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Hi all,

I have dealt with that guy from Indonesia when I bought old style front and rear windshield seals for my '67 tilux.  His prices at the time were high but not loony-tunes ridiculous, and he shipped them quickly with no problems.  I, too, could not justify paying what he is now asking for any of his parts, particularly as the Canadian $ was worth about US $.90 at the time compared to it currently being worth 2 turds in a basket (thanks, Socialism!)  Sorry, I digress. 

I have a pair of NOS NK vent window rubbers which I bought off ebay.de about a gazillion years ago.  I will eventually need them for my resto, but this thread got me thinking about the possibility of using them to 3-D print a pattern as a first step to remanufacturing them.  There must be about a hundred or so NKs left globally and most of them obviously would need vent window rubbers by now.

I personally have no background in manufacturing, so if anyone has any comments or experience in remanufacturing rubber parts, I would welcome your input.

Alex

Hi Tom, your car is coming along very nicely.  Excellent progress.  As it turns out, our cars are at a very similar stage in body work.  Mine is now in primer (again for the second time).  I have been down a few detours; needing to have the front right corner pulled out a half inch to get the fender to fit, substituting the hood and trunk lid from my parts car to replace the original hood with 10 lbs of filler and the trunk lid with badly repaired pinholes under the rear lip, and finally a NOS right front door to replace the original, which would not line up at the rear corner.  Once you are at a certain stage, you may as well just keep going! Hopefully applying color next month...

Thanks for the latest report,

Alex

Wallosch und Nesch seems to have all 4 of them, and the short rear ones.

BTS Autoteile has a front left.

Alex

That would have to do with the vertical taillights vs. the horizontal, more "upscale" look of the 2000s, the filler piece on the trunk lid, and the chrome trim between the taillights.  Only Giovanni would know for sure, if he did the re-design. (and was still alive)

Alex

I am wondering if there are any 2000 tiluxes out there with original panels to do a small survey.  02tom and I have been having a discussion about whether all tiluxes have no air intake snorkel in the nose panel, similar to the 2002 ti and tii, or whether variation occurred.  I maintain that my engine bay was original enough when I bought my car, based on scruffy original paint, the presence of the "roofing material" sound deadening on the inner fenders, and no overspray or masking lines, and it does have the air intake and is a genuine tilux.  Comments appreciated....

Alex

3 hours ago, 02tom said:

Could be, i don't remember at the moment, but what model is yours? 

 

 

It is a 1967 2000 tilux, production date October 27th, 1966, which I purchased in 2015.  Good idea about a new thread.

Hi Tom,

After giving this more thought, I am now convinced that my car was built with the air intake snorkel.  I am basing this on the fact that, when I bought it, my car had about 5 coats of poorly applied paint on the outer panels, along with blacked out chrome and removed beltline trim.  However, the engine bay still had it's "roofing shingle" sound deadening panels intact on the inner fenders and original Granada paint present with no overspray.  Maybe a case of using whatever panels were available.

Alex

Hi Tom,

You have raised an interesting point.  My own tilux is currently in primer at a "proper" restoration shop after being the victim of poor workmanship done previously.  It has a nose panel with the air intake snorkel, but the resto shop folks feel that there was collision damage years ago with sloppy welding in the corners where attached to the inner fenders.  I am now wondering if this is the original nose panel to the car.  I always thought that NKs all had the same nose panel, but a check of the blue parts book shows a unique part number for the tilux shell.  I will say that my car is early production, being  number 1234.  Do you feel that all tilux's were made with no air intake in the nose panel?

Keep up the great work.  I am enjoying watching your progress.

Alex

Hi KB, Is this what you are referring to? Art.-No. A33329058822 from W&N rear axle section. There is also a section in the repair manual showing the factory alignment jig in use.  Hope this helps.

-Alex

I have never seen a part number for these, maybe because they are welded to the panel. You will probably find a closer source, but Restoration Design in Guelph, Ontario, Canada has a selection of weld nuts. https://www.restoration-design.com/ .  I never thought to save them when I scrapped my parts car.

-Alex

Does anyone have a spare series 2 right side engine mount bracket?  I am converting my 1967 to a 2002 K-frame and have posted in Parts Wanted.  Since that post may get lost in the 2002 weeds, I am posting here as well.  Thanks.

Alex

WTB- Right side engine mount bracket  for series 2 NK which uses the 2002 K-frame.  Found!

Great progress.

-Alex

That looks amazing!  Reassembly is always the most satisfying part of restoration.  Out of curiosity, could those possibly be the original floors?

https://www.wallothnesch.com/motorteile-kuehlung/bmw-1500-2000-tii-4-tueren/katalogbild-11-32.html

Here it is....and cheap at only 92.39 Euros (ex V.A.T.)

Alex

Steve, I can help you with a pair of freshly plated hood opener stops.

Alex

This fault, along with the improved Pitman arm design, gives me justification in upgrading to the re-designed K-frame in my Series 1 tilux.  That, and the 150hp, reportedly Carl Nelson built engine, which would probably shred these on a regular basis!

I would first check the condition of the rubber mount at the rear of the transmission, then the driveshaft bearing.

-Alex

Does anyone know if floor pans are being reproduced anywhere for NKs?  I have checked the usual suspects (W&N, BTS, Rogerstii) with no luck.  The closest that I have found are for E9s.

Thanks,

Alex

I prefer the flat dash, steering wheel and wood dash and door trim of my series 1, but am upgrading to the series 2 subframes and drivetrain which the PO thoughtfully installed in my parts car.  Truly the best of both worlds, IMO.  And what's not to like about the old style 10 slat kidney grille? 

I found one!  PM me if you are interested.   I have tried to show the areas that wear.

Hi Ed,

I should have one or two of these in my stash.

Alex

I completely understand.

It is located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.  I would think that the shipping would be prohibitively expensive unless a way could be found to combine it with another car or container going to Europe.

Alex