| Tricord |
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Wednesday, Jun 16th 12:57pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 609
Belgium, Europe
323i Baur |
Very nice car!
Did you swap the instruments? I was under the impression that the six cylinders always had the digital clock and a green zone in the tachometer... |
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| OZ323 |
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Thursday, Jun 17th 2:01am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 12
NSW Australia
e21 323i |
Unless it was changed before i owned the car, thats the original.
The digital clock is there you just cant see it as the car is turned off .. but no green zone |
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| SteveG |
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Thursday, Jun 17th 6:15am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 30
Sydney,Australia
BMW E21 323i 79 |
Nice to see another 323i in NSW.Very Nice car by the way. |
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| christoph |
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Thursday, Jun 17th 11:29am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 9
Kreuzlingen, Switzerland
1978 320/6, 2005 Ducati MTS |
the digital clocks in the 6 cylinders came in 1979 with the facelift. my 78 320/6 still has the mechanical clock.
by the way, only the modells with rev-meter got the digital clock, otherwise there was the big clock instead of the rev-meter..
also the green stripes on the rev-meter came with the facelift in 1979. 
see http://www.behindmatrix.com/e30/fotost/f00208/09.jpg
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| Tricord |
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Thursday, Jun 17th 1:25pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 615
Belgium, Europe
323i Baur |
Well, still, since this car is from 1982 it should have the green stripe |
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| OZ323 |
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Friday, Jun 18th 11:26am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 13
NSW Australia
e21 323i |
so its possible the dash has been replaced at some time ?
any way to tell ? |
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| Marquis_Rex |
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Wednesday, Jun 23rd 8:15pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 113
UK
BMW 323i 2.7-as featured in Total BMW Nov 2002,Porsche 911/993TT |
My car is a July 1982 model with no economy green stripe. The 1981 model doesn't have it either and I used to have a 1980 323i which I've canibalised for bits and that never had it either. I don't know why. I haven't come across many "Green spriper" tachometers! |
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| JJG323 |
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Thursday, Jun 24th 6:19am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 106
Reading MA USA
1979 BMW 323i |
| Marquis_Rex wrote: | | My car is a July 1982 model with no economy green stripe. The 1981 model doesn't have it either and I used to have a 1980 323i which I've canibalised for bits and that never had it either. I don't know why. I haven't come across many "Green spriper" tachometers! |
Marquis, like you my 79 323i does not have a green stripe tach. Its the "Older style dash 78-79" thats in German and has the center non-digital clock.
However I do have a 81 or 82 323i euro instrument cluster and it has KM in the speedo and a green stripe tach. It has a digital clock.
HMMM, something is going on here.
I thought the later model dashes that did not have the old clocks mounted in the center did have the digital clocks and green stripes.
Maybe there is more to it than that, but thats
what my understanding is. Digital clock = green stripe tachometer.
thanks
Joe G
79 323i |
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| kpeters |
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Friday, Jan 21st 10:32pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 249
San Jose, Costa Rica
1981 320/6 Kastanienrot-Metallic 5spd |
MPH models didn't had the Green stripe. I mean USA  |
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| aussie323i |
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Saturday, Jan 22nd 2:53am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 283
australia
1979 323i |
Hi there
I've looked at heaps of Oz spec e21's both early and late, and have never seen one fitted with the green stripe tacho- maybe these were only fitted to lhd models ( presume Marquises car is also a RHD like ours?)
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| skyflyer |
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Saturday, Jul 30th 5:55pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 11
Australia
1980 BMW 323i E21 |
Mine is '82 323i model but no green stripe at all but there is a digital clock. I'm very extremely sure mine hasn't been replaced or changed whatsoever previously. |
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| Oldmanwillie |
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Monday, Jul 23rd 1:14pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 25
South Australia
1982 323i motorsport |
this is extremely similar to my car which is a 323i motorsport. i have the same instrument panel with no green bar. |
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| aussie323i |
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Monday, Jul 23rd 2:21pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 586
australia
1979 323i |
| Oldmanwillie wrote: | | this is extremely similar to my car which is a 323i motorsport. i have the same instrument panel with no green bar. |
post some pics of your car Oldmanwillie! You have a very rare car in your 323i motorsport... I think from memory only 50 were built for the OZ market to promote BMWs touring car racing in the early 80's! Unfortunately, they don't have any engine mods though... but all the motorsport options of the time. |
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