I found what looks like a pretty nice Tii project.

[Hodgepodge]

Price: $1

Location: Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

Description:

My eBay search bot brought me what at first looked like a bogus 2002tii claim on eBay.  I did a little homework and exchanged emails with the seller and it is a real deal.  I thought about keeping it to myself and trying to get it for cheap, but I have too many cars at the moment, I am in the middle of moving into a larger warehouse to house them and, like a lot of us, I just really want to see cars like this go to somebody who can properly restore it.        

 

Here is the link: 

1975 (really a '74) 2002 Tii project   

 

The seller is not a 2002 guy so he doesn't realize that a few key items in his listsing are incorrect.   I checked the VIN and it is a genuine tii and was made in June of 1974.   I can only surmise that the car was hit in the front, explaining the non-tii snorkel hole in the valance, and that somebody put a set of later seats in the car as they are the '75-'76 E21 style.  From the few images he has, the thing looks to be pretty solid.   I asked for and he sent me a picture of the Kugelfisher fuel injection pump.  It looks weathered but intact.  Worst case is that a front end impact damaged it...but it looks intact.  Probably needs a rebuild.   

    

I have no idea how much he wants for it, but whatever the amount, it will be in cheaper Canadian dollars!   :-)  

(BTW, it really isn't difficult getting classic cars into the US from Canada.  I've done it a few times.) 

 

Good luck  

 

Scott

 

 

[1936spyder]

It does looks solid and it's a color that everyone loves. There were a number of tii's produced with snorkel noses as I understand and this certainly could be one as it looks like the engine bay was never repainted (although closer inspection might reveal tape lines), at least from the radiator back to the cowl.
Definitely worth saving, especially in today's market!

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[2002#3]

This car is interesting in a personal way.  The VIN (2782033) is only 26 from my 1974 tii VIN (2782059).  This car is the closest I have found to the mfgr date (June, 1974) of mine. 

I found the car VIN 2782028, so I am getting closer...

Larry Gray

Cincinnati

[02Les]

3 hours ago, 2002#2 said:

This car is interesting in a personal way.  The VIN (2782033) is only 26 from my 1974 tii VIN (2782059).  This car is the closest I have found to the mfgr date (June, 1974) of mine. 

I found the car VIN 2782028, so I am getting closer...

Larry Gray

Cincinnati

2782052 was on Ebay (Nashville, TN) a couple of years ago.

[Conserv]

I, too, had looked at the photos and thought the car appeared to be genuinely low rust. Certainly worth looking at in person, or through a PPI, by someone who knows ‘02’s — by which I really mean “someone who knows ‘02 rust”.

 

At minimum, both front fenders have been replaced previously: the top seams with the nosepiece are not filled flush. Two very good body shops could not detect that my ‘76’s nosepiece had been replaced in 1978 by a competent body shop. Regardless, I don’t believe a snorkel on a tii does or should alter its value.

 

I agree completely regarding the interior: swapped out of a ‘75 or ‘76 car.

 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

Edited August 3, 2018 by Conserv