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shoot a video of the engine running As with any engine, the value of the engine will be much higher if you can document it running before you take it out. Shoot a video of the engine running, shoot a video of yourself doing a compression check. This documentation is worth its weight in gold...

yes, I sell personally inscribed copies Thanks for your interest in my book! There are several E9-related chapters. You can buy them on Amazon for about $24, which works well if you're buying other stuff with combined shipping, but if you buy it directly from me, I personally inscribe it to...

And Another Rob Siegel here, '72 Bavaria and '73 3.0CSi. See you when the crap's off the ground...

wasn't me...

As part of helping our friend Kai Xing to buy his E9 project car, I helped clean out the property of the seller, Sansossio Auto Body in Natick MA, and bought all their used chrome bumpers. I thought they were all 2002 bumpers, but four turn out to be Bavaria bumpers. They are all for sale. I've...

Thanks! Thanks Brendan. Your copy went out late last week. For those who haven't read it, while there's no pretending it's not a car book with a lot of BMW-specific content, the book is really about engaging your passions within a sane set of boundaries that doesn't cripple the family...

To chime in on some of these questions: To chime in on some of these questions: --My understanding is that there aren't "R12 compressors" and "R134a compressors." Any compressor will work with either refrigerant. But you need to use the correct oil for the refrigerant. In the past, this was...

As some of you know, in addition to my bi-monthly Roundel pieces, about six weeks ago I began writing every week for Roundel Online, the e-mailed newsletter that you're sent if you're a BMW CCA member and have checked the option to receive Roundel Online in your profile on bmwcca.org. Since I...

My Roundel Online Piece Thanks. I'll post a link to this in both the E9 and E3 sections. For completeness, the link to the piece is here: https://www.bmwcca.org/content/30th-anniversary-that%E2%80%99s-sway-bars-right

Thanks! Thanks E9Wayne, Stan, and everyone else. Part of the joy of writing, publishing, and supporting this book is the way it lets me interact with other car guys, and how I can have phone or e-mail conversations with people who are as different from me as can possibly be -- geography...

Jegs must've raised their price after I bought mine Honestly, this is my e-mailed receipt from Jegs. Glad I hit "buy" when I saw the price. Guess I was just lucky that they honored it. Please visit us again at Thank you again for shopping at JEGS! Your invoice number is...

NMNA, but the seller is Phil Sansossio from Sansossio Auto Body, a well-respected shop in Natick MA that specialized in German metal. http://boston.craigslist.org/bmw/cto/4641058215.html

Interestingly, the VIN shows up in the E9 database.

Thanks guys. Jegs has the ST 52015 set, shipped, for $272. I have these in my E9 and have been very happy with them. Confirming what others have said, they list it as fitting E3, E9, E12, and early E24. At first I thought I'd dig up the original rear sway bar from the E9 (must be somewhere) and...

Jim, my book has several chapters on my 30-year relationship with my E9, including where they rust, but in a nutshell: --They rust up under the front fenders, and unlike most cars, you can't unbolt the fenders because the fenders are lap-seamed at the corners of the windshield. The rust may...

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Interestingly, some web sites list the Suspension Techniques 52015 Kit (50015 and 51015) as fitting the E3, E9, E12, and early E24. I may need to buy and try.

I'm loving my Bavaria, but it has no rear sway bar and a thin front bar. I see references to E12 bars fitting the Bav, and RealOEM seems to verify that the 16mm rear bar, part number 33551123944 , also crosses to E12 and early E24, but it doesn't confirm cross-matching of the front bar. Anyone...

28 Bought it in 1986, cracked in the front, barely running. Saved money, bought a nose and fenders, had them welded on, drove it half Polaris half primer for two years while I saved more money. Had it painted in 1988. My friend and constant companion. From my book: "The 3.0CS isn’t...

As Artie Johnson used to say on Laugh In... ...veeeeery eeeeeeenteresting...