1975 BMW 2002 tii
No Reserve

Registration No: JPM 99N
Chassis No: 2770916
MOT: November 2026

• Subject to a comprehensive restoration from 2005 to 2015 and still presents very well
• Liveried as an homage to the highly desirable 2002 Turbo, complete with wide arches and spoiler
• Supplied with a thick history file detailing expenditure during and since the restoration
• Fitted with an uprated fuel injection system and ECU, five-speed gearbox and limited-slip differential

By the mid-1960s BMW perceived a market for a smaller two-door version of its four-door 'New Class' executive saloon car. The end product resulted in the 1966 production 1600-2. The larger displacement 2002, directly derived from this model in 1968, would go on to establish a new reputation for BMW as a maker of high-quality affordable performance vehicles which stands today. BMW certainly saved the best 02 until last with the tii, launched in 1971. It boasted a fuel-injected two-litre engine delivering 130bhp and could motor on to a top speed of 118mph. It remained in production until the 02 series was replaced with the E21 3-Series in 1975.

Our 1975 2002 tii now looks phenomenal, but was discovered by its restorer in 2003 languishing in a garden in Great Clacton, Essex. Painted Fjord Blue, it appeared sound but had severe structural rot, and the new owner decided to restore it in the style of the famous 2002 Turbo – Europe’s first turbocharged production car, of which only 1,672 were built from 1973 to 1975.

After stripping the car to the shell and completing the necessary welding, the owner fitted a fibreglass Turbo body kit to a “better finish” than BMW’s own, and had the car repainted Turbo Polaris Silver. The engine overhaul by Coltec Ltd. involved the block being rebored and refaced, with new pistons and valves fitted and an uprated Kent Performance camshaft, plus an upgrade to electronic injection. The suspension was stiffened and lowered, and a five-speed gearbox and limited-slip differential from an E21 5-Series were installed. Inside, replacement front seats from an E30 325i Sport and rear seats from an E24 635CSi were fitted. A dyno test in 2014 revealed the engine produced around 143bhp at 4600rpm.

The restoration was completed in 2015, and the BMW was featured in the January, 2017, issue of Practical Classics. It is offered for sale with the current V5C, many invoices, some MOT history and the Practical Classics feature issue.

For more information, please contact:
Lucas Gomersall
lucas.gomersall@handh.co.uk
07484 082430