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picked up my 3.0 cs today - damn all of you naysayers


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It is just a car, after all -- despite what many of my e9 brethren might suggest. I don't think there's any crime in using an e9 as a driver, as a matter of fact I know one in Portland that would be a good candidate for that use. It has excellent mechanicals, is cosmetically great (nice paint, new interior) but is hiding a mess of rust. I just bought an e24 for a daily driver, or I'd pick it up.

Tony

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which is no where near the rolling parts car status that many others are.

That coupled with the fact that I can have fist class work done on the car from my circle of friends, makes sense. I could drive it on sundays for 4 or 5 summers and it will always be worth 2x what I paid for it maybe more.

Why the huge opposition to CS's on the board I wonder, I dont get it.

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local southern Calif. car but motors bad...white w/blue interior '73 CS. I think it can be had for around $2K U.S. so not to out of line for a clean one. If I get it than will be on the lookout for a 3.5 out of a E28 I guess. I think these coupes must be the most beautiful BMW's. Keep us posted and would love to see a pic or two.

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The CS is avery nice car. I looked for one several years ago and after a year long search and countless visits to many restoration shops I ended with a perfect Euro 635 CSi with Metric Mechanic 4 litre engine. Karman invented rust and fine tuned it on the 3.0 CS. That car is a rust trap that requires a big infusion of money to restore. I now race a 1969 2002 and if time and money permit, I wish to build a flared 3.0 CS for racing too.

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I made apurchase very similar to yours. Mine was a 73 cs with visible rust issues: rockers, and rusty hood channels, but for pretty short money.

Given the advances in coating technology, I'm hopeful that I can at least stop the spread of rust and keep it from bubbling thru any bodywork I've redone.

My car will never be concourse material, but it's a lot of fun to drive and (you already know this) one of the best looking cars BMW has ever made.

(And you will hear this from MANY people)

Good luck

(Check out my webpage diskgraceland.com and the transportation page for pics of my coupe.)

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up around the fuse box.

Its the rust I can't see which scares me.

Although car has not been touch since at least 1988 so I am fairly certain that what you see is what you get.

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I think if you have the space and time to tear the whole car apart, down to the chassis, you can fix most any rust without buying super-high-dollar OEM body parts. All you need is a welder, sheet metal and simple tools. The main cost is time.

If the rust is hidden, so will be your repairs. If you're not after perfection, but want a nice driver, then you won't be disappointed. And you wouldn't feel guilty about taking a liberal hand with the style. You don't see many racer-style CS coupes, because people think they're too valuable to modify.

I'd love to pick up a cheap CS. Very cool.

Mike

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Another reason "Racer type" CS's aren't very popular is because they're thought to be pretty soft as far as chassis strength goes. No "B" pillar for one thing. If you start with a rusty one, who cares if it gets modified. 8-)

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