Author Topic: Bimmerlover (Read 29088 times)

///Motorsport · « **Reply #15 on:** July 23, 2006, 09:23:35 PM »

sweet. where do you live?

bimmerlover · « **Reply #16 on:** July 24, 2006, 08:10:34 AM »

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sweet. where do you live?

Charlottesville, VA.
Thanks for reminding me to stick that in my profile

mgold · « **Reply #17 on:** July 24, 2006, 10:45:28 AM »

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Charlottesville, VA.

Cool, my brother used to live there...now he's in Richmond.

thumper3ld · « **Reply #18 on:** July 24, 2006, 05:01:59 PM »

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I took those pictures in my parents driveway. They live in a real pretty little town in the foothills of the blueridge mountains in central VA. It's a great place to visit.

My statement regarding being an enthusiast for many years.. may be a slight exageration. I got into bimmers about 5 years ago - when I was 13. I bought my first one when I was 14; we drive young out in the country.

So my being a female here does make me a minority.. but I think I'm close to the average age on these forums.

Rachel

Man, if the average age is 18, then im way too old.

mgold · « **Reply #19 on:** July 24, 2006, 05:11:35 PM »

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Man, if the average age is 18, then im way too old.

me too...turned 37 a few months ago. Anyone here know what a rotary phone is? How about a BetaMax? Anyone remember ALF? How about this one...anyone know what an 8-track is?

Sorry...I had a senior moment there

e9nine · « **Reply #20 on:** July 24, 2006, 05:15:13 PM »

Welcome to m42 world. THat coor looks really potent for a nice cruiser. You can get an iS lip along with the moulding and when you get some wheels and drop it - it would be awesome looking. If you want to go with an i lip I think I have one in my parts stash but pricing after shipping might not be too convenient :p

thumper3ld · « **Reply #21 on:** July 24, 2006, 05:18:20 PM »

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me too...turned 37 a few months ago. Anyone here know what a rotary phone is? How about a BetaMax? Anyone remember ALF? How about this one...anyone know what an 8-track is?

Sorry...I had a senior moment there

lol, ok you're a little more senior than i am, but I do remember all that stuff. Anyone still have a record player in their house.

mgold · « **Reply #22 on:** July 24, 2006, 06:14:22 PM »

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Anyone still have a record player in their house.

I have a turntable and a couple of hundred LP's and 45's but the turntable arm broke during my last move. I have the original soundtracks to Grease, Star Wars and Xanadu as well as some Beatles, Monkees, Billy Joel, Blondie and a bunch of other stuff.

D. Clay · « **Reply #23 on:** July 24, 2006, 08:28:27 PM »

The forums are definately a late teen early twenty something world. I'm 62 so I should mumble some platitudes about age being.... stop me please. Anyone remember when:
1) you couldn't buy lowering springs, Bilsteins or any of that stuff
2) making a floor shift by cutting down a '49-'51 Ford column linkage
3) the only slicks were recaps
4) the Lotus ran Indy in 1965
5) Mickey Thompson showing up at Indy with wide tires
6) Smokey Yunicks 7/8th's scale NASCAR sedan
7) the showdown at the national drags between the Willys coupes of George Montgomery and Stone, Woods, and Cook in A-Gas Supercharged

seeing Junior Johnson race at Darlington in a 1961 Chevy 409 when you were 17 years old
9) living to see Senna, Prost, and Mansell on the track at the same time
Ah, to be old again.
I understand completely about putiing that car back together after the repaint. Mine took three months and I couldn't stop buying new stuff to go with the new paint. I've always loved European bumpers except the part about hitting stuff.

bimmerlover · « **Reply #24 on:** August 13, 2006, 08:24:48 PM »

Bad news update:
I knew that a timing chain guide rail had broken in the car.. but based on what I could see, I thought that all the damage that was going to be done, had been done.
Yesterday, I was on my way to my parents with my new timing chain, new guide rails, gaskets etc. I got about 3/4s of the way there.. and the motor died (no compression). After a little further investigation.. it seems that there was just enough slack in the chain, that it slipped a few links.. and most likely bent valves. I was on the highway going ~65mph, so there could be piston damage as well. I'll try to post when I have the engine apart with some more info. It will be a while before I have it back on the road now I'm sure.

Febi Guibo · « **Reply #25 on:** August 13, 2006, 09:03:20 PM »

I'm sad!

when you do the teardown, pls. post pics if possible as it will be informative for the rest of us... pls. let us know how we can help!

sounds like a good time, however, to do a bore job and slide some S50 pistons in there! (trying to look at the bright side of all this...)