e30m3 cut in half! what a crime!

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Thu Jun 03, 2010 12:15 am

picked up this m3 cab back end to day from bmw spares for my old engine and a couple of e46 bumpers.
I have been trying to buy this shell that has only light damage with the intention of repairing for years now but sadly is a breaker only so cant be sold :cry:
In the end ian agreed to sell me the back end so i can use the arch's and skirts for my track s50/b32 conversion along with my genuine new m3 wings.
Picking up the half m3 today nearly brought a tear to my eye and could not help but feel that this was a crime. :(

On the upside i have some kool bits for my track car but it feels at a loss for m3 kind. Damm those insurance companys for righting off a repairable m3.

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Thu Jun 03, 2010 12:21 am

Is that a cab M3 rear shell???
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Thu Jun 03, 2010 12:29 am

yup! she was a cab and the shell was pretty strait! What a shame
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Thu Jun 03, 2010 12:35 am

i cut my m3 in half too :D


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Thu Jun 03, 2010 12:39 am

do you think this could be a start of a new trend!
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Thu Jun 03, 2010 12:44 am

nothing happend apart from rust and stress cracks

shell was fully stripped, unpicked, repaired where requiered, new pannles put in re built and is being put back together.........slowly
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Thu Jun 03, 2010 12:57 am

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Thu Jun 03, 2010 10:41 am

To Be Fair it was a cab personaly i think they are kind of pointless as a m3, sort of miss'e the point of a m car
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Thu Jun 03, 2010 12:37 pm

That is a sorry sight :(
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Thu Jun 03, 2010 6:20 pm

Its a good sight, at least it will be used to make a tin top better and not another bodged up cab :)
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Thu Jun 03, 2010 7:32 pm

Indeed, that car has been there for at least 6 years !

good to see Ian/Andy and co finally let it go :D
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Fri Jun 04, 2010 12:48 am

Just go back and buy the front half tomorrow then weld it back together lol :mad:
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Fri Jun 04, 2010 11:37 am

DanThe wrote:Its a good sight, at least it will be used to make a tin top better and not another bodged up cab :)
I have never seen the point of any m3 cab's no matter what the E number is as the whole point of a M car is that it is for mortorsport. Whats motorsport can a cab do!
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Fri Jun 04, 2010 5:26 pm

e92mirro wrote:
DanThe wrote:Its a good sight, at least it will be used to make a tin top better and not another bodged up cab :)
I have never seen the point of any m3 cab's no matter what the E number is as the whole point of a M car is that it is for mortorsport. Whats motorsport can a cab do!
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