Scruffy Trio: BMW E30 Baur Targa, E21 Baur Targa & 2002
This next feature could be a good deal for someone looking for a project, or it could be a total waste of time from a seller who thinks he has some kind of rare artifacts for sale. The problem is that the seller doesn’t list a price, but the collection of cars certainly look cool – lets play spot the cool stuff. Find this scruffy trio, a BMW E30 Baur Targa, E21 Baur Targa and 2002 offered for an undisclosed price somewhere in the San Fernando Valley, CA. Tip from Einhander.
It really is a shame to post a listing that has no asking price, but this one has such an interesting collection of vehicles – and frankly it is unusual to see a single example of the Karosserie Baur modified Targa convertible 3-series, much less two of them in the same dusty garage.
4K-series white plates on the BMW 2002 mean it was registered for street use as recently as 1999, but the Baur Targa examples could be total heaps; it is hard to tell from the pics and zero info in the listing. Gotta contact the seller on this one. tips@dailyturismo.com
Update: These cars have been looked at by one of the regulars over at baurspotting.blogspot.com. Thanks for the info Tom!
I saw a white E30 Baur Targa with some fantastic retro 80's vent-shade looking 3 spoke-ish wheels this weekend in Long Beach. I was jumping up and down and pointing at it as it drove by and my wife was like "what, that old BMW?" About 45 minutes of pedantry later, she was just as clueless as to why I was so interested in a 30 year old BMW 3 series when there were Ferrari's and Lamborghini's everywhere.
Anyways, I'd be willing to take a $4k – 6k gamble on the roundie 2002 running or not, providing it's mostly complete and not all Fred Flintstone'd. The E21/E30… maybe in another life.
RyanM, I've seen a white Baur E30 fitting that exact description being driven by a little old lady type here in the Torrance / South Bay LA area. I'm thinking it is likely the same car. The slotted wheels right? Like the wheel is mostly solid except for some slots cut out at various lengths?
I am intrigued by the 2002 above and debating on whether to ask the seller for more (or ANY) info on that one.
CFlo – Yep, slotted… I actually googled around for about 10 minutes trying to find the exact wheels. Closest I could come up with was these bad boys. My google search term was "E30 wheels ugly 80's" without the quotes and these were on page 2 or 3.
That is exactly the style of wheel I thought you were referring to. Has to be the same car that we've both seen…right? Anyone care to look up E30 Baur sales volume in the US, and then adjust the population for 90% attrition every 10 years?
I'd say this is conclusive evidence that there is ONE E30 Baur Targa left on the road in California today. Good work boys!
FOUND IT!!!!!
That is amazing – someone else posts about the same exact car just a few weeks ago? Weird. The picture looks exactly like the one I've seen and it's the same general area so I'll just say it's the same car for argument's sake.
How bout the alfa above them? Is that part of the deal?
Baurspotting is all over these Baurs. Our Man I La, Curtis W. Paid them a visit . baurspotting.blogspot.com/2014/01/curtis-w-our-man-in-la-nails-tc2-baur.html
Tom – thanks for the link and welcome to DT! Baurspotting is a great resource for all things Baur – wish every rare/odd marque had enthusiasts like you guys instead of forums populated by 15 year olds! I will update the body of the post.
Thanks
EIC Vince
More on the Whittier Baurs from our friend Curtis W. T hanks, Curtis, and thank you to Vince for posting these cars! Can we save them? baurspotting.blogspot.com/2014/01/curtis-w-report-part-ii-2002s-in.html
small world
i ended up buying the 72 malaga 2002 in the picture may 2014
cleaned it up and got it running nice and sold it to someone 3 months later that drove from AZ 🙂