Dirty Zed
Dirty Zed
Here's a picture of le Red Zed looking travel-stained, seen on the Furka Pass last year, with the Rhone glacier in the background, which constantly melts, producing the river Rhone, which flows from the glacier to the Mediterranean, via Lyons and Avignon etc.
Here's one a little cleaner, outside the pits at the old French GP circuit, near Reims. Reims, like the GP circuit at Rouen, was composed of public roads, and was the fastest GP circuit in Europe. It was last used in 1966, the race being won by Jack Brabham, who set records for lap speed and race speed, and in doing so, became the first driver to win a GP in a car of his own construction - not bad, eh?
The engine was interesting too - the Repco V8 was designed by Philip Irving ( a famous post-war motorcycle engineer) for the Aussie/NZ Tasman formula races, where economy and reliablity were very important. It was therefore based on the block of the General Motors (Oldsmobile) engine, which was also built in the UK as the Rover V8, a variation of which is still used in the Range Rover!
Here's one a little cleaner, outside the pits at the old French GP circuit, near Reims. Reims, like the GP circuit at Rouen, was composed of public roads, and was the fastest GP circuit in Europe. It was last used in 1966, the race being won by Jack Brabham, who set records for lap speed and race speed, and in doing so, became the first driver to win a GP in a car of his own construction - not bad, eh?
The engine was interesting too - the Repco V8 was designed by Philip Irving ( a famous post-war motorcycle engineer) for the Aussie/NZ Tasman formula races, where economy and reliablity were very important. It was therefore based on the block of the General Motors (Oldsmobile) engine, which was also built in the UK as the Rover V8, a variation of which is still used in the Range Rover!
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Some shine in that second photo, Mike!
Looking good.
Looking good.
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Re: Dirty Zed
Nice pics but I wouldn't let any Furka Pass my Zed!<a href="http://plugin.smileycentral.com/http%25 ... /page.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/4_1_6.gif" alt="SmileyCentral.com" border="0"><img border="0" src="http://plugin.smileycentral.com/http%25 ... e.gif"></a>Mike Fishwick wrote:Here's a picture of le Red Zed looking travel-stained, seen on the Furka Pass last year
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Nice pics as always Mike
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"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
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She sits well on the new shocks. And I like the first pic, what lens/settings?
Use the Search button before posting newbie questions about hard tops and fitting kits, footwell speaker amps, water in the boot, hood maintainance and those horrific angel eyes. We get like 10 threads a week on the same subject, it's obvious that you haven't searched.
First Pic
This was taken with an old digital - a Minolta Dimage 7i, using aperture priority and settings of (probably) f8 and a 250th of a second, the lens being a 28-200 (35 mm equiv) at 28 mm. It's a very good lens, spoilt by the camera's long 'wake up' time and insatiable appetite for batteries.
I use a Nikon D80 these days, which is a delight to use, but the lens is no better than the old Minolta. My old Nikon lenses are superb, but on a digital the 28 mm lens is about 40 mm. I can see lots of money being spent next year!
I use a Nikon D80 these days, which is a delight to use, but the lens is no better than the old Minolta. My old Nikon lenses are superb, but on a digital the 28 mm lens is about 40 mm. I can see lots of money being spent next year!
Concours
Here is a picture of le Red Zed after coming Second in Class (after a tie with the eventual winner had been resolved on grounds of Originality) at the 2006 BMW Car Club SW Region's Concours d'Elegance.
To have tied with a little-used 840 was very pleasing, particularly after losing all 20 Originality points and driving 800 miles - half of it in rain - then only having a day in a campsite to clean up.
This is a picture at the Batterie Todt, a WW2 German coastal gun emplacement now used as a museum. It's a few miles W of Wissant, between Calais and Boulogne.
There's no gun, unfortunately, as the post-war British government were a little sensitive to it pointing at them - pity it's not still there! The same fate befell the V3, the world's first supergun, which is quite close by.
