engine and drivetrain My Neue Klasse: 1965 Bmw 1800 TISA (VIN 995155)

[mpuentevilar]

Hello to everybody! My name is Miguel from Lugo (Spain). I am the owner since November 2009 of the Bmw 1800 TISA number 155 of the 200 ever produced. During last 21 months I have problems to get the genuine documents of the car to make it run again, since last Wednesday the car is legally mine and ready to be restored. I don´t know if there are another TISA´s in Spain but I have saw that in this forum there are many owners of this special car who could help me to restore the car.

The car has been certified by mail by Andreas Harz, Bmw vehicle expertise from Bmw Group Classic (Archives) as:

“The VIN 995155 belongs to a BMW 1800 TISA which was manufactured on May 10th, 1965 and delivered on May 26th, 1965 to the BMW importer Interatlantica Comercial S.A. in Madrid. The original colour was Polaris metallic, paint code 060.”

I have requested the Bmw certificate last week to prove it´s a genuine TISA. The car was first sold in Barcelona in November 16th, 1965. It has his genuine 1965 spanish plates from Barcelona. I have requested also to Bmw the extra options list because I think that the interior and seats finish is not genuine (Could it be finished in white leather from the factory?).

Actually the car shows only 126.000 kms in it´s tachometer but it has been abandoned since 1989 and not covered for about 8 years. The car need complete restoration because engine doesn´t run, the body has holes and oxide, the interior needs a good clean and restoration, ect. It´s complete in 95% but all parts need time, work, money and more work to recover them. I left you some pics of the car:

Chassis number and engine number (matching numbers):

Exterior of the car (November 2009-April 2011). It has fitted a not OEM handmade SA rear logo:

Exterior of the car (July 2011):

Interior of this TISA with his genuine Restall Masterfit seats (November 2009-April 2011):

During it´s life the car has lost it´s genuine Walsall steering wheel, but I have bought another one in EEUU about a year ago:

Interior of the car (August 2011):

Bodywork (April 2011):

We have opened the engine this weekend and here we have the biggest problem to restore the car. It has fitted a 121TI cylinder head (from a 2000TI I suppose), not the genuine TISA1 and Noral pistons 84,47 in fact of Mahle 84,47. It´s a pain that I haven´t seen this auction before:

http://cgi.ebay.de/BMW-02-TISA-Zylinderkopf-Schmiedekolben-/160546337535?pt=Teile_ohne_Strassenzulassung&hash=item25614eb2ff

I would need to find a TISA1 genuine cylinder head and Mahle pistons to rebuild the engine… And need Webers DCOE 45 but these are easy to find. Could anybody put a pic of the genuine TISA piston heads?

[mcmil]

First, congratulations on finally owning it. I personally am very jealous.

Engine: My immediate recommendation is to pull the current motor and replace with a 2002 motor while you sort the tisa motor out. Also swap the weak ZF transmission with a Getrag from a later car.

Interior: Looks to me like someone has redone the upholstery. I believe all TISA's had the maroon/black seats and door panels. You are very fortunate to still have the Restall seats.

Electrical: I see a 12 volt battery in the pictures. Check all the electrics to ensure they have been converted. TISA's were originally 6 Volt.

Brakes: Brakes are the same as early 2000.

[DirksGarage]

Hi Miguel - Congratulations ! Looks like a fun project that will keep you busy for a while. Here are the pictures you requested. What's your email ?

[kris]

Congratulations and good luck with your (big) project!

[HarryPR]

Congratulations, Miguel!

Please keep us posted on your progress restoring such a significant car.

[bzuva]

Great find Miguel! i see you have other interesting cars in the garage, well done for these too!

[Kpeters]

Wow nic project will require a lot of work and effort can't wait to see it finished.

Buena Suerte!

[rey949]

Awesome car! Good luck with the restoration...

[Guest Anonymous]

Congrats on your find! I have number 13 and have been restoring it slowly for the last decade! My hood and trunk braces were drilled and I notice your trunk is not. Is the hood drilled out? I am looking for a tach as well. My interior is maroon and black with the original body in bristol gray....

[mcmil]

Rich,

I have a reproduction TISA tach (12V) made for me by North Hollywood Speedo. Correct except for no tell tale hand.

Let me know if you are interested.

mcmil at prodigy dot net