It can't be a real blog without a first post

I like cars.  Todays vehicles have no real soul or personality. They have big engines and handle well, but where are the quirks that defined a car, that caused you to name it? They've been engineered out.  I started looking for an older car with personality.  I wanted something fun to drive, easy to work on and relatively inexpensive.  After some thought, I decided on a BMW from the mid-80's.  There were a few prequalifications that I disregarded when I found my car. 

Running, ac, four doors and a stick shift were the main items.  

I found one with a stick shift.  It now runs after a month, and I plan to re-introduce airconditioning into it by next summer.  It will never have four doors though.  

To say this car was a little rough is an understatment.  The passenger seat was removed, the clear coat is gone and the driver's and rear seats have deteriorated into a mess.  As I said, it also wasn't running.  

This blog will  follow my adventures as I turn a 1983 BMW 320i from a barn find(if only it had been in a barn) wannabe into my daily driver.