tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33615913689862700502024-02-19T18:57:52.609-04:00My Old School BMW AdventuresMy ups and downs as an owner and enthusiast of old BMW'sAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03580238962721321289noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361591368986270050.post-57088132454809096062012-05-16T08:16:00.000-04:002012-05-16T08:18:22.284-04:00Smokey's 15 Minutes of Fame!Back at the end of last year, I was contacted by Marsen Karlsson from BMW Headquarters in Munich. He indicated that he works with the BMW Magazine magazine, and that they were interested in including my Baur in the new IPad version of the magazine. He asked me to take some pictures, which my son Harry Jr. did, send them a brief story of the car, and, in addition, Marsen interviewed me via Skype.<br />
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Well, a few months have passed, and I did not remember about this until my son asked me last night about it. I don't have an IPad, but he does, so I asked him to check. Sure enough, there it was!!<br />
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It is on the 1/12 edition of BMW Magazine, and you can download it for free to your Ipad. My son took a few screen shots of part of the article, and here they are:<br />
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<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/bonkosky/My%20Cars/My%20BAUR%20TC1/photo3a.jpg" /><br />
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Needless to say, I am stoked!!!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03580238962721321289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361591368986270050.post-61700564035244696782012-04-11T08:24:00.000-04:002012-05-16T08:30:18.246-04:00New Heart for the BaurAs I have mentioned before, the Baur's engine is tired, and smokes quite a bit, although it doesn't miss a beat. Well, I acquired a few weeks ago a used engine, which was previously on a friend's E30. He installed a newer M52 in his car and offered me the M20 at a good price.<br />
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The engine is essentially a 1988 2.7 Super ETA with 325i fuel injection and computer. I have done some research and apparently all I need is a cam with longer duration to make it a strong, torquey engine. Hopefully I will be able to have significantly higher power and torque than my car's current M20B20, at a reasonable cost. Plans are to install it some time during the Summer months, so I'll post here any progress.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03580238962721321289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361591368986270050.post-37520745964878835742012-03-15T09:40:00.003-04:002012-05-16T08:31:11.446-04:00Non-BMW Cars We LoveAlthough I have been a BMW fan and owner for over 30 years, I do like other cars. Here are some of them:<br />
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Volvo 122/Amazon (this is a quite rare convertible, but I love all body styles)<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12663308@N06/1991912943/" title="Volvo 122 S convertable 2 by hinterland_1, on Flickr"><img alt="Volvo 122 S convertable 2" height="480" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2213/1991912943_059e80300f_z.jpg?zz=1" width="640" /></a><br />
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Ferrari 250 GT Lusso Berlinetta (IMHO the most beautiful car ever)<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/char1iej/4499968780/" title="1964 Ferrari 250 GT Lusso - Top by char1iej, on Flickr"><img alt="1964 Ferrari 250 GT Lusso - Top" height="479" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2742/4499968780_472e11e005_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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Pontiac G8 GXP (Pontiac's last hurrah....)<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/37573576@N06/5180312278/" title="2009 Pontiac G8 GXP by coconv, on Flickr"><img alt="2009 Pontiac G8 GXP" height="427" src="http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1215/5180312278_897ea13e2e_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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Mazda 1500/1800 (Our family's first car when we were growing up)<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/michielverburgh/3460075599/" title="Mazda 1500 Sedan 02 by Michiel V, on Flickr"><img alt="Mazda 1500 Sedan 02" height="299" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3652/3460075599_49ab815119_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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I hope you find them interesting. I'll post more of these sporadically.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03580238962721321289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361591368986270050.post-48476537435079552452012-03-14T08:58:00.000-04:002012-03-14T08:58:18.000-04:00Photo of the Day - 3/14/12<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/auto-clasico-mallorca/5836671004/" title="BMW E21 Gr.5 by Auto Clasico, on Flickr"><img alt="BMW E21 Gr.5" height="405" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2562/5836671004_ed412dd843_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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Group 5 BMW E21Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03580238962721321289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361591368986270050.post-56769206808606412122012-03-06T15:02:00.000-04:002012-03-06T15:02:36.923-04:00BMW 2002 Racing in Puerto Rico in the 1970'sA few months ago my friend Ivan Pelegrina shared some photos of BMW's racing in our island back in the 70's, participating both in road races and in rallys.<br />
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Here's a 2002 in one of the cane fields:<br />
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<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/bonkosky/Car%20Events/BMW%20Racing%20in%20PR%20in%20the%201970s/CesarSierracirca1974.jpg" /><br />
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The rest of Ivan's cool pics can be seen here:<br />
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Cool stuff!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03580238962721321289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361591368986270050.post-27243287119263402672011-11-17T08:32:00.001-04:002011-11-17T09:47:37.251-04:00Atlanta Meet and Drive on 11/12/11Made a trip to Atlanta from 11/8/11 to 11/15/11 for some R & R and, unfortunately, to make a decision about the future of the 2000tii touring project. I don't foresee any possibilities of re-starting the project in the near future, and storage charges continue to put a dent in my budget. I expand about this later, so, for now, I'll write about the fun part of the trip, which was the meet and drive with the Atlanta 2002 Owners Club.<br />
