other Rare Finds!

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Here is the story on how I found mine 

http://www.bmw2002faq.com/topic/59067-so-guess-what-i-found-the-other-day-behind-my-fender-pics/?hl=hamada#entry548617

it was a pretty good day.

 

hamada

 

I think I missed that thread in 2007! Vintage spam at the end of it also!

 

I bought mine on the classifieds on this board a couple years ago. Also I have a silver one, as referenced in your thread. Heh. That one is cut for the car...

 

Cheers,

[percy]

Per original post:  "(please don't post regular advertisements and please edit your posts if the item has sold)"

 

Seems like you are less interested in rarity and more interested in what's available.

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[percy]

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[adawil2002]

Scott Sislane has a Tulip tip antenna.

[mickem02]

I like the idea of this thread. Here's a Heideger M10 valve cover. Had a photo of a Motornord cover but can't seem to find it now.

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Here is the MotorNord cover, from my car.

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Some of these items may not be any "rarer" than threads about rarity.      By definition, all original parts and accessories, even for a mass produced car, tend to get scarcer after four decades.   To me, rare is an all original or unmolested 40 year old car.   Rare is also a one-off car.   The original post seeks "parts, cars, or items that don't show up too often."  This probably includes a hefty percentage of this forum's threads. 

 

Looking back through the archives there are tool kits and literature and headliners that seem to be rarer than rare especially when offered for sale.  But are they?  The same may be asked of old new stock seat pads and glass.  Is a boxed Bosch 175T30 plug rare?   Or the Judson magneto?

 

Not to brag, but I have the folding keys  .  .  . and I have had three cars equiped with Hirschmann "red tipped" antenna.  I suppose it is rare that despite other things "lifted" from my cars, e.g., badging, trim, turn signals, shift knobs,  the red tips stayed put.  Sislane had several posts concerning these..  http://www.bmw2002faq.com/topic/90158-red-tip-by-ought2oooohhh/

 

 

Percy is a rare name.

 

[PaulTWinterton]

Hirshmann jewel tip antenna

 

Anyone willing to part with one of those Hirshmann jewel tip antennas?

 

This is the button on the floor that changes the radio station on the Blaupunkt. Scott

 

Even back then BMW was smart about "Distracted Driving".  Very cool.

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Anyone willing to part with one of those Hirshmann jewel tip antennas?

 

 

 

 

Even back then BMW was smart about "Distracted Driving".  Very cool.

 

Since I understand all radios were dealer-installed, you might revise your comment to "Blaupunkt."

 

 

Cheers,

[PaulTWinterton]

Since I understand all radios were dealer-installed, you might revise your comment to "Blaupunkt."

 

Good point.  So I guess any car of that period could have the foot switch added.  huh.  I remember high beams on my dad's Chrysler, and other cars having that switch on the floor.  But never the radio.  I suppose driving 160k on the autobahn would spark the idea of hands-free radio control.  

[Mike Self]

Both my '02s have the Golde pop-up air deflectors on their sunroofs.  And both were salvaged from 70s vintage Porsche 911s; they bolted right in.  And the little plastic clips that fasten to the underside of the sunroof panel (to prevent rattles) are still available from Porsche.  They look very cool, but there's a tradeoff:  less buffeting at speed with the sunroof open, but more wind noise.  

 

But they still look cool.

 

mike

[adawil2002]

Stan Chamallas (Stan on the FAQ)) remanufactures/remanufactured the Golde wind deflectors with aluminum billet hinges, new springs and white plastic clips.  Better than original he was selling them for $450 each installed.

[Conserv]

Good point. So I guess any car of that period could have the foot switch added. huh. I remember high beams on my dad's Chrysler, and other cars having that switch on the floor. But never the radio. I suppose driving 160k on the autobahn would spark the idea of hands-free radio control.

My familiarity with the foot switch is with Becker Grand Prix radios. The Grand Prix models, which were the top of the Becker line, had "Wonderbar Tuning" (a.k.a., automatic search tuning), via a face-mounted pushbar, from the late '50s. And you need to have automatic search tuning in order to have the foot-actuated switch. If your radio didn't have automatic search tuning -- and very few did in the '50s and '60s -- a foot switch wasn't possible. The earliest example I've seen was a '61 MB 300d with what I am certain was the original Grand Prix and a foot switch. I suppose I don't know for certain, however, whether the foot switch was available in '61, available earlier, or added later in the '60s.

The foot switch was, at minimum, a German high-end radio thing from at least the '60s, possibly earlier.

Regards,

Steve

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[PaulTWinterton]

Locking gas cap with spring-loaded keyhole cover?   I have seen plenty of locking caps but not this one.   Sorry for the lorez picture.


I love my Golde replica wind deflector.  

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[Conserv]

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I love my Golde replica wind deflector.  

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I wouldn't say a word, and the secret would remain between you and Stan!

Best regards,

Steve

[saaron]

My familiarity with the foot switch is with Becker Grand Prix radios. The Grand Prix models, which were the top of the Becker line, had "Wonderbar Tuning" (a.k.a., automatic search tuning), via a face-mounted pushbar, from the late '50s. And you need to have automatic search tuning in order to have the foot-actuated switch. If your radio didn't have automatic search tuning -- and very few did in the '50s and '60s -- a foot switch wasn't possible. The earliest example I've seen was a '61 MB 300d with what I am certain was the original Grand Prix and a foot switch. I suppose I don't know for certain, however, whether the foot switch was available in '61, available earlier, or added later in the '60s.

 

I believe the radio is a "Coburg" model.  The button on the far left of the bank of buttons also activates the "go to the next station" seek function.  

 

The German couple I bought the car from told me "you don't want to be looking down at your radio when you're on the Autobahn".  Makes sense.  I called them a few days after I bought the car - I thought the switch looked like an old American car high-beam switch, even though I knew it wasn't.  Imagine my amazement when they told me it changed the radio station.  I used to mess with people - told them the radio would change stations if they snapped their fingers.  People eventually figured it out.  

 

Scott