Tii Taiga Automatic in Laguna Beach CA?

[Einspritz]

A friend sent me this pic seen Monday in downtown Laguna Beach.

 

Since he was a previous owner of a Tii, thought it unusual 1)Taiga, 2)Sunroof, and 3) Automatic.

Didn't get the VIN.

 

Anyone on this FAQ?

 

Did the Tii come in an automatic from the factory?

 

Would love to find a matching numbers Taiga Tii with a sunroof to replace my tribute.

 

[Conserv]

Ted,

 

No automatic tii’s from the factory.

 

Maybe 10 years back, a forum member was building an automatic Taiga tii for his daughter. Maybe this is that car. Or maybe automatic Taiga tii’s became a thing! ?

 

Best regards,

 

Steve

 

Edited December 18, 2019 by Conserv

[Mike Self]

And Taiga is an unusual color for a roundie...

 

mike

[Einspritz]

I have a '72 Taiga w/ sunroof, converted to Tii for CA smog purposes.

 

Sadly in retrospect cut up the white Tii w/ sunroof  rust free (really!) donor after "salvaging" the parts. Little did I know of the value, they were just old cars back then.

 

That Taiga car, was rear ended and now sits waiting for repairs (or not), and was deemed Salvage title.

 

So, it would be more convenient to find a similar minimally rusted project. Mechanicals I have......

 

Might settle for Ceylon or Turkis.....

[otisdog]

42 minutes ago, Einspritz said:

 

Might settle for Ceylon or Turkis.....

Well, at least you're not picky.....

[1936spyder]

Ted,
 
No automatic tii’s from the factory.
 
Maybe 10 years back, a forum member was building an automatic Taiga tii for his daughter. Maybe this is that car. Or maybe automatic Taiga tii’s became a thing! [emoji6]
 
Best regards,
 
Steve
 

Exactly. That's the car. I remember it well as I was chasing a '73 Taiga tii myself at the time and thought that was a bit sacrilegious ( as did some others). Looks like it's still wearing the Panasport knockoffs by Rota which were very popular at the time as Chris had put together a group buy for those rims. Incidentally I purchased a set for a Polaris silver tii that I owned at the time.

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[1936spyder]

Well, at least you're not picky.....

Perhaps my 3 favorite colors!

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[Son of Marty]

There's been a long time story of one automatic Tii built by BMW for a ex racer associated with the factory that lost the use of his left foot in a crash. Don't know how true it is though.

[02Les]

Scroll down a bit and find       mo's72tii

 

https://www.bmw2002faq.com/forums/topic/134139-automatic-tii-was-this-ever-made/?tab=comments#comment-37935

 

 

[Steve Tochi]

Looks like it has Italian turn signals...money is no object when in Laguna Beach and its for your daughter.

[jrhone]

If i recall he built it for his daughter and she wanted a new 3 series instead.  Seen it in person.  Very well done.  

[Gordon]

duplicate post

 

 

G-Man

Edited December 19, 2019 by Gordon

[Gordon]

23 hours ago, Gordon said:

If I recall correctly, years ago, Mo who lived in south OC (Laguna Beach area) converted a tii to an automatic for his teenager daughter instead of the alternative, teach your kids to drive a car with a manual gearbox.   I'm guessing his kids are out of the house by now so it sounds like his converted tii is still around south OC.  If I had it, it would be back to three pedals.

 

G-Man

 

Edited December 20, 2019 by Gordon