Baurspotting

Thursday, January 15, 2015

UPDATED! Old UK For Sale Ad: 1986 320i TC2 Baur

UPDATE! Thanks to Seventies Skateshop in Facebook for spotting it on ebay* with 5 hours to go! How is THAT for timing!

Unbelievable! Kudos Seventies Skateshop!

Found this today in a random search. 1986 320i Baur. Does anyone know this Baur? It appears that it was located somewhere in or near Cardiff, Wales.

This could be the place where it was serviced:

http://lewismotorscardiff.co.uk/

Lot 148: A 1986 BMW 320i Baur TC2 convertible, registration number D119 YAU, red. Baur of Stuttgart are specialist coachbuilders who have been building stylish BMW convertibles since the 1930s. Baur offered their unique Targa convertible from 1982 and over the next ten years nearly 2,500 examples were produced. This Baur has been maintained by Lewis Motors, a BMW, Charterhouse, Marketplace sale, Sunday 3rd of November 2013. Estimate: £2000-2500

https://www.picollecta.com/p/a-1986-bmw-320i-baur-tc2-convertible-registration-37749863

Please send us any info that you may have on this Baur! Thanks, and stay tuned!

and look at that BMW Baur April Fool ad at the right of this pic!

Item specifics

Seller notes:	“29 year Old Classic. Extremely Rare. Won't find a better example than this! Long MOT. Genuine paint work. First to see will buy. Garaged up, well taken care of. All electrics work fine. Comes with original leather hood cover as well”

Reg. Mark:	D* * Get the Vehicle Status Report	Manufacturer:	BMW
Fuel:	PETROL	Model:	320I CABRIO
Previous Owners:	9	Type:	Sports/Convertible
Doors:	2	Colour:	RED
Mileage:	111,000	Year:	1986
MOT Expiry:	08/2015	Reg. Date:	01/08/1986
Transmission:	Manual	Engine Size:	1990 cc

*FOR SALE

BMW BAUR TC 2, E30 CONVERTIBLE

1986 D REG

CLASSIC, 29 YEARS OLD!! IN ORIGINAL CONDITION

TEL- 077477 92666

ONLY A HANDFUL LEFT, THE BEST ON EBAY. EXCELLENT ORIGINAL PAINTWORK. THESE CONVERTIBLE'S ARE RARE AS THEY ARE THE BAUR ONES.

YOU WILL FIND A SIMILAR ONE ON EBAY PRICED AT OVER £10,000. THIS IS A 1986, 29 YEAR OLD CLASSIC. ANYONE WANTING TO MAKE SOME MONEY ON THIS IS GUARANTEED TO DO SO WHEN SOLD IN THE SUMMER, OR IF THEY KEEP TILL NEXT YEAR WHEN ITS 30 YEARS OLD OR YEARS TO COME, THIS WILL ONLY INCREASE IN PRICE AS ONLY A HANDFUL LEFT, AND VERY FEW IN THIS CONDITION.

111,000 MILES
MOT TILL END OF JULY, 2015
TOP SPEC, ELECTRIC PACK- ALL ELECTRIC WINDOWS WORK FINE
ORIGINAL PAINT WORK
FULL LEATHER INTERIOR- AGAIN ORIGINAL AS IS WORN
MANUAL TRANSMISSION
COMES WITH FULL LEATHER COVER FOR CABRIOLET
ALPINA STYLE WHEELS WITH AS NEW TYRES ALL ROUND
PAST RECIEPTS AND MOT, SHOW THE CAR HAS BEEN VERY WELL LOOKED AFTER

RELUCTANT SALE DUE TO FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS, OTHERWISE I WOULD KEEP THIS AS I KNOW IT WOULD MAKE A GREAT SUMMER CAR AND WOULD DEFO GET MORE FOR IT. SELLING VERY RELUCTANTLY

ANY INSPECTIONS WELCOME

PLEASE DONT EXPECT A BRAND NEW CAR. THIS IS 29 YEARS OLD

VIEWING WELCOME IN BANBURY, OXFORDSHIRE

ANY QUESTIONS TEL- 07747792666

CASH ON COLLECTION

On 09-Jan-15 at 12:46:03 GMT, seller added the following information:

Some more information as requested by people

Yes open to sensible offers. Currently over 220 watchers
No sorry not interested in px
More pics have been added as requested
Yes, it has the electronic cluster near the rear mirror visor
Yes the car is completely original. No modifications.
Factory fitted original bodykit and Full leather interior

On 11-Jan-15 at 12:55:16 GMT, seller added the following information:

More pictures added

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Greg D.'s Alpine White 1982 320 in the UK

Welcome to Greg D. near Leeds, UK, and beautiful 1982 320 Baur! Greg posted this in Facebook Baurspotting yesterday, and today I received a pic of his Baur plate.

