finishing Gary's '72 Tii

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Ended up going to the BMWCCA Deutsche Marque Concours d'Elegance over the weekend for my first judged event, got some points taken away since the interior isn't quite finished, but can't be mad about a 2nd place ribbon .

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downforce22 the only marker lights I deleted were the rears, but decided to leave the sides on since deleting those would bring it closer looking to a 1600 from the side profile. Was kind of a spur of the moment decision at the body shop when we went over everything. And yes, it still has Colorado plates. I had bought vintage 1972 Colorado plates like 10 years ago in an antique shop I have been waiting to put on, and last year I was able to register them as a year of manufacture plate.

[downforce22]

nice car. surprised you left the side marker lights on front and rear with the body work. so does it have a colorado plate still? more context with the photos would be neat.

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Great story, glad Gary's car finally got the restoration he would have wanted. :)

Thanks, the next project is the interior this year and then some other odds and ends. There ended up being a lot more issues with the body than I originally knew about so that kind of sucks, but the body shop did their best and it looks good enough IMO.

[Panici]

Great story, glad Gary's car finally got the restoration he would have wanted. :)

[e30austin]

that's awesome, glad to see the final product. thanks for sharing.

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That is just lovely, thanks for sharing.

Thank you, took a lot of time and work, but it's coming along.

[gnmzl]

That is just lovely, thanks for sharing.

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[dirty30]

The Recaros with our dear freind staking his claim to one of them. He once tried to claw these pristine houndstooth beauties so we locked them in a spare bedroom with a sheet over them. Oh how he pined for them.





I answered a craiglist ad a few years back for these and when I got to the house he had old school parts stashed away all over the place. That was one of my big finds over the last few years, after I sold the other stuff I bought from this guy I essentially got the Recaros for free. Great day parts hunting!

[2mAn]

so excited to see progress on this

[JGood]

Nice progress!