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@MBar is your 2002 a ‘76? If so, are you in a county in California that requires it pass a smog inspection? If not, you know what you can so with it, right? The air pump used on nearly all ‘75-‘79 BMWs is a metric version of a common A/C Delco unit found on many GM cars of the era and newer. Any auto parts store employee worth their salt should be able to find one. I’d advise bringing your old one to a Federated or Napa franchise or any older, local, auto parts store. While I couldn’t find it listed under a ‘76 2002, I found the pump on Napa Auto Parts under a ‘78 320i... https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/NAP51112#
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Double strike like rare and valuable coinage. ? And, I spy that wonderful mocha shade of Tampico under the red! ?
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I've been scanning in some documents in my father's and another TiSA owner's collections. This one came from my dad's, and is a reply letter from Restall Seats to Bob Forrest of King City CA who owned what was highly likely to have been one of the seven factory 2000 TI/SA race cars. I don't recall if Bob had owned any other 1800 TI/SAs, but my father @tisabmw might.
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Jay’s still in Montana but sold the Tii to Rob Ferrero who’s in the north bay and brings out to Monterey and other events.
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The shift linkage, specifically the support arm, isn’t an original CR five speed part. I do see some spots where the mounting ears could’ve previously been, forward of where they are now. Cleaning, pressure washing, wiping down with Super Clean (with gloves on!), can shed some light on the subject. I have a feeling it wasn’t a factory ordered five speed, but would love to be proven wrong. ?
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Mike, if your 0026 does turn out to be an original close ratio five speed car, that would be a VERY special car indeed! As far as I have been able to ascertain, all BMWs of that era that were close ratio equipped from the factory got this shift knob from the 1800 TiSA parts bin. Part number 23411666170 The 2002 Turbos were four speeds as standard, but many were close ratios, and of those that I’ve seen, which is admittedly more than my fair share since... long story. All those I’ve seen that are original close ratio cars, have this shift knob. If I were the custodian of your car, I’d definitely buy one of these shift knobs while they’re still available! https://www.bmw2002faq.com/forums/topic/85749-the-rarest-shift-knob-in-the-world-of-02s/?tab=comments#comment-366725 https://www.bmw2002faq.com/forums/topic/262458-genuine-factory-5-speed-dog-leg-shift-knob/?tab=comments#comment-1414321
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I know of another Malaga Tii that was ordered, and picked up new at Peter Pan BMW near San Francisco in December ‘71. I got to chat with that buyer a number of years ago, but I couldn’t get the VIN from him as he sold it only a few years later for a Porsche or something. Either way, it’s definitely one of the first 26! 2760001 and 2760002 were both born in May ‘71. 0001 was used as the press car and 0002 went to an East Coast dealer. Both cars still exist today... There’s even a pre US VIN Tii that came here then and was used in Michigan for DOT testing. And THAT car exists today as well, in a friend’s collection in Chicago. Some of the story of 0002 can be found here in the registry. Here’s the story of 2700177: http://www.2002tii.org/kb/168
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@tucker48 It seems a whole batch of Tii’s were born on Oct. 20th ‘71. My parents still have theirs, which they bought new from Weathford BMW in Berkeley CA in early Feb ‘72. The BMW 2002 tii US VIN 2760007 was manufactured on October 20th, 1971 and delivered on November 8th, 1971 to Hoffman Motors. The original colour was Colorado, paint code 002. It’s SO great to see these first batch of US Tii’s come out of the woodwork! Congrats on a beautiful Malaga one you have there!
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Wolfrace have a different look to them. Not related to the US made Ansen/Shelby Cal500s. And, my parent’s Slot Mags were terribly out of round, which is why they bought the Cromodora CD40 “Dino” wheels in ‘78. Still, I’ve often thought of picking up a set of Cal500s to use on the car for shows and photo opps. I’d also like to find another four Ti/Tii steel wheels, but only if they’re the correct date code of 8/71 like the original spare. To me, since we have never known the car with steel wheels, I’d only bother with them if they match the original spare.
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First, I’ve been going through boxes of old slides with my mom and dad @tisabmw this weekend. And, we found the oldest known pictures of their 2002tii. The slides say they were developed in April ‘74, but knowing my dad, these could very well have been taken very soon after they bought the car new in February ‘72. In the very least they are the oldest pictures we we’ve found of the car so far. The Shelby Cal500 wheels, Anco bumper bars and Ansa Sport exhaust were already on the car at the dealer. Please bear with me as I took photos of the slides With my iPhone over a white background. The car still resides in that same garage today. Oh, and I wasn’t born till Nov. ‘74.
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Jerry Titus at Santa Barbara in '65. https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/santa-barbara-sports-car-races-scca-class-b-bmw-sedan-race-news-photo/163095667
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Bill, I ran across one and picked it up for you. I'll dig it out and would like to send it your way. Message me your info and I'll get it headed your way when I find it again.
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From the album: Swap&Show 2004
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From the album: Swap&Show 2004
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From the album: Swap&Show 2004
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From the album: Swap&Show 2004
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From the album: Swap&Show 2004
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From the album: Swap&Show 2004
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From the album: Swap&Show 2004
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From the album: Swap&Show 2004
