]

Vince pointed out one or two of the differences.

John