The restoration and refurbishment of my beloved 1973 2002Tii, Vern, by Vintage Sports and Restoration in Bedford New Hampshire. Work began September 18, 2017
Attended the 2022 Legends of the Autobahn East in conjunction with the Hilton Head Concours.
Drove Vern down to Hilton Head over 2 days with my friends Wayne Killen with his 1987 Mercedes 190e 2.3 16v Cosworth & Doug Dolan with his 1972 S38 M Powered 3.0 CS.
Spent Thursday detailing our cars at the rented beach house with a 3 car garage.
Vern & I competed in the 2002 Class with Stuart Oberman's 1974 2002 Tii & Tim Wing's 1974 Turbo.
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August 28th 2022 was the Boston BMW CCA Concours d'Elegance at Prowse Farm in Canton MA.
I spent most of Saturday cleaning & detailing Vern. It was the first real detailing since returning from Germany last October. Did all the "heavy lifting" of detailing the chrome & touching up stone chips. Removed the rear panel pieces & cleaned behind them, they were absolutely filthy.
Left for Canton at 5:30 am & was in line by 8:15 am. I was asked to be a Judge back
This year we shipped Veronika out for the week & stayed with our friends in Del Rey Oaks.
Veronika arrived at 10:30 am Tuesday! I had time to clean her up before the Hagerty Monterey Kickoff in Pacific Grove. We parked together with Steve Kupper, Jim Huff & MotoLisa.
Wednesday was The Little Car Show in Pacific Grove. MotoLisa’s 1967 Derby 1600 & Veronika parked together & Sara Nelson parked across the street with the “Katy Perry” 1970 1600 Cabriolet. Der
While in Asheville NC, Photographer Greg Banek, scheduled a photo shoot on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Here are a few of the outtakes.
The rolling shot is by Mike Bevels on 81 north in Virginia, Sunday May 22, 2022.
May 10th 2010, I bought Vern on ebay, sight unseen. I did my due diligence, talking with the seller Steve Pallamar for an hour & his mechanic in Norwood Colorado for 3 hours.
This is more of the story: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2OHBtIGLqBlhwOqx7MRM3n
Vern ran smoothly & quietly for the 3500 mile round trip to Eureka Springs Arkansas. 4 days to get there, & 3 days back home. Great '02 Fest from the Friday drive to all the advice & '02-centric workshops. Bo Black received the Friends of the BMW CCA Award. Caravanned with Mike Self, Larry Gray & Walter Ingram both ways.
While on the Hilton Head Concours Tour today, Friday November 5th our 1968 1600 Cabriolet alternator stopped working & then we drained the new battery.
currently waiting for a flatbed.
Cleaning, cleaning & more cleaning. After a week & a day of wiping away the dirty oily grime with Simple Green, an old toothbrush, 2 rolls of blue paper towels & hundreds of Q-Tips. Here are some before, during & after. Veronika is ready for her close up.
Have had a great few days on the Fall Leaves Tour leading up to The Vintage at Saratoga.
Wednesday was Manchester NH to Stowe VT.
Thursday Jay Peak & lunch in Newport VT.
Friday from Stowe VT to Saratoga Springs NY
This year we shipped Vern over to The Netherlands & spent 3 weeks touring with the BMW Classic CCA. We also attended The Bavaria Tour in Oberammergau Germany.
We picked up Vern outside Rotterdam in The Netherlands. The battery was dead because the shipper left the key in position 1. Long story, greatly shortened, 3.5 hours for an ADAC flatbed, a long cab ride at 200kmh & 1200 Euros later we had a new 69 Euro Varta battery! The rest of our touring Vern performed flawlessly as
A lovely day at the Larz Anderson Auto Museum in Brookline, a suburb of Boston MA. Met other Nor'East'02ers at the abandoned Indigo Hotel in Newton & caravanned over to the Museum to park together. I drove Veronika & we arrived at 9:20ish. Great to see everyone & all the cars. Rob Seigel drove his 3.0 CSi, Warp 9. The most significant car was the 1937 Horch Coupe. Veronika had a great spot at the end of the '02 lineup & across from original owners Charles Barne's immaculately re
Had a delightful first Misselwood tour. I took several photos of Vern with the blooming flowers on the estate. Josh Sweeney also took several driving photos & others on the front lawn of the estate which I will post at alter date.
