1982 BMW/ALPINA C1 2.3

October 28, 2017 The first post on this blog, Sleuthing the Car, discussed how I found a genuine Alpina on Bring-a-Trailer and the harsh...

October 19, 2017 The motor is out. The rebuild decisions have been made, the path mapped out (mostly, more on that later). It’s time to...

October 18, 2017 So, I have an authentic Alpina engine, complete with the stamped-in numbers on both head and block. That engine...

October 8, 2017 Although the car was authenticated by Alpina, I assumed the worst – that the engine was not an actual Alpina lump. Yeah,...

October 3, 2017 If you read my first blog entry, Sleuthing the Car (how I found my Alpina), you likely recall the noise about whether the...