E21 research and legwork

Well the winter weather has gone and dumped about 13 inches of the white stuff and so I cancelled plans to take some more shots of the car. I have been looking into what the car has and suspect that this car is a sport model (Recaro seats, 5 speed, have to check for LSD). The mechanic mounted some snows on her and told be that "it's a fun little car". That's from a Mopar fan! I'll have to check for donuts in his back lot.....

I suspect that this car doesn't have the LSD, which I would prefer (oh, save the pennies) since I am used to them in this type of weather. Yes, they can get away from you if you're not careful in ice and snow, but it beats having the one tire spin out constantly. I wish I had checked the tracks the last time I drove it in the snow. There's time for that.

Insurance is in process as we speak. I have the same insurance agent for the past 13 years+ and am glad she's sticking with me. I'm going with vintage listing for registration, which restricts the amount I can drive the car, but allows me a GREAT insurance rate as well as being able to slap on those beautiful orange NYS tags! The one above was posted on EBay, so it's just an example of what's out there. I've bought two sets of the right tags, just waiting to get the insurance papers to register with DMV.

I have to compliment the previous owner for how he kept the car. You can tell a lot about someone by how the keep their engine bay.

There's nothing like being able to work on a car without having to deal with all the mess of "handyman specials". Hey! Where's the M20 engine??? Just kiddding, but I am on the lookout to upgrade the instrumentation on this car (euro gauges) but know I'm going to run into the compatability issue with gear ratios and the like. Maybe that new LSD from a 323 will solve the problem....