other Euro tiis - who has one?

[saaron]

This tii vin thread reminded me of something I always wondered - how many of you have a euro tii?  I see them for sale every once in a while, so I know there are a few owned by people here.  

 

I figure there aren't many because you could buy one here.  There's not a lot of incentive to bring one in.  To be honest, I don't know why the people I bought it from brought it here - I guess they just liked it.  

 

Who else has one?  Would love to see some pics.  

 

Scott

[Conserv]

Great idea, Scott!

And if you know when or why the car was imported, please share!

Thanks and regards,

Steve

[saaron]

I know I'm the third owner.  First owner was Swiss, and I bought it from the second owners, who were German.  They brought it in around '83 or '84.  

 

They had to swap out the speedo, and put the side marker lights on it.  The city lights were disconnected, too.  Eventually I undid those things, though the city lights are still disconnected.  

 

I know I pm'ed with a person that bought a golf tii a while back, and there were two for sale not too long ago that were both blue.  I always wondered how many other euro ones were out there.  

 

Scott

 

 

[peterman]

I got one... '74  Came from Guatemala.  Has a new(er) dash with English labels and US cluster, but the HVAC controls are still in Deutsch.

It still has the original windshield with the driving speed in snow warning as well as a Guatemala CCA decal.

I should note that the PO opted for Weber 40DCOEs.  It did not come with the fuel injection but it is the original numbers matching block.  He also painted it red from it's original Inka.

['76mintgrün'02]

I know I pm'ed with a person that bought a golf tii a while back

 

 

I would guess that you are referring to this car ('72)

 

I bought the box of spare parts from the seller, but not the car.

 

Tom 

[saaron]

That's the one!  Siegel probably can't sleep at night, still.  

 

It looks great!  I thought it was in the PNW somewhere.  

 

Scott

[mokeefe]

I've got one.

 

I'm living in CH and car is also in Switzerland.  Car delivered to Vienna, Austria in 73.  

 

PO was Walter Wilczynski (his personal car) he's the fellow with all those 02's (roughly about 50+ and a warehouse of NLA 02 parts) in Vienna, he also restored my '76 02.

 

Car was originally Malaga, Walter painted it Condor Gelb BMW paint code 003 during ground up restoration he did in 2003.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 15, 2017 by mokeefe

[wegweiser]

I'll give you three reasons a person would want to buy or keep their European spec tii if they were in the USA:

 

a ) compression ratio

 

b ) compression ratio

 

c ) compression ratio

[Vintagedavid]

I saw this 73 TII at the Pacific Raceways historic races in 2014.  Said it was Euro Spec.

[jgerock]

I like the clean lines of the european tiis.  Scott's car is very nice

 

[kris]

We have a real pretty example living up here in the Toronto area. You can see it early in this vid

[saaron]

.It did not come with the fuel injection but it is the original numbers matching block.He also painted it red from it's original Inka.

 

You can always buy that stuff if you want.  I see it pretty regularly.  The German 02 club site usually has some of that, but it shows up on this forum a lot, too.

 

Scott 

[saaron]

I like the clean lines of the european tiis.  Scott's car is very nice

 

Thanks Jim.  Can't wait to see your blue car - I look at your blog every week!

 

Scott 

[wegweiser]

Scott…. if your tii was Golf or Colorado, or a touring, I'd be stalking you. And having keys cut to match the doors and ignition by now.

[saaron]

Scott…. if your tii was Golf or Colorado, or a touring, I'd be stalking you. And having keys cut to match the doors and ignition by now.

 mmmm Colorado.  I know Verona kind of is what it is.  It does get the attention of non-car people, I will say that about it.  It's a cute little red car to a lot of regular folks, which isn't a bad thing.  At any rate, thanks for the compliment (I think).  You have to get that abandoned one, man.  

Thanks to you and Ben the tii has the right dizzy curve and is timed properly.  Running better than ever.