FS: 1968 BMW 2002 - former GT3 race car - SOLD SOLD SOLD

[e30austin]

Price: $20000

Location: Portland, Oregon, USA

Description:

SOLD SOLD SOLD ON NOV 23, 2018

 

PLEASE NO PRIVATE MESSAGES - EMAIL ONLY AT: e30austin at gmail dot com

 

*sorry if something is not correctly identified, I am not a 2002 expert!*

 

Next on the chopping block, is my 1968 2002 race car project. This is number 1661076, one of the very early ones. I bought the car, from a good friend of mine, who owned it, in stock trim, since 1973-4 sometime. This was his main driver for many years. Along the way, he decided to start taking it to track days, and was slowly upgrading parts, along the way. 

 

In the early 80s, he decided he was going to build a roll cage, and turn it into a legitimate race car.  This car was incredibly successful, in GT3, for many years.  For a multitude of reasons, my friend last raced this car on September 15, 1990, and the car sat in a dry, climate controlled, storage bunker, from that point forward, until earlier this year. 

 

My original intention was to get it back on the road and take it to track days, but with the acquisition of a property, in the very near future, all my toys are going away.

 

Enough of the story, here are some details...

 

Car:

 

1968 2002 - clean Oregon title in hand - NO RUST

 

Full custom roll cage
custom fiberglass front fenders and rear "overfenders"
fiberglass hood and trunk
plexiglass rear window and side windows

 

OE Turbo rubber trunk spoiler, in excellent shape, studs are present

 

Engine/ancillaries:

Custom, race spec 2.0 M10, built by Ray Korman, in 1985 
121 head - lots of port work done. "83" date stamp 
13.7:1 compression - 108 octane required
Dr. Schrick 336 degree camshaft
Alpina valves
Febi HD rockers
Schnitzer 20-4 front timing cover ($$$$$$$$)
Bosch "R" (racing) distributor
Dual Weber 50 DCOE carburetors
Reverse flow cooling system - Bavaria water pump
"Accusump", dry sump, oiling system
MSD electronic ignition system
Fuel cell in trunk, with four electric fuel pumps
Pyrometers on each exhaust runner

 

Transmission and driveline:

Getrag 235 close-ratio 5 speed (2002 turbo, NOT the E21 close ratio box) - rebuilt in 1986, minimal usage since
Good driveline
Tilton twin disc clutch and flywheel
Stock shifter andwafflesshift tower assy
3.91 LSD - 75% lockup

 

Suspension and brakes:

 

Close-ratio steering box

 

Custom built springs and adjusters, to make a fully adjustable coilover suspension setup (very high tech, for its time period!)
Bilstein sport dampers

 

Turbo front disc brakes with ventilated discs
Custom rear disc brake conversion, similar to the Alpina setup

 

Larger sway bar setup

 

BBS 13" Magnesium wheels - 8.8 lbs each WITH tire!

 

This car has been off the road, for almost three decades. It needs to be freshened up, before being exercised again. While I do have a title for it, the chassis has been pretty modified, and I wouldn't consider it to really be road legal again, but that is your call to make.

 

The biggest issue is, there is a broken rocker arm. The previous owner was preparing to put the engine in "storage mode", as he referred to it, by taking all the rockers off the valve springs, to keep the tension off them. On cylinder 3, exhaust side, *when turning the engine over by hand*, the rocker arm broke, and he walked away, never to return to it again. 

 

I'd love to find this car a good home. Ideally, someone that would put it back on the track. It has a great history and a TON of neat parts. 

 

$20,000 USD. Located in Portland, Oregon, USA. Will happily help load it on a trailer, if the buyer makes any and all shipping arrangements. 

 

If not sold by December 1, 2018, I will start the part out (regretfully), but I would much, much rather get this car a proper home, as a whole; however, at this time, I will *not* be parting the car out.

 

NOTE: Scheel/Mann seat, steering wheel, and "BMW" vanity plate NOT included with sale. Stock steering wheel will be included.

 

PLEASE NO PRIVATE MESSAGES - EMAIL ONLY AT: e30austin at gmail dot com

 

 

Edited November 24, 2018 by e30austin

[iinca]

nice! glws

 

If you do part it out (and that would  be a shame and a tragedy) I'll take the strut bar and close ratio steering box. Put at the top of the list if you will..

[irdave]

Wow, what a car.  Should run that by KB- wonder if one of his customers would like that as a starting point...

[Rich]

anybody in the New England / Boston region want to go partners on this car ? It would be a blast tearing around NHIS or Thompson and Lime Rock, ?? Richard

[e30austin]

On November 6, 2018 at 9:53 AM, iinca said:

nice! glws

 

If you do part it out (and that would  be a shame and a tragedy) I'll take the strut bar and close ratio steering box. Put at the top of the list if you will..

I will make notation of that!

 

Bump.  Motivated seller.  

[conkitchen]

1 hour ago, e30austin said:

I will make notation of that!

 

Bump.  Motivated seller.  

Dig that front cover and water pump assembly, old school badass!

 

does the alternator run of the rear axle's like an alpina diff oil pump? 

Edited November 9, 2018 by conkitchen

[M3M3]

On 11/4/2018 at 2:42 PM, e30austin said:

 

Close-ratio steering box

 

On 11/6/2018 at 12:53 PM, iinca said:

If you do part it out (and that would  be a shame and a tragedy) I'll take the strut bar and close ratio steering box. Put at the top of the list if you will..

 

no such thing as a "close ratio steering box"   there is only one ratio inside a steering box..

 

it is a "QUICK ratio steering box".  probably one of the most overrated and overpriced items for a 2002...

[iinca]

Right. When I was typing that I  remembered you saying that exact thing awhile back which made sense...

 

but somehow I messed up my choice...doh!

 

I know I'll never drop 2 or 3 grand on a steering box. I got morals

 

...Is it worth it? Maybe but I've driven a larger tire car with that 'quick ratio' box and it was like wrestling a Grizzly

 

hyper priced. like dash boards, mudflaps, tii struts, Alpina parts, bumpers....

Edited November 9, 2018 by iinca

[conkitchen]

5 hours ago, iinca said:

hyper priced. like dash boards, mudflaps, tii struts, Alpina parts, bumpers....

AND dogleg 5 speeds. Seriously though where is the alternator? 

Edited November 9, 2018 by conkitchen

[jgerock]

13 hours ago, conkitchen said:

AND dogleg 5 speeds. Seriously though where is the alternator? 

I suspect it has a rear mounted one.

[e30austin]

Per the previous owner...

 

"There is no charging system.  Too much weight, too much drag on engine.  Wrong place for weight.  What we would do was; look for power outlet and park by it, or bring a little gasoline generator and charge it often."

[e30austin]

Deposit received.  Sold pending pickup.  Thanks.  

[stephers]

Very cool, love the old Westwood  decal, Use to be up there all the time, now I live 15 min from the old westwood circuit. Now it is all housing, at least, they used some of the names of the corners for some of the street names..     Really miss Westwood

[Conserv]

19 hours ago, e30austin said:

Deposit received.  Sold pending pickup.  Thanks.  

 

Great!  It looks too cool, and has too much history to part out.

 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

Edited November 16, 2018 by Conserv