50th Anniversary of 2002 at National Festival GB

[02Anders]

Hey everyone,

 

Last weekend was a good one in Great Britain!  ?
BMW Car Club GB celebrated the 50th anniversary of the our beloved 2002's at their National Festival held at Gaydon.
See the full report here with plenty of pics:  

 

http://www.viaretro.com/2018/08/50-years-of-2002/

 

Hope you enjoy, and please feel free to leave a reply at the end of the article...

 

 

[Mike Self]

Are these factory 02 wheels?  Never seen any like 'em either here in the States or even in pictures...were they GB market only?  Very attractive with those little hubcaps, reminiscent of the CS coupe wheels.

 

mike

 

[02Les]

What a great sticker!

Keystone serviced my first two '02s when they were in Bournemouth ("a stones throw from the beach"). BMW finally threw money at the Owner (Tony Heron) to give up the premises so they could make it a dealership, so he moved to Ringwood, where he lived, and re-opened his independent shop. Ah, memories.

 

Edit: found a card from of the sales reps of the day.

Edited August 17, 2018 by 02Les

[02Anders]

1 hour ago, mike said:

Are these factory 02 wheels?  Never seen any like 'em either here in the States or even in pictures...were they GB market only?  Very attractive with those little hubcaps, reminiscent of the CS coupe wheels.

 

mike

 

 

Hi Mike,

 

They're period aftermarket wheels from Cromodora.  They were relatively common for Fiats of that era, but quite rare in 4x100.
Like you, I quite like them - they're ultra stylish when in really good and clean shape.
As it is, I currently have two complete sets of them in my lock-up.  If you were interested, I might be willing to part with one set...

[02Anders]

15 minutes ago, 02Les said:

What a great sticker!

Keystone serviced my first two '02s when they were in Bournemouth ("a stones throw from the beach"). BMW finally threw money at the Owner (Tony Heron) to give up the premises so they could make it a dealership, so he moved to Ringwood, where he lived, and re-opened his independent shop. Ah, memories.

 

Edit: found a card from of the sales reps of the day.

 

Les, I too thought the rear window sticker was pretty neat.  Even more so with the patina...  ?
Pretty cool company card you found there!  Is that with one of your 02's which you had serviced there?

[jgerock]

Wonderful!  Thank you for sharing with us.

 

The 2000 in Schwarz is really nice along with the black 5 series.

 

[02Anders]

On 8/17/2018 at 1:03 PM, jgerock said:

Wonderful!  Thank you for sharing with us.

 

The 2000 in Schwarz is really nice along with the black 5 series.

 

 

Hmmmm... do I sense Mr. Gerock possibly adding something Schwarz to his garage sometime soon...?? ?

 

I happen to know that the 2000 with the twin round headlights and TiSA steel wheels will probably soon be coming up for sale.  However, it's of course RHD...

[jgerock]

15 hours ago, 02Anders said:

 

Hmmmm... do I sense Mr. Gerock possibly adding something Schwarz to his garage sometime soon...?? ?

 

I happen to know that the 2000 with the twin round headlights and TiSA steel wheels will probably soon be coming up for sale.  However, it's of course RHD...

Already have a "late model" black BMW ?

[02Anders]

3 hours ago, jgerock said:

Already have a "late model" black BMW ?

 

And lovely as that is Jim (and being a 335i - it truly is a lovely car!), you know just as well as me, that it just doesn't really cut it on this forum...  ?

Edited August 19, 2018 by 02Anders