Straight Six December 2021

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registernews 02 Richard Stern Happy Christmas and have a wonderful New Year. Keep 02ing. 02s at a Dealership near you! Sadly not new ones, but due to the shortage of new cars dealers are now happy to display our cars in their showrooms. My 02 is at Specialist Cars Stevenage and I know Mike Milbourne’s Fjord Tii is also at a dealership. I found at least two others at dealers around Europe as well. Why not ask your local dealer if they want your car in their showroom for winter?

07770 443373 02register@bmwcarclubgb.co.uk

Cotswold BMW Cheltenham have a superb collection of classics all on display in their showroom, a fantastic dealership that obviously still cares for the classic BMWs. If you’re passing, it’s certainly worth a visit.

Recent News. A Barn find Turbo No.0375 has been found and now with 02 restorer in The Netherlands. Also watch this space for a one-off original Golf Yellow 2002 Turbo. Yes, Golf Yellow.

Other news member John Paulding recently discovered that Red Hammerite is a near perfect match for Verona red cars, ideal for under arches and any other areas prone to stone chips and rust. 2022 – We are planning big things for next year and will be joining the clubs 70th Birthday and 50 Years of M Power so watch for more news on this soon. Jaymic now has late grilles in silver plastic. A few more of the brightwork parts are now available aftermarket as well, B-post mouldings, rear window lower mouldings and gutter mouldings. Maximillian in the USA now has complete chassis rails, early and late: classicbmwparts@gmail.com Don’t forget shipping costs and import duties, though. We want to hear from you, any 02 related tips, stories, interesting related topics or just questions and answers, please contact your 02 Register at 02register@bmwcarclubgb.co.uk Tail Pipe. A recent classic car newspaper published that governments were going to outlaw modifying cars. This, of course, will impact the classic car and restoration business massively, never mind the loss of jobs and manufacturing. I shall look into this for next month and I hope, should this ever come into effect, that classic cars will be exempt. Although I do doubt it will happen at all, there is a huge global business for aftermarket items, from exhausts to trim and plenty for new cars too. I suspect there’ll be an online petition against it. More next month. www.bmwcarclubgb.uk

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