Chamonix build - #1664122

[Hermes]

Time to keep track...

Porsche front seats for now

What BMW AG emailed me:

"The BMW 2002 US VIN 1664122 was manufactured on November 26th, 1968 and delivered on December 10th, 1968 to the importer BMW Concessionaires G.B. in London (Great Britain). The original colour was Chamonix, paint code 085."

nasty old Bosch plugs, had to think about starting up before

no problem now! (yeah, realized you had to unscrew those little caps)

cleaned valve cover back on, new spark plugs - FTW!

temporary back seat from an E30, original back seat needs to be re-upholstered (earlier today when the sun was out)

We then drove it to the gas station and filled it up. Stopped at CVS for smokes and drinks. Car was 3/3 on start-up with the new plugs, before it was like "do I really want to start up?"

Lots more work to do, at least we've started. Car has gone something like 35 miles since Steve bought it.

[Cyclone101]

I really like this car! In the pictures it looks quite solid. Redo the suspension rubbers and bushes if your car has original ones. It makes a night and day difference to the car's feel!

Regards

Jacques

[Hermes]

yeah... lots of stuff on the list. VCG, tubing, seals, bushings, wiring, 6 pieces of trim... list goes on. oh well, slowly but surely it will happen

[Hermes]

ok, some new pictures

apparently this is what it looked like a while ago, stupid PO sent the black plates in to the DMV and they were destroyed. Interesting that it had frenched lights... (is it a sign?)

test fit the grill, need to do some more work first before it's final.

preparing to cover up some of the bare metal with self-etching primer, full coat of primer will come later

time for new door cards

[Hermes]

I haven't updated this in a while

Some more primer/working on the clutch

sanding

clean up all the dust

now for some primer

oh hello POS slave cylinder...

late 70's 911 seats

picked up correct passenger door inner handle ($10) from Autobahn and some freebies from LJ Independent (slave cylinder pushrod + new brake fluid reservior). A package came in w/new VCG, e-brake cables, 4 brake hoses, temperature sender, fuel filter, exhaust hangers and some other stuff, I can't remember right now. Also took of Solex carb and rebuilt it.

picked up some E24 rear buckets, need to be re-upholstered.

[Hermes]

I haven't updated this in 6 months...

I can't think of much that we haven't at least started to work on, so I'll just post some quick pictures of progress:

door cards done

cleaned up gauge cluster

new carpet

bumpers, license plate lights back on, new plates

got some BBS RA 15x6's

suspension and steering replaced

coolant system rebuilt, head gasket changed, timing done, probably a few other things I forgot to mention

there are other parts in the garage to be installed, I'll post pics of them after they're on the car