Page 1 of 1
My 150£ bargain
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:03 am
by drturbo
A little hello from the cold country of Norway.
I recently got this little diamond for as little as 150£....
It's a 1988 325Ia with a broken slushbox, needless to say, a manual is going in....
First goal is to get rolllin' and pass our MOT, then the bodywork. Has got a few rust spots here and there, but the body is in overall good shape.
Engine's covered roughly 170000kms, and all adult owners, just 2.
As i picked "her" up:
Proper towtruck:
After a thorough clean:
Tommy
Re: My 150£ bargain
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:07 am
by Speedtouch
Welcome to the Zone! Nice looking find - proper sleeper. By 325Ia do you mean the early high compression 25 6E engine? Has the same (rare) non-smiley projector headlamps as my previous '88 325iSE
Re: My 150£ bargain
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:26 am
by madaboutthe30
Hey mate, welcome to the Zone!, yh I dont understand that part either, whats the (a) at the end of 325a
Re: My 150£ bargain
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:32 am
by hammoj28
welcome to the zone. Does he mean 325i auto?
Re: My 150£ bargain
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 4:04 am
by stevotheevo
everyone loves a bargain, welcome to the zone mate
Re: My 150£ bargain
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 4:33 am
by iDreamBeemer
Could it be an IX? Ride hight looks high for a normal 325...?
Re: My 150£ bargain
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 7:47 am
by capri_rob
Looks pretty straight - a bargain for £150 !
Re: My 150£ bargain
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 11:08 am
by Andyboy
iDreamBeemer wrote:Could it be an IX? Ride hight looks high for a normal 325...?
No, it has a standard track and no plastic arch extensions. Scandinavian market cars sit a bit higher anyway.
Re: My 150£ bargain
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:58 pm
by 78dude
Welcome to the Zone dude!
I am glad you find the forum, and here you can get all the help you need!
Velkommen til forumet!
Re: My 150£ bargain
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:21 pm
by wackiacki
welcome to the zone mate, looks like a bargain!!!
Re: My 150£ bargain
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 3:12 pm
by Aubs
Nice find at that price dude. BTW the Cabby is well
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:09 am
by drturbo
The caddy is'nt that bad at all, but its gotta go,
These two needs attention aswell:
And my sorry mk1 GTI:
I am not sure witch engine its got, but I belive its the low compression engine.
Also I wonder, does it come equipped with an LSD since its got a slushbox?
Tommy
Re:
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 6:25 am
by wiledw
caddy looks super
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 12:58 pm
by Speedtouch
drturbo wrote:I am not sure witch engine its got, but I belive its the low compression engine.
Tommy
Check the engine block to the right of the inlet side engine mount or look at the VIN plate on the radiator support panel; if it says 25 6E, you have high compression, if it's 25 6K it's a low compression.
Re:
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:32 pm
by tom325sport
Bet you had fun getting it home in the snow
Welcome to the zone!!
Re:
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 4:37 pm
by Benho
ooo quite nice for £150
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 4:43 pm
by JGG1
[quote="drturbo"]
Welcome to the zone mate!! ^^^^^^^ Thats tidy as f**k!! ^^^^^^^^
Re:
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 4:46 pm
by Ziggy
All the best people have a Caddy & an E30
Welcome to the zone...
Re:
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 5:28 pm
by georgen
An amazing bargain for £150 !! Welcome
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:03 am
by drturbo
Yuhuuu, it's go the 25 6E engine, but I have no clue if I could tell the difference from the 6K engine...
Bought and picked up a sports interior yesterday, getting it cleaned tomorrow, and there will be pics!
Re:
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:15 am
by e36boy
Welcome to the zone mate, Looks like a proprer bargain you got there.
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 1:08 am
by drturbo
I think it's a bargain although it will cost me 5x more to get her rolling again.
Gearbox and all other parts needed arriving from Denmark next week.
Does anyone have any experience with B&M 's shortshift kit? thinking of getting one of those.
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:18 am
by georgen
drturbo wrote:I think it's a bargain although it will cost me 5x more to get her rolling again.
Gearbox and all other parts needed arriving from Denmark next week.
Does anyone have any experience with B&M 's shortshift kit? thinking of getting one of those.
Just buy the shortshift kit from BMW. It's not expensive at all.
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 8:18 pm
by drturbo
New seats!
Just cleaned. Not to bad, just a tad expensive, 300£...:
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 1:09 pm
by drturbo
Belive it or not, I sold the car "as is" for 1500£......it was a rustbucket...
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 1:35 pm
by stevotheevo
drturbo wrote:Belive it or not, I sold the car "as is" for 1500£......it was a rustbucket...
not to anyone on here i hope
Re:
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 7:35 pm
by zimmer-320i
what wheels are on that orange car?
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 4:08 pm
by Aubs
stevotheevo wrote:drturbo wrote:Belive it or not, I sold the car "as is" for 1500£......it was a rustbucket...
not to anyone on here i hope
There are plenty of rusty E30s in Britain, let alone going to Norway to buy one
Re:
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 5:24 pm
by Speedtouch
Quite a profit!
orange car
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 6:22 pm
by magpie
jay1980 wrote:drturbo wrote:
Welcome to the zone mate!! ^^^^^^^ Thats tidy as f**k!! ^^^^^^^^
what is this???looks a tad like mk 11 escort but it's not,it's well tidy
Re: orange car
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 6:28 pm
by ianarthur
tat a opel ascona 2 dr
Re: orange car
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 7:55 pm
by zimmer-320i
BUT WHAT WHEELS ARE ON IT I WANT THEM NOW
