Parked since 1989 – a Barn Find that Needs Rescuing and a New Home. Will it run?

From The Late Brake Show.

Parked since 1989 – a Barn Find that Needs Rescuing and a New Home. Will it run? In this barnfind episode Jonny Smith is in picturesque Devon, to uncover a 1970s BMW that was parked 4 decades ago. The late owner bought it when it was 9 years old and parked it three years later. Now the family are ready to let a new owner buy it and hopefully resurrect it.

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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
1:15 Dad’s car
1:45 I remember him buying it
2:35 COP WATCH!
3:00 Opening garage door
3:20 1977 car
3:51 TONY BMW!
4:25 Can of Hope
4:56 Injection or carburettor?
5:35 First look
6:04 Engine bay clutter
8:29 EMPTYING THE GARAGE CLUTTER
8:51 Vintage skateboards
9:50 Dad keen cyclist
10:29 ENGINE BAY
11:23 Strange rust
12:48 SPACE HOPPER
13:32 Tyre inflation