Henna Red 323i

[dazleeds]

i remember this before vinnie sold it

looking stunning now, was tempeted to have this but knew it needed this level of love

im too lazy for restorations

[Alex]

Stunning, Keep up the hard work

[kdevitt]

Some more flattening and polishing going on! Put through yet another order for parts today as well - trim pieces, clips etc and the template to drill for the skirts.

[Dezzy]

That is going to be gorgeous when it done. Great work mate

[DanThe]

Henna red Tech 1 =

Makes me want another one

[Dezzy]

Henna red =

Still wish I had bought that 323 that was for sale at a similar time as yours. One of the best chromie colours.

[Alex]

[Mayze]

How have I missed this thread for a whole year. Henna red is properly

Top work there will look good for years to come.

[Duke137]

Awesome!!

Like the look of that workshop you have to play about in lol

[kdevitt]

Like the look of that workshop you have to play about in lol

Thats not me - I gave up on attempting to paint it a long time ago

Thanks for the comments guys - hopefully I'll have it back soon enough, insurance is sorted at a very reasonable €226 for the year (around £190) and will stay the same even if I stick an S50 in there! (which I won't be doing) Am hoping to have Ant do some fettling with the engine in the new year.

[poolnoodle]

This is a fantastic thread - great restoration.
What are your plans for the motor?
I have resisted temptation and kept my M20B23 totally stock. Can't bear to mess with a good strong car.
If the next COTM is "Best Restoration", you get my vote!!

[kdevitt]

This is a fantastic thread - great restoration.
What are your plans for the motor?
I have resisted temptation and kept my M20B23 totally stock. Can't bear to mess with a good strong car.
If the next COTM is "Best Restoration", you get my vote!!

Thanks

Current intention is to try and build the engine, have spoken to Ant @ A-tech and he reckons 200BHP or so might be possible. He did mention it may not be possible with my original engine as the early 323i engines aren't all suitable (and there aren't many earlier than week 1 January 83 I'd imagine)

If its not possible than I might consider another option. Will be converting it to manual next month hopefully.

[Royalratch]

Lovely car - great effort.

[kdevitt]

Another quick update -

Had to order a few clips etc, and some of them broke - so theres been a delay with getting the skirts on. Being used, they also had a slightly twist in them, so they've been bonded as well - hence required some minor scaffolding! Apologies for the poor quality photos!

[Blitz]

Lovely.

[Dezzy]

I can't wait to see this polished on it's wheels, outside in daylight

[kdevitt]

I can't wait to see this polished on it's wheels, outside in daylight

Join the club

[vinni]

Getting there Kdevitt, looks the nuts mate, wish i had the time to have done what you have to it, but i didnt lol. Least when i see it & what your doing to it, i know both my old E30's live on as one

[kdevitt]

Getting there Kdevitt, looks the nuts mate, wish i had the time to have done what you have to it, but i didnt lol. Least when i see it & what your doing to it, i know both my old E30's live on as one

Cheers Vinni

Still stockpiling parts for it - lots of new interior trim ordered and sitting in the boot of my M3! Have lots of brake parts ordered so will refurb the calipers and do a general overhaul!

Manual box is hopefully going in next month - although the lads doing the respray still haven't wrapped up, and I'm not around to collect the car for about two weeks, so I guess I won't be back in it before February.

Planning on getting the BBS wheels sent over to Lepsons for a refurb while the brakes are being overhauled too.

Still need to get it registered here too - which is €700 purely for registration plates

[vinni]

Getting there Kdevitt, looks the nuts mate, wish i had the time to have done what you have to it, but i didnt lol. Least when i see it & what your doing to it, i know both my old E30's live on as one

Cheers Vinni

Still stockpiling parts for it - lots of new interior trim ordered and sitting in the boot of my M3! Have lots of brake parts ordered so will refurb the calipers and do a general overhaul!

Manual box is hopefully going in next month - although the lads doing the respray still haven't wrapped up, and I'm not around to collect the car for about two weeks, so I guess I won't be back in it before February.

Planning on getting the BBS wheels sent over to Lepsons for a refurb while the brakes are being overhauled too.

Still need to get it registered here too - which is €700 purely for registration plates

Well keep up the good work mate, im sure it will be a head turner when its all on the road. The old boy keeps asking me for pictures of it, so ive been collecting them as you post them up, to give to him, when you have finished it, so he can see it restored from start to finish, he owned and spent alot of years with that car (12 of them looking at it in his garage) so i think his still missing it lol

[jaymos]

wow excellent thread and a quality car, cant wait to see the finished product

[kdevitt]

Nothing too exciting to report I'm afraid. Car still isn't ready. Bit annoyed - activated my insurance policy before Christmas because I was told it'd be ready, so over a months policy will have expired before I even sit in it again! Not to worry -

Anyway, picked up this parcel shelf from Chris Warburton (http://www.chriswarburton.co.uk) , who was great to deal with as usual. It has the rear blind and is in very good nick.

Just decided to give it a quick clean and remove the speakers that came with it. May yet dye it black though to go with the rest of the interior - anyone done this before?







Was slightly dirty - but nothing significant



Will be wiring up the sound system and applying sound deadening before any interior goes back in.

[Blitz]

I think you can use aerosol for the parcel shelf.

[kdevitt]

Almost there - collecting tomorrow!

[Blitz]

Stunning. Henna red Tech 1 is my dream. With the right wheels.

[kdevitt]

It'll have 15 inch BBS cross spokes on it by tomorrow ;)

[Blitz]

Excellent. So apart from the Tech 1 kit, are you doing anything else on it?

[kdevitt]

Have the leather interior to put in. Will fix up the brakes and do a manual conversion next month. Want to upgrade the sound system too and try and up the BHP slightly

[Blitz]

Cool. Never knew it was an auto.

[Alex]

looking good, when you go manual its gotta be a dog leg 323i

[kdevitt]

looking good, when you go manual its gotta be a dog leg 323i

Have you seen the price of dogleg boxes?

[BMJG]

was there not one on here the other week for sale ??

[Alex]

looking good, when you go manual its gotta be a dog leg 323i

Have you seen the price of dogleg boxes?

Yes

[Ollie_bwoii]

Looks fantastic. I love the work you have put into this.

Still can't make my mind up if teh Tec1 kit is just gorgeous, or a little bit wrong.

What are you going to do with the seat belt cut outs in the parcel shelf? Are you just going to leave it as a larger hole than needed, or fabricate a plastic cover thing to tidy it up a little?

[kdevitt]

Haven't even gotten to look at the seat belts yet - if it means ordering new bits I don't mind. Am determined not to take any half measures on this one.