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    Conserv replied to resra's topic in Miscellaneous

    Some clever person — I am not he — could look up that KBA number (40235?) and probably quickly determine the owner of the design and the manufacturer. I Googled it to no success! GLWS, Steve
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    Conserv replied to resra's topic in Miscellaneous

    Any markings on the reverse? Regards, Steve
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    Now this is the biggest surprise application of all, Andrew. I’ve pictured them on the more...posh models. Absolutely brilliant! Best regards, Steve
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    But for a Yank, that will just mean that the Brits won the war.... ? Best regards, Steve
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    I’ve also seen these on the older cars, Chris. Perhaps the 4 digits on my ‘76’s rear seat support are a replacement for these radiator support apron numbers? Best regards, Steve
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    +1 I have the same complaint, Les! Here’s a theory. As with most of my theories, I’m pulling this out of....the air.... ? The LHD OEM visors went NLA many years ago (by “LHD”, I mean no mirror on the left side, mirror on the right side). For some unknown reason, BMW appeared to have RHD OEM visors available for the last decade. I have a pair which I bought from BMW perhaps five years ago. Maybe someone accidentally over-ordered or mis-ordered RHD visors, or the manufacturer over-estimated demand for RHD visors. The scene is set. Lots (perhaps a majority?) of ‘02 owners, seeing the RHD visor sets available for the last decade, may not realize that a mirror on the left, no mirror on the right is a RHD set. They may not realize that there were LHD and RHD sets. Did the party reproducing the visors realize they were producing a RHD set? I’d wager they didn’t. I’ve dragged my feet about installing my OEM RHD set precisely because they are RHD. As with a 123 distributor, I figure I’ll eventually cave.... ? Best regards, Steve
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    Ray, Jake, and anyone else who can provide a photo of a VIN on that rear seat support, please provide the car’s manufacturing date, if you have one — and provide the car’s VIN if there is any ambiguity to the stamping. At present, we have no real sense of whether this extra stamped VIN is a function of the car’s manufacturing date, or what.... Thanks and best regards, Steve
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    From a July 1967 1600-2 brochure, not a great image, but something... Second small vignette from the left. I’m fairly confident my ‘67 had this style boot, and that was back in the day. Regards, Steve
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    Ed, A bunch of U.S. Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury models also offered it as an option in the late ‘80’s/early ‘90’s(?). My mother had a 1988(?) Mercury Sable with the option and it was far superior to a traditional windshield defroster on a cold morning. You could recognize the cars from a distance as the the windshields had a yellowish-purplish opacity (not a good look) from many exterior angles. I thought the system in that instance was a conductive coating, or possibly a layer embedded into the laminated windshield. Given the ‘02’s weak defrosting capability, sounds like a neat idea. Might have to upgrade that alternator.... ? Best regards, Steve
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    Interesting car: Turf used to be somewhat common among early (well, maybe just ‘67) 1600-2’s in my neck of the woods — that would be Southeastern, PA in those days. Now I rarely see it. It was carried over from the NK sedans. The passenger door card suggests this car had a gray interior originally (the headrest front seats are 1969 or later). This, Turf with gray interior, was a very cool combo! This example retains many of the 1967 1600-2 features: outside rearview mirror at leading edge of door, two-spoke steering wheel, chrome-trimmed dashboard, silver bezel on the instrument cluster, remote power brake booster, and, of course, 6-volt electricals. If the VIN is 1517833, I’d guess this is a February 1967 example. Regards, Steve