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We gathered at Carma Motorsports' second facility, which they recently started operations out of, and Jeff Chang greeted us with muffins and coffee. There were several interesting non-BMW cars and motorcycles at the shop:<br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/bonkosky/Car%20Events/Atlanta%202002%20Club%20meet%20and%20drive%20111211/AtlantaBMW2002OwnersClubMeetandDrive011.jpg" /><br />
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Turnout was pretty good, with many local '02's and other cool Bimmers attending:<br />
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Alex Chester's 2002<br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/bonkosky/Car%20Events/Atlanta%202002%20Club%20meet%20and%20drive%20111211/AtlantaBMW2002OwnersClubMeetandDrive018.jpg" /><br />
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Jon Poole's 2002ti (in his family since new!)<br />
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Glen Stephens' beautiful and fast 2002<br />
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My daughter Michelle's 635csi (my ride for the day)<br />
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After the meet at the shop, a group of us, driving four 2002's plus me in the 635, had a great drive up mountain roads all the way to Brasstown Bald, the highest point in the state of Georgia.<br /><br />Part of the cars that made it up the mountain<br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/bonkosky/Car%20Events/Atlanta%202002%20Club%20meet%20and%20drive%20111211/AtlantaBMW2002OwnersClubMeetandDrive032.jpg" /><br />
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The view from the top<br />
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This is the group that made the drive<br />
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The car is an automatic 4 door, and, although it needs some work, the price was good ($1300). The idea is to fix it up so it can be used on a regular basis by the missus.<br />
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Here are a few pics taken at the seller's home with my phone:<br />
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<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/bonkosky/My%20Cars/Bronzit%20II/101211H.jpg" />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03580238962721321289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361591368986270050.post-47479636497546095502011-10-19T10:17:00.000-04:002011-10-19T10:17:05.087-04:00Another Succesful Event!On Sunday, October 9, our local classic BMW group, Puerto Rico Classic Bimmer Group, celebrated its 3rd yearly get together for BMW enthusiasts. A total of 197 cars attended, and probably 400 people in total.<br />
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It was hard work organizing the event, but it was worth the effort.<br />
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Here is a slide show of some pictures I took at the event:<br />
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Car count seems to increase by about 50 each year we have organized this meet, so we should be shooting for 250 next year!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03580238962721321289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361591368986270050.post-16269117198577819052011-07-19T10:53:00.000-04:002011-07-19T10:53:38.028-04:00Visit to Volkyland Museum July 10, 2011Went with the BMW CCA group to visit the world's largest private VW collection, located right here in Puerto Rico. Took the Baur, of course, on the 200 mile round trip.<div><br />
</div><div>The car didn't miss a beat, although it used gas like if it was still $1.00 a gallon, and the local heat and humidity convinced me even more to do the a/c on the car once the engine issues are taken care of. Hopefully before the end of the year I'll have it working as it should, and then start on the cosmetics on 2012.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Here are the pics I took at the visit:</div><div><br />
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Here's a pic from yesterday:<br />
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<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/bonkosky/Car%20Events/Punta%20Guilarte%20Euro%20Meet/060511PuntaGuilarte001-1.jpg" /><br />
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Maybe by next weekend I'll start to do some actual work on the car. In the meantime, I've enjoyed it quite a bit on its first two weekend in Puerto Rico.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03580238962721321289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361591368986270050.post-17655598231845217882011-06-02T16:46:00.001-04:002011-06-02T16:49:17.990-04:00The Caribbean Baur!Well, the Baur finally arrived in Puerto Rico on 5/26/11. I drove it from Deltona to Jacksonville, FL, where it was loaded on a barge and shipped to the island.<br />
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After paying freight ($1100.00) and excise taxes ($800.00) on the day after the car arrived, I took a drive across the island and back on Sunday May 29 to the Exotic Car Show in the town of Anasco. People there liked the car and asked many questions about it, since it is now the only known E21 Baur in the island.<br />
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Here's the obligatory pic of the car at the show:<br />
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Here are the rest of the pics:<br />
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I traveled on May 14 to my friend's house in Deltona, FL where the car was stored and drove it to Jacksonville, where it was loaded on a barge on May 20. By the way, on the way to Jacksonville I stopped at the Daytona International Speedway, home to the 24 Hours of Daytona and other great races. I took the race track tour and enjoyed it thoroughly.<br />
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Here's a photo of the car in front of the racetrack:<br />
