Hello Gerard,

Welcome! :thumbsup:
I've sent you a PM with some questions about your B7S.

However please also post pictures of your 635 & M3! :1:

Best regards, Kees

 

Absolutely stunning condition, congratulations for your purchase and care of this legend. This is the only car for which I would depart from my own B7.
Some questions: didn't you like the "B7 turbo" logos in "Art Nouveau" font, on the rear aisles? :haha:
What is your mileage after the Pierburg overhaul? Mine has notably decreased since it (13 mpg) , but perfs are now oustdstanding.
Rgds.

 

Hi Gerry and welcome to "the board" :thumbsup:
That is a lovely B7S :M5thumbs:
I really like the speedometer in the old B7 ...
I live in southern part of Finnland and for the moment we have a lovely winter weather with blue sky, -15(Celsius) and about 50 cm snow .
In Scandinavia most B7 owners keep the car inside from october-april (7 months :grrrr so there is a lot of time to look over things so it is in top condition when when the spring is coming ...

Took a photo through the window at my "homeoffice" :kaffe:


If you are thinking to come over to Europe then I should advise you to come in august so you can visit Oldtimer Grand Prix at Nürburgring (Germany) It´s a fantastic event !

 

Ufffff,, what a beuty :15:

is this Malachit grün ??

 

AFAIK the standard color for the B7S Turbo Coupe is Alpinagrün.

 

Hello Gerard

Absolut nice Oldtimer you've got here. And the weather in your country is perfect to drive.
Here the snow is everywhere so I keep my B8 under the roof

best regards

 

Hi Gerard,

Indeed a fantastic car ! As well a car I have been looking after for ages but chances to find one (condition does not matter) REALLY are
close to zero. Honnestly, I gave up looking for one but when I see your's...

The B7s E24 really and definitely belongs to a handful of Alpina models that built the Alpina legend and will for ever and ever remain legends in the legend.

As it is also the case for some other seminal Alpinas, the properties of an E24 B7s definitely make this car a very special one. We are in a different dimension : Very few cars made (30), very impressive performance (we are in 1982), very far away from Diesel, silence and the lack of feeling which rule the world today... And even if the design is sometimes discussed between some hysterical purists circles I think I belong to (quite difficult for a car to make its own name after the very gracious and fabulous E9 bodyshell) it still remains a car that clearly offers some fantastic lines.

I wish you tons of pleasure and zillions of accident free miles at the wheel. The pictures of your car changed my day mmmmmm

 

wow what a GORGIOUS car!

 

oohhh: Thank's for those lovely pictures. I've just changed my desktop background!

Also, please post pictures of the other cars! :biggrinbounce:

Cheers,

Michael

 

I have been surprised in which parts of the earth the mobile cultural asset is scattered by ALPINA.

Hats him well and if you would like to deliver me PN :3: .

 

Wow - A jewel for sure...

Very Nice!
Thanks for your post.
Looks absolutly great! - Shadowline/de-chromed bumpers and door handles is a plus.
Please post pic's of engine bay.

 

Very Nice!
Thanks for your post.
Looks absolutly great! - Shadowline/de-chromed bumpers and door handles is a plus.
Please post pic's of engine bay.

Was shadowline an option back in 1982 ??????

There is a mix between shadowline and chrome ! Doorhandles, bodylists and bumpers is shadowline and window/rear light lists is chrome.
What I can see on pictures from different cars black doorhandles seems to be original .
Here is a full shadowline B7S also in Japan , but is it "homemade" or original ??
http://www.alpina-archive.com/?p=5611

 

Gerard,

You have a stunning car - and it's in stunning condition :goldcup:!

Wishing you many thousands of miles of pleasurable motoring.

Regards, Imad

 

Welcome aboard - that's a stunning car! :goldcup:

 

Interesting detail of the car on the speedometer : the red zone starting from 100km /h till Vmax ? Did you, Gerard, make the mod ?
Normally, there is only a small red zone at the 50km /h mark (speed which should not be exceeded in European towns) and the rest
of the speedo remains untouched.

I am however quite sure (99,99%) this mod has been done afterwards, after the car being imported into Japan, to remind the driver he should not exceed the 100km /h mark which is, please correct me if I am wrong, the Max speed allowed on highways in Japan.:japan:

 

A.G.

The "Bingosports" E24 B7s you are referring to is, by far, not original anymore (exhaust, engine bay elements etc...).
I would not put my neck on the table for this car as I think almost everything has been shadowlined / customized
at some point.

Unless I am mistaken (I am not an E24 B7s specialst) only shadowline parts on the B7s E24 were : door handles and driver mirror ! Rest was chrome.

 

A.G.

The "Bingosports" E24 B7s you are referring to is, by far, not original anymore (exhaust, engine bay elements etc...).
I would not put my neck on the table for this car as I think almost everything has been shadowlined / customized
at some point.

Unless I am mistaken (I am not an E24 B7s specialst) only shadowline parts on the B7s E24 were : door handles and driver mirror ! Rest was chrome.