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    Hmmm... I don’t suppose you have a photo, Ray? I haven’t seen this in other cars, but maybe I just haven’t looked closely.... ? Below is the only photo I can find of the left side of that seat support, laid bare, for either the ‘73 or ‘76. This happens to be the ‘76. Am I looking at the correct spot? (There do appear to be four numbers stamped into that upper face — 8736? — albeit they don’t seem to relate to the VIN — 2742541, in this instance.) An extra VIN stamp certainly would be useful in some instances! Best regards, Steve
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    Andrew, It certainly fooled me. I won’t dispute this — although I’m an old plumbing fan and have lots of new and old polished nickel in my home’s bathrooms, none of which is quite as “warm yellow” as my original jogged ends — but...how do you know this? I do recall that the right trunk board’s tiny hold-down screws were nickel-plated, confounding those who guessed they were chrome-plated. Best regards, Steve
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    If something happened, I don’t believe it had anything to do with traditional car thieves. Here’s a hypothetical: It’s 1985. Joe Blow owns Car A, a 1969 2002 with a rusted-out body. It does, however, have a clean title. Joe Blow happens across Car B, a 1969 2002 with a VIN very close to Car A. But Car B has no title, a salvage title, or an abandoned car title. Joe thinks, “Who’s going to care if I apply Car A’s VIN to Car B?” Car A, a rusted out Bristol car with a title, is worth $200 — it’s 1985, for heaven’s sake. Car B, legitimized with Car A’s title, would be worth all of $1,000 — it’s 1985, for heaven’s sake! The inner fender VIN tag is transferred over. The steering column VIN tag is transferred over. A small patch and a little work “fixes” the inner fender’s chassis VIN. Car B’s engine is good but, darn it, has its original engine number. Joe grinds off the engine number, grinds off the casting date from the head — he’s not a concours judge and not exactly certain what he’s doing. Et voila! Car B has assumed Car A’s title. Life goes on just fine, until 2018, when a bunch of overly-critical old-car nerds start examining Car A, or should we refer to it as Car B? Regards, Steve
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    2762639

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    Legal delivery to Hoffman Motors Corp on October 27, 1972. VIN 2762630 was the first U.S. 1973 model tii. Thus, VIN 2762639 was the 10th U.S. 1973 model tii produced. When I examined the car in May, 2014, it had severe rust on most lower panels, and the roof — the latter perhaps from an aftermarket sunroof installed at some point in the car’s history. The rusted-out roof appears to have facilitated the collection of water inside the passenger compartment, rusting out the floor. The car was crudely color-changed from Polaris to Chamonix at some point in its history. But, hey, look, a nosepiece, including the radiator support, without a snorkel! The engine block has an engine number boss on which the factory-stamped displacement, “2,0”, remains visible, but the engine number itself was not clear at my examination or in my photo. Although I assumed at that time that the car had a replacement engine, I’ve changed that assessment, as I do not believe the factory stamp for engine displacement (i.e., “2,0”) would survive the boss-grinding process included in a factory rebuild. I would like to see the engine casting date, to see if it aligns with the car’s manufacturing date, or within a few months prior to the car’s manufacturing date. The original Navy Blue interior remained in place, but was in very poor condition. Based on the Georgia (Dekalb County) license plates, the car appeared to have last been registered in 1994. The car was, in May 2014, owned by an owner of Intown Auto Care of Decatur, Georgia (located in the Oakhurst neighborhood), where the car was parked. He had purchased it shortly prior to May 2014 from a long-time owner who lived on Clifton Road in the Candler Park neighborhood of Atlanta. Given its condition, and the market for and valuation of tii’s at that time, I characterized this car as a likely parts car. In a more recent trip to Atlanta — January 2019 — I noticed the car remains in its same parking area, apparently un-moved since May 2014. I have no doubt that some potential owners would characterize the car as a restoration candidate, albeit a very challenging candidate. And I would applaud such an effort, heroic as it might be. If you always wanted a Polaris round taillight tii, and are ready for a restoration challenge, check this car out!
