What did you do to your E9 today?

[mulberryworks]

Well done !
It must be a bit nerve racking going for the first drive.
What if it didn’t match up to what you hoped it would be .
I have owned mine for about 9 and a half years have put a massive amount of time into restoring her and I have never driven her once …
Yet !
I’ll get there some day .
Anyway congratulations on the first drive !!

I've had mine for 9 years almost to the day and I've driven it about 60 miles in total, split evenly between Maui and Austin. I bought it right before we moved to the mainland and had to get it running and then registered before I could ship it. Then in Austin I took it out for one quick meetup not too far from home with the Hawaii plates but though it ran, it has a list of issues, ranging from timing issues due to a funky distributor to rust issues on the right side so it's been waiting patiently for its restoration. I live in Jacksonville Florida now so the car has been moved twice for a total of 4,600 miles from where I bought it. I've collected most of the parts it needs, now to build the garage for the restoration. I'm sure you'll find the reward well worth the effort in the end.

 

[bcoli]

Heading north to the Lewis & Clark Classic Rally lewisandclarkclassicrally.org
Four rallies in two days! I hope to see some of you there.

Here are a few of the cars that were there, 25 rally cars & about 30 tour cars; had a great time, sunny but not too hot, we made some errors but managed third in class & fourth overall! The Northwest Classic northwestclassicrally.org is August 3-6, come on out for another great rally.

 

[BarneyT]

First rides in a while in the coupe six weeks post rotator cuff surgery, 125 miles yesterday and 125 miles this morning feeling pretty good about upcoming trip up

the West Coast in August with the BMW Classic Car Club.

 

[HB Chris]

Barney, My coupe will join yours if the Zeniths come back in time!

 

[BarneyT]

Barney, My coupe will join yours if the Zeniths come back in time!

That’s very cool, I think it’s gonna be an incredible trip. Will Look forward to meeting you then.

 

[bluecoupe30!]

Installed the new right front brake hoses and new hard lines today. My tube bending on the new steel lines was really close to the originals and only needed a small amount of tweaking. All buttoned up. Next up, the bleeding Now that new hoses are in place, I decided to cut one of the old ones and examine how much the channel that is supposed to carry brake fluid, has closed off. I was astonished at how this hose had virtually collapsed. Like eating all the cholesterol you want and then having an Xray of your arteries!

 

[Wobdog]

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6.5" ultra slim woofers, modified vintage grills, NO cut outs in a panel under parcel shelf.

What speakears did you use?

 

[Barry.b]

Installed the new right front brake hoses and new hard lines today. My tube bending on the new steel lines was really close to the originals and only needed a small amount of tweaking. All buttoned up. Next up, the bleeding Now that new hoses are in place, I decided to cut one of the old ones and examine how much the channel that is supposed to carry brake fluid, has closed off. I was astonished at how this hose had virtually collapsed. Like eating all the cholesterol you want and then having an Xray of your arteries!
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How old are the old hoses ?

 

[bluecoupe30!]

How old are the old hoses ?

I would say venturing into the "ancient category". Likely decades.

 

[TodB]

Changed out the stock coil for a red bosch (Brazil). I had already bypassed the ballast. Seems to have smoothed out a slight hesitation at higher (> 5500) RPMs. Pulls nicely to red line now, not that I do that a lot. The engine just feels and seems like its running better. Very pleased.

 

[HB Chris]

Red coil needs a 1.8 ohm resistor to keep voltage at 9V or it can overheat.

 

[TodB]

Red coil needs a 1.8 ohm resistor to keep voltage at 9V or it can overheat.

My understanding is that I don't need one when running the 123 distributor?

 

[Stevehose]

Red coil needs a 1.8 ohm resistor to keep voltage at 9V or it can overheat.

He has a 123 dizzy

 

[HB Chris]

Hard to understand that even Pertronix needs 12v but the coil needs 9v which is why there is a resistor with Pertronix and points.

 

[BarneyT]

Trying to put a few more miles on in the coupe in the

last couple of days before pick up and shipping to west coast for a trip with up the west coast with the BMW Classic club…

 

[alprada70]

Checking the color with a spectrophotometer

 

[Wobdog]

Cleaning, Cleaning Cleaning, getting ready for Ledgends. Borrowed my sons small Steam cleaner and it works really well

 

[Wobdog]

Purchased important items for legends next week. Stop by and enjoy a ice cold one with me out of my vintage cooler!

 

[alprada70]

Prototype

 

[deQuincey]

Days will come,
some decáls
An steering wheel,
And more light
Must do
Still
Pronto