To have tied with a little-used 840 was very pleasing, particularly after losing all 20 Originality points and driving 800 miles - half of it in rain - then only having a day in a campsite to clean up.
This is a picture at the Batterie Todt, a WW2 German coastal gun emplacement now used as a museum. It's a few miles W of Wissant, between Calais and Boulogne.
There's no gun, unfortunately, as the post-war British government were a little sensitive to it pointing at them - pity it's not still there! The same fate befell the V3, the world's first supergun, which is quite close by.
Originality
I must confess - under threat of torture by the BMWCC Originality Police - to having ruined my car by the following modifications:
Strut Brace
BMW wheel centre cap over rusty shaft in centre of air con condenser fan
Body coloured grilles
Body coloured front number plate holder
Chrome (Z8) washer nozzles
Silver painted side gill meshes
Chrome door handle covers
shortened gear lever
RAID small airbag steering wheel
non-BMW radio/MD unit
High level rear view mirror
Eisenmann S/S silencer
BMW Club (ie motorcycles) screen sticker
IAM screen sticker
BMW Club screen sticker to fill redundant adhesive tax disc holder
BMW Club (old and new) cloth badges on mesh wind deflector
Each of these deviations lost me 2 Originality marks, up to the maximum of 20 - and I still tied with the Class Winner - pretty good, eh?
Not to mention the painted brake calipers, Butt Strut, Body Brace etc etc - but the brakes, suspension and underside were no longer judged by 2006.
Things have changed a lot since 2006, and it's good to see that the BMWCC has recently revised its Concours Judging System. Originality points are no longer awarded in the Open class, much to the chagrin of those who believe that an original car is inherantly better than a modified car. What this means is that we are all on a level playing field, where the car in the best - cleanest - condition, relative to age and mileage - wins.
So don't be put off joining the BMWCC, as it really is a modern and evolving organisation. The magazine has regular features of interest to Z3 owners, too. The members are OK too! All we need are a load more Zed owners, and then perhaps the Z Register will come to life.
With luck, I'll be at the 2009 concours.
I LIKE my body coloured grilles - they look far better than the original bare black plastic, and the rather garish chrome type, whether using slip-over strips or the BMW post-facelift version. they are also very easy to clean.
Strut Brace
BMW wheel centre cap over rusty shaft in centre of air con condenser fan
Body coloured grilles
Body coloured front number plate holder
Chrome (Z8) washer nozzles
Silver painted side gill meshes
Chrome door handle covers
shortened gear lever
RAID small airbag steering wheel
non-BMW radio/MD unit
High level rear view mirror
Eisenmann S/S silencer
BMW Club (ie motorcycles) screen sticker
IAM screen sticker
BMW Club screen sticker to fill redundant adhesive tax disc holder
BMW Club (old and new) cloth badges on mesh wind deflector
Each of these deviations lost me 2 Originality marks, up to the maximum of 20 - and I still tied with the Class Winner - pretty good, eh?
Not to mention the painted brake calipers, Butt Strut, Body Brace etc etc - but the brakes, suspension and underside were no longer judged by 2006.
Things have changed a lot since 2006, and it's good to see that the BMWCC has recently revised its Concours Judging System. Originality points are no longer awarded in the Open class, much to the chagrin of those who believe that an original car is inherantly better than a modified car. What this means is that we are all on a level playing field, where the car in the best - cleanest - condition, relative to age and mileage - wins.
So don't be put off joining the BMWCC, as it really is a modern and evolving organisation. The magazine has regular features of interest to Z3 owners, too. The members are OK too! All we need are a load more Zed owners, and then perhaps the Z Register will come to life.
With luck, I'll be at the 2009 concours.
I LIKE my body coloured grilles - they look far better than the original bare black plastic, and the rather garish chrome type, whether using slip-over strips or the BMW post-facelift version. they are also very easy to clean.
Your Zed looks great Mike I think looking at concours events and originality you would need 2 Zeds lol, one original and one as you like it, but to be honest I think its more important to have your motor as how you want it but still keeping to a good standard and so long as any mods are in keeping with the chraracter of the car then it should still do well at events.
