Resto & Mod

For the 28 years that my friend Alex owned Bertha, the 1975 2002 that I sold him in 1990...

Congratulations to Sacramento Valley Chapter member Carlos Fernandez, our latest Shell Fill-Up Friday winner! Carlos’ post featuring his 2005...

Two weeks ago, I wrote about my sight-unseen purchase of the Lama, a 1987 E28 535i that had appeared...

As I wait for the logistics on the Lama (the E28 I just bought sight-unseen in Tampa) to settle,...

I expected to be writing this week’s piece on the brief road trip I took last weekend in Bertha,...

In last week’s piece, The End Game, I went full left-brain on you, detailing Bertha’s four separate driveline noise-and-vibration...

That’s a silly title, really: There is no end, and thus no end game, to vintage-car ownership. If I...

Surely you don’t think I’d go to all this work, buying back and resurrecting Bertha, the 1975 2002 I...

One of my steps in preparing Bertha for drives longer than around the block was dealing with the charging...

Last week I discussed how, in order to continue drive Bertha, I needed to make her completely legal, which...

Two weeks ago, I described sorting Bertha, my reclaimed 2002, to the point where around-the-block runs were sufficiently uneventful...

It seems like back in the day, I replaced a lot of starters in 2002s and other vintage BMWs....

Two weeks ago, I described the work I did on Bertha during the feverish weekend just before Oktoberfest. I’d...

Last week I talked about my attempt to resurrect Bertha sufficiently to drive her to Oktoberfest, and taking it...

Last week, BMW CCA member Jonathan Selig saved the day by producing the valve guide I needed out of...

Before BMW M Performance Parts were a thing, the array of alluring componentry fell under the simple name BMW...

As I write this on the Friday evening before Oktoberfest, I stand on the precipice of either achieving jaw-dropping...