Auctioning my e12 M535i...

[02Anders]

Hello all,

 

So this post will be slightly off-topic as it's not 02-related.  However, it is a classic BMW - and a bit of an icon too - so I'm hoping most of you will enjoy anyway...
Furthermore, I'm being terribly self-serving, as I'm quite bluntly advertising the auction for my car.
Should anyone here take offence, then I do apologise and invite any moderator to either move the post to another fora or even just deleting it completely.

 

So to get to the point, I'm sadly having to thin out my humble collection a little and my 1981 BMW M535i e12 is currently up for grabs.
The auction is already live and ends on this coming Monday.

 

We've published the full story behind my e12 on ViaRETRO: https://viaretro.com/2020/07/parting-ways-with-my-m535i/
Admitted, the full story is perhaps a bit of a mouthful, so should you wish to bypass it, here's the link straight to the auction site: https://themarket.co.uk/listings/bmw/m535i/605f65be-7ea6-48db-a749-da4d579eae6f?status=live

 

Needless to say, I would of course appreciate if you would share the link with anyone who might be interested...

 

 

[zinz]

Looks beautiful!

 

I'll post it over on mye28.com 

 

Ed Z

[resra]

There is also this site for e12....

 

https://www.firstfives.org/

 

 

[02Anders]

Thx @zinz
Appreciate it...  ?

 

Thx to you too @resra
Is it me that's missing something? - or do I first need to be a member in order to use that first fives forum?

[M3M3]

beautiful car. love the E12's....especially the first gen E12's with the big hood bump and the fuel fill in the rear.

 

9 hours ago, 02Anders said:

So this post will be slightly off-topic as it's not 02-related.

LOL...if you post begins with that, it should be in here,

 

https://www.bmw2002faq.com/forums/forum/9-off-topic/

 

[tjones02]

That’s a BEAUTIFUL M535i @02Anders! While I love the iconic Polaris silber and M stripes, the Reseda grün is indeed pleasantly understated while still being a color rather than the common white, grey and black of modern cars. I don’t recall you having a M535i, but it’s been a while since we chatted, too long in fact. We have a lot of catching up to do.

 

GLWA!

Edited July 22, 2020 by tjones02

[Oldtimerfahrer]

I had never seen a m535 e12 in anything but silver and white. I also thought they generally had Scheel seats in cord, but I guess the specs varied greatly. I had a silver 1979 528i E12, with sport suspension, dogleg, lsd and the scheel seats in black. One of the few cars I seriously regret selling because it went so well when you really wound it up. I hope you wont regret it later....If I could get a Lhd for the price of a rhd...I would be tempted.

Andrew 

[02Anders]

@M2M3, I agree entirely, those very early e12's are super cool.  Would love to some day find a Golf gelb early carb'ed 528.  Only this time, it would have to be a LHD e12...
I did actually look at the off-topic fora, it just seemed so not-at-all-BMW, that I elected to put my thread were it is now.  Either way, I welcome any moderator to move the thread...

 

@tjones02, it has indeed been waaaay too long since we have properly chatted.  I've had this M535i for about 5 years now!
I agree that the M535i obviously looks great in either white or silver with M-stripes galore.  It's the two signature colours after all.  But personally, I think it's so much cooler in something slightly oddball like this stylish Reseda green.  Time will tell whether the market agrees...  ?

 

@Oldtimerfahrer, I'm sure we all have a tale of at least one classic car which we regret selling.  Guess it's just part of the game...
By the sounds of it, your old 528i would have been a lovely machine.  And yes, I'll probably regret letting this one go.  I know that already now.  But I just can't come to terms with driving a RHD BMW in a LHD country.  Each to their own I guess...

[donkbike]

I owned a 1980 saphire blue metalic m535 for 16yrs it was a great car. I bought in 85 and was  EPA exempt the owner in Germany had it modified at BMW when it was new with a little higher compression and a different cam. It also had 16x7 and 16x8 BBS wheels. Wish I still had it.

[milicz]

On 7/24/2020 at 10:36 AM, donkbike said:

I owned a 1980 saphire blue metalic m535 for 16yrs it was a great car. I bought in 85 and was  EPA exempt the owner in Germany had it modified at BMW when it was new with a little higher compression and a different cam. It also had 16x7 and 16x8 BBS wheels. Wish I still had it.

 

Did you sell the car in Orlando In October/November 2001? If so I bought your car, long story on that one.