Bob Marley's 1974 BMW 1602

My wife and I are huge reggae fans, going way back.  The first gift I ever gave her was a Bob Marley album, "Burnin", back in 1974.  We spent our honeymoon in Jamaica in 1975.

So this is a trifecta of three of the things that I love:  my wife, BMWs, and reggae music!

"I searched and didn't see that anyone had already posted about this, but I watched the new Marley documentary last night and there were a couple shots of his 1602. I had heard he had one and that he would always keep it unlocked for the neighborhood kids to play inside. Here's the first pics I've seen of it though..."   shawnp 2002FAQ Posted 03 September 2012

"The colour shot shows a British licence plate under the Jamaican one "N" reg is from 1974 ,so it be right hand drive braddah. "-----Limey Steve, 2002FAQ Posted 03 September 2012 .

And I can't help adding this one:

;)

VIDEO: BMW 2002 tii, Light, Fun and Quick

Thanks to Lane S in 2002 bimmerforums for posting this nice little video!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from BAURSPOTTING!

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM BAURSPOTTING!

Afrikaans - Geseënde Kersfees en 'n gelukkige nuwe jaar

Argentine - Felices Pasquas Y felices ano Nuevo
Albanish- Urime Krishtlindjet dhe Vitn i Ri
Bohemian - Vesele Vanoce
Brazilian - Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo
Bulgarian - Vesela Koleda i chestita nova godina!
Catalan - Bon Nadal i un Bon Any Nou!
Dutch - Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuw Jaar

Chinese - Sing Dan Fae Lok.Gung Hai Fat Choi (Cantonese)

Chinese - Shen Dan Kuai Le Xin Nian Yu Kuai (Mandarin)
Chinese - Shen tan jie kuai le. Hsin Nien Kuaile
Croatian - Sretan Bozic i Nova Godina
Czech - Stastne a vesele vanoce a stastny novy rok
English - Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Eskimo - (inupik) Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo!
Esperanto - Felican Kristnaskon kaj Bonan Novjaron!
Estonian - Haeid joulupuehi ja head uut aastat!
Faeroese - Gledhilig jol og eydnurikt nyggjar! 
Filipinos - Maligayang Pasko
Finnish - Hauskaa Joulua ja onnellista uutta vuotta!
Flemish - Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig nieuw jaar
French - Joyeux Noel et Bonne Année!
Gaelic - Nollaig chridheil agus Bliadhna mhath ùr! 
Galician - Bo Nadal
German - Frohe Weihnachten und ein glückliches Neues Jahr!
Greek - Hronia polla kai eytyhismenos o kainourios hronos
Greek - Hronia polla ke eftihismenos o kenourios hronos
Hausa - Barka da Kirsimatikuma Barka da Sabuwar Shekara!
Hawaian - Mele Kalikimaka ame Hauoli Makahiki Hou! 
Hungarian - Kellemes karacsonyi uennepeket es boldog ujevet!
Icelandic - Gledhileg jól og farsælt komandi ar!
Indonesian - Selamat Hari Natal dan Selamat Tahun Baru!
Iraqi - Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
Irish - Nollaig Shona duit
Irish - Nollig Shona
Irish - Nollaig faoi shean agus faoi shonas duit agus bliain nua faoi mhaise dhuit!
Italian - Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo!

Japanese - Meri Kurisumasu soshite Akemashite Omedeto! 

Latvian - Priecigus Ziemsvetkus un Laimigu Jaungadu!
Lithuanian - Linksmu Kaledu
Latin - Natale hilare et Annum Faustum! 
Maltese - Nixtieklek Milied tajjeb u is-sena t-tabja!
Modern Greek - Kala Christougenna kai evtichismenos o kainourios chronos!

