Blimey, I thought my cars were clean!!

[B7]

http://www.bmwclassics.co.uk/gallery/in ... lters=#pic

[steve_k]

christ on a bike!!

that severn look's near as dammit brandnew!!!

i guess we could all take some inspriation from those pic's.

[pac1982]

Thats does look really mint, wonder why he put a cover over the brake discs??

[paulisa]

now this guy knows how to clean http://www.wimp.com/bestdetailer/

[oze30]

Thats does look really mint, wonder why he put a cover over the brake discs??

Prototype brake discs setup. He's running 20 pot fronts but doesn't want anyone to know how he did it!

Guessing he's covered them to stop spraying the gunk he used to clean the wheel wells on the discs. Who knows.. People are strange!

[pac1982]

Prehaps his brake discs are the only bits that dont look mint!

[Alex]

WOW

[madaboutthe30]

Trevor that guy is a member on here.

He enjoys restoring/ detailing his cars as a hobby. He use to have one of the cleanest examples of an e30 m3 that I have ever seen, there is pics of it somewhere on his site.

[jamie323i]

That is super clean!

Has the biggest steering wheel fitted to it though,i had the same one fitted to my E34 when i got it,like a bus...but bigger!
Soon outed it for a decent one though

[madaboutthe30]

There we go:

http://www.bmwclassics.co.uk/gallery/in ... gmFilters=

[Jay07]

Very Impressive!.... .. my paint work needs that kind of love!

[jamie323i]

WOW that M3 is minty mint.

That is stunning!

number plate is cool too

[LeonNewton]

a true testament to the owners. Hard work pays off.

[Splondike]

Derin is a bit of a legend... some stunning cars he has restored. I have a love/hate thing when looking at that website, I love the cars and the level of detail he achieves, but it annoys me that my cars are not up to scratch

[madaboutthe30]

Derin is a bit of a legend... some stunning cars he has restored. I have a love/hate thing when looking at that website, I love the cars and the level of detail he achieves, but it annoys me that my cars are not up to scratch

Yh exactly the same feeling I have when looking at his site. Do you know him splondike?

[Splondike]

Not personally, but he often pops up on BMW5 with some nice motors he has just completed.

[derin]

Thanks Guys! Nice that the E32 has finally been acknowleged even though it's now gone! It was an absolutely lovely car to look at and drive! I owned it for over 7 years and it'll be missed......

I covered the brake discs up because as soon as (even brand new discs) get water on them they start to rust on the surface and they then look awful in photographs!

I actually sold that car just over 2 weeks ago (my wife has yet to amend my website...sorry). It went for £4700 to a very nice chap who'd had a very low mielage one before and had always regretted selling it.

The E38 750iL on my website (belonged to a good friend of mine) has also just sold last week for his £6750 asking price.

The only car I 'potentially' have for sale ( I emphasize 'potentially' as I'm not sure at all that that I shoudl sell this one!) is this E34 540i. I have confirmation from BMW in Munichthat this was the 3rd from last E34 Saloon ever built! And it still has only 39K miles on the clock. I've been offered £8K for it but declined. It's possibly (according to both my wife and my friend who owned the 750iL) the best car I've ever done. Virtually as new:

http://www.bmwclassics.co.uk/gallery/in ... gmFilters=


Just for something different to look at...and it's actually still not finished:

http://www.bmwclassics.co.uk/gallery/in ... rcedes_WIP

And...

http://www.bmwclassics.co.uk/gallery/in ... des_Pagoda

[Joe-318i]

wow, theres some very nice work there, they all look stunning

[bobbin1982]

Fancy popping round mine for a month or 2 derin?............I wil supply you with tea and biscuits

[madaboutthe30]

Derin how comes when you go back to galleries from the pagoda, you cant view the mercedes gallery?

[Chase007]

Class pure class that work is! keep it up Derin.

[ricey46]

That E32 was immaculate, credit to you mate

now this guy knows how to clean http://www.wimp.com/bestdetailer/

He's not bad, but not using a two bucket wash method, and sea sponge, wouldn't catch me doing that....

[Morat]

y'see, if I bought a car from Derin I'd feel guilty evertime it rained. Nightmare!

[derin]

Derin how comes when you go back to galleries from the pagoda, you cant view the mercedes gallery?

Ah! The Mercedes aren't really part of the website...just me going off an a 'tangent' for a while with the Mercs...LOL!

[derin]

Thanks Guys! Nice to get some recognition from people 'in the know' like you chaps. Many thanks!

As Morat said though...that's part of the problem for me...I finish a car and often then I can barely bring myself to drive it! Which is not good! Cars are meant for driving after all. So that why I have to sell them so at least someone else will drive and enjoy them.


I have another Merc SL to complete in the pipeline. It's just a W129 so nowhere near as valuable as the Pagoda and has also had very light Cat D damage so once that's complete I hopefully enjoy driving that for a bit before selling....should be a very nice (driveable!) car once finished.

[bmpaul]

just one word.. WOW! i try to get my car looking good but just not got the time to do allthe detailing like that