engine and drivetrain 1969 2002 Conversion To Landaulette With Sunroof From Guatemala

[tomscat1]

Markus V. has done a conversion of a 1969 2002 into a Landaulette-style rear soft top with a sunroof.  It is a Baur-type but NOT a Baur!   BMW didn't introduce the Baur Cabrio Targa until 1971 or so.  Love it or hate it.... it is an interesting conversion project.

The landaulette/sunroof is unusual but it is not without precedent.  BMW did build a one-off 2002 with a landaulette rear soft top and a sunroof instead of the "Targa' roof.  It was used as a personal company car by Hermann Wenzelburger (co-Designer of the Baur).  I have included a pic of this car with Herr Wenzelburger (now in his 80's and retired) taken at a car show in Stuttgart in 2008. Check it out!

 

Markus also refers to this car as a '2002ti'.   I may have lost something in the translation, but he states the engine has "50 Webers' on it.  There is a pic of the engine.  

 

Thanks to Mike P. for heads up on the posting in Facebook the other day!

 

 

Here is Markus' Facebook post:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10202345435653922&set=pcb.10152068908984076&type=1&theater

 

More pics and info here:

http://baurspotting.blogspot.com/2013/12/part-ii-markus-vogel-2002ti-cabrio.html

 

http://baurspotting.blogspot.com/2013/12/markus-vogel-2002ti-baur-targa-guatemala.html

Edited December 20, 2013 by tomscat1

[eurotrash]

yeah.  I asked for the details of his engine on that FB thread

[tomscat1]

BTW, the pics that Markus has posted actually show how he cut, re-positioned, and re-welded the roof to create the Baur-style landaulette/sunroof conversion.  

 

Note the overhanging roof (above) before it was cut and welded to the windshield.  

http://baurspotting.blogspot.com/2013/12/part-ii-markus-vogel-2002ti-cabrio.html