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Member ID: 535isWARP1

Location: Manitowoc, WI

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1988 BMW 5-Series

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  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed134mph
  • HP182
  • Weight0lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

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C.R.’s BMW 5-Series
“Da Red Dog”

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Here are a few other 'non-Red Dog' cars near and dear to my heart.

You can't forget where you've been. When we got married, we already jointly owned a car. A 1961 DeSoto 2-door hardtop. One of 911 2-doors (2023 4-doors) built for the last model year of DeSoto production. This is the best photo I have of it.
535isWARP1's 1988 BMW 5-Series In the brochure photo here, you can see a 'Hi-Way Hi-Fi' 45 rpm record player mounted under the dash.
535isWARP1's 1988 BMW 5-Series
Although I never got it mounted in our car, I still have this unit. I bought it from a fellow who claimed he was the photographer for the brochure and that the Hi-Way Hi-Fi was simply hung there for pictures. Afterward, no one at Chrysler Corp. seemed to want it, so he kept it for 20 years before selling it to me. If you have the right 'home' for it (It only connected to '60-'63 Dodge & DeSoto radios; not Chryslers') , I would consider selling - for the right price.

This is the '86 4000CS Quattro I drove to 232,000+ miles, including plenty of 4000-rpm autocross launches, BMW CCA Oktoberfests, winter rallies, and, as you can see here (Turn 3 at Grattan), 535isWARP1's 1988 BMW 5-Series lotsa' laps. The first car to carry Wisconsin's (my!) WARP ONE plates.

Next is a car I've had even longer, but driven much less, 'The Barbarian'. 535isWARP1's 1988 BMW 5-Series A '74 BMW with a cracked block that I hope to convert into a club racer one day.

Living on a 'gentleman's farm' in rural Wisconsin necessitates some big, nasty 4WD vehicles. The biggest and nastiest is this '79 Ford F350 with 4.10 Dana 60 axles and a 400 mod V8. It gets about 8 mpg and it doesn't give a flying damn whether it's pulling a 10,000 lb haywagon or is completely empty. 8 is what you get from Da Big Ugly Truck.
535isWARP1's 1988 BMW 5-Series 535isWARP1's 1988 BMW 5-Series
The other beast is Da Jeep; a 2001 Grand Cherokee I drive in the winter or in really crappy weather or pulling said haywagon when Da Big Ugly Truck isn't in a mood to run.

Finally, there's this stunning 1959 BMW 507 535isWARP1's 1988 BMW 5-Series535isWARP1's 1988 BMW 5-Series that I was fortunate enough to get to drive for several laps at Road America in 2002 (pictured with the equally stunning Clair Sleger, Badger Bimmers' autocross vixen). The full story can be found in the archived IMMER August 2002 at Badger Bimmers website.

WHOOPS! Almost forgot Da Red Kitty! The wife's '02 Jaguar X-Type we bought on ebay.

535isWARP1's 1988 BMW 5-Series

5-speed, AWD, nav system, CD changer, everything but the heated seats. Gotta love it, even if it is English and I never get to drive it.

Hey, how about Da Shadow? Pretty much stock except for the windshield, bags (not shown), rear backrest (added later), and a coupla' stickers. A '95 VT600CD ('VLX')

535isWARP1's 1988 BMW 5-Series

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Mugen11  

Posted by: Mugen11

04/12/2007 08:22AM

Nice ride!

CuTLaSs98  

Posted by: CuTLaSs98

04/28/2004 01:58PM

where do you think we are in iraq where the roads are made out of sand and rocks and shit, 20 inch tires with jayr04 225/35/20 tires would definatly make it in "AMERICA" dumbass

luv2exlr8  

Posted by: luv2exlr8

04/14/2004 02:54PM

nice bmw, cant go wrong with the color either..you should get some new parallel wheels it would keep that ride clean

jayr04  

Posted by: jayr04

04/14/2004 03:22PM

that car iz real clean. check my bimmer. thanks.

jgalanti  

Posted by: jgalanti

04/14/2004 10:50AM

Damn, that thing is clean! keep it up. Later.

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Member ID: 535isWARP1

Location: Manitowoc, WI