Thursday, August 29, 2013

Cheap improvements

As much as I like the new rims, the Fast logo is not really working. I had a good vector BMW logo so i resized it and sent to a sign place I deal with. Flexible, durable and laminated. Did a couple bigger ones too, they might look ok on trunk and hood. Sign place did many extras for me so I can make lots of mistakes.

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Spare parts and bimmer spotting

In a recent trip to BC, I tried my best to fetch some parts for the E30. I visited Bimmer Parts in Duncan, a BMW specialist auto wrecker. I could have spent hours there skulking around but the owner was a bit of a jittery fella who wouldn't let us in the back yard where all the disassembled cars sat. There were a number of whole E30s, E36 and E46's lying around in front so we nosed around them. The owner took my list of parts and ran off in the crowded garage, coming back with my requests one at a time. I hate the "desk order" auto wrecker thing and prefer to get my own stuff but you have to respect owners need to keep order. I would have liked to get much more but I did get a fuel pump, alternator bracket and some trim pieces I've waiting a long time to get.

The front of Bimmer Parts
BC, being salt-free has some fantastic condition old cars. This 318is was a standout. Vancouver Island, where Bimmer Parts is, had a lot of E30's. Didn't see a single 2002 though. 
A beautiful 535i in downtown Victoria.

Thursday, August 1, 2013

The Ferrari I found in Tokyo

So I was scanning around Tokyo via the 600,000 pixel bird's eye view image courtesy of 360gigapixels.com, looking in windows and stuff and although I haven't yet found any vintage bimmers, I did find a Ferrari.

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