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  1. Dohn

    Need a wiring guru

    A follow-up... I was able to get contact info for Ben Thongsai, and he agreed to work on the car, provided I can live without it for six months to a year. Popular guy. I told him the car is useless to me if it threatens to self-immolate when driven, so I gotta give it what it needs, in whatever...
  2. Dohn

    Need a wiring guru

    The insurance paid to fix a car that was incorrectly wired by a previous owner? Maybe I should have gone with Hagerty! Hello, American Collectors...
  3. Dohn

    Need a wiring guru

    Been away for a bit, but need help from the hive mind. My coupe is a '74 with a '87 735 3.5l motor with Motronic, and a five-speed. The previous owner did the engine swap, and I have minimal documentation on the conversion. Last spring I was driving my coupe to the Vintage, hit a pothole, and...
  4. Dohn

    Another Lost & Found (sort of)

    Drew, Highway overpasses DO NOT count as hills. Neither do alligators sleeping on the road... But I will admit to envying having weather good enough for a cruise. We're sunny and 50 today, with 28 and two inches of snow due tomorrow...
  5. Dohn

    BBS RS repair

    Fairly certain they're painted. I would do all the wheels at one time; I think a professional color match would be the way to go.
  6. Dohn

    BBS RS repair

    I have 16" BBS RS wheels on my coupe. They are in good shape overall, but I have noticed some dings in the mesh portion of a couple of the wheels. Not sure if it is rock damage or sloppy wrench work by a tire shop, but the result is some bright aluminum marks in the dull silver finish. I was...
  7. Dohn

    Patricia A. Mayer's 3.0 CS / Paul Cain's Fjord project / The 300 mile Test Drive / VIII / Final Punch List

    C'mon, Paul, let's get the slots on those hose clamp bolts lined up! Quit your slackin'...
  8. Dohn

    Patricia A. Mayer's 3.0 CS / Paul Cain's Fjord project / The 300 mile Test Drive / VIII / Final Punch List

    Great idea on the hanger. When I was having fuel flow problems my car stumbled so badly one time that it broke the rear hanger! Drove home with the exhaust banging on the bottom of the car. Shop couldn't find a replacement, so they fabbed up a kluge. Fortunately for them, I'm no purist...
  9. Dohn

    Patricia A. Mayer's 3.0 CS / Paul Cain's Fjord project / The 300 mile Test Drive / VIII / Final Punch List

    I remember talking to you about this car over dinner at O'fest! I am in awe of the expertise on this site, and of course, in yours. It convinces me that when the time comes to re-do my coupe, finding an e9 experienced shop is critical. There are so many nuances to doing it right, as opposed to...
  10. Dohn

    Legends East attendance

    I'm in the E9 group, but didn't see anyplace to specify the level of evaluation. Mine's a driver, so I would prefer the clean category. I'll leave super clean and concours to people who are far more skilled, (and retentive?), than I...
  11. Dohn

    E9 Brewing. Who knew?

    I heard they brewed a light, beautiful stout, but the barrels rusted through...
  12. Dohn

    The Vintage Asheville/Hot Springs NC 2021 Who's going? May 20-22. Postponed to Sept 16-18

    Here are a few shots I got of the entire group. Had a terrific time, and the coupe ran great. Did have to bail out the driver's side mat and carpet after I got home, after driving through torrential rain between Asheville and Hot Springs. Thanks to Gary for recruiting the coupes. It was a...
  13. Dohn

    Funny perspective on current M3 design

    An angry electric shaver...
  14. Dohn

    No reserve 1971 fjord CSi on BaT

    $78K? This was at $45K this morning, and I thought that was fair. I was beginning to think the quarantine price bubble was popping, but now I see I was mistaken. Could it be that our coupes are finding a "new normal"? After years of lagging behind contemporary luxury cars such as Pagoda Mercs...
  15. Dohn

    How many miles do you put on your e9 annually

    7K miles in four years, but next to none since Covid hit, so it's probably close to 3K a year. Two trips to South Carolina yet this year, so the average should come up.
  16. Dohn

    Trim or No Trim

    Jeez, then I'd say you better go no trim! I agree it probably works best on a silver car; I wouldn't do it to most colors. But it does seem to make it look a bit more like an 80s car, when chrome became an endangered species...
  17. Dohn

    The Vintage Asheville/Hot Springs NC 2021 Who's going? May 20-22. Postponed to Sept 16-18

    I will be there, and also at O'fest. After a crazy series of cascading problems that finally got resolved (cha-ching), I had a shakedown cruise up to our Buckeye Chapter drivers' school at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course this weekend. (Working the event, not driving.) The car ran flawlessly! If we...
  18. Dohn

    Disabled in Dayton

    Update for all. Yes, when they installed the new tank originally I had the suction issue, and they found the vent on the tank was completely clogged with paint. Clearing it seemed to fix the problem, but then on a later drive I again experienced the bass drum sound, and the tank dented. Today...
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