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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