It's been a could of months since I last talked about the possibilities of buying this BMW 2002 project car. Well, so much has happened since....slowly albeit, but at least we made some real progress.
After I returned from vacation, it still took weeks before I was actually able to see the car. Apparently, the garage from where it sits houses tons of garage sale treasures, as the owner is somewhat of a hoarder and just can't keep from picking up a real bargain! After another month of prodding, I finally convinced her to let me come over and help her dig out the car for my viewing.
The car, for its age, is in very good condition! The car has been sitting registered in non-op for 30 years! There's only 50,000 miles on the odometer! The interior is in great shape- a little weathered, but looks great nonetheless. The body is in good condition with a couple of areas where it might need a little work. There is very little rust. None of the windows are cracked and the sunroof works. It is an automatic, but that doesn't bother me. The car has been positively identified as a 1974 car, which means that it will never have to be smogged once running. We agreed on a price of $1500 and she went to find the title.
A couple more weeks have passed. I've already started buying parts for the car, parts that are very specific to that car and year. At this point, I'm thinking that if I don't end up with the car, I'm going to be screwed. I've already named the car Holle, which means "beloved" in German.
Today was going to be the day for the transaction and pickup. I asked my friend, Ross, to help me move the car. We met the seller at a nearby restaurant to grab some lunch before doing the work. Afterwards, we headed to her house and got to moving shit out of the way.
I used my newly purchased Ryobi handheld air compressor to pump up the tires and we were good to go! or so we thought.... I put the car into neutral, but the car wouldn't budge! My first inclination was that the brakes were frozen, but later moved to the notion that the transmission was stuck in park. After a few attempts at trying to move the car, we decided to try and just call AAA for a tow. Apparently, AAA will only tow a car if it's registered and insured! Go figure!
I tried calling another tow company. They wanted $290 for the one-way tow- add $100 if "special equipment" is needed, since the car won't roll.
So we exchanged money for the title and we agreed that I would take a week to get the car's legal stuff in line.
A collection of blurbs stemming from mostly the motorized projects that I do. Some posts mixed in have to do with my experiences in X-ray school. (Some entries are from older blogs that I killed off.) Some of my toys are a Mazdaspeed Miata that I work on and take to the track, a little Harley that I can't stop modding and an old Yamaha RD400 that I've been collecting parts for over the past 15 years. When I'm not wrenching, sometimes I mountain bike, sometimes I snowboard, sometimes I make beer.
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