Heinzy Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Couldn’t believe my look, an original R75 torch dated July 1999 came up for sale on ebay. Snapped it up! I reckon there quite rare second hand let alone brand new. Fitted it this morning and charged it up and works great. Thought the rechargeable batt would but knackered after 20 years but ran it for 30 mins this afternoon before switching it off and didn’t fade. I believe they were a bmw product as l had one in my mid 90s 525d. greengartside, Ian_Fearn, wuvvum and 19 others 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 I didn't know they were even a thing! Heinzy and Remspoor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod/b Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Can’t think of anything i need less... (checks eBay anyway) Heinzy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinzy Posted April 22, 2020 Author Share Posted April 22, 2020 Hehe you’ve not lived till you’ve had a torch in your centre console.....mind you my phone torch is a million times brighter.. kinda pointless in one way but a nice touch if l ever flog the car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Great getting something like that. I know there not really useful but highly desirable to the 75 nuts. Heinzy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat_the_cat Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 You might be able to drop in a high powered LED, and make it useful too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 BMWs had these in the glove box? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookiesouwest Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Yep straight out of BMW, with a Rover badge on it. Looks same as ones in the E34, possibly (probably) other beemers Heinzy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort1977 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 My 92 e36 had one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 are they as rare as the mk1 mondeo glovebox torch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Very useful for checking for mayo in the coolant/rotted out trailing arms (delete as applicable) on a deserted A-road late at night!!! SiC, Heinzy and Kiltox 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinzy Posted April 29, 2020 Author Share Posted April 29, 2020 On 4/22/2020 at 10:29 PM, stuboy said: are they as rare as the mk1 mondeo glovebox torch? Wow yea bet they are even rare Right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinzy Posted April 29, 2020 Author Share Posted April 29, 2020 On 4/22/2020 at 8:41 PM, Cookiesouwest said: Yep straight out of BMW, with a Rover badge on it. Looks same as ones in the E34, possibly (probably) other beemers Must have been an option to all BMW’s I suspect, not sure whether you could get one with a new beemer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinzy Posted April 29, 2020 Author Share Posted April 29, 2020 On 4/22/2020 at 8:12 PM, mat_the_cat said: You might be able to drop in a high powered LED, and make it useful too! Yea I have seen you can get an led bulb, but in all honesty prob not change it as it will never get used. Its a bit like the electric rear window blind, a nice touch too but Cannot think of an instance when you would ever use that lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheXUDfiles Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 On 4/22/2020 at 8:41 PM, Cookiesouwest said: Yep straight out of BMW, with a Rover badge on it. Looks same as ones in the E34, possibly (probably) other beemers They did a similar thing with the radio in the 400 si. A BMW Business Radio with the BMW logo replaced with a Rover one. Highly prized by the BM fraternity, I'm told. Heinzy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket88 Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 3 hours ago, Heinzy said: Yea I have seen you can get an led bulb, but in all honesty prob not change it as it will never get used. Its a bit like the electric rear window blind, a nice touch too but Cannot think of an instance when you would ever use that lol. Dogging ? camryv6 and Heinzy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camryv6 Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 5 hours ago, colc said: Dogging ? I was going to say that too, do we got to the same place ? Rocket88 and Heinzy 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 I love little touches like these. My old e46 BMW had the torch in the glovebox. Never used it mind but its nice to know its there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinzy Posted April 29, 2020 Author Share Posted April 29, 2020 Yea these nice little touches are great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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