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E30Marky
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Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:31 pm

Hey folk im mark from falkirk just picked myself up an e30 316 for £400 not too bad at the end of the day :D

so far it needs a new front wing and the back arches are bubbling so these will be getting replaced :)

so today ordered 2 front wings 2 back arches and bought a 325 diff from james some progress begins then the respray in march cant wait :D

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Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:38 pm

Welcome mate. Are you keeping it the same colour? And what other plans you got for it? Looks good.
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E30Marky
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Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:41 pm

hammoj28 wrote:Welcome mate. Are you keeping it the same colour? And what other plans you got for it? Looks good.
yea will be getting kept the same colour :)

the general intention is just to get it looking clean and respectable at the end of teh day and a wee bit of slidey fun lol
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Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:44 pm

thats good find for £400, well done and welcome :D
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Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:50 pm

:wave: welcome
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Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:13 pm

welcome clean and tidy car there :D
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Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:16 pm

Welcome buddy :wave:
Nice car......great result... 8)
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Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:43 pm

£400 bargin

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Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:56 pm

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Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:01 pm

welcome mark. your pretty close to me as im in broxburn :wave:
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Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:04 pm

Welcome Mark, you are also pretty close to me as well... I live North of Stockholm! winkeye
And by the way I started my carrier as an E30 owner with an 316 and I do miss it a lot!
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Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:14 pm

my first e30 was a carb 316 i loved it untill a wheel fell off :roll:

welcome aboard
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Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:21 pm

Mark
welcome James had mentioned you had been in
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Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:25 pm

Nice, and looks good - welcome :mad:

Will be up in Falkirk in a few weeks so may see you about (it's not that big a place and I'm always on the look out winkeye )
Previously owned loads of old E30s, E34s, a few E36s, E32s, E39s and an E38.

Currently in a diesel Audi - miss me old E30's....
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E30Marky
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Tue Jan 22, 2008 5:22 pm

erll folks small update took my car to get a pre mot check today :)

and i must say i was soo surprised :D

car needs to pass an mot :

small patch of welding in the front inner wing
all new brake pipes
new brake pads
new brake shoes
and a rear shock needs fixed but its being changed for adjustables all round so its fixed next week then re mot :D
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Tue Jan 22, 2008 5:35 pm

Welcome to another 316i owner! :)
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Tue Jan 22, 2008 5:38 pm

Hi there, and welcome - not too far from me either. I'm in Kincardine.
Looks like there are quite a few Zoners appearing in the Central Belt :cool: :cool:
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Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:20 pm

welcome to the zone :wave:
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Welcome aboard! :D
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E30Marky
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Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:43 pm

well going down to my local garage tommorow sounds of silence to get my back arches ordered and have my e30 leave for 3 weeks :( to get a full repsray all the mot stuff done and my car lowered 60mm woohoo! :D
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Where abouts is that Mark?
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E30Marky
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Wed Jan 23, 2008 11:43 pm

its down middlefiel industrial estate in falkirk dave under takes any kind of work hes curently doing a restoration on a beetle and a old transit lol!

and his quality of workmanship is amazing custom exhaust specialist and an amazing welder :D
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Wed Jan 23, 2008 11:50 pm

Hey mate welcome to the zone!

How much are you paying for the full respray??
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Wed Jan 23, 2008 11:53 pm

E30Marky wrote:its down middlefiel industrial estate in falkirk dave under takes any kind of work hes curently doing a restoration on a beetle and a old transit lol!

and his quality of workmanship is amazing custom exhaust specialist and an amazing welder :D
Cheers for the info Mark, might check him out, is that anywhere near B&Q?
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Wed Jan 23, 2008 11:57 pm

Hi mate and welcome.............Car looks a bargain and im looking forward to seeing the project as it progresses ! Antmore pics ?
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Thu Jan 24, 2008 12:06 am

nice motor mate, I am in enfield so we are quite neer each other, if u need a good parts supplier or E30 mechanic drop me a pm and ill point you in the right direction :)

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Thu Jan 24, 2008 12:11 am

Is Enfield near Falkirk :?
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lol sorry dude, i missread the post! its near if u own a helicopter :p
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E30Marky
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Thu Jan 24, 2008 11:39 am

grantfk10 wrote:
E30Marky wrote:its down middlefiel industrial estate in falkirk dave under takes any kind of work hes curently doing a restoration on a beetle and a old transit lol!

and his quality of workmanship is amazing custom exhaust specialist and an amazing welder :D
Cheers for the info Mark, might check him out, is that anywhere near B&Q?
its just down the road and round the corner from b&q told him i sent ya :D
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Thu Jan 24, 2008 8:25 pm

hey mark, welcome aboard. prob see you about in falkirk, am from maddiston. got a red 318is. no doubt see you around
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Thu Jan 24, 2008 10:19 pm

jonboye30 wrote:hey mark, welcome aboard. prob see you about in falkirk, am from maddiston. got a red 318is. no doubt see you around
think i know the car red e30 with black wheels if so see you about the town alot 8)
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Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:16 pm

heres another wee update thanks to james the car will now be fitted with a 2.5 straight 6 engine :D
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Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:29 pm

Good nchoice in lump to go in. Has got all the requiered cylinders of a normal car lol..

Welcome to the zone fella.
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Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:30 pm

I would say your missing 900 cc's and 2 cylinders but you can work up to that and I'm biased, anyway welcome
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Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:38 pm

Welcomr :) Thats one nice 316i. Colour looks great with the BBS wheels.
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