'68 1600 - Well-Documented/Low Mileage Example Rare Survivor

[John_in_VA]

Here'a another one to nit-pick!  Not mine, no affiliation.  A Porsche-fan neighbor sent me the link.  For sale in Costa Mesa, CA.

VIN # 156xxxx**

44,600 Original Miles

Florida Green (Code 066) on Tobacco Brown Leatherette
Offered at $39,990

https://autokennel.com/1968-bmw-1600-2-door-sedan/

 

[Geoff Raynak]

yep ...

clean ...

but not perfect ... a lot of bits to bring up to the asking price

VIN# 1562173 for anyone who looked at all the picts 

 

love the wheels ... 

too bad those campys were not 15"+

 

 

nearly twice as much ... and not as nice as this one from last fall:

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1969-bmw-1600-5/

[scatman75]

Wow beautiful

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[CoastalCrush]

1 hour ago, Geoff Raynak said:

yep ...

clean ...

but not perfect ... a lot of bits to bring up to the asking price

VIN# 1562173 for anyone who looked at all the picts 

 

love the wheels ... 

too bad those campys were not 15"+

 

 

nearly twice as much ... and not as nice as this one from last fall:

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1969-bmw-1600-5/

 

Same car sold for 27k the year prior 

[HBChris]

The current owner has had this 1600 for five years or so and paid in the mid $20Ks for it.  It is incredibly original.

[Schnellvintage]

These cars are getting more and more rare to see in this condition.  I wish I had the money, I would scoop this one up and drive it.  These cars were meant to be driven.....and admired.  A beautiful example!!

Matt

[jgerock]

Very nice. Reminds me of Ryan's car.

[Hodgepodge]

Says sale pending.  

[Mike Self]

Does anyone know the VIN on this car?  According to the seller's writeup, 

 

      This was the 19^th 1600 built for 1968.   

 

I don't think it's 1560020; too many obviously original parts that aren't correct for that early a car, such as the chrome strip on the dashboard, a wheel dated Feb '68, lack of cutouts in the upper corners of the trunk bulkhead etc that were present on the very early US spce '68s, mostly carryovers from the '67s..  

 

I suspect the seller looked at the VINs posted in the factory parts book, that show VINs by calendar vs model year.  Model year VINs for US spec, 1968 1600s were between 1560001 and 1565880.

 

mike

 

[Geoff Raynak]

On 3/18/2018 at 8:39 AM, Geoff Raynak said:

VIN# 1562173 for anyone who looked at all the picts 

 

 

[02Les]

9 minutes ago, mike said:

Does anyone know the VIN on this car?  According to the seller's writeup, 

 

      This was the 19^th 1600 built for 1968.   

 

I don't think it's 1560020; too many obviously original parts that aren't correct for that early a car, such as the chrome strip on the dashboard, a wheel dated Feb '68, lack of cutouts in the upper corners of the trunk bulkhead etc that were present on the very early US spce '68s, mostly carryovers from the '67s..  

 

I suspect the seller looked at the VINs posted in the factory parts book, that show VINs by calendar vs model year.  Model year VINs for US spec, 1968 1600s were between 1560001 and 1565880.

 

mike

 

I think he meant the 19th built in 1968. 1562153 or 1562154 was the last ('68) built in 1967.

[Conserv]

VIN 1562154 was the first 1600-2 manufactured in the 1968 calendar year.  This car, VIN 1562173, was thus the 19th 1600-2 manufactured in the 1968 calendar year, which is clearly not the same as the 19th 1968 model year car.  And...as Mike points out, that is why this car does not have the indicia of the 1967 and early 1968 model year cars, such as the chrome dash trim, triangular cutouts in the front bulkhead of the luggage compartment, etc.

 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

Oops: Les beat me to the punch!  Les, I’m showing 1562153 as the last 1600-2 manufactured in the 1967 calendar year.  My information is coming from the VIN decoder offered by the BMW 2002 Club of Columbia.

Edited March 19, 2018 by Conserv

[Conserv]

Absolutely gorgeous car!

 

My guesstimate is that VIN 1562173 was manufactured in January 1968.  If that is correct, the February 1968 spare must have been a replacement or a “snow tire rim”.  But I’m OK with that! ?

 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

 

Edited March 19, 2018 by Conserv

[tahoedon]

My 1600, vin # 1562947 was manufactured Feb. 2, 1968.

[Conserv]

3 minutes ago, tahoedon said:

My 1600, vin # 1562947 was manufactured Feb. 2, 1968.

 

Aha, Don!  You’re adding more fuel to my “replacement or snow tire rim” fire!

 

Thanks and best regards,

 

Steve