— The Voice of E31 Owners —
June 2024 President’s Update – by Henry Christoff (hchristoff850@telus.net)
Hello, E31 owners & enthusiasts!
Parts availability:
Good news! I was advised by Maggie at BMWdirectparts.com that the left and right sunroof lift gates are available again.
- LH – 54121940965;
- RH – 54121940966.
She has right ones presently in stock.
Reminder:
Thanks to a member of the E31 community, the E31 8 Series factory workshop manual is live again at: https://e31repair.com/index.html
E31 Chapter Membership:
Welcome new member Patric Teske, new owner of an E31! A member of the Senora Chapter of the BMW CCA, Patrick added the E31 Chapter to his membership
Renewing memberships:
Thank you to the following who have renewed their E31 Chapter memberships : Art Cortez, Mark Poteet, Michael Schultz, David Muffley, John Tomlin, Richard Marschnek, Chris Slattery, Aaron Phinney, and Tom Maney. Thanks for your continued support of the E31 Community!
Not an E31 Chapter member?
To join the E31 Chapter of the BMW Car Club of America contact me personally – hchristoff850@telus.net
Graydon Croft’s 850i:
He and his father purchased this car in January 2023 and plan to bring it back to showroom condition. Future plans include a manual gearbox swap.
E31 Chapter Website Update:
Unfortunately, the news about our Chapter website is not promising. The request for a volunteer webmaster has not netted any results. However, I did have the web-guru from the Sonora Chapter of the BMW Car Club of America contact me and would be happy to be the E31 Chapter webmaster……at a cost of $75.00 per month for basic maintenance and closer to $100.00 per month for monthly revisions and creating sub-sections for the E31News, monthly updates, and technical reports. Sadly, as we are a small chapter relative to the bigger Chapters who have the budgets for such a person, we do not. At the present membership level, the monthly allocation amount we receive from national to run our Chapter is about $84.00. Our World Press site is shared with the National office, so we are seeing some savings there.
However, that still puts us without an active website and webmaster to manage it. In 2023, our annual website cost was $865.00 – which included a secure website and qualified/knowledgeable person as our webmaster. Having our website currently shared with the national office, we cut the cost for a secure site dramatically. So the question is: since we have not secured a volunteer from our membership, should we pay someone who is a website guru to manage our website, or perhaps just have an “official” E31 Chapter Facebook Page rather than the website? I would like E31 Chapter membership input regarding this question- having a website, is this something the majority feel is wanted? Please drop a note with your comments to me directly, thanks! – hchristoff850@telus.net
E31 Chapter T- SHIRTS Prices reduced!
Since we advised lower prices on the E31 Chapter t-shirts several people have reached out to purchase – thank you!
To order: reach out to me directly: hchristoff850@telus.net Let me know your size, short or long sleeve and your phone number. I’ll call you to confirm we have the sizes you want and ask for payment – we take VISA, MasterCard and AMEX.
SALE – Short Sleeve Shirt $12.00 + $3.00 Shipping
SALE – Long Sleeve Shirt $18.00 + $3.00 Shipping
Until next month!
Henry Christoff, E31 Chapter President, BMW Car Club of America