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Restoration of 1973 2002 Tesoro and 1967 1600 Derby

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02PCC ! July 30, 2017

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 men

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Summer of 67 San Francisco! (Derby) June 24, 2017

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  

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Happy Father's Day! June 18, 2017

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! ? So that roll up door in my console

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Peek a boo!! June 2, 2017

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. Then, Derby comes along.... and they look absolutely perfect on the original 13's! So PC ! I'm smitten with how they look on Derby! ??  

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And lastly, Car Candy at the Vintage - Pics part 4 May 20, 2017

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

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Vintage 2017 ! Part 1 at the BMW Foundation May 19, 2017

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

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Finally Brisbane! May 6, 2017

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 m

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Derby's Filthy Engine pic! May 4, 2017

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..  Also, I have this early radiator hose... but I cant put it on because it has a crack in it. Conside

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Checklist for Brisbane! May 02, 2017

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.  Got the alignment done today and making Derby safe to drive the 100mile round trip to and from Brisbane. (And to those of you who saw the glossy paint on the radiator, I had them redo the paint, take it down to metal and paint it satin black, much better! Thank you to Patrick from Bill's shop

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02PCC Northbay - 02's and NK's - April 30, 2017

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   Marin Coffee Roasters is holding their special round-about parking lot for us and distributing FREE coffee for drivers only with a TESORO card! Donuts will also be provided by BAYAREA02. Hope to see you there to enjoy our beautiful spring weather! Yay for car season!

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These go to 11.... ! April 15, 2017

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.   Thank you to BLUNT for

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Limited Edition Tesoro T-shirt! April 12, 2017

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.   I am in no way accepting any monetary compensation.   This is just a cool pic, done by a cool photo artist, being sold by a cool local BMW enthusiast shop! (Support our 02 legacy!)   Thank you to Performance Technic for choosing this pic o

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One month til Brisbane! April 6, 2017

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.   Rear tail lenses have been switched out to amber lenses (they are new, but that is to make sure the lenses are more visible than the original ones). I still have the original lenses to

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A gorgeous day at Marin's CC in Novato ! April 2, 2016

The BMW classic row! ? Got to meet some new friends and hangout with other BMW enthusiasts! ? On a day like this, how can you not take your car out? ?  Tesoro's new rear bumper seam cover is on! PROPER ! Thanks to up and coming car photographer @jannickvr for capturing Tesoro's spotless look at marin cars and coffee in Novato!    Plus a few more pics from the Marin CC website...   OPLusPl

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Just when you think a restoration is done.... it's not.... ! March 31, 2017

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).

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It's a Derby detail day! March 25, 2017

It's a Derby detail day! Couldn't wait to wake up this morning to get Derby's original seats and carpet delicately steamed cleaned (this poor guy... I'm watching him like a hawk LOL) and I've allotted about 4 hrs of my day to detail the car myself which I will have it ready to be detailed again professionally before Brisbane.... and yes... my only insanity is owning 02s.... ? I asked the cleaner to not put the hot steam cleaning nozzle on the original fabric, so he added a thin towel o

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