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[adit]

spotted in a car breaker's yard today: a 2-door 'b' reg e30. i was working on another car (e36 compact) and casually glanced over and saw the e30. i thought to myself "shall i bother having a look?" as it looked rusty, was a gold colour, had no front fogs, h/l/w/w, skirts or anything desireable being immediately obvious. i finished doing what i was doing, then thought "why not? you never know." am i glad i did! it had fitted: tech2 boot spoiler (genuine), complete bootlid toolkit (inc. the £60 white plastic window-winder thingy), opening rear windows, full leather sports interior, rear blind parcel shelf, full 13 button on-board computer, and momo alpina-style steering wheel i started to remove the steering wheel and saw a lever. "what's that?" i thought, cruise control! then looked at the centre console. "what's that button for?" air conditioning! i rushed round to check under the bonnet and yes, both fitted. gold e30: prepare to be raped tomorrow!

[Nay]

Nice find a must say. What colour is the rear blind parcel shelf? If its black any chance of it comming my way??

[adit]

oh, nearly forgot. the "yard boy" said "yea, i kept stalling it, driving it in. couldn't work out why, until i realised i was trying to pull away in 3rd gear!" it's got a dog-leg box! were these standard on any e30s? just alpina e21 C1s

[magpie]

good find m8,,lucky sod

[jbh]

could be a 323 with a dogleg box in which case theres a good chance its got a lsd aswell

[kieran325]

Pics would be good

[adit]

he did say it was a 323i now you mention it jb. how do i tell if it's on lsd? i wish i'd seen the bloke before the breakers got there first. i could probably have bought it complete for £50, then driven it home!! i could've then hired magpie for a day to do what he's good at. no, not talking, e30 stripping! a flask of tea and a good tool box and some roll-ups and he'd be happy as a pig in....

[adit]

sorry lads, i really must suss out this "loading-up pictures" malarkey. i haven't got the bloody foggiest! magpie!! iain!!

[Jon_Bmw]

Ady, its not up at Noons is it? I could do with cruise control!

[Nay]

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e.g.

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[HartgeH27]

sorry lads, i really must suss out this "loading-up pictures" malarkey. i haven't got the bloody foggiest! magpie!! iain!!

I will talk to you tomorrow Adi, if you still up for a shotgun I will be chore free from around 12pm.

Photos are no problem !

[adit]

no mate, sorry. as magpie would say...sssshhhh!!! i've got a complete cruise control set-up here anyway jon

[adit]

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e.g.

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er....erm...thanks nay...

[jbh]

he did say it was a 323i now you mention it jb. how do i tell if it's on lsd?

make sure the rear end is in the air turn one wheel ( or rear hub if there's no wheels on it ) and get some one to tell you if the other side is turning in the same direction if it is then its an lsd if its turning the opposite way its an open diff

[adit]

I will talk to you tomorrow Adi, if you still up for a shotgun I will be chore free from around 12pm.

no. things aren't that bad e. good, cheers mate, speak to you tomorrow

[Blitz]

You lucky bugger!

[Jon_Bmw]

no mate, sorry. as magpie would say...sssshhhh!!! i've got a complete cruise control set-up here anyway jon

Ady, you know i'm a tight c**t being a student an all. Sadly I can only justify scrappy prices.

Good luck with the pillaging tomorrow sir.

[adit]

most scrappies are more expensive than me dear chap! cheers mate, see you soon p.s. thanks jb, i shall try tomorrow.

[Alex]

sounds good, is the cruise control easy to fit, i could do with more extras for mine how much you after for the one you got allready

[magpie]

lsd,,,,,take the tag off the diff,,,clean it up and if it starts with S,,,,,your laughing,,,dont tell scrappy fella keep the tag
in ya pocket and buy the diff as cheap as you can in the job lot buy,,,,still a jammy sod though if not lsd...

[spook]

Is this the same gold e30 i paid 60 quid for this afternoon?

[adit]

yes, probably young chris. i said to the bloke to get what he could for the rotten scrap shell once i'd stripped it! £60 coming my way! p.s. i'll pm you alex

[Alex]

[stu_316i]

Nice find I wouldnt have waited till today to strip it though, I did that with a e30 in a scrappy near me, full leather, obc etc etc, when I got back the next day everything had gone

[Jhonno]

I think if it has a dog leg it will have a small case 3.23LSD fitted

[jbh]

Nice find I wouldnt have waited till today to strip it though, I did that with a e30 in a scrappy near me, full leather, obc etc etc, when I got back the next day everything had gone

same thing happened to me with an e21 it had highback recaros in it i thought ill nip up the following day for them... as i walked into the scrappy i saw them lifting the e21 with the grab into the crusher

[adit]

i know, you do have to be quick! however, i am a very good customer (loyalty card holder! ) and if i say i'll have it. it's mine, no worries. i had a quick go on it today (got the boot spoiler, cruise and a/c switch, but was beaten by time/weather/light, etc.) so will get the other bits + check the diff, gearbox etc in the next couple of days. christmas shopping can wait!

[magpie]

good salvaging m8,,,let us know if you score on the diff,,,,i check tags all the time in scrappy's,but no joy yet
but i know i'll find one,,,i hope it's a 4.10 when i do

[jbh]

good salvaging m8,,,let us know if you score on the diff,,,,i check tags all the time in scrappy's,but no joy yet
but i know i'll find one,,,i hope it's a 4.10 when i do

we managed to get a lsd and dogleg box from our local breakers for £100

[magpie]

good when it happens,,did he know it was lsd,,i bet he never
that's why when i find mine,,i know one day i will,,i'll be taking the tag off and the asking,,how much for the diff off that old car....

[Nay]

Good luck, and if you find a 3.91 LSD grab it for us!

And there may be some extra change for the effort!

[magpie]

oh don't worrie any none 4.10's i find will be up for sale so you'll get a shout m8

[magpie]

oh don't worrie any none 4.10's i find will be up for sale so you'll get a shout m8
unless the salvager comes up trumps first....then you'll know aswell id say

[adit]

i also took the obc off today. what a bloody nightmare! i've removed a few of these before with not too much trouble but this one wanted to stay where it was! also, the horn was near the fuse box, weird. i've never seen one located there before. it was original as it even had a proper bmw oe black plastic cover over it. maybe because it was one of the very earliest OBCs fitted (1983/4).

[Rosc0PColtrane]

he did say it was a 323i now you mention it jb. how do i tell if it's on lsd? i wish i'd seen the bloke before the breakers got there first. i could probably have bought it complete for £50, then driven it home!! i could've then hired magpie for a day to do what he's good at. no, not talking, e30 stripping! a flask of tea and a good tool box and some roll-ups and he'd be happy as a pig in....

Start it, then do a monumental wheel spin and count the black marks. You want to see two.