Formal intro

[redphu72]

Greetings and salutations, Khai in San Diego, I am now the proud owner of a 2002 tii M2 conversion. She arrived today and already I am filled with a sense of excitement, joy, regret, and trepidation. Lets just say that within the first few hours of ownership, I've had to struggle to keep my wits about me and resist the urge to go crying to my wife. Here's to many more sleepless nights.

[Beck180]

Congrats on the M2 purchase.

I have to ask. Do you love the color? I sure hope so. Otherwise, it has gotta be tough being seen in that car.

[Cyclone101]

Welcome to the addiction!

From the pictures, it looks like a nice car! But, the fun in owning a 2002 is that most problems are quite simple to fix. And I bet you that you will have less sleepless night that trying to build a M2 from scratch! That is if the PO did an ok job...

Have fun with it, and ask a lot of questions, there are quite a few people here with m2s, I am sure they can sort your car quickly!

Regards

Jacques

[flyingjolly]

congratulations and welcome!

[bricklayer]

nice m2 ..like they said welcome to the addiction!! have fun with it and enjoy the drive!!

[redphu72]

Congrats on the M2 purchase.

I have to ask. Do you love the color? I sure hope so. Otherwise, it has gotta be tough being seen in that car.

Lol. No it needs final block and paint. I'm trying to choose between white or black. Fully shaved.

[kbken62]

Please just ask questions. God knows I have. I'm nearly complete after nearly 3 years of building my M2. But it is sure fun to drive!

[redphu72]

Please just ask questions. God knows I have. I'm nearly complete after nearly 3 years of building my M2. But it is sure fun to drive!

Question: My blinkers worked yesterday when I picked up the car, then I changed out the ignition wires, tightened the slack on my throttle cable, put back the screw holding down my drivers seat, lube the accelerator pedal, and tried installing front turn signals (brand new). Now my blinkers don't work at all. hi/lo, brake/reverse work. any ideas?

[redphu72]

I would appreciate if someone would lend me a helping hand on this last leg of this epic restoration. I believe I'm the third in line of this project. Let me know if I can stop by and pick your brains. Im in San Diego. Thanks, Khai

[kbken62]

I'll be in San Clemente on Thursday, May 3rd. Might be as far as Oceanside.

Otherwise, I split my time between Dallas and Long Beach.

There is Dave Varco in your area. He has many of the parts you need for the finishing of your M2.

[kris]

Congratulations. What color is it...hard to tell from the pics. What are your plans and what needs to be finished?

[SteveJ]

...I'm trying to choose between white or black...

Hmmmm....Let's see. San Diego? A car with (hopefully) no A/C? Not sure if I'd want a black car there.

Note: I did have a black car with no AC when I lived there. A '74 Alfa Berlina with no AC. It was fine along the coast, but any jaunt inland required a towel on the seat to soak up sweat and a shower afterwards.

Enjoy the S14! That should get it fast enough to give you some cooling.

[kbken62]

Those funny little windows on the side are manual A/C. My daughter asked me what they were for and how you roll down the windows. She was looking for the button that you push to open them.

[redphu72]

Congratulations. What color is it...hard to tell from the pics. What are your plans and what needs to be finished?

Its called sushi salmon lol. I'd like to go black or white.

[jgerock]

...I'm trying to choose between white or black...

Hmmmm....Let's see. San Diego? A car with (hopefully) no A/C? Not sure if I'd want a black car there.

Note: I did have a black car with no AC when I lived there. A '74 Alfa Berlina with no AC. It was fine along the coast, but any jaunt inland required a towel on the seat to soak up sweat and a shower afterwards.

Enjoy the S14! That should get it fast enough to give you some cooling.

I've always enjoyed the fantastic weather in SD. Much better than here in VA.