Anyone have info on this z3m

[trevor_e36m]

Hi Guys 

Does anyone know the history of this car WBSCM92020LB29418.

Its a 99 Estoril blue Z3M. It's being sold as a code 3 and is in need of some major TLC. [size=medium]The car is sitting in a salvage yard amongst some far-gone wrecks.[/size]

I have gone over the car as much as I can and have picked up the following. 

• - There are some not too pretty welds in the boot, this suggests an attempted boot floor reinforcement job
• - Body is in okay shape, no dents or major panel gaps 

I'm keen to pull the trigger on this and buy it as a restoration project, but the code 3 bit worries me. Exactly what damage occurred to render it a code 3?  is it the rear subframe only? , or is there some other sort of terminal damage that has put it in a salvage yard?

 Perhaps someone who knows this car can shed light, Unfortunately, no registration can only provide a Vin. It has a hole drilled into front bumper for cold air intake, this may help ID it.

I suspect this is the car   https://bmwmregistry.com/detail.php?id=6752.[/SIZE]

BTW I used to own a cosmos metallic black  z3 roadster, imported from japan with only 90 000 km , regret selling  :dunnoanymore:

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sorry for the double post , not sure how to delete second post

 

[Spanky]

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I can't help you with your query...

I'm just really impressed that this account was registered in 2015 and you managed to hold out until now to post!

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[Peter@AEW]

If that is the car at City Deep Auto it has been there for as long as I can remember.
Last asking price was roughly 170k

You would be doing yourself a favour by giving it a miss.
By the time you have finished repairing it you would have bought yourself a clean no stories car for the money.

 

[trevor_e36m]

If that is the car at City Deep Auto it has been there for as long as I can remember.
Last asking price was roughly 170k

You would be doing yourself a favour by giving it a miss.
By the time you have finished repairing it you would have bought yourself a clean no stories car for the money.

that's the car ! dropped now to 155. I  also see its been there for a while, the timestamp on their photos is from 2019.

Should be a criminal offence to neglect such a rare car to that degree.

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I can't help you with your query...

I'm just really impressed that this account was registered in 2015 and you managed to hold out until now to post!

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lol , ive been lurking here for a while now, figured it was about time I made my first post