Wheeler Dealer Fjord Tii on BAT

[Mark92131]

One of my favorite Wheeler Dealer episodes.  It will be interesting to see where this auction ends up given the celebrity status.

 

Mark92131

 

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1974-bmw-2002tii-58/

[rcf925]

I think that sold for 40k on the Wheeler Dealers episode

[SaharaX2]

The car sits high.
Maybe it has been that long since I have seen a ‘76 with stock suspension.


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[JohnS]

snorkel alert, snorkel alert ?

 

says the guy whose '74 fjord tii also has a snorkel...  I rear ended someone back in the 80's and the nose was replaced along with the hood and the front bumper, radiator, front fenders ?

 

Kudos to them for sticking with the original '74 distributor and points.  Nice looking stock '74 tii engine setup.  Interesting spot where they connected the ground strap though...

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I wish my car looked as nice .. but that carpet  .?.

Edited April 26, 2019 by JohnS

[Son of Marty]

No timing notch and a snorkel = clone. 

[jrhone]

What color carpet is that???

[rcf925]

xx delete

Edited April 26, 2019 by rcf925

[otisdog]

4 hours ago, rcf925 said:

I think that sold for 40k on the Wheeler Dealers episode

$ 35,000

[rcf925]

1 hour ago, otisdog said:

$ 35,000

Your right I just saw that

[lilmo]

7 hours ago, Mark92131 said:

One of my favorite Wheeler Dealer episodes.  It will be interesting to see where this auction ends up given the celebrity status.

 

Mark92131

 

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1974-bmw-2002tii-58/

 

Celebrity?  That's a minus 20% if I was in the buying mood . . . . .

[dang]

3 hours ago, Son of Marty said:

No timing notch and a snorkel = clone. 

 

I saw that but for some reason thought that some of them didn't come with the notch on the bulkhead.  Which models/years came with them?

['76mintgrün'02]

Interesting installation of the side hood seals.  

 

 

 

 

 

[Son of Marty]

The famous notch came with the aluminum runners early 73 it was hand cut on the line and were some what crude, some where in the 73 run they started with a machine cut notch thats much smoother. But all tii's in that range would have the notch.

Edited April 27, 2019 by Son of Marty

[Conserv]

On 4/27/2019 at 1:35 AM, Son of Marty said:

The famous notch came with the aluminum runners early 73 it was hand cut on the line and were some what crude, some where in the 73 run they started with a machine cut notch thats much smoother. But all tii's in that range would have the notch.

 

The firewall notches actually began with VIN 2761944 (for U.S.-spec tii’s), in early June 1972. This was the initial changeover from the problematic plastic runners and old 121 head to aluminum runners and the E12 head. But something — supply problems? — interrupted the changeover and VIN 2762015 (late June 1972) represented a return to plastic runners and 121 heads. Finally, with VIN 2762373 (end of July 1972), U.S. tii’s returned, for good, to aluminum runners and 121 heads.  Thus, later 1972 models have aluminum intake runners and E12 heads — and, hence, the notch, designed to aid the timing process when timing from the flywheel.

 

But the notch is a secondary result of the changeover from 121 to E12 head, and there are a few credible reports of 121 cars with notches, and a few E12 cars without notches.

 

Do tii clones exist, even ones with airbox brackets? You bet. But I’d want to carefully examine a car and its records before declaring a tii a “clone”, assuming it had a 276xxxx or 278xxxx VIN clearly stamped into the chassis. ?

 

That’s my story and I’m sticking to it....?

 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

Note: You probably recognize I haven’t addressed the Euro-spec tii’s, which had their own roll-out of the aluminum intake runners and E12 head, a roll-out which differed somewhat from the U.S.-spec cars: saaron’s Euro-spec tii and wegweiser’s U.S.-spec tii, for instance, were built the same day: Scott’s Euro car got aluminum runners and an E12 head while Paul’s car received plastic runners and a 121 head. ?

 

Edited April 28, 2019 by Conserv

[fastricky]

I love Wheeler Dealers and would personally love to own this car!