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    2780974

    Model: BMW 2002tii
    Year: 1974
    Manufactured Date: 01/11/1974
    Original Color: Fjord
    Transmission: 5 Speed Manual
    Current Color: fjord blue
    Current Owner: kaptanoglu
    Location: Austin, Texas, 78701
    Last Sold: No value

    The car
    •    1974 BMW 2002tii
    •    2 liter engine with mechanical fuel injection
    •    One of less than 45,000 tii’s produced worldwide, and less than 7,500 imported into the US
    •    Family owned since new
    •    Trunk mounted tool box hand carved by Ralph Kelly, the original owner, from Pau Ferro (Brazilian ironwood)

     

    The restoration
    •    Bare metal restoration 2013 - 2014 
    •    Design brief - look stock, but better; feel stock, but faster
    •    Picked up in April 2014 and driven over 1,000 miles from Libertyville, IL to Houston, TX, with a stop in Eureka Springs, AR for the annual MidAmerican ’02 Fest

     

    Today
    •    Daily driven in Austin
    •    Over 18,000 miles since the restoration was completed

     

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    kaptanoglu

    By kaptanoglu

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    kaptanoglu
    On 6/23/2019 at 4:02 AM, SydneyTii said:

    What a beautiful car.

    Are they Panasports?

     

    Those are Panasports.  I'm glad you like the car.  It has been a hoot to drive (and work on).

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    0257

    Is this the tii that used to live in Houston, that got refurbed by the Werkshop?  Sometimes in the Heights? I think I saw it parked at IAH once, and then spoke with you outside Revival Market about how I was looking for a similar car?  I remember the toolkit! 

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    kaptanoglu
    On 5/18/2021 at 8:52 PM, 0257 said:

    Is this the tii that used to live in Houston, that got refurbed by the Werkshop?  Sometimes in the Heights? I think I saw it parked at IAH once, and then spoke with you outside Revival Market about how I was looking for a similar car?  I remember the toolkit! 

    (3.5 years later) - Yes, this is that car!  I just looked at your profile, and it looks like you got what you were looking for.  Great looking car.

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    0257

    I just posted “our” story on your thread.  Hope you find it amusing.  Have since left Houston, we’re living in Sarasota FL but keep a place in Austin where two of our kids live.  Fully intend to get Zouave there, may ask Terry to rebuild the engine when the time comes.  See you at cars and coffee.

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