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An Hour At The Vintage

May 27, 2012 by Matt

The Vintage Old Salem Winston Salem BMW Show Classic 2012

Dragged the kids to a local BMW show for a bit Saturday morning. An annual gathering of vintage (pre-E32 7 series) BMWs the show was a cornucopia of classic German performance machinery. Dominated by 2002s, E30 M3s and E9 coupes, there were a scattering of E28 5 series, E24 6 series and other types mixed in.

The Vintage Old Salem Winston Salem BMW Show Classic 2012

Classic BMWs were lined up and down the main street of Old Salem for a good half-mile.

The Vintage Old Salem Winston Salem BMW Show Classic 2012

Lots of 2002s.

The Vintage Old Salem Winston Salem BMW Show Classic 2012

The Vintage Old Salem Winston Salem BMW Show Classic 2012

The Vintage Old Salem Winston Salem BMW Show Classic 2012

A host of E30 M3s were there too.

The Vintage Old Salem Winston Salem BMW Show Classic 2012

There was a cluster of Isettas, the car BMW would probably prefer to forget…

The Vintage Old Salem Winston Salem BMW Show Classic 2012

Lots of beautiful E24s too, and being a former owner of one of these, I enjoyed seeing them very much.

The Vintage Old Salem Winston Salem BMW Show Classic 2012

This one takes the E24’s “shark” nickname a bit too literally. Heh.

The Vintage Old Salem Winston Salem BMW Show Classic 2012

Met up with a couple of online forum buddies. This picture is the cockpit of a friend’s Euro-spec M635CSi, named Crystal.

The Vintage Old Salem Winston Salem BMW Show Classic 2012

Crystal’s Euro-spec, 282-hp M88 engine, complete with individual throttle bodies (ITBs).

The Vintage Old Salem Winston Salem BMW Show Classic 2012

There were a handful of E28 5 series as well, among them this M5.

The Vintage Old Salem Winston Salem BMW Show Classic 2012

And some with turbocharged M30 engines.

The Vintage Old Salem Winston Salem BMW Show Classic 2012

My favorites of the show were the E9 coupes (3.0 CS, 3.0 CSi and 3.0 CSL).

The Vintage Old Salem Winston Salem BMW Show Classic 2012

The Vintage Old Salem Winston Salem BMW Show Classic 2012

The Vintage Old Salem Winston Salem BMW Show Classic 2012

The Vintage Old Salem Winston Salem BMW Show Classic 2012

This one’s undergone a triple-Weber conversion.

The Vintage Old Salem Winston Salem BMW Show Classic 2012

Simply beautiful.

The Vintage Old Salem Winston Salem BMW Show Classic 2012

This E9 coupe has twin downdraft Weber IDAs. I’d take the triple sidedrafts of the previous car, truth be told.

All in all, a great time.

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