1981 B7 turboAug 7, 20214 minSome little things and a big one, tooThere haven’t been many updates on this blog lately. Most my car energy for many months has been in Sacramento working on my other...
1981 B7 turboJan 4, 20216 minThem the brakesIn the last past, I discuss how often projects on this car are presented here linearly but in real time occur over weeks, or even months,...
1981 B7 turboSep 22, 20207 minAlpina archaelogyIn telling the stories here the topics are usually presented linearly. But the reality is usually very different; projects often overlap,...
1981 B7 turboSep 1, 20206 minThe Sublime SuspensionThe fourth and (allegedly) final pandemic project was refreshing the suspension. The car rode on what I believe was the original...
1981 B7 turboJun 1, 20202 minThe Saga of the SeatsThe B7, by the time it was in my hands, was not a garage queen. And I didn’t want one, either. I used to own a Golf Yellow 1972 3.0CSL. I...
1981 B7 turboMay 30, 20206 minTwo down, two to go (pandemic progress)The shelter-in-place, as described briefly in the last post, gave me time to tear into several projects on the B7. Since I was getting...
1981 B7 turboApr 21, 20202 minCorona Chaos (or The Pandemic Projects)Just before California went to shelter-in-place, I started a suspension refresh project. Since the SIP orders came out I’ve torn –...
1981 B7 turboOct 11, 20195 minGetting it running right and hoping it will last....Recall the B7 spent months and months in Sacramento, where it was tuned so it could pass smog and then was tuned so that it was running...
1981 B7 turboAug 29, 20195 minJust about a year ago.....The first time I saw the Alpina B7 in the flesh (metal?) was a year ago. Less than a month later, I made this web site. Since then not...
1981 B7 turboSep 14, 20183 minNature abhors a vacuumThere was an empty garage space. No project car to occupy my free time. And an opportunity staring me in my face. I had no choice. That's...