73tii Inka in San Diego - Where's Waldo?

[Craig74tii]

You can't really divide the cars by 22 colors. There were some colors that were built in much greater numbers (Polaris, Chamonix, Sahara, Fjord)

McCartney list all the colors and if they were rare or not. Pg. 58.

[eurotrash]

Must have the earliest stock CD player in history. I mean, the technology was invented around 1972.. not bad!

[Groundhog]

Must have the earliest stock CD player in history. I mean, the technology was invented around 1972.. not bad!

Ha!

I missed that one.

Trunk material is black and should be gray - is missing the pieces that protect the wheel wells.

The front bumper looks bent on the right side.

the sunroof has some sort of rubber air diverter placed on the roof.

The rear seatback is drilled out to accomodate the battery cable (at least the didn't route it outside of the car)

No license plates.

[a74boxtr]

Aside from the snorkel issue...

wasn't the joint between nose and fender brazed at the factory?

Definitely a rhinoplasty.

[mo's72tii]

Craig how many Tiaga and Sahara sunroof tii's do you estimate respectively?

[Groundhog]

Page 58 reads "Common in UK, Rare in USA" for the color Tiaga.

FWIW, that probably means in the 20's maybe fewer came to the US, and if it's original paint, it's probably close to one of a kind in the US now.

It would be nice to know if a digest exists somewhere that show's all of the permutations of colors by year, model, and options.

[Craig74tii]

If you look at the FAQ section there's a color chart under History & Reference. You'll see that Taiga was offered every year the 2002 was made, including the touring models.

There are colors that were only offered for a couple of years. I think those would be much more rare.

Mo's72tii: Since exact numbers weren't kept, it's difficult to know. You may be able to extrapolate the numbers by looking at the '02 registry. IIRC it seems BMW did runs of colors at a time. You might be able to get close by counting the color runs over a long enough period of time.

http://www.bmw2002registry.com/

[auggiemize]

For me to argue with someone that probably has more info or miles on him than me is foolish; but you are saying that Taiga was available in 1968? and 1969? I love to learn from this site, but I'm a little skeptical. DV

76 Taiga 2002A

76 Nevada (wrong) 2002

72, 72, 74 3.0cs' (none Taiga)

[02Les]

I believe Taiga was "officially" available from '72 thru' '76.

[mo's72tii]

The only other one that I have seen was the one on You Tube "Flemings Garage"..it sold recently but the video is still up. It is the exact same car..except mine will be much nicer...lol

[02Les]

The only other one that I have seen was the one on You Tube "Flemings Garage"..it sold recently but the video is still up. It is the exact same car..except mine will be much nicer...lol

The Flemings car has some severe rust in Dec '06 when it sold on Ebay for a little over $1400. It also had 35k more miles!!

[mo's72tii]

They want about 20K for that car!! How did you know about the rust issue?

Mine is a cali car and has 0 rust. It is getting sanded down to metal this week the primed except for the engine bay will be painted.

[Craig74tii]

The site is this one. Look in the FAQ section under History and Reference and look at the color chart. Taiga says:

1600-2-2002tii 68-75, 2002ti, 1600, Touring Mod. 74, 1502

It appears that the FAQ and Macartney have different dates because he says 72 to 75.

auggiemize: Looking at your list of cars I'd say you have more miles and info than I do. All I did was look on this site.

[02Les]

They want about 20K for that car!! How did you know about the rust issue?

From the Ebay pics. It had a "resto" in St. Louis.

[mo's72tii]

Holy crap...can't believe that is the same ride....a lil bondo and paint goes a long way....lol