Thanks for shooting me the message, RD. I will post some pics soon and also will con tribute some of what I have learned through photos and logs. I fully intend to do so. It has been a long journey, which most of my friends told me to give on long ago. But now that the value of these rides has shot up as such, they are singing a different tune, you know. I have resorted very little to the site but did join long ago. I am a hobby car guy, not a car guy in general. I also have a 65 vette and an 81 528i, which sat at the atrium of BMWs NA headquarters in Montvale, NJ as was invited by BMW for being regarded as being one of the nicest e12's in the US... as a driver. Lord knows there are others nicer in BMWs collection. That car went thru a full resto too. But I drive it. My care are for driving.... not sitting under cloak. So i putz with my three cars in my spare time... when my bride is not to annoyed, ya know. Here s a peek at my engine as every nut bolt and washer were replated in thee process.