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I recall posting a thread that addressed the necessary modifications to the rear regulator sheetmetal, but for the life of me, I can't find it now. In summary, the rears are similar to the fronts, in that you need to re-shape the cut-out that accepts the motor for the shape and location of the...

I have some friends who are Lancia Fulvia enthusiasts. Like 2002's and e9's, their tall greenhouses make for great visibility. Some Fulvias were sold with 1.6L engines - "big blocks" compared with the 1.3's. These have never been high-priced cars: recent sales on BaT have clustered in the...

I understand your situation. I'm 76 and agree that crawling under cars, or spending hours in the garage, isn't as much fun as it used to be. I have downsized my vintage car collection to three: two 60's era Alfas and the E9. Your ability to make rational decisions is admirable - I had the...

Your body shop guy is right - closing the trunk gently can prevent damage caused by closing the trunk. But as plastic ages, it becomes brittle, and cold temperatures aggreviate the brittleness, so on a cold day even a major bump in the road can cause a full toolbox to fail. So yes, storing...

Really. It was made in Europe and imported by BMW-US. What's the issue? ;)

It's always the passenger side that breaks. The driver is typically the owner, who understands that yanking the door closed by the upper part of the handle is going to break something. Passengers, not so much. I believe that both of those parts are being reproduced; Maximillian has the piece...

Well no, you wouldn't. Electrical things burn when too much current passes through them, creating heat. The issue with torpedo fuses isn't too much current - it's too little. The *&^% things just stop passing current as they corrode, or the brass contacts lose clamping force. Modern fuses...

I find it interesting that the beautiful example sold by Bonhams went for €253,000inc. premium, yet the description says "fresh from a circa €300,000 restoration". And, I'll bet the seller didn't begin with a car anywhere near as rough as the one currently on catawiki. Seems that it would be...

Yes! A local friend of mine has an Iso Rivolta, and whenever we happen to bring our respective cars to our local Cars & Coffee (his Iso, my e9) I always try to park next to him so that we can compare and contrast the two cars' designs. They are similar in size, their rooflines and other...

Gee, I thought Maxwell had better taste than that! The interior certainly isn't retro. And the exterior? Well, it's interesting. To my eye, there are too many incongruous shapes and features. A bit like the C8 Corvette, it looks like it was designed by a committee, with every member...

Maybe some flowers or a box of chocolates? :)

That's a very creatively-written ad! I like how it begins with: ***First photo is not actual car**, old pic of same model …This ’70s BMW is the so-called E9 coupe, the six-cylinder 2800CS, 3.0CS/CSi, and the CSL. A true B-pillarless two-door coupe, the flawlessly proportioned E9 is widely...

That's a funny looking manual transmission!

No, I don't believe those are the linkage bushings. The ebay listing includes this diagram: The ebay listing for part # 61611353754 can be found at...

Arde is right; the length that a power antenna requires beneath the sheet metal is significant and the motor-gearbox at the base is bulky. Don't just drill the hole where the extended mast would look good, and then find that the antenna won't fit underneath it! My guess is that antennas were...

Depends on how many of the "while you're in there" items on Stevehose post above that you chose to do ("all" would be the right answer). The job won't be cheap, but most of the cost will be in removing and replacing the transmission. That's why it makes sense to perform all of the "while...

Yes, that's right. Those TWM adapter plates shown in the photo in Tomme9's first post need to come off. The K&N's (or whatever) attach the same way. You may need shorter screws with the K&N's, as their sheet metal bases are thinner than the cast, TWM adapters.

True, the glass can come out without disturbing the vent window assembly (which includes the front window track), which will simplify the alignment upon re-assembly. However, if that front track is part of what is sticking, then cleaning it or replacing the fabric track, is a lot easier if it...

Disassembly is a cinch. It's the re-assembly that will kill you. Thomas76 is explaining what I mean about the re-assembly. It isn't that it's so hard to get the hardware back in place; the problem is that the window alignment is adjustable in all directions, and if you don't get it right you...

Yes, Rey is a part of the active community of vintage BMW owners here in southern California. And you are in Auburn, huh? My inlaws (now both gone) retired from New York to Lake of the Pines, so I used to travel there with some regularity in the aughts and teens. My point on the original...