engine and drivetrain Pics of my tii touring

[tsteph12]

I was fortunate enough to purchase this '72 2000tii touring in 2003 from the original German owner living in San Diego. He brought the car to CA from Munich in 1973 and drove it progressively less as he aged, primarily leaving it in storage. It features a factory "Sport Paket" which includes black Recarro front seats (similar to early 911s), sport steering wheel, Hella front fog lamps, alloys, and US-style turnsignals.

To date, I've had the original block rebuilt last year with high compression pistons and upgraded the suspension via JF Pro BMW (Jack Fahuna). Next on the list would be to freshen up the interior a bit, get new rocker trim pieces, and have the rear hatch door better aligned and and replacement of its skinny little shocks. Then maybe I'll just drive it and finally break the engine in... Needless to say I love this car!

T.R.

'72 2000tii touring polaris

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[brad_c-ville_VA]

interesting sport wheel, i've never seen one like that.

great looking touring.

be sure to get your info on the informal 02 touring registry either through bill williams or les.

[BimmerSooner]

Fantastic looking!

How did you redo the wheels? Did you do them yourself or have a shop do them? I'm getting ready to do mine.

[oz_tom]

Fantastic looking touring! Looks like she's been well cared for.

The seats are great too ;-)

Tom

[tsteph12]

Actually, I purchased a set of the new factory reissued tii alloys. The original ones were not in very good condition. I had a credit with Maximillian Imports so just ordered a set of four. The casting/metal is reportedly improved in terms of strength and finish compared with early 70's originals. They are beautiful to look at for sure.

Thanks for all the comments.

T.R.

[BillWilliams]

The car looks so nice.

Maybe one of these days mine will look close to yours. Polaris is one of my all time favorites.

[BillWilliams]

intake? Those usually were on 74 and later.

[tsteph12]

You are correct. The '72 tii's came with plastic intakes and a 121 head. To rebuild the block using 9.5:1 Mahle pistons, I went with a fresh E12 head and metal intakes. The metal intakes came standard on the '73 tii's. This was an improvement as the plastic ones had a tendency to crack.

T.R.

[02Les]

Great! Another Touring Owner, and another car to put my Touring to shame. Yours looks a treat - well looked after.

Email me and i'll reply with a list of Touring Owners in the US.

lescartwright at juno.com

[BillWilliams]

If you want to post the pics directly to your post from Photobucket, copy the URL like you did from Photobucket, create the post, click on the Img box above and it will insert an command again. Then click SUBMIT

For multiple pics in the same post, I go to Photobucket copy another URL then go to the post, click EDIT, the do the same thing over again.

[POP3Y3]

i love Tourings

[MikeinNC]

Like Bill Said, Polaris is a beautiful color And I love those front seats!

[TMK-001]

Tewo thumbs up! The car looks a treat!

Todd

[Timbo]

Fine looking vehicle! First Polaris touring I've seen....

My steering wheel is the same - picked it from a tii at a wreckers

[-=Charley]

im so envious.. willing to trade for a '75 built M20 stroker '02??? heehee