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Loving the latest BMW Commercial!!

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Mike Self Grand Master

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I believe that's the Inka '73 tii that then-Mobile Tradition built about 10 years ago from parts available through Mobile Tradition (excepting the body shell, unfortunately).  Very cool car--and basically a brand new '73 tii.  I got to drive it in 2007 when it had about 2500 km on the odometer.

 

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4 hours ago, mike said:

I believe that's the Inka '73 tii that then-Mobile Tradition built about 10 years ago from parts available through Mobile Tradition (excepting the body shell, unfortunately).  Very cool car--and basically a brand new '73 tii.  I got to drive it in 2007 when it had about 2500 km on the odometer.

 

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Oh cool, I wondered if it was the famous MT car! Even cooler that you got to drive it! How did you pull that one off?

 

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55 minutes ago, laundromatt said:

I don't think that's right.  I think it's a '68 2002.  

 

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/A5rt/2016-bmw-2-series-the-first-ever-song-by-findlay

 

Different ad, but same license plate, and likely same car.

 

It's a '73, ''68s don't have the lower belt molding.

Andrew Wilson
Vern- 1973 2002tii, https://www.bmw2002faq.com/blogs/blog/304-andrew-wilsons-vern-restoration/ 
Veronika- 1968 1600 Cabriolet, Athena- 1973 3.0 CSi,  Rodney- 1988 M5, The M3- 1997 M3,

The Unicorn- 2007 X3, Julia- 2007 Z4 Coupe, Ophelia- 2014 X3, Herman- 1914 KisselKar 4-40

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58 minutes ago, laundromatt said:

I don't think that's right.  I think it's a '68 2002.  

 

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/A5rt/2016-bmw-2-series-the-first-ever-song-by-findlay

 

Different ad, but same license plate, and likely same car.

Ah, no.  Pretty sure that's a 73.  Bumpers, grills and mirrors suggest.  Plus, FWIW, that commercial was first aired in 2010 during the winter Olympics.

73 Inka Tii #2762958

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Not sure about 2002's, but my '68 1600 had no head rests. The car in the ad clearly does.

 

It looks to me that the ad car may not be the Munich tii. Is "mwerks" affiliated with BMW? The car in this link has slightly different license plate than the ad car's. Anybody know about German plates? Do they change by year?

http://www.mwerks.com/artman/publish/bmw_news/article_1010.shtml

 

Not meaning to hijack this, but what got me looking at this is that my daughter purchased the cup in my avatar for me at the BMW museum about 3 years ago. The '02 pictured on the cup is a different car, a colorado (I think) ti (I can barely make out the grill badge), and it has the the same license plate as the one that's in this link:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BMW_2002ti_in_BMW-Museum_in_Munich,_Bayern.JPG

 

However, BMW may have more than one Inka '02! Go figure.

 

 bmwcup.JPG

 

 

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13 minutes ago, laundromatt said:

The description from BMW:

 

 

"The legendary 1968 BMW 2002 helps usher in a new generation of driving. Introducing the first-ever BMW 2 Series."

 

 

Methinks they're talking about the birth of the 2002 model in general when they reference "1968," not THAT car which is clearly a 1973 example.

 

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1 hour ago, JerryC said:

Not sure about 2002's, but my '68 1600 had no head rests. The car in the ad clearly does.

 

It looks to me that the ad car may not be the Munich tii. Is "mwerks" affiliated with BMW? The car in this link has slightly different license plate than the ad car's. Anybody know about German plates? Do they change by year?

http://www.mwerks.com/artman/publish/bmw_news/article_1010.shtml

 

Not meaning to hijack this, but what got me looking at this is that my daughter purchased the cup in my avatar for me at the BMW museum about 3 years ago. The '02 pictured on the cup is a different car, a colorado (I think) ti (I can barely make out the grill badge), and it has the the same license plate as the one that's in this link:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BMW_2002ti_in_BMW-Museum_in_Munich,_Bayern.JPG

 

However, BMW may have more than one Inka '02! Go figure.

 

 bmwcup.JPG

 

 

 

That '02 on your BMW Museum is a 2002Ti.

Andrew Wilson
Vern- 1973 2002tii, https://www.bmw2002faq.com/blogs/blog/304-andrew-wilsons-vern-restoration/ 
Veronika- 1968 1600 Cabriolet, Athena- 1973 3.0 CSi,  Rodney- 1988 M5, The M3- 1997 M3,

The Unicorn- 2007 X3, Julia- 2007 Z4 Coupe, Ophelia- 2014 X3, Herman- 1914 KisselKar 4-40

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The Inka 02 in that first pic is indeed the Mobile Tradition 2002tii, which they built up for the 40th anniversary in 2006.
They built it using a new body shell which they bought from Andy Andexer, and then parts mostly from Mobile Tradition, and then of course a few specially produced parts for this particular car to pull of the stunt.
But Mike, technically it's not  '73 car either.  The German authorities wouldn't allow BMW to give it a 7 digit chassis number, so instead they had to give it a modern day BMW chassis number, thereby making it a '06 BMW 2002tii.
But you are of course right that they have tried to make it appear as a '73 car.  I just wish they had given the car the correct trapezoid door mirror!!  :rolleyes:

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With BMW-Regards,
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12 hours ago, 02Anders said:

... I just wish they had given the car the correct trapezoid door mirror!!  :rolleyes:

 

I don't know, Anders!  The concours judges say any '02 from late '74 onward get flag mirrors, and 2006 sure sounds like "'74 onward" to me.... ?

 

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1976 2002 Polaris, 2742541 (original owner)

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

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53 minutes ago, Conserv said:

 

I don't know, Anders!  The concours judges say any '02 from late '74 onward get flag mirrors, and 2006 sure sounds like "'74 onward" to me.... ?

 

Best regards,

 

Steve

 

 

HaHaHa... fair point - well kind of...  ;)

 

I suppose the '06 tag would then also justify all of the other inaccuricies on the MT 2002, such as the plastic roundel on the nose, the bigger and modern-day washer bottle with a black lid, the use of the wrong material for the carpets etc etc.  All of these inaccuricies are perhaps not wrong at all??  Quite the contrary, they are perhaps exactly how a totally original and unmolested '06 BMW 2002tii should be, as this is of course how the car left the factory. 

 

Oh dear, I've just managed to thoroughly confuse my 'Das Original Polizei' mind...!!  :wacko: :lol: :lol:

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With BMW-Regards,
Anders.

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