Rather Nice 1967 ti

[2002#3]

A rather nice ti for sale.  Not too shabby.

 

~64,000 BPS / ~86,000 USD

 

"1967 Alpina BMW 1600-2. 1 of 2 pre 1968 right hand drives ever. Extremely rare."

 

source:  BMW Car Club GB, Ltd.

 

http://www.anym.co.uk/classified/816c9-1967-alpina-bmw-1600-2-1-of-2-pre-1968-right-hand-drives-ever-extremely-rare?utm_source=MEMBERS&utm_campaign=8ccde73177-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_13&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cbc0892537-8ccde73177-287604713

[joysterm]

Looks like a keeper.....love the side mirrors..... oh and the colour too

[bluebmw]

Gorgeous, but where are the Alpina parts? IMO you can't run front and rear Alpina badges/logos AND call it an "Alpina" if the springs are the only Alpina part... Regardless, a RHD colorado 1600ti is something else!  

[zinz]

That is sexy

 

Ed

[iinca]

damn that's a cool car. And in Colorado jeez...love it.

[Simeon]

It's GBP by the way. Had to think what you meant by BPS. 

 

Conventional wisdom was was that there we NO ti variants made in RHD. Very interesting. Surely a bargain then compared to US pricing of 'just' tii and s14 cars. 

[02Les]

15 minutes ago, Simeon said:

It's GBP by the way. Had to think what you meant by BPS. 

 

Conventional wisdom was was that there we NO ti variants made in RHD. Very interesting. Surely a bargain then compared to US pricing of 'just' tii and s14 cars. 

I have a lot of 1602/2002 info, but, other than quotes like the above ad, nothing from BMW that shows 4 RHD 1600ti s. I wonder if they were done in the UK like the two known RHD Turbos?

Edited September 18, 2017 by 02Les

[jgerock]

11 minutes ago, 02Les said:

I have a lot of 1602/2002 info, but, other than quotes like the above ad, nothing from BMW that shows 4 RHD 1600ti s. I wonder if they were done in the UK like the two known RHD Turbos?

The BMW 02 Profile book only shows 1600ti chassis numbers:

1580001 to 1588670.   No asterisk denoting LHD versus RHD.   Assume All were LHD.  

[maharaja]

An attractive car, but missing with Dell Ortos, minilites and odd E21'ish seats

For 86K some more period bits should be part of the kit

Also at that ask some under carriage pics would nice

Edited September 19, 2017 by maharaja

['76mintgrün'02]

the ball chain attached to the oil filler cap is cute

they should've put one on the radiator cap as well  

[Conserv]

20 hours ago, 02Les said:

I have a lot of 1602/2002 info, but, other than quotes like the above ad, nothing from BMW that shows 4 RHD 1600ti s. I wonder if they were done in the UK like the two known RHD Turbos?

 

Let's slow things down.  Does the ad even claim this is a ti? I keep reading the link and I'm not seeing any mention that it is a 1600ti.

 

Second, Colorado hadn't been publicly introduced in 1967. It was introduced, however, as a ti-only color, although common thought is that it appeared with the 2002ti, which was late 1968.  It seems to first appear in the November 1968 global color and upholstery brochure.  What DOES that BMW Archives report for this car actually say about its color?

 

Third, forget the radiator support snorkel -- many (most?) nosepieces have been replaced by now.  But no brackets for the air box?  Where would the air box even sit?  It's got a too-high battery tray for a ti!  What about this car is ti?  The front brakes were brought up to "tii equipment" by adding ventilated discs!  Hmm...I must have missed that ventilated disc brake feature on tii's.  I don't believe there is anything bona fide "ti" here, except for the badges.  Likewise, I don't believe there is anything bona fide "Alpina" here, except for the badges.  And if the seller isn't actually claiming it's a 1600ti, all the better!

 

Badges do not make a ti.  A VIN denotes a ti.  What is the VIN?

 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

Edited September 19, 2017 by Conserv

[TobyB]

....and to think, I didn't buy a ti 10 years back because I couldn't scrape up $10k usd... 

 

sheesh

 

I musta beena stupida kid.

 

t

 

[Simeon]

5 hours ago, Conserv said:

 

And Colorado hadn't been publicly introduced in 1967.  It was, however, introduced as a ti-only color, although common thought is that it appeared with the 2002ti, which was late 1968.  What DOES that BMW Archives report say?

 

Forget the radiator support snorkel -- many (most) nosepieces have been replaced by now.  But no brackets for the air box?  Where would the air box even sit?  It's got a too-high battery tray!

 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

 

I wondered about the air filter though I believe that when people have converted RHD cars to twin 40s that they could use the filter housing from the 2000CS which has a straight shot for each throat rather than the various angles the LHD ti has. 

 

As as a result the airbox  would sit further back over where the LHD has brake pivot, booster and MC. 

Edited September 19, 2017 by Simeon

[02Les]

13 hours ago, Conserv said:

 

Let's slow things down.  Does the ad even claim this is a ti? I keep reading the link and I'm not seeing any mention that it is a 1600ti.

 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

Good point. The car doesn't really have the attributes of either an Alpina or 1600ti.

Really need the VIN.

[2k2tii]

13 hours ago, Conserv said:

 

Let's slow things down.  Does the ad even claim this is a ti? I keep reading the link and I'm not seeing any mention that it is a 1600ti.

 

Second, Colorado hadn't been publicly introduced in 1967. It was introduced, however, as a ti-only color, although common thought is that it appeared with the 2002ti, which was late 1968.  What DOES that BMW Archives report for this car actually say about its color?

 

Third, forget the radiator support snorkel -- many (most) nosepieces have been replaced by now.  But no brackets for the air box?  Where would the air box even sit?  It's got a too-high battery tray for a ti!  What about this car is ti?  The front brakes were brought up to "tii equipment" by adding ventilated discs!  Hmm...I must have missed that ventilated disc brake feature on tii's.  I don't believe there is anything bona fide "ti" here, except for the badges.  Likewise, I don't believe there is anything bona fide "Alpina" here, except for the badges.  And if the seller isn't actually claiming it's a 1600ti, all the better!

 

Badges do not make a ti.  A VIN denotes a ti.  What is the VIN?

 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

 

 

26 minutes ago, 02Les said:

Good point. The car doesn't really have the attributes of either an Alpina or 1600ti.

Really need the VIN.

 

Here is what the seller says regarding the VIN