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    No...sorry... But your 3.90 diff (“10” pinion teeth, “39” ring gear teeth, stamped into the left front side of the housing) was assembled in July 1976 (“7” over “6” on the left front side of the housing). The housing itself was cast June 20, 1976 (“20 676” on top rear of housing). This diff came out of a very late 49-state version of the ‘76 U.S. model. Regards, Steve
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    I used Metal Finishers of Atlanta in Lilburn, GA, while I lived in Atlanta. They did nice work and were nice people. But there must be a place nearer you where you can actually walk in, rather than mailing your items in. Regards, Steve
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    Well....there may or may not have been a universal treatment of these items. They can look credible multiple ways, provided they have no body color overspray on them! Here’s what I did with my ‘76 at the recent Big Re-Paint: Hood Hold-Down Bar The original bar on my ‘76, as well as a spare bar I purchased — I don’t know what year car it came off — were factory finished in silver and yellow cadmium, which I had duplicated in clear and yellow zinc. Both bars showed the same original finishes: the straight bar and the big center spring were plated in silver cadmium while the jogged bar ends and miscellaneous hardware were plated in yellow cadmium. The first three photos below, of my ‘76 in August 1983, illustrate this distribution of finishes. By 2012, the finishes were really bad, but you can still see, where the plastic end bushing has been removed, the yellow cadmium of the jogged bar end, fourth photo. I don’t have a good photo of the bar ends today, but the fifth and sixth photos should give you the idea. Wiper Motor Arms (in the Plenum) Yes, rust-and-overspray is the common appearance. Although I’ve seen examples with what might have originally been silver cadmium, as Mike S. notes above, most of the late wiper motor arms I’ve seen might have been originally galvanized. If so, they were plated thinly, as rust is common. The seventh photo shows some of the original finish left on my ‘76’s arms. That rectangular connecting bar was, however, silver cadmium plated, and done much better than the arms. I thought that clear zinc would “over-bling” these arms, so I had them powder coated a flat, dull, light gray, and they now look like a clean version of the original — no photo available. But, to be clear, I used powder coating to approximate the original appearance: I believe the original finish was some sort plating or galvanizing. Regards, Steve
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    Assuming, of course, that the final “8” was always an “8” and not a “3”.... Any ambiguity, in your opinion, about the “4”? Well, step one should be to ask BMW Group Archives for the data on VIN’s 1667408, 1667418, etc.... Best regards, Steve
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    +1^ Nevada. (OK: the area under the rear seat has some Bristol tendencies.) The steering column clamshell — top and bottom components — with metal VIN tag attached, takes all of five minutes to move from car A to car B. That steering column VIN tag began its life on car A and is now attached to car B. Thanks for keeping us posted. Regards, Steve
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    If you don’t have an LSD, you may go home wishing you had an LSD: that inside rear wheel will lift and spin.... But maybe that’s, in effect, a crude traction control mechanism, keeping your speed within reasonable bounds.... ? Regards, Steve
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    I’d wager you could wrap it in a couple rounds of bubble wrap and drop it off at Greyhound.... Best regards, Steve
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    The seat bottom looks to be in good condition and should certainly be of use to someone. As to the backrest, the UPS Brown vinyl might be of interest to someone repairing UPS Brown seats. Alternatively, someone might want the backrest seat frame. Don’t simply throw them out! Advertise them on this forum, for not a lot of money. Regards, Steve
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    Not familiar with that A/C installation either, Ed! It’s conceptually similar to the rare Mark IV Custom system in the presence of a distribution vent on the dashboard parcel tray (below). But that console suggests a possible home-made system. Is the evaporator in the console, or in the glove compartment? Where is the blower fan located? I’m guessing there are no brand names or markings on the unit... Best regards, Steve
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    Cheviot Sonics. Apparently manufactured in New Zealand. More commonly seen in....New Zealand and Australia. More common on VW than on BMW. Good-looking period rim. The recessed portions may have originally been painted black. Regards, Steve
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    ^+1 No. The dark brown color — we often, irreverently, refer to it as “UPS Brown” — was available at the March 1966 introduction of the 1600-2, and preceded the lighter brown color. The latest appearances of the dark brown color were in 1968. The dark brown vinyl also become NLA fairly early in the ‘02 era. I would guess that someone had a mostly good dark brown backrest with a sun-burned top. The later smooth vinyl was used to replace the entire top of the backrest, both the original smooth and perforated vinyl. Regards, Steve
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