I bought a BMW 2002 for my Wife a year+ ago. I drove one when we first met. It is an amazingly original, well maintained and almost rust free Southern car. The interior is a 44+ year old time warp down to the original carpet with no appreciable wear except for the heel pad area. The dash has only a few thin cracks. Underhood is similarly original and, except for the removal of some of the early emissions components, unimproved. Whoever maintained this car for the prior owner knew what they were doing and stuck to originality as much as possible.
Underside is great with no rot in the rockers, wheel wells, spare well, etc., but there was a rust perforation in the driver's side passenger footwell. Carefully removing the original flooring revealed a water line where water had pooled and soaked the floor. The leak must have been repaired at some point because there are no major leaks now...not a problem as this is now her run around town, nice weather toy.
There was a very long term owner before me. What baffles me is how can someone maintain the car as carefully and properly as it was, but not notice this letting it get bad enough to perforate the floor? Just can't understand it. I've learned to stop guessing PO logic.
The floor is now repaired...
Underside is great with no rot in the rockers, wheel wells, spare well, etc., but there was a rust perforation in the driver's side passenger footwell. Carefully removing the original flooring revealed a water line where water had pooled and soaked the floor. The leak must have been repaired at some point because there are no major leaks now...not a problem as this is now her run around town, nice weather toy.
There was a very long term owner before me. What baffles me is how can someone maintain the car as carefully and properly as it was, but not notice this letting it get bad enough to perforate the floor? Just can't understand it. I've learned to stop guessing PO logic.
The floor is now repaired...