You just never know when Angels may smile on you

[jmatta]

Looks like "Max" is up for sale, yet again...

http://www.race-cars.com/carsales/bmw/1217804935/1217804935ss.htm

[Thumper]

This thread still has no pics!?!?!?

[urban_legend]

and sometimes the car picks you.
Great story and she is where she was meant to be.
Enjoy.

[Lil bastard]

Well, this car has consumed me for the past 6 weeks. I have spent hours getting it sorted and finally have some pics for you all.

I have upgraded the solex carb to a weber 32/36, replaced the points and condenser with a Crane XR700 electronic ignition, added Bilsteins and H&R springs, all poly bushings, rebuilt and rebooted the half-axle CV joints, rebuilt the diff. - seals, fluids, gaskets, flushed and refilled the steering box, re-bushed the idler arm, new poly steering flex coupler, total brake replacement incl. braided SS flex lines, all fuel lines and filter, all engine gaskets incl. headgasket, total SS exhaust replacement, all new bulbs incl. H4 halogen headlamps,, hoses, relays, fuses, waterpump, t-stat, repacked the bearings, new tires, new ball joints, tie rods, sway bars, replaced rubber door, trunk, window and hood seals, had it Ziebarted and finally washed and waxed it for it's first photo shoot.

The car is a gas to drive - absolutely LOVES to be tossed around - even on 175/70 profile tires (only weighs 2016 lbs.) and gets lots of thumbs up wherever I go. They're very rare in the midwest where the Tinworm took his toll on many. I had one guy follow me a mile until I pulled in so he could see it and yesterday, an older guy who saw me park it followed me into the barber shop saying he owned one back in the day and loved it.

BMW's advertising tag line - "The Ultimate Driving Machine" was created for this car.

It's not perfect... yet, but I am loving this car. More pics to follow.

[vath2001]

Do not change the rims... keep those old school. I can understand most of the mods that you've done... except for the electronic ignition... just too fangled complicated. Nothings wrong with points and condensors.

And I wonder how many of our members have changed points?

It does look good.

[Lil bastard]

Originally Posted by vath2001

Do not change the rims... keep those old school. I can understand most of the mods that you've done... except for the electronic ignition... just too fangled complicated. Nothings wrong with points and condensors.

And I wonder how many of our members have changed points?

It does look good.

Thanks... Yea, I do love the 'steelies'. Next summer I'll have them media blasted and then 2 cans of Wurth Silver and one of Clear and they'll be like new. The tires are only 13" - I got a new set of 4 Pirellis for $240 for all 4 - mounted, balanced - the price of 1 Boxster tire.

The Crane XR700 is an optical trigger - an IR LED shoots light across a gap with a 4-shutter wheel living under the rotor between the LED and a pick-up sensor. When the shutter wheel slot rotates past, the sensor picks up the light, and the 'box' triggers the coil. Nothing too new-fangled about it - mount the box, attach 3 wires - 1 to ground, the other two to either side of the coil and then plug in the sensor unit which lives in the dizzy (after setting it to TDC). Much better than a Hall Effect Pertronix because it's immune to irregularities such as worn distributor shaft bushings which will change the air gap and mess up the Hall Effect - almost like points bounce. This system means that you basically never have to open the distributor again, except to change the rotor every 40k mi. or so. There are guys I know who've gone 100k mi.+ with this system and never had the timing vary. The car starts much more like a modern car - less than 1 revolution. I've done lots of points and it was the technology for almost a century, but this is better.

[Lil bastard]

Here's another...

[Lil bastard]

Originally Posted by jmatta

Looks like "Max" is up for sale, yet again...

http://www.race-cars.com/carsales/bmw/1217804935/1217804935ss.htm

That is a very cool car... I love the 'roundies' - pre-'74.

I would love to trick out an '02 in similar kit, but this particular car will always stay close to stock, at least while in my posession, because I believe that's what the Dr. wanted.

I would love to someday acquire another and really step it up - easy with all the aftermarket support.