BMW 3.0CSL 2295293

 

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Title: LRD 668L

Matching numbers: 2010: yes

Mileage: 2010: 65,642 miles

Exterior color (paint code): Fjord Blue metallic (037)

Modifications:

• Webasto sunroof.
• Period vinyl roof tight

Condition:

• 2021 update: Forming part of an established private collection, LRD 668L has been well looked for the duration of its short driving life whereupon, in 1986, it was put away for storage and has been off the road ever since. It consequently retains all of its original type-specific parts including Scheel seats and aluminum door, boot and bonnet panels. It has recently but re-commissioned to a limited extent in as much as it now reportedly runs and drives very well indeed. These magnificent lightweight racing/road cars are hard to find in completely original condition and with a modicum of effort and expenditure, could be transformed into something very special indeed.
• Previous update: respectable and "honest", probably original paint with a few areas touched up and some small dents but no obvious serious external rust until examined more closely. Engine number not verified but claimed as original - no obvious reason to dispute. All alloy panels present. Interior was generally good except for carpets (very faded) and dash finger rail. Front seats had centres reupholstered but too tight so gaps to the side bolsters. Floor panels and under rear seats good (a few light surface rust patches on the floor) up to drivers footwell - daylight! Road dirt entering rear at rear axle beam end mount so where else was it going and at what penalty? Webasto sunroof tight and working, no obvious leaks. Period vinyl roof tight and no tears. Car had been standing in a private "collection" since mid 1980s and not run - no MOT. "Commissioned" for sale - battery charge/replaced (not new), oil?, and it was fired up on request; sounded OK! But, water not circulating - radiator looked hammered but pump quiet! Brake cylinders "overhauled" but servos likely to be shot. Bumpers re-chromed and looked almost new!
  
  Fibreglass patching - on boot/trunk behind both wheel arches extending all the way down the valance on one side, in one of front arches; no stop plates in front arches exposing front of cill openings, daylight through one of the front inner/outer wing/fender joints. Knock the sill panels and rust flakes dropped out through the drain gaps - from inside the car the cill faces looked "passable".
  
  So, superficially an OK project car that would need some work to turn into a runner? Probably - certainly required work to pass an MOT. Difficulty was determining how bad - the cills were possibly shot, but not certain, and the A-posts likely suspect, inner/outer wing/fender joints need attention with possibly/probably much more in that area. Had the front wings/fenders been replaced? They looked almost too good externally but there were no tell tales to suggest replacement although the "tiger" stripes on one side were not original so something had been done there!

Transactions:

• June 2nd 2010:
  • sold at auction Brooklands Museum
  • Estimate: £8,000 - £15,000
  • Sold - £12,733
  • Lot #9

Thank you / reference / credits:

1973 BMW 3.0 CSL - Specialist Classic & Sports Car Auctioneers (historics.co.uk)