other Did Anyone Else See The '73 Tii On The Mecum Auction?

[mikem]

$34K not enough to meet reserve..

 

http://www.mecum.com/auctions/lot_detail.cfm?LOT_ID=CA0813-168487&entryRow=766

Edited August 19, 2013 by mikem

[mac]

Appears to be a very nice car.

Another couple of grand and I'll bet it would have found a new owner.

mac.

[gr8glfr]

Hosts didn't know what a ' roundie' is. They said they heard it referred to as a roundie but thought it referred to the roundel

[tjones02]

I had to stop reading the description... Couldn't handle all the misleading and incorrect information! Way to many incorrect details with the car for my 36k!

As imperfect as the silver 2000tii Touring Alpina at Bohnams was; it was a much better buy for the same price!

http://m.bonhams.com/auctions/20994/lot/172/?list_search_query=1〈=en_us&back_to_year=2003&sale_no=20994&limit=9999&query=bmw&create_facets=False&page_anchor=q2_2%3DBMW%26m2%3D2%26b2%3Dlist

Edited August 20, 2013 by tjones02

[RayC911]

I had to stop reading the description... Couldn't handle all the misleading and incorrect information! Way to many incorrect details with the car for my 36k!

As imperfect as the silver 2000tii Touring Alpina at Bohnams was; it was a much better buy for the same price!

http://m.bonhams.com/auctions/20994/lot/172/?list_search_query=1〈=en_us&back_to_year=2003&sale_no=20994&limit=9999&query=bmw&create_facets=False&page_anchor=q2_2%3DBMW%26m2%3D2%26b2%3Dlist

I'm too cheap to pay that much for a restored Tii but I would fork over that same $$ for it before the touring. Way before! Plus are those really Alpina wheels?

[tjones02]

Why yes Ray those are real Alpina wheels, just not the more common ones...

[PaulTWinterton]

58 cars down the assembly line from mine. Closest I've seen yet.

 

I'm sorry, but I like the high prices.  Payback for those hours laying on your back.  Payback for the humiliation of being towed a hundred miles because the fuel pump quit in the middle of nowhere.  Payback for the exorbitant costs of some parts.  Payback for the stress of "what's going to die next", speedo? heater valve? ahhhh....heater core maybe.  The payback list is longer, I just have a mental block against the things my wife has put up with over the years.

 

I'm sure I'm not alone as one who has (a possibly disproportionate) affection for their 02, and I can't imagine selling it, but it's a REAL BONUS knowing that it has decent $ value and rising.  Oh yeah, and it's amazing to drive (fast)!

 

My $00000000.02

[LarryE10E20]

+1 Paul. Well said!

[LJtii]

I have never seen that light tan interior on a '73. All the original ones I have seen that were brown were a darker "tobacco" color. This one looks like the later '74-'76 brown.

[Conserv]

Why yes Ray those are real Alpina wheels, just not the more common ones...

+1

Über rare! I, and, no doubt, many others, have been looking for a set of these for years!

Steve

[Conserv]

I have never seen that light tan interior on a '73. All the original ones I have seen that were brown were a darker "tobacco" color. This one looks like the later '74-'76 brown.

+1

The seats and door panels are generic, non-BMW-factory, replacements, probably with foam padding rather than the originally-shaped horsehair pads. "Pearl beige"? Whatever!

But as Tom said, there are many inaccuracies here. Although, yes, if people will offer $34K for this, it bodes well for round taillight tii's!

Steve

[mikem]

Hosts didn't know what a ' roundie' is. They said they heard it referred to as a roundie but thought it referred to the roundel

 

Yeah, they struggled mightily with that, as I recall.