Head Lice
TJ Addict
Had a '91 535i . . . . loaded / charcoal grey metallic. Classic sedan. Weighted 50% on each axle. Fun!I miss the days when BMWs were truly driver's cars. You are right, that era was sure a great one. You have my second favorite car on this thread, but it isn't really fair since there is a 930 turbo in the mix.
And . . . on another note: Many of us have had a variety of American muscle iron. Many of us were decades younger when we drove that iron . . . . now, that era is just a memory. The restored muscle cars of our youth are owned by those old paunchy, balding men of means who drove those cars in their youth. The cars have remained /restored to their wonderful 'new-ness' . . . . sadly, we have not.
It's a somewhat melancholy sight to see these old hot-rodders sitting in their lawn chairs behind the shrines of their bye-gone youth. I refer to this as 'The Yellow Mustang Syndrome' . . . old guy in a young man's car. Whispy hair fluttering in the wind, ketchup on the shirt from the drive-in where you were trying to chat up the young car-hop . . . . Ahhhh, life's good and cruel.
Therefore, for old fat guys like me, the only real answer to the 'perfect-ness' of that SS396, GTO, 'Cuda, etc. is the never ending creativity you'll get with a rat rod . . . . .
There's never a 'Do Not Touch, Look, or Breathe' sign on a ratter . . . . the owners will talk about what they've done, how they solved this or that engineering problem, let you sit or touch their iron . . . .
Hey! recognize yourself ?