On eBay March 2013 in Glendale, here is that ad:
eBay 3/25/13 This is a rust free California car. I've owned this beauty for 22 years -since 1991. The car was rescued by an avid BMW parts dealer/restorer, 2002 AD, and restored for me after an insurance company deemed it not worthy. It is a salvaged car that had front end damage but you would never know it. I bought this car and drove it as my daily driver until 2005. It is an amazing car to drive. Through the years I have accomplished many upgrades including: replacing the engine with a 3.5 liter BMW engine, converting the transmission to the Getrag 5 speed, installed new Weber Carbs, Bilstein shocks, lowered the car to stock Euro height by replacing all 4 springs, as well as reupholstering most of the leather. The car has 330,000 miles on it, the engine has 135,512. The replacement engine came from a 735i with 55,000 miles when it was installed in my car by La Jolla Independent BMW. EVERYTHING works except there is intermittent power to the clock...the clock itself works well. There are also a couple of small cracks in the dash and some of the leather interior needs attention.
So obviously a newer owner as there is no mention of the above in current ad. At least 2002AD had a different owner back then!