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Fri Feb 07, 2014 6:32 pm

oilburner88 wrote:My mate just told me she was offered £400 for it by the trader!

£100 per door ? sounds fair :)
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Fri Feb 07, 2014 6:34 pm

I think it's worth £2k all day long, Alpina or not. Solid bus with FSH, one owner and lots of morsels (heated leather, air con, HLWW, Tech 1 kit, high comp lump).
1990 325i Cab auto in Alpine White II
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Fri Feb 07, 2014 7:01 pm

I don't understand the four-door hate. A 325i with a bodykit and working aircon is worth 2k all day long, regardless of the door count. It's the spastic strawberry paintjob that puts me off.
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Fri Feb 07, 2014 7:11 pm

Topblag wrote:Finally, if the old dear is 80, and her departed husband was of a similar age, can you see a 50 year old + man adding Alpina stripes to a car which isn't a genuine Alpina ? I think not.
If the car was purchased in the 1980s, anything could have been added to impress and keep up with the go-getting 'status quo' of that time...
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Fri Feb 07, 2014 7:24 pm

Speedtouch wrote:
Topblag wrote:Finally, if the old dear is 80, and her departed husband was of a similar age, can you see a 50 year old + man adding Alpina stripes to a car which isn't a genuine Alpina ? I think not.
If the car was purchased in the 1980s, anything could have been added to impress and keep up with the go-getting 'status quo' of that time...
People in their fifties don't tend to do that, especially those who can afford a brand new 325i.
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Fri Feb 07, 2014 7:25 pm

Ruel number 1. stay stum about any potential purchases :)
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Fri Feb 07, 2014 7:41 pm

pacerpete wrote:
oilburner88 wrote:My mate just told me she was offered £400 for it by the trader!

£100 per door ? sounds fair :)
+1

The trader hit the nail on the head
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Fri Feb 07, 2014 8:12 pm

Where's the Diddler?? He'd wet his tena men's over that :twisted:
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Fri Feb 07, 2014 10:04 pm

Makes me laugh some folks here thinking they're possibly going to get an alpina for buttons of some unsuspecting old lady who doesn't know what she's got..... She knows damn well it's not and is playing you peado types.! Hook like and sinker. :mad:

Old lady 1 - Alpina peado 0
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Fri Feb 07, 2014 11:42 pm

mcbonio wrote:Makes me laugh some folks here thinking they're possibly going to get an alpina for buttons of some unsuspecting old lady who doesn't know what she's got..... She knows damn well it's not and is playing you peado types.! Hook like and sinker. :mad:

Old lady 1 - Alpina peado 2.

Where is the Alpina ? I just see an old quattroporte with a few morsels :?
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Fri Feb 07, 2014 11:53 pm

Value this car??

Hmm....................................


£2.50 & a bag of Werther's :-)
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Sat Feb 08, 2014 2:39 am

Exactly Peter, it's a 325i SE with a tech1 kit and a fleabay 'pina' badge on the back. Some folks are getting themselves all engorged over it.
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Missing wheels, front spoiler and as others have said badge is fleabay special
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When I decided to get back into e30's I found a lovely black cabby. It was molested, 5 stud hockenheim(sp?) alloys, brows, lowered. However it did look like a very nice example. The seller reckoned it was sold, but the buyer didn't show with the funds, so re-advertised.

The main attraction, though - it was advertised as being an Alpina, with a full service history. I did a bit of digging.

When I called the garage it had last been serviced at, I discovered the garage belonged to the seller's father. I even called the chaps in Nottingham, with one telling me it was supplied by them and that it may have been "alpina'd" but they couldn't be sure....?

Dropped it like it was hot, but would have liked to have known whether it was genuine.

Car was in Brum.... :)
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Sat Feb 08, 2014 9:40 am

Gert_8 wrote: Dropped it like it was hot, but would have liked to have known whether it was genuine.

Car was in Brum.... :)
I think the clue to your answer is in your own words... genuine and Brum ???? a˜a
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Sat Feb 08, 2014 9:50 am

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Gert_8 wrote: Dropped it like it was hot, but would have liked to have known whether it was genuine.

Car was in Brum.... :)
I think the clue to your answer is in your own words... genuine and Brum ???? a˜a
Hmm. I didn't know about the Brum rep in those days, Fastroad. The zone has enlightened and educated me over the years. :D

The main point is the Alpina outfit in Nottingham couldn't be sure. That is a little disturbing, don't you think?
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Sat Feb 08, 2014 9:58 am

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Fastroad wrote:
Gert_8 wrote: Dropped it like it was hot, but would have liked to have known whether it was genuine.

