Maintaining a classic during winter - BMW E12 in hibernation
In this video, I will be going through some of the aspects of keeping a classic during winter whilst not in use, especially for who, like me, has no indoor storage facilities. The 1974 BMW E12 is now hibernating and no work will be done on it for a couple of months at least.
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In this video I’ll be telling the full story of my 1974 BMW E12 520, from its first ownership on South Africa, right up to my second ownership in 2022. I will also be telling how I came across this car 18 years since the last time I sold it.
It’s a bit long, but full of other interesting ownership details!
0:32 - events in 1972;
1:20 - events in 1974 and first time the car was bought;
4:42 - events in 1979, the car is exported to Portugal and and what happend in the following decades;
8:54 - events in 2001, the car is sent to scrap, but its is saved by an enthusiast;
10:52 - 2002, the start of my story with this car;
21:40 - 2004 and I have to sell the car and I need the first owner;
26:40 - 2022, the reunion and how I got it back.
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Music from YouTube Sound library:
Last Train North - TrackTribe
Pray - Anno Domini Beats
Skylines - Anno Domini Beats
Retro - Wayne Jones
Funky Disco - Biz Baz Studio
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It’s been six months since I bought this very high mileage Volvo S80 and I’ll be giving an update regarding the work done so far. However, a nasty surprise came and is making me rethink the whole project. Shall I just give up and hand it over to someone else, or should I just keep it and wait for better times?
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The initial plan was to replace the leaky power steering pipes… but I ran into trouble and was forced to replace the radiator. I also took the opportunity to replace the condenser and the drier as well as all the mounts which were completely perished.
Nightmare of a job, but it paid off in the end.
This is part one of the video, where I remove all the faulty components.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifM3EUbsNI8
I came back from holidays and when I had to move the cars around, the battery of my car was just dead. It was playing up before I went, so a replacement was needed.
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In this video, I will be replacing the rubbish old wheel nuts that end up losing their capping over time and may cause problems in case you get a flat tyre away from home.
This is where I bought them from:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/16-X-ALLOY-WHEEL-NUTS-FORD-FOCUS-MK1-MK2-MK3-ST-RS-M12-X-1-5-19MM-BOLT-LUG-STUD-/224229614631?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izjTMTolHuU
The video about the story of my 1974 BMW E12 520 is now on my channel.
During its 48 year history it changed countries, was closed to being scrapped, saved by a car nut, bought by a penny less idiot (me), then sold it and the disappeared without a trace for nearly 14 years until it was recently found in the most extraordinary way. It is a bit long, but every detail makes a good story like this one.
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Following on from the previous video, I'll be doing the oil and filter change, plus looking at a few MOT advisory items and fix them.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9viXFyK36A