E30 Zone

Well ive bought another project, this time a little more realistic.

Its a 318iA Touring with genuine 44k on the clock and 0 prevoius owners

i bought it from copart as a cat C write off.

Looking at it it needs:

Lower valance
Front wing
passanger door
passanger rear door.
front wishbone
possibly a new leg i need to inspect further.

rust wise its absolutly Mint.

rear arches are perfect, obviously they need a clean the front "jacking pad" things in the footwells are perfect too


the leather is absolutly mint, and the mechanics have had no expense spared what so ever. its got a bmw service book fully stamped every year till 2010 by a bmw dealer. and recipts with mind boggling prices on them.

the only downsides so far besides the obvious is the nice people at co part have bent the rear valance slightly and a slight niggle at the top of the sill where the accident has caught it. however its only small and will clean up and paint. there is also a kink on the sill at the other side caused by clumsy co part employees however its minor and a set of se skirts will cover it up.

its nice as the headlining is mint, the ash tray has never had anything in and the fag lighter is new and unused.

even has dealer plates with matching keyring thats perfect

once finished its going to be my winter chariot to keep the sport off the road

anyway here are the pics from copart











safe from the scrap man














where its caught the sill slightly, not a major isuue.





plenty of history.






got tonns of mot certificates too

I belive behind this turd lurks a gem

Sweet, another Lazur tourer, top find, what's Copart?
Jon

good find! Worth it with that low milage

Wow, you got lucky with this one Alex, should be a minter once you've tone all the repair. Was wondering when you was going to pick it up.

Thanks Loyd, again thanks a million for helping me out, if it wasnt for you i wouldnt have been able to buy this.

mrjonchandler- copart is an online auction website that sells hundreds if not thousands of crash damaged vehicles each week. there is always e30s on there

Alex wrote:Thanks Loyd, again thanks a million for helping me out, if it wasnt for you i wouldnt have been able to buy this.

mrjonchandler- copart is an online auction website that sells hundreds if not thousands of crash damaged vehicles each week. there is always e30s on there

Ah right, will have a look. Rav said your Sport is a real nice one, are you pleased with it?
Jon

Its certaily a nice one thats for sure. very pleased with the sport.

Well done Alex. Looks like an easy fixer. Nice one.

Dezzy wrote:Well done Alex. Looks like an easy fixer. Nice one.

if i ever went down the 24v route i would think this would be a perfect chariot to use

Being on the offenders register i wouldnt feel bad about ripping the engine out of a 1 owner car

Nice one.

A nice M52 in there would be perfect!!!

Alex wrote:Its a 318iA Touring with genuine 44k on the clock and 0 prevoius owners

Eh?

i know of a Laser Blue Touring being broken Alex.
i think the wings have gone but the bonnet, front panel and all doors were still on it the other day

Dezzy wrote:Nice one.

A nice M52 in there would be perfect!!!

think a manual conversion would be my first port of call given it will be a couple of year before i can insure a modified e30

mind you cook318is got a good quote when he turned 21 so it would only be a year away.

Just need to get some bodypanels sorted now. hopefully i can get some lazur blue panels local ish

adit wrote:

Alex wrote:Its a 318iA Touring with genuine 44k on the clock and 0 prevoius owners

Eh?

i know of a Laser Blue Touring being broken Alex.
i think the wings have gone but the bonnet, front panel and all doors were still on it the other day

are they a trillion miles away though

Previous owners

or 1 owner what ever floats your boat

24v tourings are naughty

Thats really nice Alex, absolute Bargain, very Jealous

Nice little project.


Cheyne BMW from Hammersmith right?

One of the techs at my work used to work there in the early '90's so he may have worked on the car. His name is Alp (cant remember is surname), have a look through you history book and invoices for his name.

bss325i wrote:Nice little project.


Cheyne BMW from Hammersmith right?

One of the techs at my work used to work there in the early '90's so he may have worked on the car. His name is Alp (cant remember is surname), have a look through you history book and invoices for his name.

Cheyne Fullham, dont know london is that near Hammersmith ??

Its been in london all its life, will have a look now

Alex wrote:

bss325i wrote:Nice little project.


Cheyne BMW from Hammersmith right?

One of the techs at my work used to work there in the early '90's so he may have worked on the car. His name is Alp (cant remember is surname), have a look through you history book and invoices for his name.

Cheyne Fullham, dont know london is that near Hammersmith ??

Its been in london all its life, will have a look now

Yes Fullham is in the borough of Hammersmith.

No alp on any of the recipts, not to say he hasnt worked on it though.

its had a hell of alot of work done at sheen lane motors, a bmw + merc specialist.

Good call Alex be reading with interest

i love google maps

Here is where its spent all its life, by a Dr Critchley that lived in Richmond

loads of recipts to say the headlights have been changed to LHD and back again. and you can see a GB sticker on the boot.

Must of used it for the family holiday ????

looks a very expensive area that

Wow, was not expecting it to be that good. I would leave it original as its a low mile 1 owner car from a nice part of London. Auto will be nice in traffic.

haha, how cool is that, seeing the car on Google Earth

l16ydl wrote:haha, how cool is that, seeing the car on Google Earth

My google street view is even worse,



.... and thats me in the red t shirt having attempted to move an E30 into our back yard after it fell off the trolley jack we were trying to move it on 'cos it had no wheels or struts on the car


What timimg!

RM2186 wrote:

l16ydl wrote:haha, how cool is that, seeing the car on Google Earth

My google street view is even worse, put TS19 8PX into Google maps, then street view.

Scan left on the link.... and thats me in the red t shirt having attempted to move an E30 into our back yard after it fell off the trolley jack we were trying to move it on 'cos it had no wheels or struts on the car


What timimg!

haha i can imagine the look on your faces in that picture lol thinking google car wtf is that

Being thick... Buuuut.. How 0 previous owners

thats what a car check said. its non before the last owner

1 owner then if it makes you happy

another one lol

nice buy Alex with the nice low mileage could be fixed up to be a minter

of course it's had a previous owner Alex, you didn't buy it from new did you?!



P.S. :






let me know ASAP mate, if you are interested in anything

cheers, adi

i only need a rear door now

is it mauritius blue Adi

Alex wrote:i love google maps

Here is where its spent all its life, by a Dr Critchley that lived in Richmond

loads of recipts to say the headlights have been changed to LHD and back again. and you can see a GB sticker on the boot.

Must of used it for the family holiday ????

looks a very expensive area that

Very Expensive area, Richmond is South West London, the houses are lovely.

O yes Richmond is in the south of the country,the houses are going to be expensive.

Richmond is lovely, shame you'll f**k it in the winter salt like!

Simon13 wrote:Richmond is lovely, shame you'll f**k it in the winter salt like!

you said that about the sport, its either this or the sport

its lucky its been given a second chance at life

Simon13 wrote:Richmond is lovely, shame you'll f**k it in the winter salt like!

Northernist