TC1 - No. 2976 von Peter / Standort Holland

Here is my story.

I have bought my Baur at the second of december 2008 after a short look at a Dutch site. It had a problem with the engine but it has his M.O.T (in dutch A.P.K) until august 2009 and it was cheap. After a quick look i decided to buy it.

It’s an original TC1 323i Baur with a 5-speed gearbox and some recaro seats . The car was  delivered in 1981 to a German dealer in Nurnberg. After a few different owners it has been stored since 2001 and returned back at August 2008. According to the instruments it has had 160.000 km but if this is accurate i do not know.

The ride towards my house was one with a few problems, first it stopped running a few times so that the ANWB (In deutschland ADAC) came with three cars and mechanics to find the problem, no good grounding at the ignitionunit. After another 40 kilometers i had no shifting of the gears, the connection between the handle and the gearbox was gone. I repaired this on the road and after totally 8 hours i was home with my first 125 kilometers drive in a BAUR TC1.

The first thing i did at home was replacing the wheels with my 13 inch Alpina’s and it was already a 100% change. After some checking of the engine, compression, valves it seems the basic of the engine was good but there was something else wrong. With help of my E21-friends on the Forum i came to tthe conclusion that two hoses were switched. One from the coldstartinjector and the other from the pressure-regulator were switched. Now it runs perfect.

The next thing is the electrics. One of the previous owners had placed the battery to the back and made a real mess of the wiring, this had to change so i am checking it al out.

Things to do as quick as possible:

• Checking the car totally because there are some really stupid “modifications” done
• Replacing the softtop because it has some cracks
• Replacing the rubber of the driveshaft and also the central bearing
• Relocate the battery
• Replace the left front wing (corrosion)
• Make everything so original as possible without a total restauration

• The most important, driving it when it’s possible. The plan is to use the winterseason for repairing and the spring and summer for enjoying.

This is were i am today. A lott of work to be done so i hope the temperature in my garage will be better soon.

Greetings Peter Vissers

Bilderreihe bei Abholung nach Erwerb

Hier bereits mit geänderter Radreifenkombination (original)

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