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Paid someone else to rebuild my Solexes!

Voted. Nice work!

This particular car (the 'famous' Beaconwood '72 Agave) was definitely never presented as rust-free by anyone but the extent of the roof rust is disappointing because it's such a tricky fix. @mike I got that article from you already-- thanks! I hope it's that 'simple' but I think the roof rust in your article was a side-effect of acid stripping/paint prep, whereas I think the cause of mine is good old-fashioned leaking. The headliner all around the sunroof is stained, and the sunroof cassette has rust, at least on the edges. @TG2k2 Yes, the sunroof still scrapes a bit but the fix is easy-- leave it open and put it in the garage. I'm pretty serious about putting in a sliding Webasto style roof. This car has already been wrecked/restored/repainted extensively, it's got non-original tii engine and running gear, and about 80 pounds of vintage 80s audio gear so it's far from pristine.

Solution?

I'm afraid I might have the same situation under the paint--

Anybody know of a good mechanic in or around Buffalo? I might have (oops I did) bought a Bavaria and I'm thinking about flying and immediately driving it 6 hours. It seems to be in could shape but I'd like to get it checked out and tuned up at least. Thanks Michael

John, Short answer is-- I don't know. But this link to the German '02 club website seems to suggest they did: https://www.bmw-02-club.de/index.php/die-wagen/bmw-alpina Ein BMW 2002ti, 1970, mit dem Alpina A2-Bausatz überarbeitet, holt mit 300° Nockenwelle, Zylinderkopf-Feinarbeit und zwei 45er Weber-Doppelvergasern rund 150 PS aus 2 Litern Hubraum. Bilder aus einem 100.000km-Dauertest (!!!) der Zeitschrift mot 1971.Typische Alpina-Extras sind die Zusatzinstrumente in eigener Box und das Lenkrad. Die Instrumente selber haben das helle Innenteil geschwärzt. Der Luftfilter ist ein modifizierter Serienfilter des 2002ti, der allerdings für eine heftige Geräuschkulisse sorgt. A BMW 2002ti, 1970, revised with the Alpina A2 kit, brings with its 300 ° camshaft, cylinder head precision work and two 45 Weber double carburetors around 150 hp from 2 liters of displacement. Pictures from a 100.000km endurance test (!!!) of the magazine mot 1971. Typical Alpina extras are the additional instruments in own box and the steering wheel. The instruments themselves have blackened the bright inner part. The air filter is a modified series filter of the 2002ti, which, however, provides for a loud background noise.

Here is a pic of mine-- ridges but no date stamp. Don't have a picture of the front side for some reason. Michael