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  1. SicilianE9

    Engine bonnet issue

    Looking at it in detail looks like more will be needed in the bonnet reinforcement, they seem quite advanced in the rusting process unfortunately, i will keep updating as soon as it is taken apart Thank you for your kind words Best regards
  2. SicilianE9

    Engine bonnet issue

    Good suggestion! I have been thinking about it but as i am not transforming into an extreme racer, i might prefer to stay within the technology applied at that time, also thought of glass fiber reinforced with balsa wood like applied on the 911s and 914s of that time
  3. SicilianE9

    Engine bonnet issue

    I was sure to have discovered rust but i will check further, , i will anyway disasemble and check the condition of the parts. Thank you
  4. SicilianE9

    Engine bonnet issue

    Thanks, it took me 3 E9s to finally get the right one
  5. SicilianE9

    Engine bonnet issue

    I am checking all the options around me, thanks for the suggestion, i noticed earlier brown dust falling from the hood inner reinforcements( right english, this time ;-) ) so i want to handle now
  6. SicilianE9

    E9´s at Munich / Next 100 years /

    Fantastic photos! Thank you! Fueling e9 love again
  7. SicilianE9

    Engine bonnet issue

    Thank you, it is a joy to drive and the only coupe i have that my wife would not allow me to sell
  8. SicilianE9

    Engine bonnet issue

    Thank you for your reply, i guess that is the reasonable option also considering having to match the bonnet to the body
  9. SicilianE9

    Engine bonnet issue

    After a year of storage, i am getting the car ready for the bi anual german TÜV test and next to replacing the fuel lines and other details, i noticed that my front bonnet is starting to rust from the inside. As that part is still an old one that was not changed during the restoration in 94 i am...
  10. SicilianE9

    Murray

    A sad rainy day to highlight my mood today. He will still be present to me as one of the persons that kept my passion alive, he shares responsability in me buying an E9 and not regretting it. I will miss him...
  11. SicilianE9

    Then and now

    The whole process started with Ralph Nader' s "unsafe at any speed" book in 1965. Unfortunately globalization in the eighties contaminated the whole world with his theory ( i wanted to write disease) making sure the cars were idiot proofed no matter where they came from. So usually we have our...
  12. SicilianE9

    New E9 owner in France

    Giorgetto Giugiaro designed the 3200 CS when he was an employee of Bertone... But i believed that the 2000 was an in house design under wilhem Hofmeister....or did i get that wrong, I have to read my classics.... Best regards Luc
  13. SicilianE9

    BMW E9 wheel covers chrome

    You are going to give ideas to some fetischists!
  14. SicilianE9

    Then and now

    It does make it more dynamic.... Or drive faster... :-)))
  15. SicilianE9

    Then and now

    Interesting topic... So many parameters changed the proportions of our cars... crash tests, pedestian protection, environmental rules, comfort, globalisation... The modern cars fit all and are idiot proofed but with the cosequence that the fun is filtered... Last summer drive allowed me...
  16. SicilianE9

    Strut bar.......

    Yes! I have it and will be mounted soon! After i have it anodized black! Still Xmas! Best regards Luc
  17. SicilianE9

    Xmas resent from Mother In Law

    Looks like you need to retrim the car... To match it! Congratulations, with such a mother in law you do not need any ennemies....LOL
  18. SicilianE9

    Coupe Photos

    Great car, love the color combination! Congratulations, drive it in good health! Regards Luc
  19. SicilianE9

    Bumper or not???

    +1 Facing same dilemma and I am tending to leave the front bumper with the csl spoiler. Best regards Luc
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