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    Is there a possibility I could be kept informed about these?
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    Na, as far as I know the highest auction result for a 2002 Turbo was at Gooding Amelia Island in 2018. Another one hammered for $192.5K. We subsequently sorted it for the buyer a year later when I was still at Casey Motorsports. A very nice original, it only really required sorting and some other detail work to be driven more often than it had previously. https://www.goodingco.com/vehicle/1975-bmw-2002-turbo/
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    I love how whoever picked the number for that car just happened to choose one that has a documented history back to day one. Few people know that how many 1800 TI/SAs came into North America when new. Fewer still have had access to see the ledgers at BMW Classic like@Jackie Jouret has. When folks attempt to claim a car is something it isn’t, they should do a little more research than the folks did for that one. In my list I have 14 Tisas currently known to live in North America, with at least 4 more VINs I have on my list that haven’t been seen in public for a while, and a few more known to have perished.
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    Wow Anders! That’d certainly be an awesome one to add to any BMW collection. Even though my own ‘66 needs some big wrinkles removed, I may still keep it until I can afford to make it whole again, especially if your old car sells for big money!
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    Is there a number on the block pad below the thermostat, near where the generator mount would go? If I recall, that’s where the VIN would be in these early blocks.
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    @SlavsMay we see a pic of where the VIN is stamped on these early blocks?
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    That’s pretty darned cool @jgerock! Sharing that ad with my dad @tisabmw
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    My parent’s ‘72 Tii came with Michelin XAS in 165R13 when new. Here’s the original spare, and some of the earliest photos of the car with the Shelby Cal500 13x5.5 wheels that came on it new too.
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    @Captain_KeramAll 156xxxx 1600s were 12 Volt. All 1600s had 6 fuse electrical systems.
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    1516352

    tjones02 commented on Conserv's vehicle in Registry

    How did the VIN come to be known?
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    @PatAllen, Please, please, please add me to the list for when you do another batch of these. ??
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    @Mike SelfI suspect your car’s original mirror was broken in transit or otherwise before delivery and the dealer or Hoffman replaced it with whatever they had on hand.
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    Gents, 1560847 still has its forward door mirror location, though it currently has a flag style mirror on it instead of a correct swan neck style one.
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    2760001

    tjones02 commented on Conserv's vehicle in Registry

    Also, keep in mind that even though the photos in the Road&Track article are black and white, that 2760002 was Polaris Silver, the pre production Euro VIN Tii sent to the US for EPA and DOT testing was Chamonix (both of those cars are known to still exist in the US), no other Tiis were known to exist in the US, especially with US side markers, US turn signals, bumper guards, and as can be seen the engine photo, a US air cleaner with evap pipe. The black and white photos show a Tii that is obviously not silver or white.
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    Ok, of my four ‘66-68 1600-2s I know for sure that my Oct ‘66 1508028 and June ‘67 1528923 both came with 10 slat kidneys originally. I’m not 100% sure whether my July ‘67 1530962 had a 10 or 8 slat grille originally since it had some rhinoplasty before I knew the car, but it had an 8 slat when my family bought it from the original owner in ‘88. But I absolutely know that my Oct ‘67 1560847 and all other 156xxxx ‘68 model year 1600-2s did, not, ever, come with 10 slat kidney grilles; they all had normal 8 slat plain aluminum ones.
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    Any word on being able to print these?
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    We have very close VINs, mine is 1560847. ”The BMW 1600 US VIN 1560847 was manufactured on October 9th, 1967 and delivered on October 17th, 1967 to the BMW importer Hoffman Motors Corp. in New York City. The original colour was Manila, paint code 004.” Mine has a chrome lower dash.... Whatever else you need to know, just ask away, I have four ‘66-68 1600-2s. Between what I have and everyone else here we should be able to figure it out.
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    Did I really just miss out on another batch of these. Is there any way I can get in the door for one?
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    Awesome! Happy 50th Orange Car! Born Oct 20th ‘71, and bought new Feb 5th 1971, my parent’s Tii will be there soon.
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    2760026

    tjones02 commented on Conserv's vehicle in Registry

    I believe that the fasten seatbelt warning system was an integral part of the original inertia belt system, that no ‘02 that originally came with spaghetti belts would have. My parent’s 0007 never had a fasten seatbelt pod, there’s a service bulletin here on the FAQ that @jgerockshared a while back that shows Tii’s changed from spaghetti belts to inertia reel at 2760049. I’ve worked on 0048 and can confirm that it had spaghetti belts originally. I would install inertia reel belts for anything that gets driven even in a semi regular basis, but, collect all the parts and pieces of the spaghetti belt setup and keep them in a spares box that would go with the car to the next owner. Also, I would keep the hole in the rear “door” panels for the spaghetti shoulder belt attachment. There are period correct, like from another BMW or German car thread in plastic caps available somewhere that I’d install there to finish it off. Taking many photos to document the previous repair work and black paint in the parts is very important. Document everything... It’s especially easy enough to do in this digital world. So yes, no more snorkel... I’m sorry that uninformed folks would talk down to you about the car having a snorkel. Hope This Helps, Tom
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    Hi Samuel. I’ll post my same answer from Facebook as it’s save here and more easily searchable by others on the interwebs. Yes on all counts, mirrors, steering wheel and especially the silver grilles. It also very likely still had the chrome lower portions of the dash like a ‘67 and European market models. All 1600s had silver grilles from the beginning of production to the end. Among the four ‘66-68 1600-2s that I own or have owned is 1560847, which was born Oct 9th 1967. An email sent to the BMW Group Archive requesting info for your car will be replied to in a few days with the original color, birth date, if it was a USA market car; the date it was signed over to the Hoffman Motors agent to be imported. info.grouparchiv@bmwgroup.com Hope This Helps, Tom
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    Someone shared this link to the file for 3d printable grab handle ends earlier this year either here on the NK forum and or on the Facebook NK Group. I don’t have access to a printer capable of the job, but would love a couple of the ends if someone I know does have some printed out. https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-120382
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    I’m in the camp of shelving the emissions parts and like @Mike Self’s idea of making diagrams. In addition to keeping it for prosperity and in case you move to a state that requires it, if you were to ever Concours the car in a stock class it would be beneficial to have the equipment in place. I know that in the American collector car world there are say, restored ‘69 Camaro Z-28s that have all that stuff on, because it was there when new.
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    @7502 Love the Ghia! A friend had his grandmother’s ‘62 in high school.
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    Well, my ‘67 1600 was my first car, circa summer of 1993. Before that I learned to drive in my parent’s 2002tii, another 1600 and an 1800TI.
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