1968 BMW 1600 Sold in Beverly Hills

[Milo]

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Edited March 14, 2022 by Vladimir

[Mike Self]

Poor thing....the "storage" it's been sitting in for the past 15 years (per the ad) must have been an open carport with a dirt floor next to the ocean.  That rust is definitely "salt air" (vs road salt) pattern rust.  The decent original interior is all that's salvageable.  Looks to be overpriced by a factor of ten--or even twenty.

[LindrelT]

But it’s worth at least $1k for that steering wheel right??  ?

[markmac]

COME ON MAN!  It's PATINA!

[Schon '02]

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure…

[JsnPpp]

But its a "very desirable project" !! 

 

The ad says so!

[2002#3]

Symmetrical rust.  A rare and beautiful thing. 

[calw]

By symmetrical, you mean everywhere...   In that rare and most desirable 1600 color, too- Manila. 

[OriginalOwner]

+1 markmac !!!!!

 

More importantly:  if it drives and handles like a 1600, or a 2002, that just makes the appearance something of a conversation starter at Cars & Coffee gatherings.

 

Cheers,

 

Carl

 

[ScottA]

The glass is nice...

[02Les]

When they first advertised it (Aug '19) the price was $3950.

[golf73]

Big deal...they're used car dealers. They're well known for finding and selling cars that have been sitting/rotting, and are overpriced. Maybe the new owner will get it restored, or just scavenge it for parts!

[rstclark]

Check their inventory  They’re notorious for junk

[markmac]

Pretty entertaining, they had a while back a '69 911s (for what price I don't recall), the floors and other were so bad they were literally holding the car together with a couple of ratchet straps.  Anything is restorable of course, just depends on how much time and money you have.

[kbmb02]

2 hours ago, rstclark said:

Check their inventory  They’re notorious for junk

 

I’ve been there … fascinating place. Inside the multiple, connected buildings are thousands of vintage European and US muscle cars. Many are rough, and some - well - they seem to have no lower limit to what they will buy and sell. (Better there than the crusher, I believe.) It’s an example of capitalism plus a layer of used-car-dealer-salesmanship -> if they produced a YouTube channel, they’d make bank.

 

That said, a patient, informed buyer can find what they’re looking for (I had a customer find a 2000CS in surprisingly-decent-and-low-rust condition). -KB