02 VETERANS

[airborne85]

 

ira

[2002#3]

Yes, thank you.  ...and if you served abroad, welcome home.

Larry

[M3M3]

Thank you fellow veterans!

 

And happy birthday Marines, one day late!

 

 

[Harvanj]

Installed non summer wheels and tires, a sign that weekly drives are no longer possible.

[coloincaalpine RIP 2021]

Happy Veterans Day My Brothers and Sisters.  Thank You for your service to our Country.

dq

USAF

1967-1971(and would do it again)

and

My Dad SGT. Walter T.Quigley

9th Infantry WWll

Pic taken in North Africa chasing Rommel around the Sahara

Edited November 11, 2019 by coloincaalpine

[02Les]

In memory of my Father.

William Tom Edward Cartwright

Captured by the Japanese 15 Feb 1942 in Singapore and held in the Changi POW camp.

“Worked” on the Burma-Thailand “death” railway October 1942 thru’ May 1944 including on the Bridge over the river Kwai (which actually was not the river Kwai it was built over the Mae Klong river and renamed after the film came out!!!)

June 1944 my Father arrived at the POW camp 17 Omatu (Fukuoka) transferred from Thailand in one of the “Hell Ships”.

Sep 1945 he was liberated by the US forces.

[Gordon]

Being in the Air Force stationed in Germany as a young airman in the early 80's got me hooked on 2002's.  I knew very little about BMWs but in 1981, I bought a 75 Euro spec Sahara 1802.  I drove that 1802 to many countries in Europe and owning that 02 is all it took to get me addicted.   I brought back from Germany a 74 2002 (very rusty, totaled by a red light runner in 1994) and have owned square tail light 02's ever since. I wanted my current Sahara tii to look like the first 02 (except 13" wheels) that I owned.  The Euro bumper conv was done and side marker lights/reflectors deleted. Being in the AF gave me many trips back to Germany over the years to gather 02/E30 parts in my spare time, i.e. Euro spec crack free one piece dash, red tip antenna, Italian turn signals (sold), instrument clusters, etc...

Edited November 11, 2019 by Gordon

[coloincaalpine RIP 2021]

Gordon,   Where were you stationed?  I was at Hahn AB 67-68.  That is where I learned about German engineering and never looked back.   BMW mechanic now, for over 50 years.

[Carlos_M]

Navy - 1985 - 2012.  Thanks to all my fellow Veterans!

[Emyers]

US Army 1972 - 2004

[2002iii]

My father was trained to be a mechanic by the National Guard in the late 60s. He was mostly into American cars until he got his first ride in a friend's 2002 in the late 70s, after that ride he tried to buy the car but his friend wasn't ready to sell. So he looked for one until he found and  bought the 1974 2002 that we still have to this day in 1980.

[M3M3]

5 hours ago, Carlos_M said:

Navy - 1985 - 2012.  Thanks to all my fellow Veterans!

 

2 hours ago, Emyers said:

US Army 1972 - 2004

 

we got a bunch of lifer's here! 

 

USCG 1977-2018

[Mike Self]

USAF, 1966-1997, active, to Vietnam, and reserve, then called up for Desert Storm in 1991 (went to Oklahoma--by 2002!)

 

mike

[irdave]

Holy crap you guys.  I got "lucky" and broke my ankle in jump school and hung out in Alaska for a couple of years.  My little brother went to the desert for the second round- actually the tank he was on that pulled down that big statue of Saddam...

[coloincaalpine RIP 2021]

Mornin' Dave, Thanks to you and your Bro's service.

dq