Pictures of Restoration - Page 2

325isRED · 11-01-2005, 05:25 PM

^^^ any pics of the 2002?

Striker · 11-01-2005, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by 325isRED

^^^ any pics of the 2002?

Unfortunately not. That was 13 years ago so no digital pics. I had an album I brought here with all my cars and racing pics. One morning I drove off rushing the wife to work with the leather covered album on top of my car, never to be found again.

When I asked around, some ppl said they saw it on the pavement but someone probably stole it just for the expensive album. I felt like half of my life was gone.

In the digital age it also sucks. I installed two new hard drives in my PC 9 months ago. The 200 gig was a backup with nearly 100 gigs of vids and pics. My PC suffered a power glitch from the power supply, both drives wnet down.

I sent them in for data recovery and awaiting a reply. I may have to pay 1.5K to 3K to recover the data.

Striker · 11-01-2005, 07:51 PM

It was rumored that BMW was going to produce the BMW 2002 in the year 2002.
I wish they did. The return of the VW Beatle and the Austin Mini was quite refreshing.

jm1602 · 11-01-2005, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Striker

Unfortunately not. That was 13 years ago so no digital pics. I had an album I brought here with all my cars and racing pics. One morning I drove off rushing the wife to work with the leather covered album on top of my car, never to be found again.

When I asked around, some ppl said they saw it on the pavement but someone probably stole it just for the expensive album. I felt like half of my life was gone.

In the digital age it also sucks. I installed two new hard drives in my PC 9 months ago. The 200 gig was a backup with nearly 100 gigs of vids and pics. My PC suffered a power glitch from the power supply, both drives wnet down.

I sent them in for data recovery and awaiting a reply. I may have to pay 1.5K to 3K to recover the data.

48 Webers...very nice. I feel your pain leaving the car behind, must have been a tough decision. It's killing me to go through all this but what needs to be done, needs to be done. If you know what I mean.

I plan to completely disassemble the engine, maybe go with 1800ti pistons which have the same 84mm bore as my stock ones but have 9.5:1 compression. 130 Euros is the main deterent. Hone the bore, renew timing gears, oil pump and bottom end, and paint the crank case. Cylinder head is almost restored with 292 cam.

Should be pretty dam nice when it's done.

SpoolinS6 · 11-02-2005, 01:22 AM

hey man i seen the car and person i also spoke to you a while ago id like to see where this car is going make her pretty and make her fast :p

Bandi · 11-07-2005, 07:24 PM

Good luck with the resto- looks like you have a lot to work with anyways! I hope to have my '72 2002 on the roto-hoist at work and stripped within the next couple of weeks... and I'm expecting to find some pretty large amounts of bondo.

Now... are those E30 seats in your car?

jm1602 · 11-07-2005, 10:49 PM

Man, took the tranny out tonigh in two hours which is not too bad. Pays to have done it before and way easier with the motor out.

Seats are out of a 320.

Bandi · 11-08-2005, 09:53 PM

They look good... is there much involved in swapping them?

jm1602 · 11-08-2005, 11:04 PM

The fronts bolt right in but the rear bench is too wide for an '02. I pulled the seat cover off and put it on the original seat frame.

635CSi · 11-09-2005, 01:51 AM

Looks like its in better shape than my 6er when I got it, looking foward to seeing it when its done! If you need help or insight let me know

Bandi · 11-10-2005, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by jm1602

The fronts bolt right in but the rear bench is too wide for an '02. I pulled the seat cover off and put it on the original seat frame.

Good to know... thanks!