Cheap salvage yard in Saudi Arabia, Purchase suggestions?

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Post Mon Jun 17, 2013 8:12 pm

I am currently in Saudi Arabia on a business trip and have found a gem of a place.
Believe it or not I actually found it on google maps whilst on the satellite view, this gives you an idea of the size of it, after going down today for a few hours and having a walk around there are so many e32's, e34's, e38's and e39's there.
As you can probably imagine petrol prices are around 10p a litre here so most of them are V8s.

I have bought a few things already but was wondering if anyone had any suggestions as to what I could get (and fit in a suitcase!) that would be useful for my E30 M30 conversion and also parts that may be hard to come by in the UK as the larger engined models are few and far between unlike here.
I have heard V8 calipers can be made to fit?

I'm here for a month so have plenty of time to troll around as this place goes on for miles. I'm hoping after more investigation to find some really old BMW's and I will update with pictures when I go next, anyone thats been to saudi will know they are funny about photos being taken so I thought I'd go and have a scout around first.

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated,

Todd
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Post Wed Jun 19, 2013 3:16 pm

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Post Wed Jun 19, 2013 3:40 pm

Just found a reason to go to Saudi Arabia
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Post Wed Jun 19, 2013 3:42 pm

Todd22 wrote:I am currently in Saudi Arabia on a business trip and have found a gem of a place.
Believe it or not I actually found it on google maps whilst on the satellite view, this gives you an idea of the size of it, after going down today for a few hours and having a walk around there are so many e32's, e34's, e38's and e39's there.
As you can probably imagine petrol prices are around 10p a litre here so most of them are V8s.

I have bought a few things already but was wondering if anyone had any suggestions as to what I could get (and fit in a suitcase!) that would be useful for my E30 M30 conversion and also parts that may be hard to come by in the UK as the larger engined models are few and far between unlike here.
I have heard V8 calipers can be made to fit?

I'm here for a month so have plenty of time to troll around as this place goes on for miles. I'm hoping after more investigation to find some really old BMW's and I will update with pictures when I go next, anyone thats been to saudi will know they are funny about photos being taken so I thought I'd go and have a scout around first.

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated,

Todd

If you find any old ones IE 21s in the breakers would you consider sending parts back to us lovely zoners :P
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Post Wed Jun 19, 2013 3:50 pm

M30 manual gearboxes are getting hard to come by, but fitting one in a suitcase may prove tricky.

I'd get stuff like AFMs, ECUs, throttle bodies, ignition leads, etc.
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Post Wed Jun 19, 2013 4:12 pm

you wont find many old models out there sadly :(
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Post Wed Jun 19, 2013 6:32 pm

I'm interested in e34/32 intensive headlight washer pumps.
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Post Wed Jun 19, 2013 7:13 pm

Forget about getting stuff, just take lots of photos!
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