This E23 is a fairly rare US spec car with a 5 speed manual transmission. Being an uber-luxury car in its day, most E23s came through with automatics, as that seems to be what most US luxury car buyer wanted.
This is a 3 owner car. The original owner kept it until 2008. The seller bought it last year.This is not a great ad. The seller doesn't mention how many miles are on the car. A picture of the instrument cluster in his Photobucket album seems to show 166,000. He also doesn't mention the year of the car. At the end of his ad he calls it a 29 year old car, so I'm assuming it's an '83.
All-in-all, this car is in nice shape. It seems to have been well maintained. The only real downside is some minor rust. Unless it's taken care of right away, it will become major rust. Rust looks especially horrible on white cars. (That is coming from personal experience, by the way.)The asking price is $6000.00. At first glance that seems high. But, it is a 5 speed manual. Combine that with the overall condition of the car and the price starts to look fairly reasonable. The seller is open to offers.
Located in Montclair, NJ, click here to see the Craigslist ad.A big thanks to Dan for sending me the link to this car!
5 comments:
Are those wheels even original?
The wheels in the first picture are likely original (with TRX tires). The other wheels are probably put on to make tires more reasonably priced. Having had an '84 euro 5-speed 735i I think this is a bit over priced. The HVAC systems in these e23 based cars are horrendous.
...tom
~ never have seen 7 series w/ manual. hate the wheels.
Wheels are authentic BMW from a 2000-something 3-series. But yeah, look awful on this.
I like this car though! Great spotlight on it. The design just sends me into a trance.
The problem though is that BMW was on their toes in this era, and they typically replaced good cars with even better cars. After this came the bigger, better looking and near-perfect E32. So it makes these a hard sell, and usually left for those with special nostalgia only.
Unless it's a 5-speed. Because an E32 5-speed, while way cooler, is perhaps just as rare.
If this were half the price it would be a pretty fun, cool older car to drive into the ground.
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