san fran c.l. tii

[tyjoja]

Does anyone know about this 73 Tii with a salvaged title? I've seen it bouncing around for a while and have been wondering???

[dubois]

are you talking about this one?:http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/cto/1508276482.html

[BMWonly]

If that's the one, here is a summary of the emails I received from the seller over a month ago. I do have some pictures, but I am too stupid to attach them. I never looked at it in person:

I bought this car back in 1998, I drove it for a couple of years before passing it along to somebody in 2000/2001. As chance would have it, I bought it back from him back this past May. That person didn't really keep up the maintenance like he should have unfortunately. As a matter of fact, the engine was running really poorly to the point that it was almost un-driveable.

I have it to a point now where the engine is running as stronly as it ever was, and is reliable as well.

This is not a stock car, so if that's what your looking for, read no further. The car looks pretty good from 15 to 20 feet away during the day. It does have some rust in a couple of spots, but it runs and drives well, but could use new idler arm bushings.

Pics are in a winzip file, just unzip to have a peek. car is located in Pacifica, CA

As far as it being a good daily driver and being reliable, I'd say yes as I have driven it to Fairfield, Santa Cruz, and Antioch quite a few times since getting it back on the road with no problems. I would highly recommend changing the idler arm bushings (I had a pair, went to put them on one day and couldn't find them!)..

Rust - well almost all these cars have rust someplace:

no rust around any of the shock towers, a tiny tiny bit of surface rust along the trim under the back quarter windows, also a little on the doglegs of the fenders, a couple of small spots about dime sized on the passenger side floor pan.

List of engine enhancements

Dr. Schrick 292 degree cam

Rennsport exhaust headers

pertronix 009 type electronic ignition

MSD 6A

Top End Performance K&N intake

Behr 320i radiator

320i 5 speed gearbox

has a strut brace installed (not sure about the origin/make of it)

thicker than stock sway bars front and rear

320i front vented disc & 320i rear drums

stainless steel brake lines

battery has been relocated to trunk

Hella H4 Headlights

E30 Sport wheels

I belive that the front clip was replaced, from the radiator bulkhead forward. There is no rust in the trunk, shock/strut towers, rockers, or at the bottom of the windows. The rear panel was dented in, but pulled back out and repaired. I found the idler arm bushings the other day, I'm debating on wether or not to install them

I will be around town during the thanksgiving holiday if you still want to check it out.

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