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What did I do to my 02 today (more like yesterday)? I bought it! 1971 Chamonix. I will post more pics later. Gave it its first bath in a while too.




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This thing is a beauty.


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Good point, maybe I don’t even need one. Right now I rigged a momo push in there so I would have a horn. While it doesn’t look necessarily bad, it’s not correct. Guess I’ll get out my allen wrench again.


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Hi, anybody ever have a problem with the Nardi horn button sticking out after install?

I removed it to take a better picture, but even with the steering wheel correctly in between, there is still a sizeable gap in between the horn push and beauty ring.

I looked around online, and all of the retaining rings look proportionally as tall as mine. Should I just figure out a way to trim it down?

Thanks in advance for your input.

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Hey, that auction with the console parts is mine! If you end up bidding, mention the FAQ's and I'll give you free shipping.


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Hi, not sure if you saw my direct message, but can you send an invoice to webthread@aol.com? Unless you're in los angeles area maybe i can pick up?

I have one. $65 shipped in the lower 48. 

Like the title says, I'm looking to buy a Momo Hub (both e10 / e21 will fit). I have PayPal ready to go, thanks!

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i feel like I've seen it on here before, anyone's we know? NM/NA

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/cto/4817901860.html

Hey Steve! Ok, so I know this is an old post, but did you pick this car up in the South Bay? I live in Redondo and used to see him around a lot and he disappeared so I guess this is why (for reference I was the one with the Arsenal kit you poked fun at at Woodley a couple of years back)

I got my badge and stickers from my wife for xmas. very nice, very high quality! thanks.

1974 BMW 2002 - Runs great, Daily Driver, Automatic, lots of extras - $6000

Hi, I am listing my Sahara Beige 1974 '02 BMW automatic. I get a "thumbs up" almost everyday from someone, including today. I've had it for 2 years. Her name is "Sarah the Sahara." It is a great car, the only reason I am selling her is because my wife doesn't feel comfortable driving it, and that was part of the general idea of getting the car in the first place, that she would be able to drive it when we needed to swap cars. She's not making me sell it, but it's not as practical for us in the way that we need it to be sometimes (we have two active kids, with friends to haul around, etc). I also drive it a 100 miles a day right now, and that's just not the type of driving I had originally planned for this car and doesn't seem fair to it, but it does quite well on those long runs and in stop and go traffic, etc. I am also open to partial trades to a newer BMW like an e21 or e30.

It is currently registered and doesn't need a smog ever in the state of California. It was garaged most of its like but it has its fair share of patina for being almost 40 years old. It was always a California car. Back in May of this year, i got a full tune up, valves adjusted, etc and had compression checked which is at 160 across each cylinder. You can tell when you drive it, the engine is extremely healthy. It hauls. I hope someone doesn't want to just buy it and swap in a 5 speed, but I can't control that once it's out of my hands, so just make me think otherwise when you're test driving it.

It is mostly original, the guy I bought it from owned it for 36 years, he bought it when it was a year old. I have a TON of paperwork for it, most of it from the previous owner. The previous owner was a Hughes space engineer that lived in Manhattan Beach. He worked on engineering a plastic material that would hold up in space. The car still has his Hughes parking permit sticker, as well as a beat up AAA member sticker. I kept them on there because they are kind of cool. He did transfer the title to his daughter because he became unable to drive it, but she didn't really do anything with it except drive it every once in a while to keep the juices flowing, technically I'm combining them as the second owner together. I have the original blue plates, but they are not titled on the car right now. What happened is he got handicap plates, then his daughter took control of the car, and asked to put the blue plates back on, but someone at the DMV checked the wrong box and sent her new plates. She called the DMV and they said "sorry, too late" and she never tried again, she had an extreme appreciation for the car, but was not an enthusiast. When I got the car, I tried to do it when I took ownership, but they said I had to wait 3 years and the story they gave as to why sounded completely crazy, but anyway, I have lots of old registration cars and the plates if you want to work on getting them back on there. We can talk more about it when you come to look at the car. The title is clear.

I have lots of extra parts:

- extra radiator

- extra Frigiking AC unit and console facia, etc.

- I have the original wheels, but it is currently on e30 bottlecaps that are in excellent condition.

