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1969 "can of worms" build


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man, my car has loads of bondo as well in some places. what are you using the remove the bondo?

Looking back on it i would do it differently. But i used a wire wheel on the heavies and air sander everywhere else..... i wouldnt remove bondo until you have panels to replace. The old ones with cus the bondo is laid on thick for a reason...my P.O. atleast

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Your car, based on your VIN, is a U.S. manual-transmission model produced between February and December 1968. If it was manufactured after August '68, it would have been a '69 model year. It sounds as if it's titled/registered as a '69 so it was probably a post-August '68 car, but lots of cars were and are mis-titled.

Many forum members -- myself included -- want to know the VIN because it tells us what we're "working with" and gives us a snapshot of the car's origins. If you wish to know a bit more, you can e-mail your VIN to Andreas Harz of BMW Group Archives (Andreas.Harz@partner.bmwgroup.com) with a request for information and he can provide you a specific manufacturing date, the date the car's title was transferred to Hoffman Motors (the sole U.S. importer), and the car's original exterior color.

So that's why we ask for the VIN!

Good luck with your project!

Steve

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1976 2002 Polaris, 2742541 (original owner)

1973 2002tii Inka, 2762757 (not-the-original owner)

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Hmm very interesting, i suppose that makes alot of sense and would be very valuable info when restoring one of these.

Update coming soon! Going to pick up 2 e21 320i in two weeks, gonna have alot of parts to swap :)

2 for 500 bucks was too much to pass on especially being 5spd with a new short block ;)

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Well was going to get the e21s but now im rebuilding the engine in my daily driver since P.O. doesn't know how to torque a head properly which resulted in a oil/water mix taking out my bottom end from severely blown headgasket. Some of the headbolts were just past hand tight. Not to mention he put a rusty cam in a new head!! Idiots these days!!

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