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Derby - my 1968 1600
 

Another rear subframe update

Greetings all haven’t posted on here in quite a while. Have been busy with work and my rear subframe as well as other little projects.  I have a stated goal of getting the car back together before Vintage 2020.   everything takes longer than I think it should mostly my fault.   The rear subframe could’ve been an easy thing for me to simply swap from my parts car to my project car. This is because I had overhauled a year before.     But I wanted to change a few things.
Dionk

Dionk

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Doug's 1974 BMW
First Things First: Rust Repair

First Things First: Rust Repair

I bought a 1974 2002 from a friend who restored the car in the 1990s. It has had previous rust repair in many areas (driver's front subframe rail, driver's floor, rear shock towers to name a few.) It was painted a very dark green (Nissan color) in the 1990s and clear coated. The exterior has had all trim removed prior to painting and looks pretty nice. I bought the car a year and a half ago and have done a few basic things to it. I removed a roll bar and 5-pt belts (it has seen some track time a
Lisa.02P with her Tesoro & Derby
 

I see stripes! - DERBY - March 4, 2020

The period correct AKA "neurotic side" of me convinced me that Derby would not be complete if I didn't get the proper taping done on the wiring harness... Tape is from Germany, the same kind of fabric tape they used from factory. Thank you North Bay Bavarian ! Love the work you have been doing to keep Derby PC! 😉  
Lisa.02P

Lisa.02P

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My Ideal 02tii
Trouble in Paradise

Trouble in Paradise

It wasn't long before there was trouble in paradise.  I began to notice more and more white smoke on startup.   And then my suspicions were confirmed by the telltale milky oil underneath the fill cap.     Leaky head gasket and/or front cover gasket?  A dreaded crack?   Driving season ended abruptly.     The engine in the car is a 74tii engine.  The original engine (tall block) was included in the sale and swapped in the past for reasons unknown.  My original plan was to build
Djthom

Djthom

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My Ideal 02tii
 

The first quick fixes

After getting the car home I set about rectifying some of the immediate concerns.    1) Falling our of 2nd.   Thanks to the wealth of info on this site I was able to fix simply by torquing the gearbox output shaft nut.  Problem solved   2) Upholstery.  Before selling the 74 I swapped the rear seats.  I had put new foams and Aardvark covers in the 74.   I also scavenged the rear seat belts.   For the front seats I put new foam in the bottom with heated seat elemets.  I was abl
Djthom

Djthom

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My Ideal 02tii
Intro to my new tii

Intro to my new tii

So here it is, the new tii.     The Good;  Roundie, tii, sunroof.  Matching number engine included.  The perfect starting point.   Original BC car that never saw salt.  Underside and rockers are solid except for a small patch in passenger floor.   Previous owner put lowering springs and Bilsteins.     The Bad:  corrosion along belt line of hood and trunk lid as well as rear quarter wheel lips.  Pops out of 2nd gear.    The Ugly:   Green cam cover and tired upholster
Djthom

Djthom

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My Ideal 02tii
How and why did I get here?

How and why did I get here?

This is my third 02 in as many years.  How did I get here and why?   My first 02 was a roundie tii that I completely restored and sold.  It's story was detailed here.  The sheer cost of the restoration and the fact I already have other high level restored cars resulted in a change in strategy.... Hence my next car was to be a 3 season driver.  The concept was to get maximum usage and enjoy daily driving of a vintage classic without worrying about every raincloud or stone chip.  I
Djthom

Djthom

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1974 Euro Car (Grey Market)
A long time coming!

A long time coming!

Hi all! It's been far too long since I had a notable update for this build.    Long story short... I was living in Socal for the past three years. About a year ago I planned to bring the 02 to socal after having a friend do the rust repair. Due to some unfortunate circumstances he wasn't able to work on the car for about the half of a year it was with him. I began planning to ship the car over anyway, and the day before the delivery was planned my girlfriend expressed her desire to mov
Rocan

Rocan

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VOLITION / 1968 1600-2
Battery Build.