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The vessel with the car should arrive today (5/26/11). If I can get it from the port by tomorrow Friday I will take my first road trip with it to the Exotic Car Expo on Sunday the 29th. We'll see....Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03580238962721321289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361591368986270050.post-76022237504774354982011-05-10T12:38:00.000-04:002011-05-10T12:38:39.784-04:00Mission Aborted...Well, after starting the Schwarz E21 project, I had a change of heart and decided to sell it and do the Baur E21 instead.<br />
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The car was sold to a long time friend, who will fix it up and use it as his daily driver. I plan to ship the Baur to Puerto Rico on May 20, and will start working on it when it gets here.<br />
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Here's a parting shot of the 320i when the new owner left with it:<br />
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<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/bonkosky/My%20E21/photo-1.jpg" />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03580238962721321289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361591368986270050.post-91726449850781596402011-02-25T17:12:00.002-04:002011-02-25T17:12:48.640-04:00Photo of the Day 2/25/11BMW E28 CSL race car<br />
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Back in 1977 when I owned my first BMW, a 1970 1600, I found at a local tuner's shop a GS Tuning windshield banner. I have, over the years, tried to obtain as much info on this German competitor to Alpina as I could. <br />
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Thanks to a Swedish '02 enthusiast, I was able to get a scan of their 1973 catalog.<br />
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I uploaded it to Google Docs. Hope it works!<br />
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Here is the link:<br />
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B_sMrjQGNJ_yN2IyMDA5N2ItYzE5NS00M2NmLTljZDgtZGRlN2I2ZmRmNzgy&hl=en">GS TUNING 1973 CATALOG</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03580238962721321289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361591368986270050.post-76510092529215308092011-02-24T15:30:00.000-04:002011-02-24T15:30:30.034-04:00Photo of the Day 2/24/11<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/bonkosky/Cool%20BMW%20Pics/2874581775_ed3b401cce_b-1.jpg"><br />
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Beautiful Touring rally car from Spain.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03580238962721321289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361591368986270050.post-21644893825714027072011-02-08T14:13:00.001-04:002011-02-09T15:20:51.244-04:00Photo of The Day 2/8/11<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/bonkosky/Cool%20BMW%20Pics/3105217284_0e2f3efa44_b.jpg"><br />
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These BMW "sculptures" are located at a BMW dealer in a<br />
Copenhagen, Denmark.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03580238962721321289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361591368986270050.post-39716132215766327022011-01-31T19:40:00.000-04:002011-01-31T19:40:33.310-04:00First Month's ProgressWell, it's January 31, one month after my initial post on the new/old 320i project. I've made pretty good progress, and so far the car has gotten the following done:<br />
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-New radiator, water pump and engine fan<br />
-Fog, trunk and interior lights were non-op and are now working again<br />
-Cleaned up the engine compartment, installed powder-coated valve cover and new air cleaner<br />
-Hood and roof were rattle-canned to cover up the ugly paint on these parts<br />
-Got a sweet deal on a set of Recaros, which cost $150 including the rear seat and the rear side panels.<br />
-Installed a rear view with map lights from an E30 325is<br />
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Here are some January pics:<br />
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My son recently bought himself a new Toyota Yaris, so the 320i he was using as a daily driver is in my hands again. It needs a lot of TLC, but I plan to make it look and perform nicely again, trying to minimize expenses along the way.<br />
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Here's a slide show of the starting point of this project. I will try to update this blog as I go along.<br />
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I had lots of good times with the car, and made some great friends while attending events with it, and hopefully the new owner will enjoy it as much as I did.<br />
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I will use the Schwarz 320i now locally, and will be fixing it up as the budget allows. The Baur will remain in Deltona, FL for now, and the touring will continue its indefinite hibernation at the storage facility in the Atlanta area.<br />
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Here's a picture taken when the new owner took it home:<br />
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And a slideshow of pics taken throughout its 19 years here at home:<br />
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Here's a slideshow of the meet:<br />
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<a href="http://issuu.com/thevintage/docs/vintage_bmw_no.1">VINTAGE BMW</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03580238962721321289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361591368986270050.post-62065766159710031052010-09-07T17:02:00.000-04:002010-09-07T17:02:55.400-04:00Moving the Atlanta BimmersAs I mentioned on my last post, I had to move the two cars I had in Atlanta.<br />
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On Wednesday 8/25/10, I flew to Atlanta and spent the next day moving the touring to a Public Storage facility (a grueling process that took me all day, with about six trips in the Baur filled to the brim with parts). Here is how it sits now until further notice:<br />
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The next day, Friday, I hopped into the Baur and made the 8 hour, almost 500 mile drive from Atlanta to Deltona, FL. The trip went smoothly, and the Baur never missed a beat. I arrived at my friend Ricky's house at around 7:00 PM. I will keep the car at his house until I can ship it to Puerto Rico.<br />
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On Saturday, Ricky and I drove around in the Baur and went to the Cars and Cafe meet, which is celebrated the last Saturday of the month in Sanford, FL. Lots of high-priced metal there, including an ugly chrome Bugatti cabrio allegedly worth $1.9 million (!!!) :<br />
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