129mph in an E23
Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 12:48 pm
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Re: 129mph in an E23
Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 7:25 pm
Lovely motortom325ise wrote:
About 8 minutes in!
Re: 129mph in an E23
Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 10:07 pm
733i, but last taxed in '89. 
Re: 129mph in an E23
Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 10:29 pm
Re: 129mph in an E23
Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 10:32 pm
That belongs to Senna on here.
Re: 129mph in an E23
Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 10:36 pm
[quote="oguz327"]I saw this tidy old 7 parked outside the other week...
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glad it's still on the steels Re: 129mph in an E23
Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 10:37 pm
He is a friend of my nieghbour then, nieghbour said he saw my E30 and if I wanted to sell let him know.
The 7 was in great condition!
The 7 was in great condition!
Re: 129mph in an E23
Posted: Sun May 17, 2015 2:55 am
The writer in the story is of course based on Roald Dahl himself, who drove an e23 for many years and loved it like one of his own children. It sold on eBay about 3 or 4 years ago and was restored and auctioned off for charity..
Re: 129mph in an E23
Posted: Sun May 17, 2015 10:31 am
Official top speed of the 733i was actually 127mph, so that must have been a tweaked one. 
Re: 129mph in an E23
Posted: Sun May 17, 2015 4:58 pm
His was a 735i so that may be where the confusion crept in...
Re: 129mph in an E23
Posted: Mon May 18, 2015 1:15 pm
733i.
Just realised the driver is the Australian actor Rod Taylor who was in a lot of good films - died in January.
Just realised the driver is the Australian actor Rod Taylor who was in a lot of good films - died in January.
Re: 129mph in an E23
Posted: Mon May 18, 2015 9:47 pm
Looks like Roalds was a 732i
https://www.classicdriver.com/en/car/bm ... 982/158937
You can see the reg in the 3rd photo. Showing as not being taxed or SORN since 2010
A lovely E9 bites the dust at about 23 mins onwards in another episode of Tales of the Unexpected here
https://www.classicdriver.com/en/car/bm ... 982/158937
You can see the reg in the 3rd photo. Showing as not being taxed or SORN since 2010
A lovely E9 bites the dust at about 23 mins onwards in another episode of Tales of the Unexpected here
Re: 129mph in an E23
Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 1:04 pm
..just bought the box set, two episodes in and we've had a S1 XJ6 and a Silver Shadow II as central plot fixtures already, just another 548 episodes to go
Re: 129mph in an E23
Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 2:26 pm
Wouldn't mind 735i
I think Pacer has 745i in his garden.
I think Pacer has 745i in his garden.
Re: 129mph in an E23
Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 2:37 pm
Get it bought. I'm sure Peter will help you improve your spannering.pony wrote:Wouldn't mind 735i
I think Pacer has 745i in his garden.
Re: 129mph in an E23
Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 3:08 pm
Re: 129mph in an E23
Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 4:01 pm
I can't see that selling at £1500 despite the rarity.
Re: 129mph in an E23
Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 10:57 pm
Drop the motor in an e28 and scrap the rest....
Re: 129mph in an E23
Posted: Wed May 20, 2015 12:04 am
You would have to be a proper freak with major skillz to even consider it.snakebrain wrote:Drop the motor in an e28 and scrap the rest....
Re: 129mph in an E23
Posted: Wed May 20, 2015 1:22 am
Can't be that hard for someone who knows what they are doing?bab-91 wrote:You would have to be a proper freak with major skillz to even consider it.snakebrain wrote:Drop the motor in an e28 and scrap the rest....
Re: 129mph in an E23
Posted: Wed May 20, 2015 1:47 am
Is anything hard if you know what you are doing?87mtech27 wrote:Can't be that hard for someone who knows what they are doing?bab-91 wrote:You would have to be a proper freak with major skillz to even consider it.snakebrain wrote:Drop the motor in an e28 and scrap the rest....
Apparently it requires fabrication work, it's not like dropping a normal M30 in. Some don't think it's worth while either, see link.
http://forum.bmw5.co.uk/topic/61452-m53 ... sion-m106/
Re: 129mph in an E23
Posted: Wed May 20, 2015 3:41 am
Interesting read 
Re: 129mph in an E23
Posted: Wed May 20, 2015 9:30 am
That 745 is sadly scrap, but the engine , if good, is worth that all day long.
Re: 129mph in an E23
Posted: Wed May 20, 2015 2:26 pm
pacerpete wrote:That 745 is sadly scrap, but the engine , if good, is worth that all day long.
Finding a victim might be difficult.
Re: 129mph in an E23
Posted: Sun May 24, 2015 11:34 pm
I seem to recall that in the book version of this, he was driving a blue E3 3.3 LiA. Could be wrong though.