I went looking for my Dad’s blue binders and got way more than I bargained for.

[jimk]

1 hour ago, visionaut said:

ahh, KarZundpartZ

I have that catalog too along with receipts and price list.

[VWJake]

Alpina Deko kit brochure: 

 

I think I’m gonna order a hill climb Cam, and a few sets of pistons... some Alpina seats and wheels,  and maybe some bilstein struts/shocks as well. Prices look pretty reasonable. ?

 

 

[Dudeland]

Someone should really scan an publish the rare manuals.  I am sure that the people restoring an emission era car would appreciate some help with that. 

[hellayego]

Even beyond the helpfulness of the manuals... what a design artifact! I'm amazed at how lo-fi and amateur the visual layouts are (Alpina catalog!). Certainly these documents are utilitarian, but with BMW's reputation as one of the main horsemen ushering in post-war German modernism... I guess I'm just surprised it's not all calculated brilliance... great find@vwjake


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[stephers]

I remember the Miller & Norburn catalog, had one years ago. I used to go over it time after time and make up wish lists.  The blue binders, I have used many times when I worked at the dealerships back in the days of 2002's on the showroom floors. Did quite a few PDI's on 2002's.

 

Wish now that I would have hung onto all those manuals, same with all my Porsche manuals as well but they just weren't worth that much 35-40 years ago.

 

Seasons best to all

 

Thanks, Rick

 

 

[nbcbird]

BMW visual identity standards were established in (surprisingly) 1978.  The deco stripe brochure would have been a product of Alpina Burkard Bovenslepen GmbH which is a completely separate company from BMW.

[visionaut]

20 hours ago, jimk said:

I have that catalog too along with receipts and price list.

yup.  and this too, I presume...? 

 

[jimk]

I don't have Bimmer parts catalog, but I remember a guy at work was restoring a 1600 long time ago and he bought a complete rubber molding and weather strip kit from them for $200.

Edited December 28, 2017 by jimk

[VWJake]

2 hours ago, visionaut said:

yup.  and this too, I presume...? 

 

My Dad and I used to “edit” the car in their ads in the Roundel. We’d add different paint schemes, wheels, flares, etc. good times...

[jgerock]

[nutbehindthewheel]

On 12/28/2017 at 7:59 PM, jgerock said:

 

We bought just about everything on this page, many times when we had our shop in Baltimore 30+ yrs ago

 

For those unfamiliar - Bimmer Parts was the parts department at dealer in Pottstown, PA specializing in mailorder.

We would go there and pick up our factory reman engines - $ 1,100.00 -  and we think they were 100% brand new

 

[VWJake]

Between caring for my 17m.o. and feeling like I'm on my deathbed (sinus infections/flu/broncitus) this is all I've managed to scan. It's a BMW journal reprint. Doesn't have much to do with '02s, but still neat anyway.

BMW journal reprint.pdf

[Dudeland]

1 hour ago, VWJake said:

Between caring for my 17m.o. and feeling like I'm on my deathbed (sinus infections/flu/broncitus) this is all I've managed to scan. It's a BMW journal reprint. Doesn't have much to do with '02s, but still neat anyway.

BMW journal reprint.pdf

Dedication to the cause!, get well soon.

 

 

[MikeD]

On 12/28/2017 at 7:59 PM, jgerock said:

 

I loved this place.  I bought every part for my restoration from them.  When they were going out of business they called me and asked if I needed anything else because they were liquidating everything.  I bought a ton of parts from them even though I had finished my restoration.  I still have them stored away in case I ever need them.

[Simeon]

Can I suggest something like a crowdfund to get it all scanned by someone like Kinko’s. They can then do it justice with things like an index, one PDF per part and searchable files.  Presumably it could then be hosted on this site(?).  I would be happy to contribute to a great resource like that.