I was going through some old photos for something else, but came across some cool photos I thought some of you might enjoy.
The first pic was our 1972 Chamonix BMW Bavaria that was bought new in Monterey that was my original "Hot Rod Tricycle" transport vehicle, hence truck up in background. Notice the "custom" mag wheels on the trike (rears almost look like Fuchs)...LOL. Now that's riding in style. Grew up in that Bav and ended up driving it to my high school Jr. prom, shortly after that it was sold, then wrecked within a week. About the time of the other pics.
The other pics I always love and some rank among my all time favorite. The Bav may have started the BMW craze for me, but 2002's were more my thing most of my life, I always pretty much owned one (various years). I have the Golf (of course) 1976 pictured in the rest of the pics. Saved up and bought it when you could still get almost all of the parts through BMW and apparently it was ok to sit on the hood back then
. My trunk lid had a golf ball divot from the previous owner living on the golf course in Healdsburg, CA whom I bought it from. I kind of liked it in a weird way, never addressed it. The big bumpers weren't such a big deal back then as they were the "newer" model from the roundies. We knew they added weight but didn't really care, we were just happy to own a "BMW" at the age of 16.
How many people in high school (these are circa 1987 or 88) can say they had about 10 or so other friends with 2002's? I didn't think so....LOL. The pictures of the street pics are in front of my friend Brian Benefield's house, 6 of us in the pic. The other one with the four cars was about the same time '87-'88, along Hwy 1 between Bodega Bay and Jenner by the Sea. My stomping grounds when going for "spirited" drives. The lead always had a radar detector (a new invention back then) that did save us multiple times with the HWY patrol. We would laugh later after we would slow down to the speed limit, wave, smile, then stomp on it again when we were well out of range.
The Bavaria pics is Sea Ranch where I grew up for 8 years, was a passenger in a car seat for a lot of those years in the Bavaria, then moved to Santa Rosa so the drive to the coast was only about a half hour away. Good times, sometimes it feels like yesterday but this is the source of the nuttiness that we all call "passion" for the mark...but who are we kidding, we are all a little nuts???!!???
EDIT: I forgot to mention, when sitting on our hoods along the coast, a guy drove by and yelled, "GET A LIFE!" We all just kind of looked at each other like, "who was that loser?" THIS IS THE LIFE!
Sorry for picture quality, those are actual pictures I quickly snapped from my iPhone on my computer desk. ACTUAL pictures, imagine that?
The first pic was our 1972 Chamonix BMW Bavaria that was bought new in Monterey that was my original "Hot Rod Tricycle" transport vehicle, hence truck up in background. Notice the "custom" mag wheels on the trike (rears almost look like Fuchs)...LOL. Now that's riding in style. Grew up in that Bav and ended up driving it to my high school Jr. prom, shortly after that it was sold, then wrecked within a week. About the time of the other pics.
The other pics I always love and some rank among my all time favorite. The Bav may have started the BMW craze for me, but 2002's were more my thing most of my life, I always pretty much owned one (various years). I have the Golf (of course) 1976 pictured in the rest of the pics. Saved up and bought it when you could still get almost all of the parts through BMW and apparently it was ok to sit on the hood back then
. My trunk lid had a golf ball divot from the previous owner living on the golf course in Healdsburg, CA whom I bought it from. I kind of liked it in a weird way, never addressed it. The big bumpers weren't such a big deal back then as they were the "newer" model from the roundies. We knew they added weight but didn't really care, we were just happy to own a "BMW" at the age of 16.How many people in high school (these are circa 1987 or 88) can say they had about 10 or so other friends with 2002's? I didn't think so....LOL. The pictures of the street pics are in front of my friend Brian Benefield's house, 6 of us in the pic. The other one with the four cars was about the same time '87-'88, along Hwy 1 between Bodega Bay and Jenner by the Sea. My stomping grounds when going for "spirited" drives. The lead always had a radar detector (a new invention back then) that did save us multiple times with the HWY patrol. We would laugh later after we would slow down to the speed limit, wave, smile, then stomp on it again when we were well out of range.
The Bavaria pics is Sea Ranch where I grew up for 8 years, was a passenger in a car seat for a lot of those years in the Bavaria, then moved to Santa Rosa so the drive to the coast was only about a half hour away. Good times, sometimes it feels like yesterday but this is the source of the nuttiness that we all call "passion" for the mark...but who are we kidding, we are all a little nuts???!!???
EDIT: I forgot to mention, when sitting on our hoods along the coast, a guy drove by and yelled, "GET A LIFE!" We all just kind of looked at each other like, "who was that loser?" THIS IS THE LIFE!
Sorry for picture quality, those are actual pictures I quickly snapped from my iPhone on my computer desk. ACTUAL pictures, imagine that?