Were all different, I actually love chrome especially on a silver car but not too OTT as to make it look too blingy.
The one thing I would like for my Zed are some small for a better word mudflaps or something to stop stones from flying up and peeling off the anti chip seal from under the sills Some mini ones in body colour would do the job effectively.
Only thing I would say is, how on earth do you manage to see with all those stickers!!!
Tim
Were all different, I actually love chrome especially on a silver car but not too OTT as to make it look too blingy.
The one thing I would like for my Zed are some small for a better word mudflaps or something to stop stones from flying up and peeling off the anti chip seal from under the sills Some mini ones in body colour would do the job effectively.
Only thing I would say is, how on earth do you manage to see with all those stickers!!!
Tim
Seeing
After lots of impassioned debate the BMWCC no longer penalise any modification - even if it is thoroughly awful! The problem is that a judge's definition of 'Not in character' can vary so much, and can be a real source of argument, so I guess they took the safe way out, which is better for everyone.
Apart from the IAM one and the old tax disc holder, they are very small. I need a new screen soon, as it became so badly chipped in the UK (we lived near a vast china clay pit on the edge of Dartmoor) so I'll be able to dump the tax disc holder.
If you want to see some really big stickers, look no further than the usual BMW dealer-type of tax disc holder, and the Z Register sticker.
Apart from the IAM one and the old tax disc holder, they are very small. I need a new screen soon, as it became so badly chipped in the UK (we lived near a vast china clay pit on the edge of Dartmoor) so I'll be able to dump the tax disc holder.
If you want to see some really big stickers, look no further than the usual BMW dealer-type of tax disc holder, and the Z Register sticker.
Being Used
Here's a picture of le Red Zed being used a bit - in a driving test which was part of a rally with our local Old Car Club.
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- Le Red Zed at work - we did well in the driving test, but not in the overall event - navigation rallies have never been my forte, particularly when the instructions are in French!
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Re: Being Used
you mean you don't know your gauche from your droite?? LOL!!!Mike Fishwick wrote:Here's a picture of le Red Zed being used a bit - in a driving test which was part of a rally with our local Old Car Club.
car looks mint BTW!
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I really like the front grill on this...if only my car was red
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Body coloured grill
I noticed your coloured grill in that last picture you posted before I read the the first article, and I must say that that it set the car off. However I should think that it would not suit all the differnt colours of cars, having their grills colour coded. Yours is particularly fetching with it being in the red which I think BMW called Hellrot.
Grille
When I had the grilles painted red, lots of people told me that I should have had slip-on 'chrome' bits instead, but I like it, and think that any Z3 would benefit from this treatment, regardless of the colour.
The BMWCC Originality Police may hate it, but I think it looks a lot better than bare black plastic!
The BMWCC Originality Police may hate it, but I think it looks a lot better than bare black plastic!
Grilles
Here's a better picture of the red grilles.
I know there are a lot of BMW owners with a strong puritanical streak, who think (but can't tell anyone why) that the original specification is the only option.
All they would have is a sterile field of identical cars, with bare black plastic grilles and front number plate surrounds, pimply black plastic washer nozzles and door handles, black gill meshes, grey primer on the inner halves of their wheels, and all the other rubbish which BMW foisted on the customer.
I know there are a lot of BMW owners with a strong puritanical streak, who think (but can't tell anyone why) that the original specification is the only option.
All they would have is a sterile field of identical cars, with bare black plastic grilles and front number plate surrounds, pimply black plastic washer nozzles and door handles, black gill meshes, grey primer on the inner halves of their wheels, and all the other rubbish which BMW foisted on the customer.
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- Le Red Zed showing off his body-coloured grilles.
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Re: Grille
I'm not sure that red gills would look too good on ours although it would match the seats....Mike Fishwick wrote:I had the grilles painted red .......... and think that any Z3 would benefit from this treatment