02princessLisa with her Tesoro & Derby

Had both Derby and Tesoro trailered out to Burbank for a shooting on a youtube episode for Jay Leno's Garage.

What an amazing experience to be in a presence of a very well known car enthusiast with a super large collection of rare cars! 

Both cars were trailed down with the help of Performance Technic and my local mechanic Bill Arnold. 

Jay LOVED Derby... he glanced over at Tesoro and admired the recent build, but Jay absolutely fell In love with an 'unmodified, mostly original car' within Derby.

Filming was nerve wracking and I felt very rushed as I didn't get to say what I wanted to about Derby so much... it just went very rapidly and lights and cameras were recording at different directions which were not easy to follow from someone who has no TV experience... 

Jay and I then went on a drive and that's when it was much more relaxed and answering questions was much more easier than being put on the spot. 

Jay had a catered lunch and we got to tour his HUGE collection of cars.

Regardless if someone's garage is bigger or better than the other person's ... Jay was a total down to earth person who has the same "car enthusiast bug sensation" that we all share. 

Can't believe what a dream come true this is...  I hope to have represented the 02 community with much pride and respect and as soon as the show is posted, I will share the link on my blog. 

It's owning both these pieces of art and meeting car enthusiasts of all different levels of love for these boxy little german cars that makes this car passion so incredibly amazing ... 

Cheers! (With my gin and tonic in the garage detailing Derby before taking off to Burbank) 

Great to see some love from the e21/e30s today! Such a beautiful morning start to a lazy Sunday!

Special shout out to Dieter who drove from Sacramento with his sweet schwarz original 320is! and Thank you to Patrick from Bill Arnold's who drove Derby out for me!

Thanks to all who came out and hope to see more of a turn out for a drive and picnic for The end of Summer 02PCC in August! Mark your calendars! Last Sunday of August!

(Went to brunch afterwards and look what was on the menu! 😉 - too bad I don't like grapefruit! 😜🥃 )

Much love to our rare 1600's! 😍 Especially with that early schwarz 1600 that sold on BAT for 28K!

1600's are another breed of desirable ones... have you hugged your 1600 today?

After an evening cruise... Vanilla sky's reflection on Tesoro's trunk lid... Happy 2002sday !

Damn, I love this car...

Hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful day!

Another great turn out for 02PCC in Novato !

Every last Sunday of the month! Hope to see you at the next one in July!

Thank you to Performance Technic for sharing some pics we did in San Francisco with Derby (pre black plate and mudflaps!)

You can check out the pics here:

https://www.performancetechnic.com/blog/2017/6/22/san-francisco-flair-lisas-bmw-1600-derby

Here's a little something not a lot of people knew about.

People have asked me, 'what's with the little cubby roll up thing in your center console in Tesoro?

Growing up, my father had an array of Mustangs that he had owned from the 60's and 70's. And as a little girl being passenger in his cars, I used to always fiddle around and open and close that roll up door in the center console of his 1967 Mustang fastback which drove him crazy! Haha! 😜

We are the Champions!

New plate and new PC mudflaps dress up Derby so dapper! 😍

Pic of both Tesoro and Derby at last Sunday's Novato's CC.

A couple of years ago, I received these never been used, still in its sealed bag from BMW 1600/2002 mudflaps.

I wanted to originally put them on Tesoro, however, after contemplating on putting them on Tesoro with the 15' wheels... I decided to just hoard them as they were never opened from factory.

I don't know if some of you have heard of all the crazy "eventful" stories of traveling to and from Vintage, but the second pic of the Bristol 70 car had a blown tire on the way and they hit a guard rail... The owner was ok, but it was so sad to see this original Bristol get hurt on the way. 

Last pic is of Brandon Washburn with his girlfriend Tory, Cindy and Andrew Wilson, and Robert Olemedo with his son. A great group of friends on or way to the Sierra Nevada Brewery for dinner in a shuttle bus. 

I couldn't possibly take over 600 pics of all the cars there, but enjoy some of these 2002s that I snapped... 😉

Wow! I am speechless as to what an amazing weekend I had at Vintage! Such a perfect location for the cars on the east coast! The drive to the BMW Foundation was epic and to the show on Saturday was such sweet reverie! 

