other Thoughts on this 72 tii?

[TonyHavana]

Just found this very close to me. Spoke to the owner, who has had it since it was 5 months old. Has been repainted and did have nose damage, hence the snorkel. From the photos it looks pretty original. And $16,000. CDN is about $12,000. USD.   Thanks in advance. Tony

http://www.autotrader.ca/a/BMW/2002/COBBLE+HILL/British+Columbia/19_9263091_/?showcpo=ShowCPO&orup=1_15_1

[joysterm]

Worth a ferry ride to check it out if your not on the Island. It does looks pretty decent but you need to see in person........I would venture there is some rust somewhere having lived in Victoria.

 

Nice find though!

[saaron]

Does it run and drive?  The ad doesn't say.  

 

As you know, rust is the enemy, and it has some according to the ad.  So that is a concern that needs investigation.

 

On the plus side, the color combo is cool, and it has the elusive black plastic intake runners.  Extra cool points for that, as they are only on the earliest tiis.

 

Love the mud flaps, hate that thing on the steering wheel.

 

For $12K USD I would check it out.  

 

Scott

 

PS  Still cry myself to sleep once a month that I didn't buy your ti...

[TonyHavana]

VIN is 2761302, so that makes it a Jan-Dec 1972 build according to 2002 Columbia site. It does run and drive, he has had it out this year.

 

Edited April 5, 2016 by TonyHavana

[Conserv]

Hey, Tony,

 

I'm showing VIN 2761315 as being manufactured April 4, 1972, so very late March/very early April is my best guess for 2761302.  Kris posted the link in this other thread:

 

Good luck and best regards,

 

Steve

 

[Conserv]

Looked at it again, Tony,

 

What I see from the photos is very good from my perspective, i.e., it is an unusually complete , down to the diagnostic plug on the valve cover.  And I think this completeness is partly a function of its two-owner status.  But the presence of the original 5x13 steel rims with full wheel covers also announces that those two owners appreciated the stock configuration: no 6" alloys here.  Yes, lots of these details need love, but they're there.  I'm betting it still has the original engine block, a theory easily confirmed.

 

The front sidemarker reflectors and the knee trim were shaved with the re-paint, but the exterior is otherwise stock, including the correct trap mirror.  I can't see the sunroof in the photos but the listing notes it has one.  All in all, a '72 sunroof tii in the very nice Agave-and-Saddle color combo is a very good thing!

 

I REALLY hope it is not a rust disaster underneath because there aren't many of these intact stock cars left.

 

If you confirm the manufacturing date and factory color with BMW Archives (info.grouparchiv@bmwgroup.com), please share the manufacturing date with us!

 

Good luck,

 

Steve

 

Edited April 7, 2016 by Conserv

[PaulTWinterton]

If it was me...I'd be on my way with a pocket full of cash. 

[PaulTWinterton]

Just talked to the owner.  Now the previous owner.  He sold the car to a local guy in his neighbourhood. 

 

He had the car for over 40 years. 

 

My guess?  The new owner got a hell-of-a-deal!

[TonyHavana]

Yeah, he emailed me a couple of hours ago to say it was sold. I suspect it was a pretty good deal.

 

[saaron]

This popped up in our neighborhood, a bit different from the Agave one, but a tii.

 

https://cincinnati.craigslist.org/cto/5524902208.html

 

Scott

[mac]

Shudda bought it. 

 

Bobby Rahal's Inka Tii came down the assembly about two hours after that car was assembled. 

 

mac.

[jgerock]

That Agave tii has a snorkle nose...

[Conserv]

6 minutes ago, jgerock said:

That Agave tii has a snorkle nose...

 

You are such a troublemaker, Jim!  ?

 

Best regards,

 

Steve

 

[jgerock]

12 minutes ago, Conserv said:

 

You are such a troublemaker, Jim!  ?

 

Best regards,

 

Steve

 

LOL - RU going to be in Asheville next month?  You can stir up some trouble there.

[Conserv]

On April 6, 2016 at 7:27 PM, jgerock said:

LOL - RU going to be in Asheville next month?  You can stir up some trouble there.

 

Absolutely, Jim, I'll be there.

 

And I intend to move slowly and deliberately from car to car, inspecting snorkels.....

 

If ya got a snorkel, you're gettin' written up.  I don't much care whether it's a tii, a ti, or neither, all snorkel cars are gettin' written up!  And when the snorkels are gone, all '02's will be tii's!

 

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Best regards,

 

Steve