You so rarely see sellers anymore who actually want the best for their project car. It’s not hard to see why – as prices have gone up, who cares? Just unload it as quickly as possible. This seller seems a bit different, almost as if he wishes he didn’t have to let it go. There’s no backstory on this photo but it could indicate the seller rescued this 630 CSi from one garage only to have it end up in his own with similar amounts of progress made. The E24 coupe is listed here on eBay with the preferred manual gearbox and tasty gold BBS/Mahle wheels.

The BMW is offered at $3,000 or best offer. The E24 is one of the more timeless designs BMW has crafted, and the 6-Series in general represents the epitome of a grand tourer. We often see them equipped with the optional automatic transmission, which can limit your enjoyment of the big M30 inline-six cylinder, a torque-rich engine that loves to be stretched out. The car shown here has unfortunately been subjected to a poor respray and is missing a fair amount of front end pieces, from the driver’s side grill to the lower valence (but photos appear to show some of those parts as being included). As a US car, it also sports the elongated safety bumpers.

The interior shows a set of non-sport bucket seats with leather surfaces in need of some work. In the world of 6-Series, the car is on the lower side of the equipment scale, but it’s also pretty typical for an earlier model. In later years, the 635 CSi could be spec’d with options like a three-spoke MTech steering wheel, Recaro-like sport seats, a premium sound system, and a limited-slip differential, among other upgrades. From what I’ve seen over the years, the only real optional equipment on the older 6-Series coupes was a trunk spoiler and the BBS/Mahle wheels like this car has.

The seller shares that while it’s not currently running, it was moving under its own power when he parked it in the garage for the winter. The M30 engine is known for being quite reliable and overbuilt. so it seems likely that the fuel pump gave out when the cold weather hit. Even so, I doubt it will take much heavy lifting to get this 6er running once again. The 3.0L inline-six made 176 b.h.p. in the late 70s, and the “I” in CSI designates that it left the factory with fuel injection. Fortunately, parts are still widely available and cheap, so it should be a straightforward revival for whomever brings this stalled project back to life.