- It has the original radio (not totally original, BMW's didn't some with radios but it's from 1974).

- I also installed rear shoulder belts to satisfy my wife's concerns for the kids, but I did NOT mess up the rear deck, I made a new one since the bolts go through, so the original rear deck panel is still intact.

- The door cards are uncut.

- The dash has no cracks.

- extra rear windows

- headliner is mint

- new alternator a few months old

- sun shades in good condition

- back seat restuffed

- i have the original badges, but bought some plastic ones for temporary

- Water pump is a year old (did it as a precaution, I didn't know how old the other one was)

- I have an AC bracket to convert to newer rotary compressor but never got around to it.

- spare kidney grille

- passenger seat in awesome condition, driver seat is totally fine to drive with but could use some help

- Set of recaro seats for an additional $1,000

There is so much more the car, history and parts, I can't think of it all. Feel free to ask me questions.You can email me, or call me at 310.eight49.two42four. I will take pics asap. Thanks.

Year: 1974

Make: BMW

Model: 2002

Sounds like fun, will try to make it down as well

Thanks, is that the only real difference, or are there others I should be concerned about in my manual as well? Just wondering if it's worth trying to track down an updated version.

Maybe I'm late to the party, but my 1974 manual (i confirmed it was printed in 1974) shows a completely different fuse layout than the sticker under my hood. I confirmed the hood sticker was correct, because my #5 was blown and the wipers didn't work which matches the hood. If #5 was blown according to the manual, then my blinker shouldn't have worked.

I live in So Cal so if it hadn't rained last week, I may have never known!

Anyway, just another reason not to trust everything you read, even if it came with your car. I have subsequently matched all of the fuses to the hood sticker to avoid any future problems.

Sent an email a couple of days ago. Thanks in advance.  JP

Thanks everyone, I took you up on the advice today to clean all the connections and also replaced the blubs while I had it out. I didn't think of that and they are a little brighter now. I like the idea of the y-shaped pigtail, but will have to do at a later date, I don't have anything to solder with and had to put my car back together because it is my daily driver. I am also going to be replacing the ground straps, they just seem a little worse for wear and tired, they're probably original.

I think the general cleaning made some mild improvement, hopefully the new ground straps will finish the job. If not, I'll move on to the Y pig tail.

Thanks for the clarification, I definiltey didn't want to start digging in there without a second opinion. I noticed that short wire too, must have been trying to keep copper costs down...? haha. I'll give your suggestions a shot.  JP

Hi, i've been experiencing some bouncy needle syndrome when turning on headlights, blinkers etc so I know it is related to grounds as I've now read thousands of posts on the subject. My question is more specifically, what do I clean? Where do I run extra grounds? I have the cluster out and was going to start there and work my way outward, so what should I be cleaning here? Is this going to far? I can't see any buildup, and I certainly dont' want to start messing with the gauge. Did I take it too literally when people said clean the contacts of the gauge? Did you just mean clean outside where the connections meet the back of the cluster?

Thanks guys! I must have had a preminition on Monday because yesterday my brake warning light came on and stayed on so I topped it off and drove it gingerly so I wouldn't have to slam on the brakes.  I'm going to take it by Coast today.

Hi, I live in Redondo and just started working in Irvine. My car has been making the drive like a champ every morning and afternoon! Some of the traffic is stop and go, some is 60-70 mph depending on where I am on the 405.  In case "something happens" I'd like to know where I should take it in Irvine if I need something done. In April I had a major tune up, valve adjustment, etc and compression is 165 across all cylinders and new tires/alignment so it's got a clean bill of health. Thanks

ok, thanks. I ususally do search, in this case I got "No results found for 'ameritrade'." perhaps it has something to do with the forum changeover.

Hope this isn't a repost, they kind of messed around with the front end, but it's a 2002. The car rolls into the scene at around the 10 second mark

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeRmqS5maBY&list=SPf5N6dqfQaNSU3lkZ94OULA0DgVa9YAMW

The wagon is what the hit man was driving. Farrah Fawcet was in this episode so it was the original cast, all 3 Angels drove Fords, one is a Pinto

Just thought I'd share, because it is slightly more interesting than my Accounting work that I'm studying.