other Passing On A Rare Find (Turkis 02)

[LJtii]

When I first worked for BMW back in 73, I was told that Turkis was only available on auto cars. Same goes for the turbo style alloys, although I have seen some of them on 74 tiis. Anybody have an original Turkis with a  4 speed? I did ask the BMW rep why that color was only on autos. His reply, with a smile on his face: "To help sell them". We had one with a sunroof and those wheels on the lot forever. It was almost as much as a 73 tii with half the fun factor. Once you add metallic paint, sunroof, auto tranny and alloy wheels to $5100, it got pretty close to the $5800 tii cost.

Yes, I bought a '73 2002 that was originally Turkis here in San Diego in 1998. Had a 4-speed and when I stripped the car, the original Turkis was everywhere, in and out.

[PaulTWinterton]

Andy74tii, nice car!  Prettiest turkis I've ever seen.

[Conserv]

I can attest that at least one '74 tii in Turkis original was made - mine.  It's a tii with a 4 speed, and my mobile traditions email confirmed it's an original Turkis....

Gorgeous! And what is its manufacture date?

Steve

[Andy74tii]

Thanks, the mfg date is in December 1973 (s/n 2780675), so, as the earlier posters affirm, turkis must have been phased out early '74?

[Conserv]

Thanks, the mfg date is in December 1973 (s/n 2780675), so, as the earlier posters affirm, turkis must have been phased out early '74?

Thanks, Andy. Yes, Turkis disappeared from the paint brochure printed February '74 and no one has yet volunteered a Turkis car manufactured after March '74.

Again, beautiful (and rare) car!

Steve