Smokey is traveling to Puerto Rico!

Well, after selling the 2002 and the 320i, I needed a BMW to use in Puerto Rico, so I decided to ship the Baur to the island. I asked friends for suggestions on naming the car, and the one I liked the most was Smokey the Baur, since the car's tired engine does smoke quite a bit.

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.

Here's a photo of the car in front of the racetrack:



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....

Mission 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.

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.

Here's a parting shot of the 320i when the new owner left with it:

Photo of the Day 2/25/11

BMW E28 CSL race car

GS Tuning 1973 Catalog

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.

Thanks to a Swedish '02 enthusiast, I was able to get a scan of their 1973 catalog.

I uploaded it to Google Docs. Hope it works!

Here is the link:

GS TUNING 1973 CATALOG

Photo of the Day 2/24/11

Beautiful Touring rally car from Spain.

Photo of The Day 2/8/11

These BMW "sculptures" are located at a BMW dealer in a
Copenhagen, Denmark.

First Month's Progress

Well, 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:

-New radiator, water pump and engine fan
-Fog, trunk and interior lights were non-op and are now working again
-Cleaned up the engine compartment, installed powder-coated valve cover and new air cleaner
-Hood and roof were rattle-canned to cover up the ugly paint on these parts
-Got a sweet deal on a set of Recaros, which cost $150 including the rear seat and the rear side panels.
-Installed a rear view with map lights from an E30 325is

Here are some January pics: