body and interior Would this be a good first 2002?

[Teelinger]

^{For a little more, I'd consider this one instead: http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/cto/5193122766.html}

[Frank Vogel]

It looks like I will be going to the field for a bit in a few days so I will not be able to make it down to Portland for a few weeks. I will look at that when I get back if it is still available.

[catlin]

^{For a little more, I'd consider this one instead: http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/cto/5193122766.html}

I saw "ti" on the name plate and had a heart attack. That looks like a good car though.

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[Frank Vogel]

How would I be able to tell if it were a ti? I dont think they would be selling it for that kind of money if it were.

I am looking at this one tonight.https://seattle.craigslist.org/kit/cto/5158283334.html

Edited September 2, 2015 by Chawski

[catlin]

It's not but he has the badge for some reason

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[catlin]

That one's pretty nice.

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[Conserv]

How would I be able to tell if it were a ti?...]

For starters, it would have to be manufactured from late '68 to early '71 to be a factory ti. Second, you'd type the VIN into the VIN decoder of the BMW 2002 Car Club of Columbia and you would know immediately.

http://www.bmwclasicos.com/vin.php

And if it showed up as a ti in the VIN decoder, you'd confirm the decoder's answer with an email to BMW Archives requesting their data for the car, free of charge and often supplied within 24 hours (info.grouparchiv@bmwgroup.com).

Since they were never "federalized," and sold officially into the U.S., you probably will not run into many (a handful have found their way here over the years)! :-)

Good luck,

Steve

Edited September 2, 2015 by Conserv

[Fatherof3]

I'll over pay for original paint. Best way to know you're getting an honest car.

 

Repair standards where pretty low thirty forty years ago

[Frank Vogel]

I am buying the one I looked at last night. The engine bay and the shell were in too good a shape to pass up. The things I need to fix are small things. The only question I have is how hard is it to replace shifter bushings? The ones in this car are toast.

['76mintgrün'02]

Not very hard.  It is a little awkward working around the driveshaft, but not bad.

 

Blunttech sells a shifter refresh kit.  

 

There are a couple little 'while you are in there' things you can add to the list, if there are transmission leaks in the area; such as a shift selector rod seal and speedometer cable o-ring.

 

I have read that the shift selector seal can be pushed in right over the old one, assuming this has not already been done.

 

 

The only mistake is to buy the first one you've ever seen.

 

 

Did you make the-only mistake?  

 

(I did... but I don't regret it... even though it had almost all of the typical 'needs').

 

I would say there is one other mistake... which is to ignore the rust you find.

I must    fix the rest    of the rust!

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Frank Vogel]

Lol I baught the second one I saw. I plan on fixing the little paint bubbles and the rust causing them. Thanks for the tip about blunttecj