Purchased Vern May 10th 2010 on eBay. Has been a great 11 years of adventures with the first being the 3100 trouble free miles from Telluride Colorado to Brunswick Maine via Canada in one of the best road trips ever.
Just received the restored slotted nose trim. The shop worked wondrous miracles & exceeded my expectations. Was lucky to be able to buy this elusive trim here from a friend who sold it on the FAQ. Here are the before & after photos. The "kink" in the trim was very difficult to massage out, yet the craftsman was able to do the near impossible & get it to 99%.
Made a new hood release/hazard switch under dash panel out of 24 x 24 1/16th inch aluminum sheet I bought at Lowe's, January 30, 2021.
The original hood release hazard switch panel was ripped & distorted from the past 52 years of heat & cold use.
1. Made a painters tape template. The peeled it off the panel slowly & carefully.
2. Flattened the tape to the aluminum sheet along the grain.
3 Outlined the template with Sharpie & marked all the screws
Picked uptake new door seals ordered from Walloth-Nesch at Vintage Sports & Restoration Friday January 15, 2021. Had been waiting a year for the set of new door seals to become available & bought them the day I was notified of their availability.
First step was to label where each seal went, wash off the mold release powder & sand the gluing surface of the rubber.
2nd step was removing the desicated old rock hard door seals & clean up the old glue with Xylol. Thi
Picked uptake new door seals ordered from Walloth-Nesch at Vintage Sports & Restoration Friday January 15, 2021. Had been waiting a year for the set of new door seals to become available & bought them the day I was notified of their availability.
First step was to label where each seal went, wash off the mold release powder & sand the gluing surface of the rubber.
2nd step was removing the desicated old rock hard door seals & clean up the old glue with Xylol. Thi
Since making & having the side panels upholstered two years ago, the spare tire side didn't fit flat & flush with the fuel tank panel.
To tackle this job, I removed one staple & measured it at 1/4 of an inch. I just happen to have two boxes of these staples.
So I was good to go with my upholstery adhesive & an ultimate set of tools.
The short story, remove staples, peel back the 'elephant skin', scribe to other panel, cut, test fit, glue, staple, trim
This is a screen shot of me detailing Dirk & Alexandra de Groen's 1934 BMW 315/1 at the Amelia Island Concours on March 8th 2020 from the Season Finale of Chasing Classic Cars which aired Tuesday November 24th 2020.
Old windshield was so pitted, cracked & delaminating, it was almost opaque. Vern's excited he got a new windshield & solid chrome Alpina lug nuts. The new lug nuts are just plain cool.
Saturday September 26th 2020. Drove Veronika up to Belgrade Maine to visit Brenda & Tanya Athanus. They each own 2 2002s. Both of them had 2002s new from a Maine dealership as far back as 1972. Nate Williams, from Sports Car Restoration in Plainville Connecticut, was there to visit & successfully had Brenda's 1969 Nevada 2002 running after sitting for 2 years.
I parked next to Tanya's 1973 Golf Automatic, as Brenda zoomed around the road & driveway loop.
We enjoyed s
Veronika was awarded Best in Class at the Lime Rock Sunday in the Park Meeting of the Marques, Lakeville Connecticut. 2020 Sunday in the Park was 1/4 or less of the cars usually on display. The Golf Tii was in the Concours & a fresh restoration by SCR in Plainville CT.
This was the 2nd video to air on The Peterson Automobile Museum presentation of the 2020 virtual Legends of the Autobahn. Mrs. Wilson does a great job.
The latest Ultimate Classic From the BMW Classic CCA has arrived. Had a little fun with the magazine today.
For more information about the Classic CCA visit, bmwccca.com and join today!
https://youtu.be/o6ildOGPL0I