Carrying on from this thread: Should I buy a 2002?
so I think I've been able to convince him to trade my labor on the 2002 and mainly the disassembled '71 911T as a huge part of the cost towards me getting the 2002 at the price he paid for it. So now the work begins:
Pictures!
#4122/77639 2002 (MT - US), #4122/99362 2002 (total - US)
What BMW AG emailed me:
"The BMW 2002 US VIN 1664122 was manufactured on November 26th, 1968 and delivered on December 10th, 1968 to the importer BMW Concessionaires G.B. in London (Great Britain). The original colour was Chamonix, paint code 085."
2002 roundel on the left. Middle is the original one from my first car, '91 735i (Alpine White on Black Leather). Right is a backup I have for the ZHP
dirty old valve cover, took it off to clean it up a bit. I think a new coat of high temp paint is in order.
valve cover off
nasty old Bosch plugs, had to think about starting up before
no problem now! (yeah, realized you had to unscrew those little caps.)
cleaned valve cover back on, new spark plugs - FTW!
click for video of engine running after we changed plugs
temporary back seat from an E30, original back seat needs to be re-upholstered (earlier today when the sun was out)
We then drove it to the gas station and filled it up. Stopped at CVS for smokes and drinks. Car was 3/3 on start-up with the new plugs, before it was like "do I really want to start up?"
Called the DMV today, found out that IF I can find a set of original black plates in the correct sequence for 1969 I can register the car with them, FTW. The sequence would be 3 letters, 3 numbers. Because 1969 is the end of the run on the black plates (they switched to the blue ones), a plate starting with ZHP is possible to run on my car (FTMFW!!!), now I just have to find a pair of real/original steel California Black & Yellow license plate that starts with the letters ZHP, please keep an eye out everybody.
for example, a set like these:
doesn't have to be in perfect shape, just no rust or holes.
Lots more work to do, at least we've started. Car has gone something like 35 miles since Steve bought it.