MY NEW PROJECT - 1971 BMW E9 3.0csl

[Wes]

The race is on Jandre :thumbs:

And first man to finish gets? :fencelook:

 

[MTS]

All the best with the build!

 

[graan13]

MAMMOTH project! good luck - got some brass ones there!

 

[Adi]

Looks like fun.....good luck......once finished that will be an awesome car......

 

[Philip Foglar]

Fantastic project!! So much potential for this one especially I reckon! Cannot wait to see this in progress and of course the end result!!! :thumbs:

 

[Bazza]

So, you've seen my Alpina 2002, now comes a much more ambitious project. One of only 167 Carburettored csl's ever built, and the youngest VIN number on the M registry. I know the history of the car for the last three owners, but the last owner destroyed the car. Many parts missing, so the parts search begins.

Its a matching numbers car, so the effort will be worth it in the end. Please sit down and brace yourself before you check out the pics :fencelook:

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Lets see if I can do this one in less than 10 years this time.:=):

Looks like you'll need all the help you can get bud.

Drop me a PM if you struggle to find original BMW parts. Rebuilding my 840ci, I made a fantastic contact in the UK and found that any part Auto Atlantic quoted me on, I could get cheaper, landed in SA, than agents would have charged me. I brought in an X5M kit for a mate at 3/4's of the price the agents quoted and also brought in a few parts for another guy who needed a few bits for his E39 M for less than the 'arm and leg' the agents wanted him to pay.

 

[Rudi]

One of the most desirable BMWs. Judging the 2002 result achieved the wait will be worthwhile. :=):

 

[herr bmw]

open this thread and saw the first post,thats where i stopped,there is alot of work there and i take off my hat to you for what you are about to do.

good luck with her:thumbs:

 

[seagulls]

So, you've seen my Alpina 2002, now comes a much more ambitious project. One of only 167 Carburettored csl's ever built, and the youngest VIN number on the M registry. I know the history of the car for the last three owners, but the last owner destroyed the car. Many parts missing, so the parts search begins.

Its a matching numbers car, so the effort will be worth it in the end. Please sit down and brace yourself before you check out the pics :fencelook:

<a href="http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/AFFORDABLECLASSICS/?action=view&amp;current=DSC00090.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/AFFORDABLECLASSICS/DSC00090.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

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Lets see if I can do this one in less than 10 years this time.:=):

Looks like you'll need all the help you can get bud.

Drop me a PM if you struggle to find original BMW parts. Rebuilding my 840ci, I made a fantastic contact in the UK and found that any part Auto Atlantic quoted me on, I could get cheaper, landed in SA, than agents would have charged me. I brought in an X5M kit for a mate at 3/4's of the price the agents quoted and also brought in a few parts for another guy who needed a few bits for his E39 M for less than the 'arm and leg' the agents wanted him to pay.

 

[Hellas]

6 months down...9,5years to go? Whats the update Cman?


Sent from a tiekiebox.

 

[GregSW]

Awesome! Would love to do a project like that.:bravo:

 

[R.DW]

If you need help searching for genuine parts on the net give me a shout. This is one of my skills :rollsmile:

 

[Wes]

i saw the thread title and read it from the beginning again..

an awesome project, no doubt.

any updates on progress?

 

[Bugger]

i saw the thread title and read it from the beginning again..

an awesome project, no doubt.

any updates on progress?

+1

 

[Mr H]

Wow.. I salute you for bringing this back from it's near-death experience! Light weight.. Imagine the weight reduction after all that body putty is removed?! I'm watching.. :thumbs::thumbs:

 

[CLASSICMAN]

Hey guys

Haven't got much further yet due to work constraints and loads of travel. I have been researching parts and its history though and managed to come up with a photo of what it looked like three owners back, check it out:



Wrong wheels on it at the time, but probably the last decent picture of her before she was ruined

 

[ZUBZ]

Awesome find, looking forward to progress and build.

 

[YEGAN]

quite a project here :bravo:

 

[Revilosean]

Good Luck:thumbs:

I could never do that I don't have the patients.

I am the guy that lets someone else spend 4000 man hrs on a project. and then i buy it from him complete for way to much money:roflol::roflol::roflol:

 

[Bugger]

Shew, that is quite a difference between then and now! I don't understand how people can let classics go like that. I can't wait to see how you restore that beaut one day!!
:thumbs: