Brand new 2002 turbo engine for sale. 28k

[e30s50dan]

....and not even a "make offer" button

https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-BMW-2002-TURBO-CRATE-ENGINE/272190737845?hash=item3f5fd50db5:m:mUG3ovyUJUoDOgsJfylJ3Eg

[jeffnhiscars]

After sitting in a crate for 40years it surely needs to be taken apart, inspected for termites and re gasketed. I suspect you could build one for much less and at that price you'd think he would provide more pics and a back story

[varg]

NEW BMW 2002 TURBO CRATE ENGINE, NEW ENGINES DO NOT COMES WITH THE TURBO, THESE ARE SHORT BLOCK ENGINES. LAST ONE IN THE WORLD.

This guy is a rube

[Dj Buttchug]

LOL what a joke

[flyboyx]

Also....the most descriptive and honest sounding ad......ever!

[TobyB]

plethora of pictures, to boot...

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[parkerbink]

His name looks like crazy.

cmuzyy

[Matt-B]

3 blurry pics, a dirty paper tag, for 28,000


deal

[ahrensNW]

His other listing lmfaooooo

https://m.ebay.com/itm/NEW-BMW-320-6-ENGINE-EURO-E21/280471488594?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D20150519202348%26meid%3Dbe0368d71fd045e4892aebea67fe1b6e%26pid%3D100408%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D3%26sd%3D272190737845&_trksid=p2349624.c100408.m2460

[Swoozley Macklin]

Hm, right around the corner from me. Wonder what shop he's at.

[SkiFree]

It's been up there off and on for a couple years now.

[varg]

I don't get it. The kind of people who pay big bucks for old, original cars pay that money because everything is original, numbers matching, etc. Why would they pay nearly $30k for an engine because it's NOS? That does not make it original. Heck, the part number description says remanufactured, so it isn't even NOS it's just an old rebuilt engine.

Imagine you're a collector with an all original numbers matching 2002 Turbo and it has some sort of engine failure, you aren't going to spend $30k swapping for a 40 year old rebuilt M10 - you're going to pay a specialty shop to rebuild your original engine with OE parts. I know a few people who are into the all original numbers matching collector stuff, though it's American not German, I'm going to ask them what they think.

[MrBurgundy]

lol

this has to be some sort of joke.

[flyboyx]

I don't get it. The kind of people who pay big bucks for old, original cars pay that money because everything is original, numbers matching, etc. Why would they pay nearly $30k for an engine because it's NOS? That does not make it original. Heck, the part number description says remanufactured, so it isn't even NOS it's just an old rebuilt engine.

Imagine you're a collector with an all original numbers matching 2002 Turbo and it has some sort of engine failure, you aren't going to spend $30k swapping for a 40 year old rebuilt M10 - you're going to pay a specialty shop to rebuild your original engine with OE parts. I know a few people who are into the all original numbers matching collector stuff, though it's American not German, I'm going to ask them what they think.

this is probably absolutely true times 1000%

oh, by the way....in addition to all those "nos" 2002 parts, he is also selling this little nugget:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Michael-Michael-Kors-Navy-Mongolian-Fur-Trim-Vest-Sz-XXS/282708848604?hash=item41d2c2afdc:g:9v8AAOSwjkdZ5-H8

lol.

[reelizmpro]

It's one of those things that don't come up often and it's factory remanufactured which a lot of people would pay top dollar for. What is top dollar for this engine? depends on the 2002 enthusiast and how bad he/she wants it. Would it ever get used? probably not. It might go into someone's parts cache as a holy grail item to be on display/stored for the rest of it's life. Whenever something like this comes up and people laugh at the price, I'm reminded of this story...

http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/wayoflife/04/13/game.sells.for.thousands/index.html

Old vintage items are nostalgic for many people later in life and enthusiasts with the means will pay crazy sums of money for it, like the M3. All of a sudden, $28k doesn't sound too bad for a factory reman 2002 Turbo crate engine. You see some crazy valuable stuff on Pawn Stars too.