E30 Zone

I've managed to get hold of a 1987 318i shell (and a load of parts) thats never been on the road ( has been used by students in a college)

Just a few pics of it at the moment







There are a couple of bits that need a bit of paint due to it being caught (the front wing is the main bit)

Wow ! Lets have plenty of pics, many here have never seen a car that is not a patched up / rusty sh1tter !


PS Thanks be to fooook its a two door !

Managed to get the boot empty of all the parts

good find, am well jealous of its lack off oxide!

whats the plans for it?

FMH wrote:whats the plans for it?

At the mo i am thinking the best bet is to put it back to how was when it left BM

That IS clean !!

Look forward to seeing more pics

Nice! Gleamin' red

Managed to get a bit more of the car emptied today (just need to get a bit of polish on the engine bay and inside)

Some more pics

Thats not fair....

well done matey, very good find....

your going to have quite a few haters on here

It's MINT

Haha thanks for the comments

Well managed to do a bit of digging with the car and it turns out it was donated to the college by BMW.

The car has been registered but BMW kept hold of all the documentation so everyone was under the impression it hadn't been.

I've managed to get the reg number from the BM system and applied for the V5 from the DVLA.

It turns out the car was built in november 87 and sat around at BMW until December 92 when it was registered and the donated to the college.

The only random part is BMW have declared it new at first registration so its on a 1992 K reg.

Well the logbook has arrived so can now start to decide what to do with it (didn't want to put anymore money into it before i'd got the paper work)

Well done getting the reg docs, does it have the usual VIN plate? Early facelift car
Strange it has the diesel bonnet lining

Perfect base for a high power engine conversion

Its got a vin plate riveted above the drivers headlight and the number is stamped into the scuttle

Didn't know its was a diesel lining

Haha i fitted a S50 to my last E30 but didn't really like it as a everyday car so i'll leave the big power for my M coupe. Thinking of keeping this as a 318.

Brilliant find, rot free, great pictures.

Congratulations

A good clean inside and out, lots of cavitywax and of you go with basically a new shell!

Lucky basterd

Very interesting find!

That will be the only K reg zinober red E30 in the world then.

And K reg 2drs are very rare anyway.

amazing shell

this is a crime though

Thanks for the comments

Still not done much with it yet apart from cleaning all the dust out of everywhere.

magpie wrote:amazing shell

this is a crime though

The bonnet lining or it how its sat? I stuck some foam on the edge to protect it

well started to put the car back together this afternoon (looking through all the boxes of bits for the nuts n bolts is taking time haha)

Awesome! Keep the progress coming

i'd be drenching this in wax-oil ,in the chassis rails ,s/roof tray,inner scuttle panel ...in fact everywhere i could get a nozzle .....this will be worth a good few quid in not many years time .


fookin epic find !

magpie wrote:i'd be drenching this in wax-oil ,in the chassis rails ,s/roof tray,inner scuttle panel ...in fact everywhere i could get a nozzle .....this will be worth a good few quid in not many years time .


fookin epic find !

thanks

have done all the inside with loads of clear wax oil, got the space heater blowing on the car to warm the metal up so the wax oil ran into all the little gaps.

have steam cleaned the underside and going to underseal it all then wax oil in all the rails.

will take the front wings off so i can get into the drain channels from the scuttle and when i get it back up and rolling i'll be able to move it to our workshop (the garage is a tad small to get round it), once its in there i'll be removing the glass to replace the rubbers so will drop the headlining and coat that side of the roof and sunroof tray up

fantastic,you have a real piece of motoring history there mate ,when all the welded up cars have rotted out again this car will still be strong !



some coont will slam it on air bags in 2030

Peet wrote: and going to underseal it

Not with shultz, I hope!

Brianmoooore wrote:

Peet wrote: and going to underseal it

Not with shultz, I hope!

no, after the advice given in the thread i started on the subject i am going to go for the polyurethane underseal, just waiting on BM to get back to me with details of the stuff they use.

You have some bare metal to treat then?
No need to take the wings off if you can help it, you can get to the drains easily with the arch liners out, plus it saves breaking the factory seam seal on the joins

DanThe wrote:You have some bare metal to treat then?
No need to take the wings off if you can help it, you can get to the drains easily with the arch liners out, plus it saves breaking the factory seam seal on the joins

nah no bare metal just wanted to give it a good coat of under seal whilst its clean to help it last a bit longer.

reeto that makes sense, will leave the wings on

Get that thing basted in waxoil for gods sake, you have a real gem there.! How much did you pay for it?

Also, if it's an '87 shouldn't it have chrome bumpers?

Peet wrote:

DanThe wrote:You have some bare metal to treat then?
No need to take the wings off if you can help it, you can get to the drains easily with the arch liners out, plus it saves breaking the factory seam seal on the joins

nah no bare metal just wanted to give it a good coat of under seal whilst its clean to help it last a bit longer.

reeto that makes sense, will leave the wings on

Underseal just makes cars look shit and bodged, it does nothing to help preserve them as it dries out and flakes off eventually, waxoil will run into any cracks/splits in the paint/sealer and dry to leave a wax covering on them, water/air cannot get through wax, plus the underside still looks like it should

mcbonio wrote:Get that thing basted in waxoil for gods sake, you have a real gem there.! How much did you pay for it?

Also, if it's an '87 shouldn't it have chrome bumpers?

its late 87 so first of the facelifts

haha it was the right price not to miss ;)

bit more progress made this afternoon

well been a busy year and not really had the time to get round to doing much to the E30.

bit of an update though. its now on its wheels and has the engine and box fitted.

running gear going on





more of the trim going in



swapping the chrome to shadow line trim



lights and grill on, splitter fitted to make sure it lines up before being painted