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Have you read the following: I’m not certain the differences between the e12 and Volvo calipers are material from a stopping perspective, and both can create fitment issues for 13” rims! Regards, Steve

Present it as you see fit, but... this forum revels in dramatic before-after transformations. 😉 We get more excited by an abandoned ‘02 that becomes — 10 years later — a beauty than we do by an average ‘02 that becomes a little better-than-average! 😋 Even the best of 45-year-old cars has gone through “down” years. That just makes us love them more. I bought my 4? or 5?-owner ‘73 tii in 2014, a factory Inka car with a backyard Malaga paint job. The first three photos show it as found. The fourth and fifth photos illustrate some of what I’ve done to it thus far: tidying up the engine compartment, tidying up the interior, rebuilding the trans and differential, rebuilding the front and rear suspensions. But, as in the sixth photo, it’s still in desperate need of a good paint job, replacement of missing trim, etc. Even my ‘76 — which I bought new — has had its down era. The seventh photo was taken February 1977, the eighth in April 1977, the ninth photo in 1998 (close to the bottom of the trough here!), and the tenth photo was taken in 2019. Cars have histories. Relish them! Regards, Steve

Warning: attempts to “edit” Internet history can lead to unexpected notoriety: Regards, Steve

That doesn’t look like Golf to me. That doesn’t look like an ‘02 color to me. There are, however, some possible remnants of Golf in the heater/defroster plenum and scattered around the engine compartment. Given what a mish-mash of parts this car is, I’d confirm the original color — which may well be Golf — with BMW Group Archives ([email protected]). Best regards, Steve

Thanks, Mark, Got it!

The 1967-ish 1600-2 has a later interior and it’s been painted a later color — perhaps Topaz Brown (or possibly Sienabraun). Regards, Steve