Vintage BMW Fest '03

[Brad B.]

The 3rd annual Vintage BMW Fest was held in historic Hermann, Missouri, the heart of our local wine country. After the mid-morning rain (which kept away some participants) the sky opened to bright sunny day. The Vintage BMW Fest highlighted the BMW 2002, the car that is credited with giving birth to the sport sedan model segment.

They were packaged well, space efficient, comfortable, fast, nimble, handled extremely well and were fun to drive. The most coveted consumer model, the tii, had a high pressure mechanical fuel injected engine, bigger brakes and struts, and other subtle mods. Even today, 30 years later, the tii will give modern pocket rockets a run for their money!

Vintage BMW motorcyles were also at the event. I love the "toaster tank" bikes!

Here are a few pics. (See link at bottom for more) My favorite is the one of this little boy admiring himself in the reflection of the hood of a car! That's his Dad watching him in the reflection of the red hood. Ha! Kodak moment!

BTW...I won Best 2002tii with my red tii!

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Many more picture here!

[Lynn]

Hooray. King Brad rules!

[ronvonhagen]

Congrats Brad......after seeing your stable and sanctuary I wouldn't expect anything less!!

[MBZ 500E]

Nice Job and SWEET CAR. I love the styling of the older BMW's and it's nice to see so many in great condition.

My all time favorite BMW is the M6, hardly ever see them anymore.

[dmarcus48]

My first new car was a 1972 BMW 2002 Tii, metalic blue with a black interior. I think everyone has a car that stands out in their memory. The car that's associated with a time in their life. We think of that time as being the "best" time in our life. That may or may not be, but the BMW was my car for that time. I paid $5143 for that car, including tax. That car was a blast to drive. sigh...... Wouldn't mind getting one to work on, I still have all the tools and manuals for that car.

[Brad B.]

Great story, Dave. There were half a dozen cars I didn't get pics of. One was a car that sounded just exactly like yours. Metallic blue and black. This car won the award for Most Original 2002. This car was original and untouched right down to the floor mats. It was incredible. It was showing it's age like a weathered old sailor but complete in every detail. Not bad for 30+ years! Hard to keep a good BMW down.

[dmarcus48]

Thanks Brad. I still remember that the shift assembly used to drop every once in awhile and I would crawl under the car to tighten it up. Used to bleed the brakes, the front brakes had three bleed points each! Great car, great memories. I had put Cromadora (sic) wheels on mine, they were made out of real magnesium, very light. I could pick up the whole wheel with one hand. Had to use tubes on the tires cause the wheels were too porus and would leak air.

[Brad B.]

Originally posted by dmarcus48
I had put Cromadora (sic) wheels on mine, they were made out of real magnesium, very light. I could pick up the whole wheel with one hand.

Ohhhh, but those are very collectible and valuable now! $$$$$ Worth more than some cars they are under!

[jonw440]

Congrats on the win! The first car I ever drove was my Mother's 1974 2002 Tan&tan 4speed with sunroof. I was 14(1978)

[IndigoGTI]

Originally posted by MBZ 500E
Nice Job and SWEET CAR. I love the styling of the older BMW's and it's nice to see so many in great condition.

My all time favorite BMW is the M6, hardly ever see them anymore.

Congratulations! I think my wife said it best when she told me "No matter how old a BMW is, it never looks 'old'".

[DavidB]

Congrats, Brad!

[F1Crazy]

Brad,
What's the story of your 2002tii? I wonder how long you had it and if you did the restoration yourself?
I think I've read before that you drive it daily and wonder how do you keep it looking that good? This is a vintage car after all...

Congrats on the win!