I present for sale, my 1979 BMW 635csi Euro Spec In beautiful zypressengrun-metall (light green) colour.
I believe this to be a rather rare variant of the BMW 6er shark. It's an early euro model with very pretty, minimalistic chrome bumpers without fog lights. It also sports wipers and washers on all 4 of the headlights. All of the labels on the creature comforts inside, are in German, and the speedometer in kilometers. The interior is in great shape, as well as the exterior, for the age. It feels as if it were 5-10 years old instead of 39.. Drives like it too.
Here is what I know of the story on it: I acquired it from an impound auction in Burien WA. Someone parked it at a nearby Walgreens and never came back apparently, or claimed the poor girl. At the local tow yards, they auction the cars off after 60 days in accordance with state law if no one claims them. I am an avid car enthusiast, and frequent these "events" in search of the occasional gem that needs rescued from the potential hands of curbstones or dismantlers. Based on what I found in the car, it seems it was fairly recently sold by a Tacoma classic car dealership downtown. It also had a temporary plate dating back to 2016 in the rear window. It had a rather large vacuum leak from the idle air control valve hose, but I can't imagine the owner abandoning it over that.. I would love to know the full story, and I bet someone on here knows!
It needs a little bit of light reconditioning, but is very straight and 97% rust free. Runs and drives great, brand new fluids and tires. Currently registered as a collector vehicle under my name in Washington state.
Here is a list of the "cons"
-Turn signals don't work, although all other lights do
-Factory stereo and speakers were replaced with aftermarket at some point
-Original M90, 3.5 (white L) engine replaced by what appears to be a rebuilt M30b28 (2.8 inline six with lower comp ratio)
-The paint job is a respray, although a rather good one. When it was done is unknown.
-There is a rip in the driver seat bolster
-The clear plastic gauge bezel window has a small crack towards the bottom left.
-The windshield has a small crack from a chip towards the bottom left (original BMW windshield too)
-There is a very tiny amount of rust hiding under the paint inside the wheel arches. When I say small, I mean 4 or 5 "pea" sized bubbles and 1 or 2 smaller than a dime, but larger than a pea.
-The front valance is slightly bent (easily fixable) probably from lightly bumping a curb.
I think that's everything. She has 254,930 kilometers.
Link to google drive with many good pictures:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r2lLNW ... sp=sharing
Asking price is $8,000 USD or best offer. I am going to put it on BaT, but want this community to have first crack at it.
I would be happy to provide more specific pictures of certain areas of interest, and answer any questions.
Thanks for looking.
Drew
