It’s been a while since I updated my friends on the progress of the restoration of my 1969 BMW 2002 that was originally started in late 2004. It was supposed to take 3 months and I would have been driving it just in time for the weather to get warmer in 2005. The shop that [...]
I managed to pickup a set of better looking wheels for the BMW 2002 this afternoon. These will look a lot better than the old school wheels that are on there now. Though these wheels look huge, they’re only 13″ and are original on 2002s — I won’t be “Pimpin’ My Ride.” The electrical was [...]
The final coat of paint went onto the ‘02 while I was in India. It needs to be buffed once or twice before the exterior is complete. There are a few interior rust spots that need to be fixed as well before the new carpet gets installed. Afterwards, there won’t be a [...]
The engine and the transmission are back in the 2002. I expected more to be accomplised upon my most recent visit, but I have come to also expect things not to happen nearly as fast as I was promised. It’s supposed to get sanded and primed again soon before getting final exterior paint. [...]
Here’s a list of significant recent developments in the quest to restore “Eugene,” my 1969 BMW 2002.
1. Entire car has been primed. Needs to be sanded.
2. Interior trunk, engine bay, and wheel wells have final paint.
3. German wool carpet arrived and delivered to the shop.
4. Engine and suspension go back in starting tomorrow.
The process seems [...]
The visits to the 2002 in the shop are becoming more frequent in order to photograph and capture the various stages. It will be finished by March 15 — or else. The shop has been given a mandate to finish soon.
Pictured above is a photograph from yesterday that shows the rear-end [...]
I visisted the ‘02 in the shop this morning. The restoration project continues slowly, but with steady progress. The engine bay got the final coat of paint recently. The picture doesn’t really do it justice, but you get a sense of what the final look will be.
The rear-end came back from being [...]
The original back-end from the 2002 restoration project was amputated this week because of an automotive gangrene known as rust. Luckily, a donor 2002tii was nearby and the transplant should be made sometime this week.
It turns out that amount of rust in the back-end was significant enough to justify removing it all and replacing [...]
As some of you know, I have been restoring (read: paying someone to restore) a 1969 BMW 2002 that I picked up in Eugene, Oregon. Well, “pick up” isn’t quite the way to put it either. David Wright, Jerry Stover, and I flew out to Seattle in May of ‘04 in hopes [...]
We visited the 2002 in the shop this past Saturday. I was hoping that it would be in completion stage by now, but no such luck.
On the other hand, I am a little lucky in that my empty laptop bag was found on some street in London. It’s being shipped to me as [...]
I visited the BWM 2002 in the shop today to see how the restoration job was coming along. The good news is that there is far less rust than one might have imagined from looking at it from the surface.
They should have all the old paint off soon. They’ll then begin to fix [...]
Visited the 2002 in the shop yesterday. I’m getting a little attached to it. I need to find someone who can do quality bodywork at reasonable rates here in town. It should be in working order by the time I get back from Thailand. I’m thinking about calling “Pimp My Ride,” [...]
Don’t fault me for getting a little strange on this last round of terror alerts by the Fuhrer. But then again, I think I am getting stranger as age sets in. Having to say the word “thirty” the other day in reference to a soon to be age was a little startling. [...]
The transport company called saying that they dropped off my dead 1969 BMW 2002 at the mechanic here in Atlanta. Here are some of the restore issues in order of importance:
1. Car won’t start now - at all
2. Caliper apparently sticking, veers to the left when braking
3. None of the gauges [...]
Quick update on the eBay purchased BMW 2002 that has been sitting in Seattle for a while now. It won’t start. Yeah, that’s right. It won’t turn over, in mechanic speak.
But Chris Cornell has probably seen it on more than one occassion and thought to himself who he’d rather have the little [...]