Mike Wooldridge 1973 Chamonix 2002tii clone

[MikeWooldridge]

I had been looking for another car, and Andy Stuckey kept telling me about a shell he had in Greensboro, NC. Then, someone posted a rusty '73tii for sale, but with a good engine. That cinched it for me. I persuaded Andy to sell me the Chamonix '73 and Marshall Lytle and I purchased the 1973 rusty tii. I got all the tii components and he kept the rest.

The BMW 2002 US Automatic VIN 2533497 was manufactured on November 24th, 1972 and delivered on November 30th, 1972 to the BMW importer Hoffman Motors Corp. in New York City. The original colour was Chamonix, paint code 085

The BMW 2002 tii US VIN 2763484 was built on February 19th, 1973 and delivered on February 21st, 1973 to the BMW importer Hoffman Motors Corp. in New York City. The original colour was Verona, paint code 024

This blog will track the progress of the tii clone, known as "Marilyn".

[MikeWooldridge]

Here's a few pics of the engine in the tii.

[MikeWooldridge]

My brother, Danny, is convinced to drive with me the 2500 miles to get the car and the engine. Car was in Greensboro, NC and the engine was in Alexandria, VA. I'd never been to the East Coast by car, so it was going to be an adventure for me. He'd driven it many times on vacation, so he showed me the sights along the way.

Rather than haul an empty trailer, we took a car for Andy Stuckey to Greg Lavelles, then picked up the Chamonix.

[M3M3]

the engine was in alexandria, va vice nc....longer drive!

and....i have the air cleaner brackets for ya.

[MikeWooldridge]

Had a beautiful drive through the Smokey Mountains.

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After getting the Chamonix loaded, we headed to Alexandria, VA. Met up with Marshall and Jim, loaded the engine and headed back home.

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We left Arkansas Friday noon on the 19th of October and arrived back in Arkansas at Skips Foreign Car Repair on Monday noon of the 22nd. Wow. What a trip. Absolutely no problems.

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After talking with Danuel Smith of Skips, we came to an agreement on getting the engine detailed and installed in the Chamonix. I even spent the night with "the other woman" at Skips garage and worked most of the night on the car and engine.

[MikeWooldridge]

Cleaned, scraped, and painted parts of the engine.

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Working to install next. Very difficult with the tranny already there, but we finally were able to get it done.

[MikeWooldridge]

OK. I'm caught up with the progress for now.

Here's some info on the car I received from Les. (Thanks).

VIN 2533497 - Chamonix/Black? (later noted as Blue-Black). Manufactured Nov '72, originally with Auto transmission.

Ebay Nov '06 - said to be running, converted to 4 spd manual. Seller in Daly City, CA.

Ebay Sep '08 - said to be running. Seller in Concord, CA.

Ebay Mar '11 - said to be running, rebuilt top end, Recaros. Seller in Alexandria, VA.

Oct '12 - bought from Andy Stuckey with no engine or Recaros.

Edited June 10, 2013 by MikeWooldridge

[MikeWooldridge]

Here are the wheels and doors I'm going to use on the car.

They came off this donor car I bought.

[bluedevils]

glad to see you with another 02 Mike.

[MikeWooldridge]

Thanks, Al. Hope to see you at Eureka.

[Gbare02tii]

Did you get rid of the big yellow Fog lights? I love them!