Here’s baT Auction Success Story: zipcode’s Transnational Fly-and-Drive

This Success Story comes to us from bamiot, who won this Sunburst Gold F80 M3 from casciomotors in a December 2025 BaT auction:
I had the fortune of winning this 2016 Sunburst Gold Metallic BMW M3, one of just two F80 M3s originally collected via Euro Tourist Delivery.  My younger brother originally built it for a client, who turned and sold it—it’s the second of his BMW builds that I’ve won. In this case, my brother and his shop Parts Score in Scottsdale, Arizona, had previously installed Pure Turbos Stage 2 turbochargers and KW4 coilovers, among other tweaks. The car had been further modified after a subsequent purchase in 2016 by other shops in California, I believe.

The Honda Z50 represents more than just a mini-bike to BaT user IndieRockBassPlayer, who won this 1968 Z50A Mini Trail from AJDiMizio in a July 2025 BaT auction. He wrote to tell us more about it:
Years ago, my mother—tired of the brutal Wisconsin winters—moved my family from Madison, Wisconsin, to San Diego, California. I was only 13 at the time. Ten years earlier, she had relocated to the Midwest in 1967 with three kids in tow to be closer to family after the untimely death of my father, who was a naval aviator. I was only three years old then. The 10 years I lived in Madison will always represent a magical time in my life, filled with special memories of the never-ending drowsy summer skies. Time stood still for every child, and none of us had a care in the world, never realizing that each of those days was a gift and that real life (and all its challenges) was only right around the corner.

This Success Story comes to us from BaT member gl21133, who won this 1995 Mazda Bongo Friendee Turbodiesel Pop-Top Camper in a September 2025 BaT auction:
My family—consisting of myself, my wife, and our two young girls—spent most of the summer of 2016 visiting all of the state parks in Idaho in our ’92 Ford E-250 van. While it was a great vehicle, we quickly outgrew it. In the fall of that year, I began looking for bigger vehicles to convert. A local auction house often offered retired buses and ambulances, and I occasionally threw in a bid when the bidding was low, expecting them to sell for well over that initial price. Which they did, for a while.

This Success Story comes to us from BaT member Andrewbaron78, who won this 1978 BMW R100S from scott_dc in a September 2025 BaT auction:
I wasn’t in the market for another motorcycle. But for years, I’ve been saying that a late-1970s BMW R100 would change that, especially if one happened to become available near me. Lo and behold, a friend sent me a link to a gorgeous 1978 R100S listed on BaT located near Portland, Oregon, where I live.

BaT member hannahlynnanderson was enthralled by her new 1960 Lincoln Continental Mark V convertible the moment she laid eyes on it during a March 2025 BaT auction listed by m100man. She won the Mark V and wrote in with an update:
We absolutely love our first BaT purchase, our 1960 Lincoln Continental convertible, which we have dubbed “Big Blue” due to her almost 19-foot length.