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    Ptg ltw

    Hello All. I thought I would share my LTW Story of how I bought her last Spring.

    It isn't a stock LTW but one modified by PTG back in 1995 when new. Here is the quick story of how this car came to be in my garage.

    The car was bought new by Arthur Coia with the intent of making a GT car. Tom and Arthur decided it was the best platform to start with. So with delivery miles only the car was sent back to PTG for the modifications to begin.

    Euro 3 liter with 365 bhp, 6 speed, CF hood / trunk and wing, group A suspension, momo seats, race dash, CF cluster, 14" and 12" AP race calipers, etc. Per Tom he spent an additional $70 grand with the motor reported to cost $45,000 alone. The build took 6 months.

    After driving it around the streets of Maryland and Washington DC he decided it was too much car for him . He had Tom list the car for sale in Autoweek in Nov 1998.

    Arthur sold the LTW to a developer in Seattle WA who tracked the car ever chance he got tallying about 3500 miles. Fast forward to early spring 2017 and he is unfortunately diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and decided to sell the LTW.
    Luckily I was browing the webs at work ( BMW CCA Classifieds) and I saw the listing. Immediately I new it was the car for me but little did I know the seller would be interviewing me for the car. Was I a worthy owner. After a few phone conversations and showing him my humble car collection, we reach an agreement.

    Now normally this is where I would call my shipping broker and shedule an enclosed trailer for transportation from Seattle to Md. I decided under the circumstances of the sale and given the type of car it was it, I would fly in and trailer the car home, 2900 miles.

    Upon receipt of the car she went straight to RRT in Virginia for an updated suspension, wheels and much more.

    Then it was off to All American Paint Protection for the works. Multi step correction, trim rejuvenation, adding new motorsport flags and a lifetime warranties coating of Ceramic Pro.

    She looks better then new and is as fast as Lightening, her name is White Lightening given to her by Loch her second owner. Weighs 2720 lbs with 1/4 tank of gas and no driver. Pulls to 8600 rpm amd makes an insane sound from the CF aidbkx above 7500 rpm.

    I am pretty sure I'll be taking her to VIR end of Sept for her debut with me. While she looks like a show car she is no garage princess.

    Thanks for reading and Ill post pics soon.
    Last edited by PTG:LTW; 09-10-2017 at 08:58 AM.

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    Amazing car, very cool story. Kind of busy in Sep or Id trailer out my S54 LTW to be in attendance for that debut!! Where did you get the replacement motorsport flags? Replicas or OEM? Have any more or a source for a F+R set? Mine are still original but would kill to have a OEM replacement set.

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    Wow. Car sounds amazing. In for pics and videos hopefully.
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    We would love to see pics! Great story. I remember falling in love with the E36 while watching the PTG cars race on tv in the late 90s.


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    What a cool car and great story. I hope to see it around at a club or track event. I hope you enjoy her.

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    Ptg ltw

    LTW-euro.jpg

    I think I saw your car few weeks ago at Katie's Cars and Coffee. Amazing! (If this is yours)
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    needs ambers!
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    Can't post pics yet I guess. Go to bmwmregistry.com, find the LTW section and I'm Michael Wah. Or I can email them to someone to post for me ??
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    Quote Originally Posted by Keda View Post
    LTW-euro.jpg

    I think I saw your car few weeks ago at Katie's Cars and Coffee. Amazing! (If this is yours)
    She wasn't ready for her debut then. Tires too thin, not cleaned and no motorsport flags. Can't post pics yet but will be at Katie's again tomorrow am

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    Quote Originally Posted by PTG:LTW View Post
    Pulls to 8600 rpm
    Now that's a redline!
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    I need to see more pics of this car. Saw a few over on M3 forum. I love the story, and its perhaps one of my favourite cars ever.

    - 98 m3, techno/anthrazit cloth, 124k and officially worthless - 89 m3, alpine/black 143k and officially old - 2000 323it, tiag/grey, 169k and officially boring

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    Quote Originally Posted by PTG:LTW View Post
    Can't post pics yet I guess.
    If you have the images hosted somewhere, just post the link in your message. i.e., www.hostingplace.com/michael_wah/0001abcd.jpg

    Otherwise, wait until you have ten messages in the forum.

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    Thank you all for the compliments. She has been hidden in the NW for quite some time and I'm excited to share her with everyone now. Facebook enabled me to get ahold of Arthur Coia and I finally got the story of how the car came to be. See Facebook isn't evil 100 % of the time

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    I'd like to know more info on the motor. Sounds like an expensive build. Interested to know what all went into it... $45k into a motor is no joke
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    Thanks to all who have offered to post pics for me. I do believe I can post pics now.

    Here are a few I Phone pics. Professional pics will be done for a magazine shoot shortly.

    More pics to come and just a sneak peak of the motor for now. Note : Group A suspension has been removed and stored. MCS Double Adjustable with Vorshlag camber plates went in.

    More to come.

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    Build Sheet and pic showing original BBS wheels Tom and Art selected for the build. The pics is pre detail and motorsport flag install.

    The decision behind the wheel swap:

    The AP Racing calipers are massive and back in 1995 this was the only wheel that fit. Sadly you need to run a front spacer with this setup therefore lowering the car in the front wasn't totally feasible without stretching the tires. In the end we went with the APEX setup.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SamGrant951 View Post
    Amazing car, very cool story. Kind of busy in Sep or Id trailer out my S54 LTW to be in attendance for that debut!! Where did you get the replacement motorsport flags? Replicas or OEM? Have any more or a source for a F+R set? Mine are still original but would kill to have a OEM replacement set.
    Congrats on buying this car ! I almost pulled the trigger myself. I bought the Motorsport flags from iZoom Graphics. He is great to deal with. The product wasn't the easiest to install but is very durable and well made.

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    So much awesome
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    Are you taking this beautiful majestic unicorn by H2o in Ocean City at the end of the month by any chance? I would absolutely love to see it in person.

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    She will be at VIR end of the month and then considering O fest end of October

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    btw, those BBS's that were originally equipped are BBS RS-II
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    Quote Originally Posted by propcar View Post
    btw, those BBS's that were originally equipped are BBS RS-II
    I have 2 sets of the original wheels in storage. They have different offsets as you can probably see from the concave face on the fronts.

    Mike

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    Nice. For looks, they look great! But, for function, the APEX wheel line is definitely a better candidate.
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    Quote Originally Posted by propcar View Post
    needs ambers!
    thank you great catch. Here is the car in 1998 just before it left PTG headed for Seattle. Ambers
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