Supercharged Manual: 1997 BMW 740iL
James Bond (played by a young Pierce Brosnan, the second of his four Bond films) drove an E38 generation (1995-2001) 7-series that had a nifty remote cell-phone controlled driving apparatus, something that was Hollywood imagineering in 1997, but the car was actually controlled by a rear seat mounted steering wheel and a prone hidden stunt driver. That was a cool 7-series, but it didn’t have a manual gearbox or a supercharger like this next beast. Find this 1997 BMW 740iL offered for $18,500 in Tulsa, OK via craigslist. Tip from Rock On!
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From the seller:
1997 BMW 740iL
cylinders: 8 cylinders
drive: rwd
fuel: gas
odometer: 131000
paint color: black
size: full-size
title status: clean
transmission: manual
type: sedan
Dropbox link at the bottom with receipts and more pictures.Well over $80k in performance parts and labor receipts to build this one of a kind E38.
M62 Motor with VAC stage 3 heads, SS Valves, Titanium Retainers, ARP studs, custom ground cams, CP Pistons, Iron Sleeves, Arrow rods, as well as a host of other performance parts.
Vortech V2SQ Supercharger with Vortech Air to Water Intercooler.
Full Remus Exhaust, Brembo brakes, Bilstein Suspension, brand new control arms, alignment, rear tires, and valve cover gaskets.
18” SSR GT3 3 piece wheels
E39 M5 Manual Transmission Swap
E39 M5 3.15 rear end with LSD
E39 M5 Cluster programmed to vehicle
Eurospec BMW Pedal Set for manual swap
High dollar SPA Gauges
Navigation/Bluetooth from a BMW i8 with iDrive
BAV Autosound Speakers
JL Audio Amp and 10” JL Sub
Former One Lap of America Car and was featured in a few magazines.
Was shipped to Europe to drive on the autobahn and the Nurburgring.
Open to interesting trades up or down.
Two owner car.
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$80k of upgrade work to create the ultimate master of the road, and then just flump it away on Tulsa CL for the price of an out-of-warranty Altima? But why?
This is probably the case of $80k of work done over the years and now that money is gone and the seller wants to move onto his next custom project. I see no problem with that!!
I dislike change and feel acute loss when I get rid of things, as you have experienced firsthand. That doesn’t mean I don’t go through interim solutions, or that cars don’t rust. The amount of work in this car seems like something done to meet personal preferences, but I suppose it could be just a building exercise like putting together a Lego Millennium Falcon. Expensive hobby.
I note a distinct lack of aluminum plumbing underneath the hood. Hard pass.
I had a Remus exhaust on my E36. It had a nice raspy sound. I wish I would have held onto that car.