1973 2002tii Project on B.A.T.

[lilmo]

Somebody on the FAQ converted a tii to automatic for his daughter years ago.  Wonder where that one is hiding . . . . . 

[Conserv]

22 minutes ago, lilmo said:

Somebody on the FAQ converted a tii to automatic for his daughter years ago.  Wonder where that one is hiding . . . . . 

 

I recall that, all too well! ? Was it possibly Taiga or Mintgrun?

 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

[02Les]

Don't know about someone on the Faq, but, on Ebay 5 years ago was a '72 Baikal tii that was converted to auto and was being sold (reportedly) by Billie Joe Armstrong of the band Green Day.

 

The BAT audience would have a field day with it.

[Conserv]

42 minutes ago, 02Les said:

Don't know about someone on the Faq, but, on Ebay 5 years ago was a '72 Baikal tii that was converted to auto and was being sold (reportedly) by Billie Joe Armstrong of the band Green Day.

 

The BAT audience would have a field day with it.

 

Yeah, I remember that one as well, Les!  The ground-up restoration, and automatification of the daughter’s tii was earlier....

 

It struck me as the work of a BMW-loving father wanting his daughter to drive a tii and she called his bluff, “Whatever, Dad, I’ll drive a tii, if you make it an automatic!”

 

Best regards,

 

Steve

 

Edited July 18, 2019 by Conserv

[maharaja]

This shows the unpredictibility of auctions. Could the subject car get to this  for $26K?

 

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1973-bmw-2002tii-27/

[Conserv]

On 7/18/2019 at 4:21 PM, maharaja said:

This shows the unpredictibility of auctions. Could the subject car get to this  for $26K?

 

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1973-bmw-2002tii-27/

 

Of course not!  But the market for fun forty-year-old weekend cars has far far more buyers at the $10K level than at the $35K level so you’ve got much more competition for these “project cars”. ?

 

In addition, there are lots a “car people” who really love the challenge of turning a wreck into a jewel.

 

For $35K, you can often buy a car into which someone’s sunk $70K! ?

 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

Edited November 5, 2019 by Conserv

[Conserv]

n/t

Edited November 5, 2019 by Conserv

[Conserv]

Just reporting, happily, that this classic tii has been purchased by a new owner who, with his son, is performing a ground-up restoration.  I’ll let him report in at his own pace and according to his own preferences!

 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

Edited November 6, 2019 by Conserv