1981 BMW 635CSi

• Black paint is glossy on every panel in the showroom and outdoor photos, the shark nose and chrome kidneys are crisp, panels line up straight and the badges are bright — no paint or body budget from these photos.
• Alpina-style turbine wheels are clean in the full view and the tyres look evenly worn — no wheel refurb budget from these photos.
• Tan leather sport seats look smooth, taut and lightly used, with clean door cards and carpets in the open-door photo — budget for leather feed, not a retrim from these photos.
• Front spoiler shows stone chips and road rash in the low lift close-up, though it looks fine from standing height — budget for a spoiler repaint if show finish matters.
• Gauges are clear in the close-up, reading 131,922 miles — a number the photo displays but cannot verify.
• Loose spares photographed with the car — lamp lenses, a washer bottle and filters in worn boxes — read as useful extras, not fitted condition, and photos cannot judge the engine mechanically.

Money: At $24,900, a fraction of M6 money, the photos show M-car gloss — black paint, clean tan cabin, Alpina touches — with the chipped front spoiler and 131,922 displayed miles keeping it at 635 money.