Color: chamonix white

Condition in 2014: excellent

 

History:

In June 1975 the car was acquired by a serious motoring enthusiast who after a very short time took the car to Schorsch Meyer BMW/Alpina in Munich and had the very expensive Alpina B2 conversion carried out. The Alpina B2 230 PS engine with triple, twin choke, 40mm Solex carburettors made the already sporty 3.0 CS even more exciting. Alpina suspension, Alpina front spoiler, BMW boot lid spoiler, Alpina steering wheel, Alpina Scheel seat and 7” Alpina wheels all complemented the B2 engine ever further.

The 230 PS and 270 Nm of torque were achieved through an Alpina gas flowed hemispherical cylinder head, larger inlet and exhaust valves, 300 degree Alpina camshaft, Alpina crankshaft, conrods and pistons giving an increased compression ratio of 10.0:1. This increase in power gave impressive performance figures. 0 – 100 km/h in just 7.3 seconds and a top speed of 146 mph. Alpina believe that only 192 of these B2 engine were ever built. I really think price must have played a major factor in this low volume.

The owner enjoyed the car up until 1981 when it was deregistered and put into long term storage. In 2010 the owner embarked on what can only be described as a truly staggering restoration of the car. The shell was stripped and rebuilt to concours condition, the interior and exterior trim restored to as new and mechanically the car is brand new and ready for long distance touring. The Alpina engine was stripped, inspected and re-assembled with all new gaskets, oil seals and O rings, etc. This astonishing restoration came in at an eye watering €73,000.

This awesome motorcar has covered only 114,000 KM from new. Presented in show condition and mechanically on the button ready for the next owner to enjoy.

The original Fahrzeugbrief showing just three owners from new comes with the car. This logbook also clearly shows the conversion to Alpina B2 spec carried out in June 1975 and that it was all TUV approved. The Alpina engine comes with all the original technical specification for the B2 conversion, the actual Alpina build sheet for this engine and original Alpina dynamometer graphs. It even has a letter from BMW dated 11th March 1975 confirming that the rear spoiler is TUV approved.

 

Owner:

• 2014: for sale2010: third owner(?)
• 1975: second owner
• April 1974 the car was purchased by the first non BMW owner, a publisher from Koln.
• Delivery:  dealer in Koln. 
• Production: 1973