Met so many new friends and reacquainted with dear friends! A fellow BMW friend needed a second driver for the events, so I am "paying it forward" (as Andrew Wilson drove Tesoro for me to Brisbane) and I want to thank Robert Olmedo for entrusting me with driving his e9 and tii to the events! 

There is no doubt that I'll be back out next year! Would love to try to get both Tesoro and Derby out.... ! 😉

Enjoy the pics and have a great rest of the weekend everyone! 

Pics part 1- at the BMW foundation with Andrew Wilson in His M5 and Brandon Washburn in his M3 and me driving Robert Olmedo's e9. 

Such a nice turn out at Brisbane this year! And no rain!  Although it was quite breezy at times, the sun was out and both Tesoro and Derby made their debut at our own Bay Area 02 Swap and Show. 

Coordinated a caravan of a dozen cars from the North Bay to meet up at Bill Arnold's shop at 7:30A. I only trust a handful of people to drive Tesoro or Derby and Who else better to ask, Andrew Wilson,  AKA "Mr. Maine BMW Chapter President" and "Iron Butt" award winner (who has traveled many miles across the states in his trusty VERN 2002tii), who flew out to this year's Brisbane and drove Tesoro to Brisbane and back for me as I drove in with Derby. Thank you Andrew !

It was truly remarkable to see so many 02s that came out this year! I met so many new faces and reacquainted with people on the FAQ and friends that I haven't seen in a while. I feel very fortunate to know some of you and thank you for those who have helped me with either your 02 history, parts that were unattainable, or just those looking out for me and my cars. Thank you to Le at 2002garagewerks for building the car of my dreams, and Thank you to Bill Arnold for keeping up the service for both Tesoro and Derby to have them safe on the road!

Here are some pics of Tesoro and Derby. I've seen some great shots of them on Instagram and FB too... ! Thanks for sharing the love! 

Spent about 3 hours the other night cleaning out the engine on Derby... sooo dirty! This car has definitely been driven!

I had the air cleaner and snorkel canister bead blasted and repainted.

Some little differences in the early cars.... love the ribless valve cover, the no hole plenum, the football washer fluid holder, no brake booster, tiny battery, baby radiator fan.... etc.. 

Getting excited for Brisbane! 

Derby's original wheels are redone in the PC paint color (Thank you Anders!) and with PC tires. Michelin XAS 165/13. Hubcaps will be mounted at Brisbane. 

Beautiful turn out today at 02PCC NORTH BAY! Great to see people from the EAST BAY too! Thanks for showing up! 

Time to get ready for Brisbane this coming Saturday!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend! 

02PCC NORTHBAY- 02s and NK's will now be a regular gathering every Last Sunday of the month!

Join us on Sunday April 30th 9am -11am

466 Ignacio Blvd. NOVATO 94949

While Derby's original wheels are getting stripped, bead blasted, primed, and refinished in the original formula paint color, I was able to order these special 1600 euro hubcaps from BMW.

Why are they special? The US 1600 hubcaps are NLA. The only way to order them is that you have to own a euro 1600 and have to give BMW the VIN # and copy of your title to them. They will then mark or flag your VIN so you can't reorder them or for anyone else.

Performance Technics has graciously picked Tesoro to be their front 2002 feature for their tshirts!

This iconic picture taken by one of their very talented photographers is selling on their website.

In preparation for Brisbane, Tesoro has a few things that I need to get ready and so does Derby!

Since Derby hasn't been driven much for the past few years with the previous owner, I've been sorting things out to make the car more 'safer' for the road while keeping items PC for the car.

Just when you think a restoration is done.... it's not.... 😉

Tesoro's custom chrome rear bumper didn't look quite right to me.... and it's because the seam covers were not the right ones that went with this custom look.

First pic shows the seam cover under the rear taillight has an 'indentation' of where the rubber trim line would go on.

But because I had the rubber trim eliminated from these original 73 bumpers, I have to add on the euro early seam covers (with no rubber trim).

(Third pic you can see my 2series in the reflection! )