Just wanted to introduce myself to everyone. I am a long time BMW owner. My first BMW was a Golf 2002 in high school (1987), however I basically grew up at the age of 2-20 years old or so in a Bavaria and a 320i. The Bavaria was bought new in 1972 in Monterey California. It was white Chamonix with a blue interior. I still remember many days and nights on car trips sleeping on the lamb skin seat covers and the baby seat in the back until I was able to sit in the front. Fast forward to today. I found an original 1973 Golf Blue Plate CA Bavaria with factory A/C, 4-spd, and Sunroof. It drove the first 20 years of its life, then until a couple weeks ago was in a barn in Southern California where it was stored since 1993. 144K verified original miles, straight as an arrow, pretty much as zero rust a car as you can find and super bonus NUMBERS MATCHING. Just a tiny tiny bit around window moldings when we took them out the other day and a tiny tiny bit here and there, but for these old cars, might as well be brand new almost. Anyhow, you could imagine how happy I am to be a proud owner of such a great car. It is the perfect marriage of the Bavaria I grew up in and my old Golf 2002. If anyone knows how many Golf 1973 Bavarias there are in the world, please chime in. I know my 2002 was rare in that color, but a Bavaria, I have never personally seen on in the flesh until this car, only in some very few pictures that I have come across them. Especially 4-spds, I have only seen Automatics in pictures. If there is a website with all that information out there, so far I haven't found it. I will be relaying more of this story as we go here. I will start posting pictures in a build thread soon, probably next week. So, stay tuned and I am excited to be here and hopefully get to know all of you in person. I live in Southern California, San Juan Capistrano and I will be looking for some parts too, so I will be posting that as well. Don't need a lot but some here and there. Thanks for reading...... Shane... Oh, even had original tool kit and tools minus a couple tools but the important ones are there, mainly the red handle screwdrivers. And thank you for the E3 thread section, that is awesome!!!!!
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