"My Baur cabriolet, just catching some winter sun!"---- Greg D.

Baur #3395.

We also found that this Baur is registered with bmwe21baur.de Baur TC1 register in Germany, and here is their file pic:

Greg informs us that " It is a 1982 X 320 manual in alpine white! It gets better every year..."

I personally love the E21s in white! Very sharp car!

Congratulations, Greg, and welcome to Baurspotting! We look forward to more pics! ;)

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Another US Spec Baur From Jeroen's List Located!

PIC UPDATE from Nikos: 1/14/2015! **

Many Baurspotting readers may be familiar with the list below. It was posted by Baur Guru Jeroen Janssen of The Netherlands a few years ago in Bimmerforums. It is a list of the ONLY 25 US Spec Baurs that BMW officially imported to North America. As you can see from the list, 22 of them went to Canada; only 3 made it into the US. Baurspotting has been on a mission to track them down!

The very first one listed, 70164, went to "Prechter, Southgate, USA". That is Heinz Prechter, founder of the American Sunroof Company, which was headquartered for a time in Southgate, Michigan. This is very significant because we believe that American Sunroof Company converted at least one US Spec E21 coupe into an American version of a Top Cabriolet, under license to Baur.

Note the location of the plate, in the same spot as the Baur plate on the E21 Baurs. Note also the number: 001. A one-off?

But that is another story. Check that story out here*! :)

Baurspotting has already located and identified several of the Baurs on this list, and today we are happy to announce that we have found another! Baur #2522!

A Polaris Beauty!

Congratulations to Nikos Margaritis of Vancouver, BC!

How did we find it?

I came across a comment today somewhere... I can't remember where.... in which Nikos mentioned having one of the 20+ US Spec Baurs. That got my attention, as you can imagine!

I did not know Nikos, so I sent him a friend request, followed by an inquiry about the Baur. And his response (with the two pics above) made my day!

I look forward to hearing more from Nikos about this Baur, so stay tuned!

PLUS: look for a Baurspotting post featuring ALL of the Baurs that we have found so far from Jeroen's list of 25 US Spec Baurs in North America!

Soon come, mon!

;)

*http://baurspotting.blogspot.com/2014/05/a-baur-mystery-case-of-american-sunroof.html

**

"My father in law was the original owner of this car untill he passed away and gave it to me. When i got the car i didn't know how rare it was and after a lot of searching i found it was a Baur . It only has 120000 km and drives like new. I have collector plates on it and everything is original on the car. The bmw club of BC asked me many times to take it in one of their car shows they do around the year."

I hope you will take the BMW Club of BC up their offer one of these days, Nikos! They will love this car!

In addition to that....

1) the LeMay Family Collection Museum in Tacoma, WA recently added a BMW E30 TC2 Baur to their collection, one of the largest in the US!

2) There is a very active and friendly BMW group (known affectionately as the PNWBBs) in the Portland, OR area, including a couple of Baurs. Check out the E21 Legion page in Facebook... I have already posted your car there! You can reach them there..... ask for Jesse N. ;)

3) The BMW Puget Sound Chapter would also love to see your car. Check out their site: http://www.bmwpugetsound.com/about/

Thank you for the updates, Nikos!

1980 318 BAUR TC1 € 6,900.00 The Netherlands!

Thanks to John van der Wal for sending me the link to this 1980 E21 318 Baur for sale in The Netherlands!

http://www.marktplaats.nl/a/auto-s/oldtimers/m885883074-bmw-3-serie-318-bauer-tc-bj-1980.html?c=efb2ef4dc323389c4f92ed10afa33e3a&previousPage=lr

Description

BMW 3 Series 318 BAUER TC

General information

Mileage: 179 087 km Body type: Convertible Number of doors: 2 Fuel Type: Gasoline Year: May 1980 Transmission: 4-speed Manual Color: Red Interior color: Black Upholstery: LeatherSpecifications Empty weight: 1,060 kg Functionality Number Seats: 4 Financial InformationDelivery Cost: € 495 VAT / Margin: Margin (Companies can not recover the VAT tax) Exterior

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