1987 325i.. sell or scrap?

[pacerpete]

It is not as if it is a nice car with rust issues . RIP, it's scrap.

[Shmallpaul]

Thought as much. No rich afraid I can't weld, the arch bits won't be too bad to get done but the rear stuff would seriously put off anyone buying it. And Jim I'm not sure mate, kind of half looking forward to pulling it apart myself haha! It's easy taking stuff apart as long as I don't have to put it back together ;) my only concern would be the engine as buyer would have to take it out themselves.. Is a sweet running lump at least!

But pm me an offer and I would think about the easy option?

Thanks all above for the advice..

[hennabm]

Serious rust near the subframe moutings.

IMO I don't think that has just appeared in the past 8 months

Maybe best as a breaker.

[pac1982]

I've not seen so much after market crap since Max Power was still in print

[Shmallpaul]

Serious rust near the subframe moutings.

IMO I don't think that has just appeared in the past 8 months

Maybe best as a breaker.

I know, makes me wonder how dodgy the last garage was that mot'd it! And leave it alone I didn't make it look like that

[Duke137]

It is not as if it is a nice car with rust issues . RIP, it's scrap.

Too right there, when you come to look at that rear cill, to fix that to a proper safe and lasting standard you have to remove the rear beam and fuel tank, that in itself creates a lot of 'while you are there' jobs and then you get on to actually fixing/weldin it.

Sadly, at that point there is the inner rear arch (outer wheel house) inner cill and outer cill all joining together as 3 skins, even a skilled man with a welder has his work cut out so you are already looking at at least a grand to repair just those bits.

Chances are the car is hiding more surprises and the car ends up on the back of a Hiab.

She's a goner, as are most E30's

[pacerpete]

Serious rust near the subframe moutings.

IMO I don't think that has just appeared in the past 8 months

Maybe best as a breaker.

It never ceases to amaze me the scrap that testers put their name to ! A mate had me check out a 944 the other evening, the n/s /r sill was hanging with bits missing , within CMs of the rear axle mount yet it had a two week old ticket

As for the E36 318 I bought last year with a fresh ticket yet no handbrake, rear trailing arm bush having left the building and the drivers side skirt being structural as the sill was absolutely w4nkered I bought it for peanuts and fixed the mechanical issues and sent it on its way to the new victim(I did tell him !) , confident it would be lifted for parking ticket and congestion charge fines before I had to worry about putting an MOT on it.

Alas it wasn't and I am now putting a sill and a lump (big) of floor into it

[E30machine]

Hi when you do decide to break it give me a shout please . I will have the side skirts and will collect as your only in redditch thanks raz