If you haven’t noticed, Facebook Marketplace now allows you to post reactions to sellers posts. So, in other words, if you think someone is asking too much money or doesn’t have a chance in heck of selling it, you can post the laughing face. Sadly, for this seller, he has at least one doubter in the comment reactions that he will ever get his asking price for this stalled-out E9 project, listed here on Facebook Marketplace. While I do like these cars, a massive project like this one equipped with the undesirable automatic transmission will be a tall ask. The seller is asking $16,000 and it’s located in Fort Washington, MD.
The BMW E9 is one of the more desirable models in the brand’s history, right up there with the 2002. While the 2002 was a bit an upstart, effectively creating the sports sedan class in the U.S., the E9 was a wholly different approach to spirited grand touring. A model with a clear lineage to motorsports owing to the success of the CSL – the factory lightweight racer – in the European Touring Car Championships along with racing up wins in IMSA and Le Mans, the E9 has a lot going for it. The consumer version was far less exotic, but it was still a stunner, especially with its pillar-less coupe design.
The problem is, the seller is asking for the price of a project car equipped with the manual gearbox. And based on these poor photos, there’s a lot of work to be done to make this into a $40,000-$50,000 car at best. Now, the good news is the seller promises that his E9 doesn’t have the sort of cancerous rust that can turn a vehicle like this into a parts car. Rust is one of the more formidable opponents of any E9 owner, with it known to lurk in troublesome places like the shock towers, inner fenders, and trunk floor. The seller promises his only has rust of any concern located in one of the rockers; otherwise, it’s just surface corrosion. Of course, it will also need a full interior and paint job, too.
The 3.0L inline-six is one of the best engines BMW has ever built, good for a healthy 180 horsepower and 188 lb.-ft. of torque. It’s also fairly stout in terms of being made to run again after what has been presumably years of inactivity. The seller is also throwing in another engine and a hoist, which makes us curious if the current mill has some known running issue. Of course, when you see someone sweetening the pot with extra parts and equipment, it could simply be a matter of one project too many. This E9 needs a lot, but it most urgently needs a discount in order to find a new home.
I would only like to see American made vehicles made in America.
My Camry was manufactured in Kentucky and thank god the Japanese showed us how it should be done about sixty years ago. American cars are well built now but that wasn’t always the case.
I don’t know if you are old enough to remember just how bad US built cars were before the Japanese forced us to built better cars. Mean time, what is an American built car? I don’t mean Mexico or Canada which are in America.
I’ll never forget my father bought a brand new 1971 Dodge Monaco and the waterpump went out after 900 miles. lol 900 miles! He ended up hating that car. Lotta cars made in that era were real junk. Not all of course.
Poof! Wish granted!
Most cars made in America are made by Americans.
Location location location say the realtors. Now we know why.
You can let Mr Achers know that BMW has made over 7 million cars in America…
As well, nothing is stopping someone from starting their own website if they like. I bet there are many people that would prefer to see only American manufacturer cars.
as my dad always told me…”if you have nothing nice to say,then say nothing” case in point…..just move on if you don’t like it…no need for the disparaging remarks….The Karman bodied E9’s were beautifull cars which unfortunately,did not age well,simply do to the road salt in this country,and in other parts of the world…but a runner for what he is asking,is not out of line…do the mechanicals,throw some later seats in it,and drive and enjoy it for what it is,as the cost of the metal work,paint,and trim and the time would exceed it’s value…no more to say then that…
Ah, yes, the E9. The tin worms favorite dinner. If a rocker is rusted. Then there is more to be found. If I remember correctly. A favorite dining area was the rear suspension cross beam mounts. I love the cars and the engines. Too bad this one is ruined by the automatic transmission. This is the first one I’ve seen with an automatic transmission.