Agree :M5thumbs:
I did´t look at the engine picture but now I see that the complete Pierburg system is gone and replaced with.....blue hoses and some other parts h:

 

Just wow!

Great pictures of a great car!

Thanks for showing us Have fun with it in your nice summer!

Hendrik

 

Yannick, thank you for the explanation of the red mark at 50kph. I have been meaning to ask for years what that mark was for.

 

NZ B7S

Hi Guys,
Thank you all so much for your kind words about my Alpina B7S Turbo. It's fantastic to correspond with fellow Alpina enthusiasts around the world. I was thrilled with the response to the photos & hope to carry on corresponding with you for a long time to come.

To answer some of the questions about the car - I'm not sure about the markings on the speedo - they look original. I just thought that was standard.

As far as the Alpina B7S wording that is missing off the rear mudguards. After painting the car in its origial Alpina Green, I had the Alpina stripes re-made but decided to leave off the B7S script on the rear guards. I do have it, but I don't particularly like it. I think the gold Alpina stripes look superb & make the car look longer & sleeker without the wording.

In regards to the shadow black - I believe my car was shadow highlighted after market. It was on all of the chrome & it was flaking off around the windscreen & rear window & generally not painted very well, so I made a decision to strip it all off, back to chrome. As yet, I haven't got around to doing the bumpers. The door handles I believe were done by Alpina & I am leaving them as they are - a much nicer job.

My car has full leather which I believe was an option but is missing it's original Fischer stereo. The rear speakers are still there but the head unit is missing.

I noticed on one of messages, the owner had had a reply in writing from Axel Rimpler at Alpina. Over the years I have met Axel a number of times, he has shown me around Alpina in Buchloe twice and has also extended Alpina's hospitality to myself & friends at the Frankfurt Motorshow. He has also been very helpful when I needed to send the DL unit to Alpina for restoration. Axel is a real enthusiast of the Alpina marque & a genuine nice guy & a great asset to the Alpina company.

Attached also are some photos of the E30 M3 Europameister and the 3rd love of my life (after my wife & the B7S!), my ex works Grp A 635 csi race car, which I use for historic racing and tarmac rallying here in New Zealand.

As you can see, BMWs are a huge part of my life & I am also the president of the BMW Car Club of New Zealand, & in that position I do get to Europe usually every 2 years around September for the International Council of BMW Clubs meeting. It would be great to meet up next time (2011) - perhaps at Spa or the Nurburgring?

Keep up the communication...

Kind regards,
Gerry

 

I noticed on one of messages, the owner had had a reply in writing from Axel Rimpler at Alpina. Over the years I have met Axel a number of times, he has shown me around Alpina in Buchloe twice and has also extended Alpina's hospitality to myself & friends at the Frankfurt Motorshow. He has also been very helpful when I needed to send the DL unit to Alpina for restoration. Axel is a real enthusiast of the Alpina marque & a genuine nice guy & a great asset to the Alpina company.

I couldn't agree more...Axel is very knowledgable, professional, helpful and genuinely nice person. Over the years I have had 4 Alpinas and he has been a great person to deal with when I needed anything :goldcup:

This morning I received an email from him with a new title: Head of Production AND Customer Service. This took effect 1st December 2009.

 

M3 and 635 csi :checkeredflag: :goldcup:

 

Gerard>> There is no words needed! Great collection! That B7S sticker missing is in a way "malplacé". The type is not fitting in with the rest design and I think you did the right to just leave it out. It's your car and you can do what ever you want with it! :hihi:

I've had some email conversations with this Mr. Rimpler and he always answers all my stupid questions.

Is the stripes remade by Stempel Hummel? Or are they re-made on New Zealand?

Brds,

Michael

 

Hi Erneland, the stripes were made by a guy here in NZ, he made rubbings on paper and took accurate measurements of the old ( original ) stripes then recreated them. he done a superb job, including very accurate repositioning on the car

 

h: wow...Gerard..:applause:..here we have similar sickness....:biggrin:....please insert the photos of motor of 635 Group A

 

Photos of the B7s motor would be great as well.

 

Will post photos in the next day or so.
Gerry

 

That B7S and Europameister looks mint! Very, very nice cars :applause: :trophy_bronze:

Any shots of M3 interior?

 

Very mint...welcome aboard.

 

Gerry, to say your B7S is stunning may be an understatment!

I was in NZ (North Island) for about 2 years...is that Mount Manganui, off the Tauranga coast in the background?

Question: Does your car number, 18 of 30 mfg, correspond to the Alpina Plaque number..as in B7S 018...or is it a different number entirely? My 1987 e24 B10 3.5 is #36 of 44 mfg and the Plaque number is 036. Just wondering if the plaque numbering sequence was the same or different for the earlier Alpina models.

I also love the Group A Touring 635s. I would be interested in seeing some pics of that car too. There was a 635 Group A for sale in Colorado, USA several years ago.....nice!

I also have some other questions if you would email me directly at jrccalvin@msn.com

john