Where did all the 2door 325's go?!

[Simon13]

the work wasn't to your standards!!! like i said at the time i was we weren't 4 hours drive apart

[capri_rob]

Looks far too good to break IMO - there's a lot worse out there ( including my sh1tter ) scraping from one MOT to the next !

Save it you know you want to !

[Dezzy]

A couple of hundred quid in welding for a tidy solid 2 door shell. It's a no brainer.

It will be worth it's weight in... In no time.

[B7]

Decisions made. Signing it over to Simeon.

All I ask is that he starts another thread. Will help to sell the car in the end as it will be done properly this car. Show the prospective buyer he ain't buying no bogged up turd.

[Dezzy]

Well done Si, someone will get a VERY nice motor once your finished mate.

[e30topless]

nice one,
IMO there's nowt much better than a Morsel crammed 325i SE

[Simon]

Some colour coded bumpers and mirrors, and some SE skirts, and that will be a very nice car.

[Simon13]

Well i went to the scrappy for a few bits and what greeted me? a 27,000 mile 320!! Its donated its head rests and steering rack for the red turd. Lovely

[bss325i]

Well i went to the scrappy for a few bits and what greeted me? a 27,000 mile 320!! Its donated its head rests and steering rack for the red turd. Lovely

What body shape?

[Simon13]

4dr donated a mint drivers door for the pina touring also. So need to get that stripped and repair the spoiler for Adam to paint some time.

[pacerpete]

Who said quattroportes are sad useless ugly turds ? Got to love a 4 door donor !

[bss325i]

27k, what a waste!

What was the bay like?

[Simon13]

minty, all the nuts were still goldy in the bay, the header tank is whitey like new, the brake servo with no rust. The steering rack fell out

Also bodywork wise bar having an E36 sat on top which had popped the front screen it had solid scuttle and floors pans, bootlid with no spoiler! Some donkey took the OBC unit/screen but left the rest. Missed the shagging blind. Mint 45mm struts, damaged dash

[e301988325i]

Here's one, looks worth saving

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/E30-BMW-325I-SE-S ... 23111a16d8

[sh55123]

From reading this thread, i am just so glad i bought my late 325i coupe earlier this year. 2 owners from new, no rust at all apart from the rear towing eye and reams of history. And only £1200 too!

Had it professionally resprayed, and it looks immaculate. Just waiting for my 15" bbs's to come back from the refurb company to replace the (mint) 14" bbs's and i will be one happy man

[pony]

very nice is that a manual with a LSD?

[sh55123]

Manual, yes, but no LSD. All the other SE toys though.

[Motorhole]

Just saw a standard 3-door 325i in Birchwood Warrington! G-plate, Dolphin grey, paintwork wasn't the best but it looked solid with rust free arches. They are there!

[Simon13]

and when was the last time you saw one? E30's rust inside out now!

[Andyboy]

I feel guilty for fragging this 2 years ago!

325iSE auto, bronzit with heated brown cloth. Ice cold A/C, 15" BBS and an iS front spoiler.

A non sunroof shell with a few scabs on the rear arches but that was it rot wise. 120k and FSH.

It was a gem!

It seemed a very daft thing to do at the time. What on earth possessed you?

[pony]

you got to save these BMW E30s especially the 325i models and 325i Sport models. They are going to be extinct or really rare which yes will start to push up prices but its a shame to send any E30 especially good ones to the heaven.

[MattTheHat325]

I like this thread

[rhubarb]

I travelled a 275mile round trip to look at a early chromie this week for £450, that was described as solid and good, other than needing a 2inch hole in the sill sorted and a bubble on the wheel arch..

Got there, and couldn't believe my eyes..bubble in arch, what arch...told me jacking points were solid, I put my fist through the floor..

The only things sellable were the seats and bumpers...

The place was like a scrapyard, nice mercs and stuff just sat there rotting away!

stopped off at Bridges scrapyard on the way back, and got a windscreen out of an F reg, and its condition was a 100 times better!

too many being fragged, and/or being left to rot..Its a shame, but can only make the good ones go up in value

[Blitz]

you got to save these BMW E30s especially the 325i models and 325i Sport models. They are going to be extinct or really rare which yes will start to push up prices but its a shame to send any E30 especially good ones to the heaven.

Its not the sports I'm worried about, most seem to get saved these days. Its the normal 325i's especially the pre-facelifts.

[bss325i]

I feel guilty for fragging this 2 years ago!

325iSE auto, bronzit with heated brown cloth. Ice cold A/C, 15" BBS and an iS front spoiler.

A non sunroof shell with a few scabs on the rear arches but that was it rot wise. 120k and FSH.

It was a gem!

It seemed a very daft thing to do at the time. What on earth possessed you?

At the time (3 years ago) there were still plenty of 2dr 325i's about and my thoughts were that who would want a gold with brown cloth auto 325i? It was dirt cheap and fragged to good money.

If it were now then things would be different.

[sweep]

Do we think 318is's will go the same way?

[Duke137]

Give it a couple more years I think there will be just tourings and cabs left as "readily available" Makes me glad I have both a facelift and pre facelift 2 dr cars but even though they need a bit of work it would be nice to think that in say 5 years they will follow the mk 2 escort and hold ridiculous money ?

Any thoughts on that, because the E30 is so much better than the mk2/mk1 escort IMO but I know the fords have their following for good reason (rally pedigree etc)

We may all be sitting on some nice investments, once the remaining rotten turds are on the shelves of Tesco as toasters/kettles