Alpina B6s #48

[Scruffymurphy]

Well f*#k me that's impressive. I'm very jealous.

[318tourer]

very nice

[groselha]

What a great car!!!

Kelson,

Can you post some pictures of your recaro's?

Thanks.

[/// KAMI]

nice

[/// KAMI]

[Kelson]

Will do as soon as I am back on my PC with the piccies

[Jon_Bmw]

After all these years I still haven't seen it desipte being so close!!!

[Simon13]

i have once!

[GrindCulture]

It's good when these old threads come back, cos I get a chance to oggle at some beautiful cars in threads that were "before my time!"

[Jimbob]

Resurrected! Knew there was a b6s on here somewhere..

[adit]

now you've done it!

[lyricalnut02]

that looks absolutly amazing! So jelous. Never seen this thread in the past, n1 jimbob.

[mani]

Bloody gorgeous mate

[pukar]

awesome car!!!!! love it

you could always buy your own if you get desperate chaps, just need to px the house

http://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/showD ... eNumber=14

[Simon13]

i remember seeing a rough one for 10 grand forsale in london years ago. Tatty not rusty. Them days are long gone

[csl]

i remember seeing a rough one for 10 grand forsale in london years ago. Tatty not rusty. Them days are long gone

I enquired about 2 of these in the 90s..both were around 12k.One was the black one that was on the front of one of the BMW mags and another was in Alpina blue.Opertunitys missed!

[TouringTash]

Bloomin' eck! I need to be around here more often

Not too shabby a ride you have there fella, feeling the wood (so to speak) but never been a fan of the sticky outy arches, must be because I'm poor.
If you ever fancy adopting a forty year old please get in touch.

[wheelie_lv]

these are so rare

some another cars with pics :
nr. 28

nr. 43

[Kelson]

Thanks for the renewed interest and yes, I still have her 7 years on. It still goes very well, though obviously its not my daily driver, that is reserved for another German http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/534/img0300jb.jpg/

[Felix79]

This is my dream of dreams car. I would happily give up internal organs to own one of these!

[Steve]

Thanks for the renewed interest and yes, I still have her 7 years on. It still goes very well, though obviously its not my daily driver, that is reserved for another German http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/534/img0300jb.jpg/

Glad you still own it after all this time !

Anymore / updated photos?

[Kelson]

Well I thought it was time for a little update given I have now owned her for 13 years. I completed the little tasks I set out to do plus refurbished the wheels, other than that it has just been regular servicing. The car performs as well now as it did when I bought her.

The only issue I have is the fuel map switch will not stay pressed in - those are Alpina specific and no longer available. I know what the problem with the switch is and need to find a way to resolve it (a new switch would be nice!) - I think I can use an Air Con switch and change the buttons over, just don't want to damage a new switch as they are quite expensive.

A while ago we took her on a road trip from home via the Chunnel to the Champagne region (Reims), across France to Germany (Mercedes museum Stuttgart), then to the Alpina's home (Buchloe), across more of Germany, down through Austria, across the Alps, down past Monza ending in Cannes on the Cote d'azure before returning home via the French autoroutes.

The car performed faultlessly and here are a few pictures from the trip (as you can see, it did get a bit grubby!)

Started off clean enough though



A load of champagne vines



Outside its 'home'



Still goes ok!



Quite snowy across the alps





Basking in the sun on the Cote D'zure before the 750 miles up the autoroutes to Calais and then home.

[maxfield]

[Steve]

Wow a blast from the past ! Thanks for the update, Brian maybe able to give you some information about fixing or replacing the switch with another one.

Glad you still have the car, what an investment you have now

[Cloggy Saint]

Always liked this car, I can even forgive you the wood trim.

[Kelson]

Yes, rarity does indeed add value. I wonder how many of the 62 remain.

[bmwe30mtech]

I remember your car from years ago, always liked it a lot. Thanks for sharing the pics!

[bmw-mad]

Nice

[JungleGus]

Nice! Love to see it being used as intended

[pukar]

super, good to see another alpina on the road, lovely car!!

[shedrool83]

Wow.I like that

[Simon13]

I too wondered if you still had this hero chariot! It looks well

I read on facebook the other day that there was 1 car sold here in the UK. Its in the middle east and has been for a long time. The guy whos bought it found it in someones garden laid up and kids playing in it. He was puzzled by the MPH speedo and e-mailed alpina with all the info and the came back and told him its the only UK car sold! He says hes restoring it.

If i had a crytal ball i'd of borrowed money and bought one of these as it does all i'd want in an E30

[Jon_Bmw]

Such a nice looking vehicle. I can't believe that in the last 30 years I have lived in smallsbury I have never seen this around!

Although I suspect we live in slightly different areas!!

[bss325i]

Complete blast from the past and glad to see you still own it!

I also just completed a similar trip to Europe in my M3, also without a hitch.

[Jon_Bmw]

I just clicked that you are a stones throw from where I lived with my parents for 18 years! I lived opposite the Methodist church in W.D. My parents still live there now.

So I am even more dumbfounded I have never seen it.

If I get the Z3M Coupe out of the garage we should go out for some photos/blast. I'd be interested to see the Janspeed Capri Turbo as I work there. I have seen a few over the years, alas we don't hold any of the history of the cars anymore. We get asked a lot!!