chamonix 2800cs on BaT - 2280386

Great buy… that car caught me off guard and hadn’t even sold the other car

It was swb911 and I for a bit but I was dreaming Haaa That’s an amazing buy

Glad to have been part of it

I wonder what cars swb911 has I take it it means short wheel based 911??
"The one that got away"...there will be others, keep at it, still a buyers market. Yes swb911 stand for "short wheel base 911." I used to have a '68. SWB Porsche's were made from '64'-68. Good luck with your hunt!
 
"The one that got away"...there will be others, keep at it, still a buyers market. Yes swb911 stand for "short wheel base 911." I used to have a '68. SWB Porsche's were made from '64'-68. Good luck with your hunt!
Thanks for the incouragement I have a 68 912 currently that I love.

I built an 81 633 back in the 90s and saw a white 3.0 with an M5 motor in it and I fell in love

We’ll see where this goes for me Take care
 
Congratulations on your purchase. I live in Flagstaff, so hopefully you will be close by. I imported my 1971 3.0cs from the Netherlands in 2019, originally Polaris, color changed to Turkis. We should get together when your new baby arrives.
Wow, I Flagstaff is so small, I had no idea (and wouldn't have guessed) there was another E9 in town.

Yes, I arranged shipping today. I'd love to get together this summer or fall and see your car!
 
Nice...
Yes - with so much glass, having working AC (even in the not scorching temps) is a necessity - for me anyway.
Be careful though - resurrecting the AC in my car was the start of a 6 year, full meal deal restoration on what otherwise was having a new engine installed (and reworked AC) in an otherwise 'to be the same as before' car. I am glad I did that, but... my wallet has not recovered yet. LOL
Have fun
OK good to know :oops: was that because you needed to pull the engine to fix the AC, or just the usual project scope creep?

I'm about to start reading about converting the AC to R134a. Any words of wisdom?
 
Two additional comments. First, in many of our cars, the foam insulation inside the heater box is long gone. This means that coolant flow through the heater core heats up the interior of the car even when the heat is off. This has lead many of us to redirect coolant flow away from the heater core so as to avoid allowing it to get hot inside the cabin. See here: https://e9coupe.com/forum/posts/69634/bookmark.

Another suggestion is to ensure that all the firewall grommets around the steering column, a/c lines and electrical connections remain intact. I recently had @E9Wayne's car here for a couple of weeks (back story here: https://e9coupe.com/forum/threads/towing-anchor-points-improvement-needed.48019/post-421451) and on one of my test drives could feel hot air between my legs. It turns out the grommet around the steering column and another to the left where the electrical wiring goes through the firewall were not properly seated, allowing in a bunch of hot air.
 
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OK good to know :oops: was that because you needed to pull the engine to fix the AC, or just the usual project scope creep?

I'm about to start reading about converting the AC to R134a. Any words of wisdom?
To get the AC going... the dash had to come out (to work the ducting and evaporator and all that).
I knew the body of my car was not in 100% perfect shape, but thought it was "OK for now".
Well, when the dash came out, rust was found at the base of both A pillars that was worse than expected - much worse. To remedy that meant the outside surface of the car would be affected (heat).
And since I was there anyway... figured I would just restore the whole car at once (rather than string it along in stages).
I am glad I did - just not something I had on the plans to do right then,
 
To get the AC going... the dash had to come out (to work the ducting and evaporator and all that).
I knew the body of my car was not in 100% perfect shape, but thought it was "OK for now".
Well, when the dash came out, rust was found at the base of both A pillars that was worse than expected - much worse. To remedy that meant the outside surface of the car would be affected (heat).
And since I was there anyway... figured I would just restore the whole car at once (rather than string it along in stages).
I am glad I did - just not something I had on the plans to do right then,
It's always a damn slippery slope...never ending, but worth it along the way. I've made more friends that are lasting friends in this "hobby" than anywhere else, hands down. Fishing buddies, hunting buddies, neighbors, friends of friends...nothing like the BMW vintage community.
 
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