Norwegian - God Jul Og Godt Nytt Aar 
Polish - Vesowe Boze Narodzenie
Polish - Wesolych Swia,t i Szcze,sliwego Nowego Roku!
Portuguese - Boas Festas
Portuguese - Feliz Natal e um Prospero Ano Novo 
Russian - S nastupaiushchim Novym godom i s Rozhdestvom Khristovym!
Romanche - (sursilvan dialect): Legreivlas fiastas da Nadal e bien niev onn!
Serbian - Hristos se rodi
Slovakian - Sretan Bozic or Vesele vianoce

Slovak - Vesele Vianoce i na zdravie v novom roku!
Spanish - Feliz Navidad y Prospero ano nuevo!
Romanian - Craciun fericit si un an nou fericit 
Swedish - God Jul Och Ett Gott Nytt Ar
Trukeese - (Micronesian) Neekiriisimas annim oo iyer seefe feyiyeech!
Turkish - Noeliniz kutlu olsun ve yeni yilinis kutlu olsun!
Turkish - Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun
Ukrainian - Srozhdestvom Kristovym
Ukrainan - Z novym rokom i s rizdvom Hrystovym!
Vietnamese - Chuc mung nam moi va Giang Sing vui ve
Welsh - Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Da!"

Thanks to ALL who posted the BMW-themed greetings above:

Walloth and Nesch, Hans Wortelboer, Steve Kirkup, Anders Grundström, BMW 2002 ALPINA group, and Dave Mason!

BAUR IG meeting in 2011 - at Radom water dome.

Thanks to Uwe H. for posting these pics in Facebook today. Wow, what a gathering of Baurs!

Uwe H. : Baur IG Treffen Rhön

September 17, 2011 to September 18, 2011 (16 photos)

Visited Radom Wasserkuppe

We have seen this pic before, when Jeroen J. (who was also in attendance that day) posted it.  

"All participants in the BAUR IG meeting in 2011 - at Radom water dome."

"Uwe, from Gone with the Wind at 917m above sea level - at Radom water dome."

https://www.facebook.com/uwe.hinz.10/timeline/story?ut=32&wstart=-2051193600&wend=2147483648&hash=678500912190534&pagefilter=3&ustart=1

Here is another pic from Uwe, taken at a different event earlier that summer:

BMW Treffen

At Windeck/Imhausen Sportplatz.

August 11, 2001

We love the pics, and love to see so many Baurs together in one place!  You folks are an inspiration to us at Baurspotting .....we hope to have a large gathering of 

Baurs like this someday here in the US! 

 Thanks for posting, Uwe!

Part II: Markus Vogel 2002ti Cabrio Conversion Project from Guatemala

You may have seen our post yesterday about Markus Vogel's 1969 2002 conversion into a Landaulette Cabrio with a sunroof.  Baurspotting requesting pics of how the project was accomplished, and Markus has graciously responded.

Here are several pics posted today in Facebook showing the process that Markus used to convert what I believe was originally a 2002 Coupe into a unique Baur-type Cabrio with a 'landaulette-style' rear fold down soft top, and a sunroof top over the front seats.

The way Markus did it may well be unique, but this 'landaulette with sunroof' 2002 Baur is not without precedent:

This is the personal car of Hermann Wenzelburger, co-Designer of the Baur, as it appeared at the Retro-Classics Show in Stuttgart in 2008.

http://baurspotting.blogspot.com/2012/07/baur-co-designer-hermann-wenzelburger.html

Here are the pics posted by Markus Vogel today in Facebook:

The original Base car.   At first I thought that this car was originally a cabrio.  I believe I was wrong.  Notice the triangular-shaped vent window in the pic above:  it matches the shape of a coupe.  The windshield of the Voll Cabrios and Cabrio Targas angles back at a sharper angle than this one, changing the shape of that vent window into a sharper triangle.  Therefore the base car pictured above was originally a coupe, not a cabrio.

Here the the hardtop has been placed on the chassis, and you can see that it has been moved forward so that it overhangs the front windshield.

You can clearly see the overhang (which will be removed) in this pic.

The overhang has been removed and attached to the windshield.

Question from Facebook on 12/20/2013, which some of you may also be asking:

• Brent Kemi Did they brace the body when they cut the roof off?

  15 hours ago · Like · 1
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  Markus Vogel Yes!

Prepping for paint.

Newly assembled and painted.

Fitting the rear 'landaulette-style' soft top.  Sunroof has been installed.

Rear soft top and sunroof installed.

Completed conversion.

By the way, this is the engine in the car above.  Markus states that those are 50 Webers.  We hope to learn more about the engine soon, and we will post it here.

Nice work, Markus, and thank you for posting your pictures!

Stay tuned!