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BMW Festival 2009 - Gaydon Waricks 16th August

"Oil Filter" Prizes for our "Best of Class" competition sponsored by Jaymic ltd

Black Turbo came all the way from Geneva

Duxford Autumn Classic 2nd August 2009

Not 1 but 2 Alpina B8 E36 Tourings

Zeemax Jaguar XK8

Spitfire

No. 78 of 500 Evo

Nice reflection

Stunning 1502 Lux with new Michelin XAS Tyres at great expense

Knebworth - Fathers Day Classic 21st June 2009

Above Replica of the Konig Touring Car M3

Rare Z8

Mint CSL Engine Bay

Genuine 280GTO (Twin Turbo'd)

Genuine 250GT (Worth in Excess of £2M)

Stunning Lancia replica

Fabulous D-Type replica complete with rivets

Rare Cosworth 500 (Touring Car)

Another Touring car from the 1980-90's

Rare E12 M535i (the original Motor Sport car)

Zinnobar Red, Brilliant Red, Misano Red

Touring Cars - Face Off

Masters Series Race weekend May 2009 Brands Hatch

Duxford Spring Classic Car Show 3rd May 2009

M5 E28

Genuine 356 Police Car (it came with the Uniform too)

Lots of Classic Bikes too

Planes indicate lost lives during WWII this was one of many sheets

Blackbird - 85,000 ft at Mach 3

B10 Alpina

M3 with 20" Wheels

Detailed paint on M3 above

Nice to see a few E28's for a change

Stefano's stunning CSL

A rare Lotus Calton Twin Turbo - This car took away the M5 E28's crown as the fastest Saloon car

A beautiful V12 Classic

Another rare sight - two M535i's E12's The first Motorsport car

Gordon Keeble Tortoise Badge

112 BMW's with 30 Clubs in attendance

TVR's too

Only the Brave apply here

M5, M535i, M5

135i Twin Turbo with Performance Brake upgrade

Nice line of 02 Bonnets

Lelystad 2008 (Dutch 02 weekend) September

Buy & sell your Parts.

Tim's Heidegger 02 October's COTM.

This beauty wowed the crouds last year/ Period roof rack, snow board. More on this one soon (hopefully).

Spot the "Ti" badge on the front towing eye.

Recent nut & bolt rebuild.

Knebworth Classic August 2008

Gaydon BMW Festival August 2008

More on this beast soon.

Turbo Treffen 2008 (The Netherlands)

The German Turbo Register has 50 members and once a year, some of its members meet up in Europe. This year was the turn of the Dutch to host it, previous years have included Austria, Switzerland, Germany and Demark to name a few. As usual the Dutch organisation was faultless; Edwin & Wim had planned everything like clockwork. We left for the event on the Thursday and during overtaking a tractor in Holland the car developed a miss-fire. Upon inspection No.2 spark plug cap seemed badly burnt and since the head was refitted I didn’t refit the heat shield (I should know better). Swapping plug caps around didn’t seem to help either. We eventually arrived at the Hampshire Inn, Elspeet set in the middle of a pine forest. Upon arrival we met other Turbo owners from all over Europe and a nice cold beer awaited us.

On the first day we had a busy schedule so didn’t really have the time to look at the car. So on the Friday we drove out to the Zuiderzee Museum ( HYPERLINK "http://www.zuiderzeemuseum.nl" www.zuiderzeemuseum.nl) via the E22/A7 which is a road that runs right through the North Sea for approximately 15 miles, it’s a strange feeling like driving across the sea. On one side you have the North Sea and the other a massive man-made lake. 60% of The Netherlands is below sea-level and a lot of land is “reclaimed”, the Dutch are world leaders at this. The Zuiderzee Museum was founded in 1948,.the decision was made to develop an open air Museum at the end of the nineteen sixties. The Museum Park was completed in 1983, after years of preparation. This provides an image of how people used to live and work around the Zuiderzee between 1880 and 1930, the period which preceded the completion of the IJsselmeer Dam in 1932.In the evening we drove back across the E22, stopped at a parking bay for a photo opportunity and then returned to the hotel for dinner and of course most of the discussions were on turbo’s again and the problems with mine.

On the Saturday it was a more relaxed affair, we left the cars for a rest and had a coach trip arranged to Amsterdam then onto Zandvoort for lunch. We arrived in Amsterdam and took a canal trip, which was very interesting. Then back on the coach to Zandvoort for lunch at a beach restaurant. Then we headed back to the Hotel and dinner to talk about more turbos.

Sunday was checking out time. But Dutch 02 enthusiast Wim offered to take us to his garage and look at my turbo. We followed Wim and then pulled into his drive way to be greeted by a massive old BMW sign on the side of a barn.

Inside is Wim’s workshop which is a dream garage. He has lifting hoists, pits, a floor you could eat your dinner off, wall to wall with BMW 02 memorabilia, all the old BMW Diagnostic equipment and a Bar, how cool is that? Wim set about my turbo and within ten minutes had diagnosed the problem. No.2 spark plug electrode had broken (or melted) hence the miss-fire, Wim cleaned everything up and fitted new Bosch Super 4 spark plugs, within minutes the car fired into life and run smoothly – problem solved. The car drove faultlessly back over 400 miles without skipping a beat and pulled strong, when I get time I need to fit the heat cover, new plug leads and make sure I only use Bosch Super 4 plugs as these seem to really suit the turbo. This is priceless information that was never documented but years of experience can only provide. Wim used to work for the local BMW dealer and has owned his lovely Polaris turbo for nearly 25 years, it even has a tow-bar on the turbo and he can be seen towing a caravan all over Europe.
A big “Thank You” must go to Wim for saving our weekend and to Edwin for a fantastic Treffen.
The Turbo Register can be found at; http://www.bmw-2002-turbo-club.de