Hello all, Even though I have been including information in the forum, I have been including it in the wrong area...sorry. I will start this thread informing you that some weeks ago I acquired a 3.0csi Alpina B2 from a friend who was in financial "dire straits", and had to let go of a car he had kept in dry storage for 21 years.
This car had been imported to Ppain by Jose Angel Sasianbarrena in 1977, CET (Spanish tourism car championship) champion and also a competitor in the german championship with ALfa GTV and BMW 635's in the early 80s. As a spanish rally champ he was looking for a car to imitate Stuck's success in German competition. UNfortunately, this car was to heavy and not very competitive. He bought the for from a private owner and sent it to ALPINA for a b2 conversion, weight elimination (has no AC) and installation of a self blocking differential. I believe it has 250 HP. It's current miles are aprox 60.000 and I have a complete history of invoices from 30.000k to 90000k. All from official BMW dealers.
The third owner of this car-my friend- discovered that he had bee sold a rusty example and decided to restore it. Being a stingy guy (hope he doesn't read this thread) he sent it to an indecent shop (I can say that because we have had to dismantle the car and found the incredibly insulting, for such a magnificent machine- work that had been done). MAking the story short, I have a car in good mechanical state, with all it's bits and pieces, but quite rusty, so the first part of the job was to tackle it's rustiness, but how to do it well and on a budget...
I've come up with something that may work. As you will probably know, in Spain we have a 25% of jobless people. Among them, I found a Peruvian specialist that has been restoring cars all his life (he's 64). I also have a friend who has a big workshop in Portugal and is a very good mechanic and incredible painter. He's painted my 635 csi, an xk8, a golf Cabrio (1st series) and painted/transformed several bikes I own. On the plus side I have recommended him to many friends who have become his clients doing works such as Citroen DS Diplomatique (a Chapron model), Jaguar Xj's and many others. Just a tip...he will not paint your car if he can't dismantle it (glazing, doors panels etc..). So I rented a little house for 200$ a month for the peruvian and took him to portugal...he likes it so much he's thinking staying there. LASt week they started to dismantle it and commenced the job.
I will be posting photos and if you have ideas of how I cam ameliorate the car changing parts for more modern and efficient substitutes (like an elctronic ignition, better alternator, better motor wipers or other motor parts)
please feel free to give a hand. I want to use it as a daily driver and I believe there will be many bolt on parts I can include in the project. One detail that could be interesting is a new gear box to change it's gertrag so it can ride with lower revs...thanks for your patience and it's an honour to be in such a knowledgable community.
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Photo of Belarmino Jantarada and Lolo (the peruvian artisan) who are the wizards I have written about. I expect to have the job done completely for less than 20k (parts included)...worthwhile visiting Spain, isn't it?
This car had been imported to Ppain by Jose Angel Sasianbarrena in 1977, CET (Spanish tourism car championship) champion and also a competitor in the german championship with ALfa GTV and BMW 635's in the early 80s. As a spanish rally champ he was looking for a car to imitate Stuck's success in German competition. UNfortunately, this car was to heavy and not very competitive. He bought the for from a private owner and sent it to ALPINA for a b2 conversion, weight elimination (has no AC) and installation of a self blocking differential. I believe it has 250 HP. It's current miles are aprox 60.000 and I have a complete history of invoices from 30.000k to 90000k. All from official BMW dealers.
The third owner of this car-my friend- discovered that he had bee sold a rusty example and decided to restore it. Being a stingy guy (hope he doesn't read this thread) he sent it to an indecent shop (I can say that because we have had to dismantle the car and found the incredibly insulting, for such a magnificent machine- work that had been done). MAking the story short, I have a car in good mechanical state, with all it's bits and pieces, but quite rusty, so the first part of the job was to tackle it's rustiness, but how to do it well and on a budget...
I've come up with something that may work. As you will probably know, in Spain we have a 25% of jobless people. Among them, I found a Peruvian specialist that has been restoring cars all his life (he's 64). I also have a friend who has a big workshop in Portugal and is a very good mechanic and incredible painter. He's painted my 635 csi, an xk8, a golf Cabrio (1st series) and painted/transformed several bikes I own. On the plus side I have recommended him to many friends who have become his clients doing works such as Citroen DS Diplomatique (a Chapron model), Jaguar Xj's and many others. Just a tip...he will not paint your car if he can't dismantle it (glazing, doors panels etc..). So I rented a little house for 200$ a month for the peruvian and took him to portugal...he likes it so much he's thinking staying there. LASt week they started to dismantle it and commenced the job.
I will be posting photos and if you have ideas of how I cam ameliorate the car changing parts for more modern and efficient substitutes (like an elctronic ignition, better alternator, better motor wipers or other motor parts)
please feel free to give a hand. I want to use it as a daily driver and I believe there will be many bolt on parts I can include in the project. One detail that could be interesting is a new gear box to change it's gertrag so it can ride with lower revs...thanks for your patience and it's an honour to be in such a knowledgable community.
Photo of Belarmino Jantarada and Lolo (the peruvian artisan) who are the wizards I have written about. I expect to have the job done completely for less than 20k (parts included)...worthwhile visiting Spain, isn't it?
