My name is Rob and i live in the south of Holland,
So, time to introduce my E12 here in this nice SUB:
It's a 1977 520/6, so one of the first with the baby six engine.
The car is imported from Germany to Holland in 2002, and thats when i bought her. So it's mine for 13 years now, and has always been a daily driver ever since.
The first M20 engines had one big issue, and thats a cracked head near cylinder 5. I've had 2 cracked heads in one year, but the last head (a 1981 head) is still holding.
It had a 3 speed auto, but soon i've converted her to a 5 speed manual.
Last year i've converted the engine from carb and dizzy to a megasquirt setup with sequential injection and wasted spark ignition, the car never drove that good as it does now.
Because she hasn't a roof over her head, the paintjob has a nice old patina, and there are some rusty spots.
A few years ago the rear doors became a temporary fix and the panel under the rear bumper was repaired.
Plans with the car are preparing it for classic rally's, sonice rally color sceme idieas are welcome
time for some pictures:
Engine bay(with new rad):
Worn seats and fire extinguisher:
Dash:
Cruise control handle in steering column:
clocks:
Homemade tripmaster:
And megasquirt display:
Nice options are:
- cruise control
- tinted windows
- slide-tilt roof
- electric mirrors
- power steering
