My 2002ti turns 50 today

[Oldtimerfahrer]

My 2002ti turns 50 today, built on Monday the 8^th of February and delivered to a German dealership on the 9^th of February according to the archives. I sometimes call her Heidi, but sometimes not as that was also the name of my first BMW.

The pictures I took at purchase are on slides and I could not really scan them properly...but she was on the road from 1971 to 1980 and then parked until 2007.

I purchased her in June of 2000, the trunk was full of good bits but the engine bay was empty, seats gone with square taillights…but came with all of the pieces to retrofit to original condition. Chrome was good but old.

A few pictures to show the journey taken from rolling body and pile of parts to a somewhat presentable 2002ti that still gets regularly exercised.

Poor quality picture as purchased in 2000

Bodywork and painting was finished by 2003

 

Engine came together thereafter, got a nice heavily ported head with a 300 degree cam in ebay...

Somehow, I put it together but it took me 2 years from "putting it together" to get it so far that the German TUV inspector would also be happy. Lots of stress with the carbs, ignition and other things that just took time to iron out. First picture is as assembled, second is after successful registration.

Here in 2010 at a local event

Five years later...

People like keys...

Also from 2015

One shot from a track day in 2020, only had a few events last year...

Hopefully this "anniversary" year will be a better one than 2020, first track day is 13. April... 

I assume we will get lots of anniversaries in the coming years, I hope you guys will also share the journey.

Andrew

[Conserv]

Happy Birthday, Heidi! (Or “un-named car sometimes referred to as Heidi”! ?)

 

She was very lucky you found her and had the interest in, and patience to, restore her correctly!

 

Congrats and thanks for sharing her history and photos.

 

Best regards,

 

Steve

 

[Mike Self]

Way to go!  A very nice re-do of a very worthy car.  We never got ti's officially in the US (thanks a lot, Federal Govt) so it's always good to see 'em preserved where they were sold.  

 

Cheers and happy birthday Heidi.

 

mike