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Mosty S14,  plus two bidders wanted it pretty bad.  

Heath stuff has been kickin my ass lately.  Lots of parts have shown up to install.  

Recaros,Valve cover, clutch master cylinder, spring pads, Koogleworks speaker kit and my tii clock.

I have never been in a E9 let alone drive one. The E9 is a stunning car but I'll keep my 2002 thank you.

Someone else can't answer your question,only you. 

For me the 2002 checks almost all the boxes I need, from the great body lines to the way it handles back roads the car is a blast.

Honestly, when I drive mine the radio is off 90% of the time. I just want to hear it run through the gears. The car is almost perfect.

Hell every time I get in and start it,it makes me smile. Sometimes it even makes me young again.

Are they stating this is an Alpina car or just a clone ?  

Valve cover back from powder coater, also a catch can.

Nicely done for first time, welding is one of those things you either good at or your not. Looks like you have the knack for it.

Lucky for me I have a Son who is a very talented welder/fabricator,  so no worries if I every have to cross that bridge.

Again well done.

Nascar uses the foam as a crumple zone,energy absorbing area. 

I do think they drank all the beer and thought it was a good idea to install the cooler in the side of the 02.

https://coastal-automotive.com/solutions-automotive-safety-sound-mitigation/nascar-motorsports-safety/ 

So I get my Recaros and pull the passenger seat, of course the slider is part of the seat and not original. 

Mine has this bracket, is this a 2002 bracket or no ?

I have a set of the Massive Brakes mount. Looking at the Wedge bracket to replace the mount I have. Might be the cleanest way to go with what I have.

My Recaros showed up Friday,along with my new plate and the correct resistor for the coil.

My new plate,

The car seems to start better and runs great with the correct resistor. Had .9 correct is 1.8

Need to get seat sliders for my Recaros,always something.

There is a inspection cover on the back side of Weber carb . One of mine had a slow leak after you turned off the motor.

The gasket was bad on mine. New gasket cured the leak. Use a flashlight between carb and intake manifold to spot if the leak is there.

20w50  VR1. I buy it by the quart at Menards when they do the 11% off rebate deal.  $4.50 a quart.

Very nice. I like the look for sure.   How much $$$$$ 

I sent him a note saying I lived close by and can I look at it, never responded . Gee surprise.

Check with  Blunt, I missed the group buy and and he bought four or five sets from  Massive Brakes to get to  the minimum number.

I will try tonight or tomorrow to get them installed.

22 minutes ago, Beantown said:

Pictures!  Did you get the Recaros from the guy in Thailand?  How was the process?

Yes, I did. He was very professional. Invoice,tracking numbers,insured them.  A couple other members have used him also with good luck.  I have seen his work before on other cars and they all looked good. It is a Sloooow process nine weeks on a ship seems like forever.   I will try and get some pics, I'm supposed to be closing my pool not goofing on the interweb. He is going to quit making them soon so if your interested better do it now.  He's  "recaroforsale"  on facebook.  

Nine weeks on a very slow boat, my Recaros show up today.  Worth the wait.? 

1 hour ago, majdomo said:

Talked to the seller of this original owner 70 Atlantik last night. Allegedly all the significant rust has been mitigated / repaired, and sports a recent respray. Lots of records, lots of good memories and good vibe from the owner. Mechanicals are apparently sorted, newer Bilsteins.

 

Aside from obligatory underbody, spare wheel well and fender / rocker shots, what am I missing here? I love this color...

 

https://classics.autotrader.com/classic-cars/1970/bmw/2002/101104624

19.5k is pretty steep in my book,then I'm cheap.

6 minutes ago, dlacey said:

Why not drill the wheel to larger holes on a 4*100PCD and used sleeved nuts?

On something like a BBS style you could get away with that. I'm looking at some Panasports and it would impact the spoke more than I

would like it to.  4x100 is very close to the center bore hole on a lot of wheels.  

Plus I tend to overthink things. ?

So i've been looking at wheels for my 73 2002.I would like to go with some sort of three piece wheel in a 15".

The problem is almost everything I  find is the 114.3 bolt pattern, not  the 4x100 that is standard. I'm seriously considering buying front hubs and getting them redrilled to 114.3

That would all that is needed for the front to work. Yes, No ?   Also would have the rear hubs redone to 114.3. I have rear disc brakes so if needed I would redrill the rotors also. 

I don't think I need to mess with the rear axle/half shafts.  I would do a stud conversion also and lose the stud bolts. 

question is I'm I missing anything ? or is this that straight forward.  I don't like the idea of the spacer/bolt conversion set up.

Thoughts , input or any suggestions on doing this or I'm I cobbling up a perfectly good 2002 hub ?

I don't know if the market is soft. I kinda think it was more of a BAT bubble, where for almost two years every 2002 went for top dollar and then some.  I was looking during that time frame and 7k cars were listed for 14K it was crazy . People all thought they had gold.       A  2002tii just sold south of 50k, that's a pretty solid price  for a very nice car .

The car is off eBay already.  

I have 195/50x15 , I know there not 14's but these might come in your size.

Dunlop Direzza,Bridgestone Potenza, Toyo Proxes, Yokohama Advan AO52.

Mine came with 15" and after looking at other sizes decided to stay with 15" 

because of so many more options  . Good luck with it.

Other people here posted cars from Oldenzaal and were warned that they should get a PPI.  I do think there is always surprises 

when one purchases a 2002. I purchased mine for the the most part sight unseen.  I talked with the owner several times had 

tons of pictures of the tear down to bare metal.  I put a $500. deposit down and showed up with a truck and trailer 1000 miles from home.  If the car wasn't close to what he said was I had the option to walk.  I would of lost my deposit and another $1200. in travel cost.

The car,lucky for me was in better shape then I had hoped.  It does have a lot of little things that are not correct, was some electrical,several washers and wrong bolts, bushings not installed  correctly.  The gentleman I purchased the car from was my age

I'm 63, he's a fireman who was awarded a medal of valor for saving someone's life. I felt we had a great repor in all are conversations.

He was honest about the car and we both did everything we said we would do.  Mine was a great experience, even the three days on the road.  

Sorry yours turned out bad to be a bad experience. Most stuff look to be cheap fixes except the rust.

I'm always amazed what people say is no or minor rust.  i hope once you get settled in with the car it turns out to be the joy that these cars can be. 

So for grins I check my coil and resistor and find a 1.8 coil and 0.9 resistor. Glad it's an easy swap of the resistor to 1.8.

Oh the details,

I seen this,  very cool car. Should do well. GLWA