1972 BMW 2002tii for Parts or Ambitious Restoration

[EdT]

Price: $7500

Location: North Carolina, USA

Description:

’72 BMW tii, One-owner from new, just pulled from a barn/shed. Car was purchased new in Charlotte at Performance Cars, Ltd, has spent its entire life in and around Raleigh. Owner was an engineer, and was Sales Manager at Miller & Norburn, the BMW Alpina specialists, in the mid 70’s. He then owned an automotive accessories and art business for nearly 40 years. A true enthusiast!

 

This car was involved in an accident in 1995, where it was hit in the right rear, pushing the car into another ahead of it. There is obvious damage from the accident. Car was being driven daily until this wreck. Car was put into storage with the intent of a restoration, but that was not to be.

 

Car is complete, and has over 200,000 miles on it. I knew the owner, and the car since 1979, and I know that it was truly loved!

 

Campagnolo Wheels 13 x 6 4x100 13mm offset H2B

Aftermarket H4 Headlamps, with bubble covers

Personal Steering Wheel, OEM wheel is included

Aftermarket Exhaust

Factory AC

Tii Clock in place

Engine number (non-matching) 2761173

 

Original Passenger and rear seats in decent condition (hard), as are door cards. All glass good.

No driver seat- Had a Recaro that was removed a few years ago. Seat bracket in place.

 

Floors and frame rails are excellent, as are front and rear strut towers.

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Trunk very clean, with spare and jack.

 

Rust-through spots are spare tire well in trunk, right lower quarter panel (from accident), small hole on right side floor at trans tunnel, rear edge of left front fender. Both rocker panels have surface rust but no rust-through or soft spots, lots of visible surface rust on body.

Roof has a crunch from a garage incident. 

 

Documentation including owners manual, original BMW Service Info Booklet, Varta Battery info, NC Title, Original Dealer Bill of Sale, Window Sticker (similar, but not this car?), Selling Dealer Plate Frame.

 

eMail with any questions, or for additional pictures.

 

$7500

[jgerock]

Love it!  Wish I had the room for it.

[Conserv]

If it were a carbed 2002, perhaps not a parts car. But as a ‘72 tii, definitely not a parts car!

 

Fjord, Navy Blue. 👍 Too bad not numbers-matching, 😙 but worth the (substantial) investment regardless.

 

Good luck with your sale. $7,500 might be ambitious!

 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

 

 

 

[Conserv]

VIN 2762105 was probably manufactured on or about June 26, 1972 (VIN 2762108 was manufactured June 26, 1972).

 

Originally, this was a type-121-head, plastic-runner car, produced after (a.) the initial “test” of type E12 production (VIN’s 2761944 through 2762014), but before (b.) the final changeover to type E12 heads (VIN 2762373). Despite the absence of the original block, I’d restore it as a 121-head, plastic-runner car — if I could find a worthy head!

 

Anyway… I don’t need any more ‘02’s presently.

The Campy Ragno’s are a most pleasant surprise — but I wouldn’t focus on them until all four were checked for cracks, dents, and trueness: a cracked, dented, or un-true Campy is a hose rack or wall art… No shop which recognizes it as magnesium alloy (Elektron) is going to be willing to apply heat to it.

 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

 

 

[conkitchen]

Looks like the OG F-bomb! 

[jgerock]

21 hours ago, Conserv said:

VIN 2762105 was probably manufactured on or about June 26, 1972 (VIN 2762108 was manufactured June 26, 1972).

 

Originally, this was a type-121-head, plastic-runner car, produced after (a.) the initial “test” of type E12 production (VIN’s 2761944 through 2762014), but before (b.) the final changeover to type E12 heads (VIN 2762373). Despite the absence of the original block, I’d restore it as a 121-head, plastic-runner car — if I could find a worthy head!

 

Anyway… I don’t need any more ‘02’s presently.

The Campy Ragno’s are a most pleasant surprise — but I wouldn’t focus on them until all four were checked for cracks, dents, and trueness: a cracked, dented, or un-true Campy is a hose rack or wall art… No shop which recognizes it as magnesium alloy (Elektron) is going to be willing to apply heat to it.

 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

 

 

Again, the tii engine in my 69 had 121 cylinder head, aluminum runners 2762332.  I guess someone could have swapped the intake from plastic to aluminum and used closely date stamped parts.

[Conserv]

4 hours ago, jgerock said:

Again, the tii engine in my 69 had 121 cylinder head, aluminum runners 2762332.  I guess someone could have swapped the intake from plastic to aluminum and used closely date stamped parts.

Thanks, Jim,

 

And even BMW dealerships were swapping plastic runners for aluminum runners after the leaking and cracking issues with plastic runners became evident.

 

We’ll probably never know for certain whether a few tii’s came off the assembly line with 121 heads and the “new-style” intake manifolds, aluminum runners, etc. The parts catalogue, however, shows the “new style” parts for the same VIN’s as the E12 heads.

 

Best regards,

 

Steve

 

 

[BarneyT]

Looks well worth 7500 to me, exactly the car I would be looking for if in the market to completely refresh one…early car/tii/good color from pictures looks rusty from setting outside which is “better” than that road salt rust…very savable.

[EricA]

20 minutes ago, BarneyT said:

Looks well worth 7500 to me, exactly the car I would be looking for if in the market to completely refresh one…early car/tii/good color from pictures looks rusty from setting outside which is “better” than that road salt rust…very savable.

I agree.  Looks good and would be tempting if I weren't already in the process of a similar project and lived closer🙂

[Conserv]

21 hours ago, BarneyT said:

Looks well worth 7500 to me…

 

Merry Christmas, Barney,

 

You are, without a doubt, more in touch than I with current values for needs-work tii’s. But a non-numbers-matching, open-to-the-atmosphere engine (see airbox), that has not been run in 27 years sounds like a big question mark to me. Of course, I also refuse to count Campy’s until they’ve been certified straight, true, and un-cracked — so I might be more conservative than most!

 

Best regards,

 

Steve

 

[tjones02]

On 12/24/2022 at 11:51 AM, Conserv said:

Thanks, Jim,

 

And even BMW dealerships were swapping plastic runners for aluminum runners after the leaking and cracking issues with plastic runners became evident.

 

We’ll probably never know for certain whether a few tii’s came off the assembly line with 121 heads and the “new-style” intake manifolds, aluminum runners, etc. The parts catalogue, however, shows the “new style” parts for the same VIN’s as the E12 heads.

 

Best regards,

 

Steve

 

 

I’ve probably said this before… In 220+ thousand miles, my parent’s 2760007 never had any plastic intake elbow issues. When we put the car back together in ‘15 and ‘16 and installed the NOS ‘84 US E12 Tii crate engine, I decided to use aluminum intakes in keeping with the head.

 

All the best,

Tom

[s14tii]

pmd

[stone02]

to the group. the post says to email the person but I do not see an email.

I sent a message thru theorem but wanted to know if I was missing a way

to email thru the forum. also does anyone know if the car is still for sale.

thanks

stone

[EdT]

The tii is still available...great spring project for someone!

Ed