Back in the beginning....the good old days (m)

[JimLev]

Any of you CCA members get an email with this link?
Member #1 who started the CCA use to work with my brother-in-law at the Boston radio station mentioned.

http://bmwcca.org/index.php?pageid=about

[@ Viv]

an interview and provide pictures?

Viv
Northern California
2003 530i Steel Blue Metallic /Gray leather
AT/PP/SP/CWP/Xenon/Folding Rear Seats/Ultimate Cup Holders/Stongard Headlamp Covers/Stealth rear signal bulbs/50% tint/Saab trunk lid handle/PS2s/Aux. adapter/BMWCCA Member/With a Pink Panther on the mirror/E34('91 525i) retired

[JimLev]

"Drive It Like You Stole It, A Sickness for Quickness"
The Bottle Rocket "King of Spray" 2 Stage Nitrous Oxide
Dare to be different and stand out among the crowd of me-to-cars!
No guts, no glory! Tire smoke, not traction control!
Zionsville all aluminum radiator to replace the 3 leak prone Nissens Radiators!

NOS Progressive 2 Stage Controller with port injection
Snow's Performance Methanol/Water Injection
Dinan downloads, VAC Under Drive Pulleys
Dinan Carbon Fiber CAI
Dinan Front Strut Bar
Electric Cooling Fan w/PWM controller
NGK Iridium Plugs
DDE Enhanced Angel Eyes, Smoked Lenses
Koni FSD's/H&R Springs, BAV Brass Caliper Bushings
Eisenmann Race Exhaust (from H8-Rain's car)
///M5 3.15 LSD
///M5 Sway Bars, Front & Rear
Energy Suspension Polyurethane Sway Bar Bushings
///M5 Gauge Cluster Rings ///M5 Lip Spoiler
///M5 Mirrors and Switches
Leather Z weighted shift knob (thanks H8-Rain)
Rogue “Octane” Short Shift kit w/WSR
Rogue Tranny Mounts
StopTech Brake Lines Front & Rear
Axxis Deluxe Plus pads Front & Rear
Staggered M Parallel 66, Xenons
Modified CDV, UGDO
Euro Storage Tray (thanks Zombywolf)
Redline in Diff and Tranny
Passport 8500 X50, Escort ZR3 Laser Jammer
G-Tech/Competition Pro Data Logger
Auto Enginuity OBD-II Scan Tool
25% Tint, X-Pel, LoJack
PIAA Driving Lights
BMW CCA Member Boston Chapter

[@ Viv]

I haven't looked closely at it all, but did it say how much it will cost?

Viv
Northern California
2003 530i Steel Blue Metallic /Gray leather
AT/PP/SP/CWP/Xenon/Folding Rear Seats/Ultimate Cup Holders/Stongard Headlamp Covers/Stealth rear signal bulbs/50% tint/Saab trunk lid handle/PS2s/Aux. adapter/BMWCCA Member/With a Pink Panther on the mirror/E34('91 525i) retired

[JimLev]

or both for $115 IIRC. They will send us an email that you upload a pic and a paragraph or two about your car, etc. Wonder if they will print some of the horror stories you read here, radiator exploding, ABS, etc?
Sort of pricey but it does support the CCA.
They said that if you are not happy with the product it is returnable for your money back.
I'm getting the book. So are you going to use the pic of your car when you were installing a new windshield gasket?

[@ Viv]

work. You mean the picture of my back side or the one of my dried out fingers? ;-) Which one will you send? The one where she's half nekked with her front end parts removed while sitting on jacks in your garage?

Viv
Northern California
2003 530i Steel Blue Metallic /Gray leather
AT/PP/SP/CWP/Xenon/Folding Rear Seats/Ultimate Cup Holders/Stongard Headlamp Covers/Stealth rear signal bulbs/50% tint/Saab trunk lid handle/PS2s/Aux. adapter/BMWCCA Member/With a Pink Panther on the mirror/E34('91 525i) retired

[540sport]

my spam filter must have filtered the email from Harris Publishers. In the open letter he describes the project more in depth. He explains that turning it over to Harris was the most cost effective way to get it done with no upfront costs. If you participate and buy the book it is self supporting, costing members that don't participate nothing.

There was also this link which is great, some of the people depicted 40 years ago are still around, driving bimmers and attending Octoberfests.

The early history of the BWM CCA

I'm thinking of actually getting my car detailed and submitting a pic or 2.
Vin
98 540 Sport with everything & extra hots
BMW CCA, Boston Chapter
"The 540 is the head-case supermodel girlfriend..." Eric S.
"The worst thing you could do with your money is save it." ~ Jackie Gleason
If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough. Mario Andretti
The United States is a nation of laws: poorly written and randomly enforced. - Frank Zappa

[@ Viv]

were getting freaked out their personal info was being passed along to this company.

Viv
Northern California
2003 530i Steel Blue Metallic /Gray leather
AT/PP/SP/CWP/Xenon/Folding Rear Seats/Ultimate Cup Holders/Stongard Headlamp Covers/Stealth rear signal bulbs/50% tint/Saab trunk lid handle/PS2s/Aux. adapter/BMWCCA Member/With a Pink Panther on the mirror/E34('91 525i) retired

[william540i]

I'm at work, so the d/l is going about 100kbs an hour... So, I'm barely 1/4 of the way thru it (going on two hours now)... It will be interesting to see if they mention the first members of some of the other chapters along the East Coast... My Mom and Dad were two of the original 13 members of the Philadelphia chapter or Bucks County chapter... I can't remmeber... I was barely one at the time... I was in the passenger seat when my Mom rolled our '72 2002... I sustained only minor cuts, probably because I was asleep when it happened... This happened in '74 (IIRC), but I still have the BMWCCA sticker they gave out back then, holding together the shattered glass from the accident... I'll see if I can locate it and take a pic for yous guys, along with the few pictures I have of the car; post accident...

Have a great weekend all!!!

Cheers!!

[william540i]

Good day all!!

Okay, my Mom corrected me about the dates... They joined a Pennsylvania chapter in 74-75... And the accident was late 75, early 76. My Mom is overseas and of course, she has the picture... I'm still looking for, what is left of the back window... LOL!!

Have a great weekend!!!

Cheers!!

[JimLev]

the accident and are still here to tell the story. It must have been nice to be part of the club in it's early days when it was more or less a grassroots originization.

[Whorse]

Andreas
Queens NY
BMWCCA# 186796
86 325es (wrecked by careless driver)
87 325 (project for life)
00 540is 6spd (daily driver)