1972 BMW 3.0 CSL - the iconic coupe

Description for BMW Other 1972

Featuring the "City Package" - allowing for some creature comforts to be added to a competition vehicle. the car features a factory aluminum hood and deckled. as well as thinner gauge steel roof. doors and glass. Rear trunk features nearly unobtainable rubber tipped "duckbill" spoiler. Originally delivered in Italy. imported to US by well regarded coupe fan. Sold to another and finally to the current owner who has been its caretaker since 2002. Original Italian dealer sticker still in rear window. The car is in outstanding original condition- not some soulless car that is simply an amalgamation of new parts. There is an appropriate patina for a car that is 42 years old. The car features factory optioned steel bumpers. power windows and blows ice-cold AC. Four new OEM wheels (Alpina) fitted with Michelin Pilots. Original FPS spare also included. Perfect headliner and perfect Perlon carpet. No tears in super-supportive Scheel seats. Even the original electro-mechanical clock still works as new with its endearing "click. "A contemporary stereo has been fitted. with high end component speakers professionally fitted in front wheel wells and rear package shelf- all readily reversible if you want a period-correct stereo or none at all. The choice of sound systems is highly personal. so this feature was left in the car. There are no cuts in door panels and everything is readily reversible. The car was featured in 5/2005 Motor Trend Magazine with the then-new limited edition M3. A copy of the magazine is included with the car. Tool set is complete (smaller red screwdriver is not clear. but is labeled as "West Germany. " Kit includes feeler gauges and window motor tool. Tools are not kept in tool box except for show purposes- instead they are kept in tool roll. If you know CS coupes. you know why. Disclosures: There is a small paint blemish at front passenger side fender. It has not changed in size or appearance over the past decade. There is a minor blemish in the driver's rear quarter as well. It is imperceptible from three feet. There is a 1/4' crack in the dash at the usual location. Dash wood has a 1/2" delimitation at the passengers front corner. It has had one quality respray of the exterior due to road rash. Not driven in rain or washed in the past decade. the car does not show rust anywhere. Photos of wheel wells and spare tire are included. That's it. This car is a "no stories" vehicle which has been started regularly and intermittently taken out for BMW events such as BMW Oktoberfest in Southern California. Starts immediately and runs impeccably. Suspension is tight and responsive. Needs nothing to take to Monterrey. Really. TUV would not be a problem. Car is sold as is. but is available for inspection at buyer's expense. Shipping will be coordinated. also at buyer's expense. Here is your chance to obtain an iconic BMW without waiting for the fall and without those auction house premiums. This car is one of those cars. If you are considering a piece of Bavarian automotive history. this is your opportunity to be this car's next caretaker. If you know your CS coupes. you know what you are looking at. The seller has another CS coupe and simply does not need two. Seller reserves the right to end this auction early as the vehicle is also being marketed elsewhere. On Jan-04-15 at 10:27:37 PST. seller added the following information:Featuring the "City Package" - allowing for some creature comforts to be added to a competition vehicle. the car features a factory aluminum hood and deckled. as well as thinner gauge steel roof. doors and glass. Rear trunk features nearly unobtainable rubber tipped "duckbill" spoiler. This is a "numbers matching" car. Originally delivered in Italy. imported to US by well regarded coupe fan. Sold to another and finally to the current owner who has been its caretaker since 2002. Original Italian dealer sticker still in rear window. The car is in outstanding original condition- not some soulless car that is simply an amalgamation of new parts. There is an appropriate patina for a car that is 42 years old. The car features factory optioned steel bumpers. power windows and blows ice-cold AC. Four new OEM wheels (Alpina) fitted with Michelin Pilots. Original FPS spare also included. Perfect headliner and perfect Perlon carpet. No tears in super-supportive Scheel seats. Even the original electro-mechanical clock still works as new with its endearing "click. "A contemporary stereo has been fitted. with high end component speakers professionally fitted in front wheel wells and rear package shelf- all readily reversible if you want a period-correct stereo or none at all. The choice of sound systems is highly personal. so this feature was left in the car. There are no cuts in door panels and everything is readily reversible. The car was featured in 5/2005 Motor Trend Magazine with the then-new limited edition M3. A copy of the magazine is included with the car. Tool set is complete (smaller red screwdriver is not clear. but is labeled as "West Germany. " Kit includes feeler gauges and window motor tool. Tools are not kept in tool box except for show purposes- instead they are kept in tool roll. If you know CS coupes. you know why. Disclosures: There is a small paint blemish at front passenger side fender. It has not changed in size or appearance over the past decade. There is a minor blemish in the driver's rear quarter as well. It is imperceptible from three feet. There is a 1/4' crack in the dash at the usual location. Dash wood has a 1/2" delimitation at the passengers front corner. It has had one quality respray of the exterior due to road rash. Not driven in rain or washed in the past decade. the car does not show rust anywhere. Photos of wheel wells and spare tire are included. That's it. This car is a "no stories" vehicle which has been started regularly and intermittently taken out for BMW events such as BMW Oktoberfest in Southern California. Starts immediately and runs impeccably. Suspension is tight and responsive. Needs nothing to take to Monterrey. Really. TUV would not be a problem. Car is sold as is. but is available for inspection at buyer's expense. Shipping will be coordinated. also at buyer's expense. Here is your chance to obtain an iconic BMW without waiting for the fall and without those auction house premiums. This car is one of those cars. If you are considering a piece of Bavarian automotive history. this is your opportunity to be this car's next caretaker. If you know your CS coupes. you know what you are looking at. The seller has another CS coupe and simply does not need two. Seller reserves the right to end this auction early as the vehicle is also being marketed elsewhere.