Opinions on 75 BMW E12

[jhynesrockmtn]

I need some help with judging a car that is a possible trade for one of my 911's. I know precious little about BMW's but was intrigued with this car as a possible daily driver that could see the occasional track day but was more practical than the SC for occasional back seat use, etc.

Here is the ad description:

My '75 e12 custom,

I have done a full outer body restoration, the car was stripped to bare metal, I used PPG epoxy sealer to seal the body work, then used ppg primer on top of that to gide coat the and blocked out in prep for the finish in 5 coats of PPG CONCEPT acrylic urathane, both the hood and fenders were replaces with NOS bmw parts, the car is straight and very solid and has no squeeks or creaks and is RUST FREE!

List of body mods:

Full euro conversion with rear euro apron welded in, euro nos front fenders, near new euro bumpers, bbs euro air dam, and rear zender spoiler.

Suspension/brake mods:

-Euro early vented 4 piston e24 brakes, stainless steel lines
-Alpina sport springs
-Bilstein sport struts
-Rocky Mountain 28/24mm sway bars
-poly bushings thru out
-Front and rear strut bars

Interior/misc.:

-Perfect factory dash
-Momo black leather steering wheels with black anodized center
-After market black leather Recaro's with adjustable bulsters and lumbar
-Custom center console with black leather/aluminum trim
-Custom door panels with black leather/black aluminum trim
-Custom rear package tray with black leather/aluminum trim
-Black carpet
-tanish headliner
-Custom stereo/cd/dvd system, JVC headunit, top of the line phoenix gold speakers front and rear, alpine 4ch amp to run main speakers, phoenix gold mono amp to run the single 12" MTX 5500 sub, all phoenix gold wire and cables, sounds very clean
-optima red top battery
-euro headlights with 6k hid conversion


Engine & Drive train:

-3.3L block bored out to 3.5ish with motronic conversion, 10:1 pistons, fully balanced, 282 schrick cam, bigger injectors, ported head, chipped ecu, funtional ram air intake, and more
-265 5-speed
-light weight flywheel
-364 40% lsd
-2.5" magnaflow exhaust system


I'm sure there are things that I am forgetting as this car is very unique.

The car is well sorted and is very reliable, everything on this car is either new or in very good condition, it is by no means a show car, it was built to be enjoyed and driven. It is fast and very fun to drive and gets attention everywhere I take it!

I have countless hours into building this car and have over $30 in reciepts!

The chassis of the car only has 127,000 miles and the engine and drive train has approx. 42k This car is in ecellent condition inside and out, runs and drives great and fast, gets 18-20mpg city and 24-26 highway if you drive it conservativly!!! Also the car is free of rust and always garaged!

[dentist90]

If you continue to post this sort of controversial material on this forum you will be mocked, censored, and then banned.

($30 in receipts? From the last fill up, perhaps?)

[dipso]

Was it primarily driven in a red state or a blue state?

Has a christian ever been behind the wheel?

Are the racks on top for carrying corpses?

[jhynesrockmtn]

Sorry, should have mentioned it was formerly owned by Sarah Palin...........

Didn't catch the new sub forum. Any help???

Sure he meant $30,000. $30 bucks wouldn't get me very far.

Should have noted he's asking $10,500 cash.

[jhynesrockmtn]

Bump, need some help here. This guy actually seem interested in a partial trade for my 82 911. How do I start to evaluate this car and place a value on it?

[KNS]

The early cars can be very reliable but do have some weaknesses. Post this on bimmerforums.com and get a PPI.

[tcar]

I had one (76) for several years. Had almost 300k miles on it when I sold it. Mine had a 3.3. Stock was 3.0. Five speed is good, most were 4 speeds.

I think it's the best looking 5 series until recently. Much, much nicer than the boring one that followed it.

Look for rust in front of the rear wheels. Never seen one that was rust-free there. That one probably is, though.

The rear-end is famously squirrely on them, but the lsd should help. Stiffer front bar helps a bit, too.

I have no idea how to value it. Think it depends on the buyer... could vary a lot. For instance, some would pay more for a car w/ that sound system. Me? I think it's a waste. That smooth, smooth straight six sounds wonderful.

Flat black????? What's up with that?

BTW, a car mag (european car???) did basically the same thing with an E12 while I had mine a number of years ago. They did performance, slalom, braking and skidpad before and after.

After they spent thousands and thousands on it, at the end, they said that "it's still an E12, not that much improvement". Said an E28 M5 would be a much better choice.

Lot of $$ for that car... IMO

[the]

That's pretty high dollar for an E12. I guess you'd really have to like the mods. Also, that car has been for sale for a long, long time (I guess most don't like the mods).