Battery Build.

Now that the motor is mounted (see below), it was time to get serious about the batteries.    I have known which battery modules I was going to run for awhile, but not exactly how I was going to mount them or position them in the car.  The battery modules themselves are 59Vdc lithium-ion "blocks" built by LG for the Chyrsler Pacifica Hybrid.  I chose these for a number of reasons, but mainly because being from a hybrid means they offer good power and the voltage/capacity of each
WisDesign

WisDesign

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Derby - my 1968 1600
 

Pulling it together - slowly

So last couple weeks I’ve been really focused on the rear subframe. I was unaware one of my rear trailing arms was in pretty poor shape. It appears that at some point someone decided to tow the car using the rear trailing arm and that caused some dents.   I posted some pictures of the rear trailing arm on Facebook Bmw 2002 modifiers group and the general consensus was that I could just mount everything and keep on trucking.   There was also a comment that my rear trailing arms need to
Dionk

Dionk

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The Roundie - '73 2002
Adios Little Roundie

Adios Little Roundie

Sometimes you have to let a project go. Since I bought this car, I've sworn up and down I would never sell it. From the best test drive I've ever had in the car, to the highs and (frequent) lows of the build, I insisted that this car would stay in the stable for as long as it possibly could. As it turns out, that wasn't as long as I had hoped. Back tracking a little, for those of you who have read the previous posts, my 2002 got stuck in fabrication for much longer than intended. When it came ba
benzintinte

benzintinte

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Boost for Goosed
Sensing something is different (this time).

Sensing something is different (this time).

Good afternoon everyone.    Welcome to phase II.     Just to make sure that everyone is up to speed.  I purchased a basket case turbo setup from a fellow member.  After I sorted out everything, including a somewhat surprising turbo rebuild, I am just about to start with the first steps to getting the turbo installed.    The hard part for me is (besides getting the time) is that I need to make sure that the result is safe and reliable.  There are some things that BMW
Dudeland

Dudeland

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Holley Sniper EFI Conversion
 

God closes a door and opens a trap door.

So as I am sitting here with the flu and cold in full effect sipping on my nice warm apple flavoured neo-citran, I find myself in a meditative state of mind. Looking out towards the many tasks that I have ahead of me and struggling to understand how I ever got to this point.     What started as a conversation with my better half regarding an old BMW that isn't too fancy and that I could park on the street, soon became a garage only drive, with electronic fuel injection accompanied by a
Dudeland

Dudeland

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Ernie's resto-mod
Trunk boards and some other stuff.

Trunk boards and some other stuff.

This weekend I stopped by the shop and installed headlights, some new Hella horns and painted the core supports flat black. The boys are also working on the engine bay, continuing with wiring clean up and installing one of Patrick's custom radiators as well.     We've hit a little lull as we wait for some parts to arrive. At this point, Master Patrick has kinda run out of grasshopper level stuff for me to do. He's going to start rewiring the dash area and run add
Teelinger

Teelinger

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Reproducing the Tii Cold Start Relay
New board is built and tested (and works!)

New board is built and tested (and works!)

Solid success today. Received the two new boards on Monday and built them today. Looks really good, the spade connectors are solid and tight, the components all fit.    Test fit:         Soldering it up:             Ran it in the test rig and works!    However still one more iteration. Sharp eyes will see where I had to enlarge one of the notches for it to fit the black plastic housing.
JsnPpp

JsnPpp

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Ernie's resto-mod
Headliner, beltline trim and trunk stuff.

Headliner, beltline trim and trunk stuff.

This is a long one...   The boys at Midnight Motorsports have been busy.    Patrick was able to weld in an early model shift boot flange that I got from @Vintage-Autobahn to the tranny tunnel. This is so that I can switch to a shorty console and attach a round rubber shift boot.      Andre finished most of the trunk area. This included installing the gas tank and fuel pump, associated hoses, the electric trunk opener and hardware, and the trunk gasket. He
Teelinger

Teelinger

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