4 door 02 ok, Bavaria few more pics added

[AndyS]

My buddy Greg had been building me a super bav in his spare time from alot of stuff I still had in NC over the last few years. A few months ago the began stripping was looked like a great body for paint. Right rear qtr into the rear panel was geficked and had a couple inches of bondo. I found a promising Bavaria with some spare parts for cheap in TN. I Already had a rusted out bav parts car from the Lars Anderson Museum. Anyway, the car gets there Greg calls me at like 11pm and says he will not hack it up to make the superbavaria because it is way to nice. 100813 miles on it. It had been in storage for 20 years. So, long story short, I don't get a super bav and my wife gets a refurbished(didn't need restoration) 1972 Bavaria with auto and air(added seat heaters for her skinny butt)Original interior.

[schwarz75]

Good for you (and your wife) Andy. Those are nice driving BMWs.... and they don't look like something from the orient like modern BMWs.

[Gordon]

E3's are awesome, I've owned two 73 Bavaria's and now I own a 70 Euro spec 2800 http://www.coupeking.com/product_id-407.html Both my Bavaria's originally came with autotragics but both were converted to manual gearboxes, one a 4 speed, the other a 5 speed. They are so much more fun to drive with a manual gearbox. Just let your wife drive it till the autotragic dies then do a 5 speed conversion. I have a set of old school 15" BBS RA wheels that I'm going to put on this car. It's hard to find decent tires in the original size (195/70-14) anymore unless you want a tire geared toward a Camry owner. For more info on E3's, join the senior six email list.

G-Man

[beammmer]

my first introduction to BMWs. My roommate at school in 1974 had a '73 Bavaria in Colorado. What a machine. My wife would positively kill me, but I would love to find a decent one. Better not, I'm pretty sure I'd be killed.

Don

[SteveJ]

My wife would positively kill me, but I would love to find a decent one. Better not, I'm pretty sure I'd be killed.

Don

Bav's have a pretty big trunk. All the better for her to hide your body.

Better not.

[JohnS]

Sweet looking car. Love that color. I remember when I bought my 3.0 csi back in the early 90's my mechanic trying to talk me out of buying it saying "the coupe is just a Bavaria with a pretty skin."

John

[AndyS]

They feel the same to me. I sold my coupe a few years ago, but have my bastard child 2000C on the road.

[beammmer]

My wife would positively kill me, but I would love to find a decent one. Better not, I'm pretty sure I'd be killed.

Don

Bav's have a pretty big trunk. All the better for her to hide your body.

Better not.

You are so right. I had a Chevelle Laguna at the time, basically a one small suitcase trunk. I was blown away by the Bavaria trunk. If I remember correctly we snuck two guys into a drive in movie in the trunk.

Ah the memories!!!

Don

[andrey]

I love my Bavaria. E3's are, I think, the best BMWs ever made.

[AndyS]

OOOOOO, Golf. My 02 is golf.

[JohnS]

They feel the same to me. I sold my coupe a few years ago, but have my bastard child 2000C on the road.

Andy,

Just an FYI, I recently transplanted the Scheel seats from your ex-truck (via Esty) into my coupe. They worked out pretty good. My semi-fat butt barely fits. I'm going to work on restoring the original seats just in case. They must have been made for your wife? ;-)

Take it easy,

John

[JohnS]

I love my Bavaria. E3's are, I think, the best BMWs ever made.

The E3's look like they have good leg room in the back. I know in my coupe that there's almost no leg room in the back. That combined with the 4-doors makes them a lot more functional. I've always like them...

and Golf too... Sweet cars

[conkitchen]

....from alot of stuff I still had .

You certainly have a lot of stuff.

When are we going to see the fruits from the roadster? ;-)

The wife might just dig the wind in her hair.

[AndyS]

Roadster will require John's welding skills. It has already been on the sketchboard.

John, the seats didn't fit me very well either, but they looked damned cool. I actually bought them off Jaime M a few years ago.

[conkitchen]

Roadster will require John's welding skills. It has already been on the sketchboard.

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Looks interesting thus far.

Make us (uhm, me) proud!