E21 316 with 46,000. value?

[gazm3]

Just drove past, and stopped to look at a very clean e21 316.
Are these things worth much with ultra low miles?.





The very old boy wants £750.

[ImysE30]

Bargain, if you don't then i will

[Ollie_bwoii]

Damn thats nice! I would swap my chromie for that anyday!

Go for it, getting rare these days!

[gazm3]

A quick search

http://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/cla ... arno/58089

[Blitz]

It is if its rust free.

[CHR1S1990]

i believe i drove past you gazm3 this morning on the way to my MOT, were you looking in the boot?

[Kedge]

If its rust free buy it!!!

My biggest car regret is selling mine, was a freebie as well

[gazm3]

i believe i drove past you gazm3 this morning on the way to my MOT, were you looking in the boot?

Yes quite possibly, I had a good look around the car no rust.
Its just unloved and untidy, old owner.

Im not sure about it. If Im honest.

[Kedge]

You don't really need another car though Gaz

[town325i]

i had a 76k historied e21 for free couldnt sell it for shite

[scootlife]

does look cheap if a solid car... ideal for a 2.5 transplant... or would a 3.5 fit it ???

[Rav335uk]

does look cheap if a solid car... ideal for a 2.5 transplant... or would a 3.5 fit it ???

Behave, of course the m30 donk will fit, that's what i'm doing to my E21 , but the engine mounts are expensive.
I bought Origional Alpina ones and paid a premium for them.
It is worth buying if it is a clean car.
Because it's a 316, there not worth big money, mines stands me at £50.00, yes £50.00!!.
Have a look through the German pages of car pages and you'll get the idea.
323i's are fetching BIG money atm, one in germany is on sale for 21,000 euros but that is absolutly MINT.
HTH.
BTW, offer him £400 for it.

[Blitz]

does look cheap if a solid car... ideal for a 2.5 transplant... or would a 3.5 fit it ???

TWR put a Alpina 3.5 in.

[djk]

e21s are sadly unloved, though it is true to say that almost any car with the holy trinity 'low miles, one owner, fsh' will eventually find a buyer at a massive premium over an otherwise identical car. They all rust though, and rusty old motors aren't worth a fart, nice history or not.

[Simon13]

they rot from the inside out ala old car style. No visible rust doesn't mean it isnt hiding a number of sins

[josh-hocking]

gaz i drove past this car the otherday on my way to fleetwood from lytham - have to say i thought it was cheap

[sweep]

There old dogs im just fragging one

[daimlerman]

Check the rear of the boot very carefully,around the bumper mounts.
Then all the usual E30 type areas.
These things were not as well protected as E30.
On a 'Y' it's one of the last imported,as already said it will have novelty value to the right person.

[murran]

There old dogs im just fragging one

old dogs??? the cheek!!

have a good poke round it
sills, front foot wells, axle mounts, in the boot where the inner arches meet the..... oh fook it pictures tell a better story.




etc etc etc.....

[josh-hocking]

jeeeezzzz thats alot of rust.

[bmwsport]

Are you restoring that ^^^ If so your a brave, brave man

[murran]

weve already done it all chrismas before last.

[djk]

^^^No worse than some e30s I've seen!

[George]

I like the E21, we used to have a 320 in Polaris Silver with M-tech go faster stripes. Looked

Mechanically very decent but the body let it down, badly. I remember when we were looking to scrap it I was jacking it up to take off the BBS alloys and the jack went straight through!

Is it a 316 ir 316i? £500?

[murran]

the front jacking points are not very strong when there solid! we up rated ours putting a plate on the inside to take the load when jacking into the bottom of the a post also welded in a a foot long bit of half inch square box tube alond the line of the sill underneath.

[fuzzy]

its a lot of effort to go to for something thatll only sell for pennies even when clean but i suppose its not about the money when restoring old cars.

[theweekendhaslanded]

I viewed this car a few weeks back.

[Rav335uk]

Mine is in worse condition then that, but its not the money factor, its about owning something youve restored.

[Ollie_bwoii]

Nice buy Josh! More pictures please!

[josh-hocking]

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1229640.htm

Gutted,,, my mum and dad have decided to move house, and now leaving me selling this,

its had a massive tidy up/ service etc

[RicoSuave]

Looks pretty nice that. Good luck with the sale.

You gotta sell the bronze E30 as well?

[josh-hocking]

the new house has a barn - but it needs knocking down and rebuilding..... bronze e30 is in a seperate garage a few miles from home so will stay there till new garage built just no room for this one or my dads jaguar http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 698wt_1167




hows the 316 going ricosuave???

[RicoSuave]

Glad you still get to keep the bronzit! Your old man should sell the Jag no problem. It looked stunning when I saw it on your drive.

The 316 is superb mate. It's running so smooth I've not had a single problem with it. I gave it a full detail today and I still can't get over the condition!

It's still unmolested at the moment. But that's all about to change...

[gazm3]

gaz i drove past this car the otherday on my way to fleetwood from lytham - have to say i thought it was cheap

Cheap enough to try and make another £500?.
You are increadable Josh.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1229640.htm

10 out 10 for bull.

[josh-hocking]

no bull there mate,

telling what i was told.

moving house means sale...

another 500???