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But...no dents! Hardly any rust to speak of! And 100% complete!! (OK, I lied, one bulb in the tail is missing). Pretty good Polaris paint.
I hooked up a battery tonight and, true to BMW form, the clock started humming, the fan works, most of the lights work, etc.
All my controls are in German, except the instrument cluster. It does have a US gauge cluster (MPH).
Tomorrow I drain the oil and chage it, add some Marvel Mystery Oil, and try to get her running. Maybe hook up my Hi-6 if I get ambitious.
Question: I have 3 buttons (one dummy) on the left side of the dash. Running their labels through Babelfish I get front fog (dummy), rear fog (real switch?! wtf?), and a purple button labeled heckschiebe (which translates to 'tail -shift'). What's the purple one??
As for comparing a 320 to an '02 (I sold my '70 1600 a couple days ago), it's kind of neat. Granted, I LOVE and will never grow tired of the go-kart-ness of the '02s. OTOH, comparing my old '76 with this '77 320 is night and day. This cars /feels/ solid. The doors thunk. The dash is nice. The instruments feel solid. It seems to be more "car" and less "cart". Blasphemy to some, but then again I suppose BMW could not have sold '02s forever. Time marches on.
I can't wait to get this bad boy running. I'm hoping against hope the AC works, although that's pretty far fetched.
Anyway, just babbling :)
-Dave
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'77 320i
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