Car was in Brum.... :)
I think the clue to your answer is in your own words... genuine and Brum ???? a˜a
Hmm. I didn't know about the Brum rep in those days, Fastroad. The zone has enlightened and educated me over the years. :D

The main point is the Alpina outfit in Nottingham couldn't be sure. That is a little disturbing, don't you think?
Haha, I previously lived in Nottingham not sure I would trust anything that stayed there after coming out of the factory
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Sat Feb 08, 2014 10:42 am

I'm talking about Sytner in Nottingham. They are they Alpina people?
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Sat Feb 08, 2014 2:54 pm

Its was a very nice E30 not mint but very clean, its not an Alpina but all the alpina badges stickers tech 1 kit etc were factory fit and it has factory fit 6 branch , automatic with standard steering wheel ..was one of the first e30 that shape nice example
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Sat Feb 08, 2014 3:44 pm

oilburner88 wrote:Its was a very nice E30 not mint but very clean, its not an Alpina but all the alpina badges stickers tech 1 kit etc were factory fit and it has factory fit 6 branch , automatic with standard steering wheel ..was one of the first e30 that shape nice example

No 'standard' 325 came with a six branch and the first E30s were on a 'Y' plate. I remember them well :eek:

So how much does the GGILF want for her morselmeister ? :)
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Sat Feb 08, 2014 4:56 pm

Also, the alpina badges and stripes would not have been factory fitted, they would have been dealer fitted.
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Sat Feb 08, 2014 5:53 pm

Which dealer would fit Alpina stripes to a standard 325 ??
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Most likely Sytner, but any dealer probably would if you're handing them to cash to do it.
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Sat Feb 08, 2014 6:13 pm

I put a decent bid on the car waiting to hear back
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Sat Feb 08, 2014 6:35 pm

Sytner Nottingham were the official Alpina importer from 1983 onward with L&C Tunbridge wells / Croydon and John Clark Aberdeen official Alpina distributors as well.

It's not out of the ordinary for a run of the mill BMW to have been dealer fitted with some Alpina parts, most commonly wheels, spoilers etc when new or nearly new.

A prime example is the diddlers 4dr 325i which was sold new by Sytner Nottingham and had Alpina wheels, steering wheel, gear knob and "ALPINA" badge despite not being an Alpina model.

There were/are Alpina accessories catalogues after all.

This D reg turd may well have had the stripes and ALPINA badge dealer fitted from new but it does not make it an Alpina model.

An interesting turd none the less.
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Sat Feb 08, 2014 8:25 pm

I would have a monkey in it.....
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Sat Feb 08, 2014 9:54 pm

sweep wrote:I would have a monkey in it.....
More room than in a cage I guess....
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Sat Feb 08, 2014 11:55 pm

sweep wrote:Ruel number 1. stay stum about any potential purchases :)
So true! Do what your doing and show it off after

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Sun Feb 09, 2014 12:16 am

if it is an Alpina I fail to see the big deal.. it's just a C2 2.5 moredoor with trinkets nailed on by northerners :)

Now if it was a C2 2.7 2 door ..... :D
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sweep wrote:I would have a monkey in it.....

Slightly better than having a Pony in it, I suppose.
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e30topless wrote:if it is an Alpina I fail to see the big deal.. it's just a C2 2.5 moredoor with trinkets nailed on by northerners :)

Now if it was a C2 2.7 2 door ..... :D

then its still an e30 with trinkets "nailed on by northerners"

However its singular, having met the guy who built them including my own car they weren't nailed together. He built about 1 car a week that was the time given to do the conversion. In which time he nailed it
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bss325i wrote:Sytner Nottingham were the official Alpina importer from 1983 onward with L&C Tunbridge wells / Croydon and John Clark Aberdeen official Alpina distributors as well.

It's not out of the ordinary for a run of the mill BMW to have been dealer fitted with some Alpina parts, most commonly wheels, spoilers etc when new or nearly new.

A prime example is the diddlers 4dr 325i which was sold new by Sytner Nottingham and had Alpina wheels, steering wheel, gear knob and "ALPINA" badge despite not being an Alpina model.

There were/are Alpina accessories catalogues after all.

This D reg turd may well have had the stripes and ALPINA badge dealer fitted from new but it does not make it an Alpina model.

An interesting turd none the less.
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