I made 2 mistakes during the visit to BMW Museum. Firstly, I arrived at BMW Welt only to find out that the museum was not opened on Monday. Secondly, I revisited again on Saturday at 8:45am and thought that it would open by 9am, only to find out that it would open at 10am.
The first E21 was located with a family of 3 series. It was a 323i in gold colour. Back then the '23' in 323 referred to the engine capacity and in this case 2315 cc. This produced a power of 105 kw and 143 PS in the 6 cylinder engine. A maximum speed of 190 km/h was specified. The car was manufactured from 1978 to 1982.
The second E21 was located within a family of 1970s car which also include the 5(520), 6(633 CSi) and 7(745i) series. It was a grey 323i right at the bottom of the stack.
The interior of the grey 323i has a blue carpet and fabric finishes. I recalled my E21 had a black leather seat and cream carpet finishes. The tachometer in the museum also did not look like mine on the E21. My speedometer had a VDO shown. The other big difference was my car was a right hand drive car. I remember the hazard light next to the air conditioner vent would pop up whenever the weather was hot. The manual window winding handle was so classical. The steering had no power steering. In memory of my old E21.
A photo of my old red E21 can be found in the link below:-
http://e21s.blogspot.com/2008/07/cars-year-1998-2001-bmw-e21-3-series.html
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