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just a few pics to show off my new touring that i have been given (free of charge but just as a sweetener for the 850csi reshell i am doing, no such thing as a free lunch )







not bad once i cleaned vast amounts of bird poo off it and ive spent a happy day fixing numerous faults including windscreen washers,headlight wash wipe,central locking(easy fix when you know what goes wrong) obc not lighting up,knackered mirror glass,tailgate rattling.

plus ive fitted the steering wheel,gear knob and front seats from my sport project car (long term project as it is) and fitted the headrests from the old front seats into the rear seats.it needed the above parts to freshen up the interior as the milage is



but its made the drivers seat a nice place to be



few more jobs to tackle but need parts i dont have in my shed, n/s gutter trim, heater blower motor (i think) and rear wiper motor as the washer pipe connector has bust off and it fills the tailgate with water when you try washin the rear window lol

all in all a good days work though and the car feels great to drive even given the milage its covered in fact it drives far far better than my calypso 320ise thats only covered 100k

got a blower motor on me breaker mate if ya wanna come rag it out

Daz come next weekend and u can inspect my arches for me

A free 325i Touring? Lucky s*d! Looks clean too, i'm definately seeing the attraction of tourings these days.

Btw - I have all those parts from the touring im breaking at the moment, let me know if you are interested.

Looks good to me! Especially for free.lol. Love the calipso red one too! Always loved that colour.

Nice freebie - what a result! So will you now sell on the 320iSE? The 850Csi reshell sounds like a serious mission, knowing how complex those spaceships are! Is that required as a result of crash damage, or rust?
Best of luck with it all.

Maurice, E. Kent
('88 325iSE, '87 320iSE)

dazleeds wrote:Daz come next weekend and u can inspect my arches for me

im sure youre daz n im mat but i think ill come round next sunday anyhow and give your arches a once over with my expert eye lol.

should have some tax in the screen by then too! stop them nasty leeds fuzz givin me a hard time

beardymat wrote:

dazleeds wrote:Daz come next weekend and u can inspect my arches for me

im sure youre daz n im mat but i think ill come round next sunday anyhow and give your arches a once over with my expert eye lol.

should have some tax in the screen by then too! stop them nasty leeds fuzz givin me a hard time

dohhh ueh im Daz ur mat and hopefully ill have some arches

touring looks sweet as mate

im sooo jealous i will have one
wouldnt mind the lazur blue 1 for sale now
but sport comes first
got a little 4pot runnerbout at moment but selling in a couple weeks

320iSE wrote:Nice freebie - what a result! So will you now sell on the 320iSE? The 850Csi reshell sounds like a serious mission, knowing how complex those spaceships are! Is that required as a result of crash damage, or rust?
Best of luck with it all.

Maurice, E. Kent
('88 325iSE, '87 320iSE)

our lass is running the 320 at the moment and she loves it.that too was a bargain at £150 but it was written off,thats how come i bought it cause i repair salvage vehicles for a living.hence the starship reshell cause that was written off too but the rust in the old shell helped the decision for the reshell.oh and complex just isnt the word

Inordinately nice!

Thats a nice touring, I like! If that shell is as good as it looks, will you be tempted by some naughtiness under the bonnet? It could be worth putting some horsepower in there if the shell is going to last

the shell seems solid enough but i havnt been under it yet although i have it on good (independant) authority that its good.few small cosmetic dings and scabs to sort and she`ll look really good.got an eta engine in my workshop which will be going in my sport when its finally road worthy so im tempted to build it up and slot it in the touring as a bit of a testbed until the sports done.might get the wheels refurbed too since i have two sets of five wheels.

funny really,when i went to fetch this free car i was expecting to just use it as a van for work but im really liking it and i just want to keep improving it

the touring bug has bitten again

Fancy selling the front lip spoiler and making 100% profit?

Chris-W wrote:Fancy selling the front lip spoiler and making 100% profit?

good job im not drunk as i might have fallen for that, isnt 100% of nowt still nowt? lol.

i think the is lip suits it,will probably look better with the side skirts painted and slightly lowered or maybe i should just go for a tech 2 kit or maybee ......... jees these free cars can turn expensive!!!!

beardymat wrote:good job im not drunk as i might have fallen for that, isnt 100% of nowt still nowt? lol.

Worth a go!

Looks like a right result as it cost you nothing.

Looks really good for the milage and excelent price

beardymat wrote: i think the is lip suits it,will probably look better with the side skirts painted and slightly lowered or maybe i should just go for a tech 2 kit or maybee ......... jees these free cars can turn expensive!!!!

I can see where your going with this

certainly looks clean for a 200000 miler

Lush! I'd love a calypso Sport

Touring looks good!!!!!!!

Good luck reshelling that CSi!!!!! Struggling to just keep one running at the mo!!! Parts can be a pain, and their not cheap!!!!!! £400 for three power steering hoses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

welcome to touring ownership dude, and in the right colour too!

soon be the e30touringzone here

it is indeed and its a well known fact that the white ones are the fastest/best

fuzzy wrote:it is indeed and its a well known fact that the white ones are the fastest/best

no laquer makes them lighter

320Touring wrote:

fuzzy wrote:it is indeed and its a well known fact that the white ones are the fastest/best

no laquer makes them lighter

not with you in the fooker neil

dazleeds wrote:

320Touring wrote:

fuzzy wrote:it is indeed and its a well known fact that the white ones are the fastest/best

no laquer makes them lighter

not with you in the fooker neil

brain is lighter than bone daz

plus i'm down about 2 stone on where I was in march