Vehicle Description
1968 BMW 2002 2 Dr Coupe ?Almost impossible to find, very early
production BMW 2002 #951 out of 339,084 off the line!?1 of only
4,489 of the first production year 1968 BMW 2002?s
produced?Produced on 02/01/1968 in Munich West Germany ?2.0L M10
four-cylinder engine with correct Solex 40 PDSI
carburetor?Previously owned and serviced by BMW specialist Reggie?s
Motorworks Inc. ?Four-speed manual transmission?Factory correct
Polaris Silver (code 057) exterior?Optional Frigiking
Air-conditioning and Blaupunk AM/FM radio ?Chromed bumpers and
correct early production slotted front and rear trim ?Correct black
interior with all the hard to find early production 2002 details
?No headrest front seats with original ?spaghetti? seat belts (only
early production)?Nice set of ?Silver Dollar? gauges with optional
tachometer?Early and correct three-piece dash is in great
condition! ?Correct 13-inch wheels and hubcaps ?New Tii exhaust
system and upgraded 123ignition hightech ignition system?Please
note that this BMW is a 1968 but titled as a 1969?Very solid
undercarriage, please see photos?Documentation includes owners
handbook (1968), conjunction US guide (1968), service station book
(1967) and a copy of May 1968 BMW 2002 Road & Track article Normal
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table.MsoNormalTable BMW Roundie fans, rejoice! MotoeXotica Classic
Cars is pleased to offer one of the first BMW 2002?s every to be
produced in Munich West Germany and is finished in sought after
factory correct Polaris Silver exterior! We are very excited to
offer this particular BMW 2002 for sale on the market! We have sold
over 20 BMW 2002?s in the past couple of years but this one is
extremely special because it?s by far the earliest production
example (#951) that we have ever had in our showroom. We acquired
this BMW from the fine folks and BMW specialist Reggie?s Motorworks
Inc. in Noblesville Indiana. They personally displayed this car at
the 2018 BMW ?The Vintage? in Hot Springs North Carolina. Produced
on 02/01/1968 in Munich West Germany and almost impossible to find,
this very early production BMW 2002 is #951 out of the 339,084 BMW
2002?s produced off the line and 1 of only 4,489 of the first
production year 1968 BMW 2002?s produced! We have found that a lot
of the early BMW 2002?s that have been restored have been redone
with incorrect later production 2002 parts (1971-1976) because
those parts a much more plentiful. This example still retains all
its early production details such as front and rear slotted trim,
red center taillights, early headlight buckets, silver dollar
gauges, correct 3 piece dash, chrome interior door handles and rear
chrome window latches, correct no headrest front seats with chrome
side covers, correct early production seat vinyl material,
?spaghetti? seat belts, correct door cards, correct headliner,
correct Blaupunk AM/FM radio, early air-conditioning console, spare
tire and jack and much more! The correct Polaris Silver (code 057)
exterior is in very good order. The wraparound pinch bumpers and
trim peieces are in great condition. Only the early 1968 2002?s had
the front and rear slotted black trim pieces and are very hard to
obtain. The glass and lights on the car are all in good, original
order including the red center roundie taillights. The bodywork is
straight and solid while the engine bay is very tidy. The
undercarriage is very solid along with the pedal box and shock
mount towers. The car has 13-inch BMW steel wheels with factory
wheel covers that show minimal wear or curb contact and the car
rides on Vredestein classic tires. In the trunk is the correct
spare and jack. In that engine bay is the engine that
revolutionized the sport sedan market in the United States more
than 50 years ago ? the BMW M10 2.0L four-cylinder producing 100HP
in a car that only weighs 2210 pounds. This example has been
upgraded with a new Tii exhaust system and a upgraded electronic
123ignition hightech ignition system. The current engine block and
head is from a 1971 BMW 2002 but the car still retains its original
short nose four-speed transmission and rear differential. This 2002
is equipped with the optional Frigiking Air-Conditioning and has
been recently serviced with a new compressor and the blower motor
functions and blows cold! The separate blower motor for the heater
also functions correctly. Inside, the correct black interior
appears exactly like factory specifications. The black front
buckets and rear bench are in great, overall condition, as is the
corresponding black carpet, the white headliner, the inner door
panels and the ?Silver Dollar? instrument panel. The original three
piece dash is in great condition with no cracks but does have a
couple small mounting holes from a previous owner. In the optional
Frigiking air-conditioned console is the optional Blaupunkt AM/FM
stereo that really looks handsome in the BMW?s interior. Toping off
the interior is a set of coco floor mats and correct gear shifter
and steering wheel. Documentation includes 1600 owners handbook
(1968), 2002 conjunction US guide (1968 - only very early cars
received the 1600 book with the 2002 conjunction guide), service
station book (1967) and a copy of May 1968 BMW 2002 Road & Track
article. The BMW 2002 made its debut in 1968; a base model with a
single carburetor developing just 100 horsepower, which was no real
improvement over what the Datsun 510 delivered. In 1969, an
automatic model was introduced with the base single carburetor
engine mated to a ZF 3HP12 three-speed automatic transmission. This
was, of course, not intended to be a sporting car but a fashionable
and easy-to-drive coup?. The BMW 2002 was one of the cars that not
only saved BMW?s bacon, it became a car that played a large part in
re-defining who BMW were. The BMW 2002 introduced a well-developed
sports coup? which was much more practical than similar
competitors.Competition to this BMW in 1972 included Audi?s 90,
Mercedes-Benz?s 280S and MG?s MGB GT. The 2002 was made with German
engineering and quality control that gave it a significant edge
over its competitors: the BMW?s earned themselves a reputation for
being reliable and near bulletproof (perhaps that?s a reason the
Baader-Meinhoff Gang liked them). Even nowadays, the cars being
decades old, the electrical systems are typically still functioning
OK: something that could not be said for the BMW 2002?s British and
Italian competitors. One of the great selling points of the BMW
2002 nowadays is that parts are still available, making the
restoration and maintenance of on