Snorkel Nose tii

[tii bimmer]

A friend of mine picked up an early 72 tii that has a snorkel nose. The car appears to be very original and was purchased from the 2nd owner (a72 year old man who owned it since 1984).

Did the early 2002tii have snorkel noses? It just doesn't look like the front clip was replaced.

Thanks!

[Collinster742002]

No tii had a snorkel. Nose has been replaced; or the car might have had a tii transplant? Check for matching #s and what not.

Motor trend 72 tii:

[jgerock]

This topic has been around for a while. My car's nose was replaced a long time ago after a hard hit but does not have a snorkle tube.

I inspected a Tundra 72tii # 2760240 which did not have a snorkle tube.

Another Tundra 72tii # 2760543 I inspected did have a tube but the nose looked like a replacement.

Please share the VIN of the 72tii in question.

[jgerock]

No tii had a snorkel. Nose has been replaced; or the car might have had a tii transplant? Check for matching #s and what not.

Motor trend 72 tii:

FWIW- the Mobile Tradition Inka tii started out as a Square-tail (European) body. BMW had a hard time finding a suitable shell for the project.

[Collinster742002]

Interesting! I read the articles on that car many years ago.. Man I wish I could make my squaretail a roundie did they start with a 74 tii shell?

[jgerock]

Interesting! I read the articles on that car many years ago.. Man I wish I could make my squaretail a roundie did they start with a 74 tii shell?

I'm not sure. I just loved seeing all the articles on it.

[bluedevils]

It is not obvious that all tiis came with NO snorkel. You can convert a square tail to roundieby changing the middle rear panel to an early one.

[Napes]

"You can convert a square tail to roundie by changing the middle rear panel to an early one."

You're right, Al, but you're also going to need a about a 3" wide patch panel to fill in the hole in the rear fender where the square lite tail lite wraps around. Check out the picture above of Helmut with the torch.

Bob Napier

[Collinster742002]

Interesting video of the Mobile Tradition tii. They found an unused shell! Imagine that!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m26S0zrEd8&feature=related

[tii bimmer]

I guess the nose has been replaced then, since the body stamp and all numbers are matching. Definitely not a tii conversion.

[Collinster742002]

It was probably done by a reputable shop; how do the welds look? If the owner so wishes, the snorkel can be chopped off and deleted with a piece of sheetmetal, though it isn't hurting anything.

[tii bimmer]

The welds look perfect. If not for the snorkel I would not have questioned if it had been in an accident. Body work was done well.

[tii bimmer]

The VIN is a very early one 2760512.

[Psymon]

This topic has been around for a while. My car's nose was replaced a long time ago after a hard hit but does not have a snorkle tube.

I inspected a Tundra 72tii # 2760240 which did not have a snorkle tube.

Sorry off topic.

Small world Jim. I inspected this tundra as well about a year or so ago. I would be interested in what you thought of the car. You can email me from the link if its easier and will not clutter up this thread.

[Cruzr]

Maybe someone who knows the history can say, but it doesn't seem that quality control or safety was a major issue.

Isn't it possible that they would run out of tii noses and just grabbed whatever was available?