PimO
New Member
Hi All,
Happy to join the community, my name is Pim and I bought my E9 +2263787+ in Dec 2020.
I'm living in The Netherlands (Leiden area) and have an engineering background.
Worked and lived in China for almost 10years, and relocated back to NL end of 2018.
After the initial reintegration and necessary home improvements, I thought it was time to reignite my passion for classic cars again..
I've found her in the NL not far from here, and consider it a lucky shot as they have become very rare (and/or unbelievable expensive) nowadays.
Currently I'm investigating all the whereabouts of these beauties, and considering all options for my new love.
So far I have found and listed approx 25 items on my repair / to do list, and the forum is providing me great info and advice on many of the items.
I am planning to keep track on the developments I made, and expect to pick up some speed in a couple of weeks.
She is currently sitting in my neighbour’s garage with a noisy gearbox (Getrag 262 4-speed).
So my first job is to replace the tranny with another 4-speed (I managed to locate nearby)
Also the Frankenstein repair and leaking exhaust needs attention, so I am considering to replace that as well with a robust stainless steel, while we are at it..
Currently I am still gathering info on the history of the car, and I would like to ask you for some help on decoding the VIN and other serial numbers around the car.
Are there any etching or other techniques to bring back some of the numbers, perhaps through highlighting old paint traces on the tags?
Tag numbers are attached, and based on these and some traces around the car I manage to find out that the orginal color was Ceylon Metalic.
Now that was a nice surprise to find out, and since then I added a total repaint on my list as well...
Car is imported from Swiss to the Netherlands in 2001, and since then I am the second owner.
While investigating the car I found a part of the service history from Swiss that indicate a service history at a single garage from 1979 onwards to 1997.
It's therfore very likely that I have become the 3rd or 4th owner.
Anyway happy to be an owner of an E9 and happy to join the community.
Kr,
Pim
Happy to join the community, my name is Pim and I bought my E9 +2263787+ in Dec 2020.
I'm living in The Netherlands (Leiden area) and have an engineering background.
Worked and lived in China for almost 10years, and relocated back to NL end of 2018.
After the initial reintegration and necessary home improvements, I thought it was time to reignite my passion for classic cars again..
I've found her in the NL not far from here, and consider it a lucky shot as they have become very rare (and/or unbelievable expensive) nowadays.
Currently I'm investigating all the whereabouts of these beauties, and considering all options for my new love.
So far I have found and listed approx 25 items on my repair / to do list, and the forum is providing me great info and advice on many of the items.
I am planning to keep track on the developments I made, and expect to pick up some speed in a couple of weeks.
She is currently sitting in my neighbour’s garage with a noisy gearbox (Getrag 262 4-speed).
So my first job is to replace the tranny with another 4-speed (I managed to locate nearby)
Also the Frankenstein repair and leaking exhaust needs attention, so I am considering to replace that as well with a robust stainless steel, while we are at it..
Currently I am still gathering info on the history of the car, and I would like to ask you for some help on decoding the VIN and other serial numbers around the car.
Are there any etching or other techniques to bring back some of the numbers, perhaps through highlighting old paint traces on the tags?
Tag numbers are attached, and based on these and some traces around the car I manage to find out that the orginal color was Ceylon Metalic.
Now that was a nice surprise to find out, and since then I added a total repaint on my list as well...
Car is imported from Swiss to the Netherlands in 2001, and since then I am the second owner.
While investigating the car I found a part of the service history from Swiss that indicate a service history at a single garage from 1979 onwards to 1997.
It's therfore very likely that I have become the 3rd or 4th owner.
Anyway happy to be an owner of an E9 and happy to join the community.
Kr,
Pim
