Finally some photos - ZA 745i

[finnyracer]

I'm taking the 745i in to a specialist tomorrow to get assessed and to attend to a number of issues.

I took the car to a car show this morning at the appropriately named Piston Ring Club, which has a get together every third Sunday of the month, and all cars are welcome as long as they are over 25 years of age. The 745i got more attention than I expected and was the only E23 there.

I took some photos this afternoon on a hill overlooking Pretoria:

[meskovic]

Beautiful ❤️


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[XAlt]

Gorgeous.

[8991XJ]

holy xxx, look at those center consoles.
Moved the ashtray to in front of the parking brake,
Moved the widow switches to the correct location on both sides of the shifter
Moved the rear lockout switch away from the rear seats to the shift surround
Opened up the stock ashtray location for driving gloves and such
Moved the memory seat switch to a less desirable position, no worries not like these are two driver cars anymore
Moved the gearbox selector up to make way for the window switches

First time I have seen that, would love to have it in my 7. I did move the rear window switches to the sides of the ashtray and moved the seat heater switches to the parking brake cover. More logical I think. But I would still like to have that center console but unfortunately, it would not fit an LHD car.

Thanks for the pics. Does that BMW sticker below the radio say anything special?

The E23 is old enough now to get some respect. Glad you confirm there is interest in South Africa.

[Freshbread]

Love it

[CroughtonE32]

Beautiful car. Thank you for those pics. Keep it forever.

[finnyracer]

holy xxx, look at those center consoles.
Moved the ashtray to in front of the parking brake,
Moved the widow switches to the correct location on both sides of the shifter
Moved the rear lockout switch away from the rear seats to the shift surround
Opened up the stock ashtray location for driving gloves and such
Moved the memory seat switch to a less desirable position, no worries not like these are two driver cars anymore
Moved the gearbox selector up to make way for the window switches

That is the standard layout on the ZA 745i - I haven't done a thing.

The engraving below the radio:

[750i]

Please resist the urge to modify this beautiful car.

👏👏👏👏👏

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[finnyracer]

Please resist the urge to modify this beautiful car.

I'm big on originality as it left the factory, so no, I won't be doing any modifications. What I do want to do is to change the interior back to the original Oyster Nappa leather.

[8991XJ]

I did think that those consoles were the ones that came in the car. They just have so much that I prefer, maybe because I have had my E28 since 86 and didn't get my E23 until 10 years later and I was used to the controls where they are in the 5, similar to your 7.

Based on a quick google, the ZA745i was made better than the rest of the E23s out there with this set of consoles and switch positions.

[mop007]

First time I have seen the highline interior in black and it looks great!

[finnyracer]

First time I have seen the highline interior in black and it looks great!

It has been very well done and is very presentable, but not original.

[Fred39]

Excellent views!

[B10 BITURBO]

ZA 745 is one of these great great great BMW that was ONLY for ZA,,,, unreal cool car,,,, and 19 made as manual afaik ,, ZA had some of the coolest BNW ever made,,, E30 325 is 2.7 205 bhp...... 333i one of my favorite BMW ever,, and the E12 530M,, and at last the mighty 745,,, 286 bhp and 24v semi race engine,, how close can anyone get to the freezing point having a top of the line 7 series,,, 4v engine and manual ,,, perhaps the most cool 7 serie ever made

I really salute you having one of these cars ,, AMAZING vehicle,,,, even in auto mode