1994 318i Touring - Time to Sell :(

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Alex
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Mon Feb 21, 2011 3:06 pm

Well ive bought another project, this time a little more realistic.

Its a 318iA Touring with genuine 44k on the clock and 0 prevoius owners 8)

i bought it from copart as a cat C write off.

Looking at it it needs:

Lower valance
Front wing
passanger door
passanger rear door.
front wishbone
possibly a new leg i need to inspect further.

rust wise its absolutly Mint.

rear arches are perfect, obviously they need a clean :lol: the front "jacking pad" things in the footwells are perfect too


the leather is absolutly mint, and the mechanics have had no expense spared what so ever. its got a bmw service book fully stamped every year till 2010 by a bmw dealer. and recipts with mind boggling prices on them.

the only downsides so far besides the obvious is the nice people at co part have bent the rear valance slightly :roll: and a slight niggle at the top of the sill where the accident has caught it. however its only small and will clean up and paint. there is also a kink on the sill at the other side caused by clumsy co part employees :roll: however its minor and a set of se skirts will cover it up.

its nice as the headlining is mint, the ash tray has never had anything in and the fag lighter is new and unused.

even has dealer plates with matching keyring thats perfect 8)

once finished its going to be my winter chariot to keep the sport off the road :)

anyway here are the pics from copart

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safe from the scrap man


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where its caught the sill slightly, not a major isuue.

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plenty of history.

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got tonns of mot certificates too 8)

I belive behind this turd lurks a gem :D
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Mon Feb 21, 2011 3:26 pm

Sweet, another Lazur tourer, top find, what's Copart?
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Mon Feb 21, 2011 3:32 pm

good find! Worth it with that low milage
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Mon Feb 21, 2011 4:10 pm

Wow, you got lucky with this one Alex, should be a minter once you've tone all the repair. Was wondering when you was going to pick it up.
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Mon Feb 21, 2011 4:46 pm

Thanks Loyd, again thanks a million for helping me out, if it wasnt for you i wouldnt have been able to buy this. :thumb:

mrjonchandler- copart is an online auction website that sells hundreds if not thousands of crash damaged vehicles each week. there is always e30s on there :)
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Mon Feb 21, 2011 4:58 pm

Alex wrote:Thanks Loyd, again thanks a million for helping me out, if it wasnt for you i wouldnt have been able to buy this. :thumb:

mrjonchandler- copart is an online auction website that sells hundreds if not thousands of crash damaged vehicles each week. there is always e30s on there :)
Ah right, will have a look. Rav said your Sport is a real nice one, are you pleased with it?
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Mon Feb 21, 2011 4:59 pm

Its certaily a nice one thats for sure. very pleased with the sport. :)
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Mon Feb 21, 2011 8:18 pm

Well done Alex. Looks like an easy fixer. Nice one. :cool:
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Mon Feb 21, 2011 8:21 pm

Dezzy wrote:Well done Alex. Looks like an easy fixer. Nice one. :cool:
if i ever went down the 24v route i would think this would be a perfect chariot to use :D

Being on the offenders register i wouldnt feel bad about ripping the engine out of a 1 owner car winkeye
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Mon Feb 21, 2011 8:31 pm

Nice one.

A nice M52 in there would be perfect!!!
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Mon Feb 21, 2011 8:34 pm

Alex wrote:Its a 318iA Touring with genuine 44k on the clock and 0 prevoius owners
Eh?

i know of a Laser Blue Touring being broken Alex.
i think the wings have gone but the bonnet, front panel and all doors were still on it the other day
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Mon Feb 21, 2011 8:35 pm

Dezzy wrote:Nice one.

A nice M52 in there would be perfect!!!
think a manual conversion would be my first port of call given it will be a couple of year before i can insure a modified e30 :(

mind you cook318is got a good quote when he turned 21 so it would only be a year away.

Just need to get some bodypanels sorted now. hopefully i can get some lazur blue panels local ish :D
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adit wrote:
Alex wrote:Its a 318iA Touring with genuine 44k on the clock and 0 prevoius owners
Eh?

i know of a Laser Blue Touring being broken Alex.
i think the wings have gone but the bonnet, front panel and all doors were still on it the other day
are they a trillion miles away though

Previous owners :wink:

or 1 owner what ever floats your boat :D
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Mon Feb 21, 2011 8:46 pm

24v tourings are naughty :)
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Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:13 pm

Thats really nice Alex, absolute Bargain, very Jealous
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Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:29 pm

Nice little project. :)


Cheyne BMW from Hammersmith right?

One of the techs at my work used to work there in the early '90's so he may have worked on the car. His name is Alp (cant remember is surname), have a look through you history book and invoices for his name.
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bss325i wrote:Nice little project. :)


Cheyne BMW from Hammersmith right?

One of the techs at my work used to work there in the early '90's so he may have worked on the car. His name is Alp (cant remember is surname), have a look through you history book and invoices for his name.
Cheyne Fullham, dont know london is that near Hammersmith ??

Its been in london all its life, will have a look now
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Alex wrote:
bss325i wrote:Nice little project. :)


Cheyne BMW from Hammersmith right?

One of the techs at my work used to work there in the early '90's so he may have worked on the car. His name is Alp (cant remember is surname), have a look through you history book and invoices for his name.
Cheyne Fullham, dont know london is that near Hammersmith ??

Its been in london all its life, will have a look now
Yes Fullham is in the borough of Hammersmith.
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No alp on any of the recipts, not to say he hasnt worked on it though.

its had a hell of alot of work done at sheen lane motors, a bmw + merc specialist.
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Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:49 pm

i love google maps

Here is where its spent all its life, by a Dr Critchley that lived in Richmond :cool:

loads of recipts to say the headlights have been changed to LHD and back again. and you can see a GB sticker on the boot.

Must of used it for the family holiday ????

looks a very expensive area that

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Wow, was not expecting it to be that good. I would leave it original as its a low mile 1 owner car from a nice part of London. Auto will be nice in traffic.
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Tue Feb 22, 2011 3:42 pm

haha, how cool is that, seeing the car on Google Earth
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l16ydl wrote:haha, how cool is that, seeing the car on Google Earth
My google street view is even worse,

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.... and thats me in the red t shirt having attempted to move an E30 into our back yard after it fell off the trolley jack we were trying to move it on 'cos it had no wheels or struts on the car :o: :o: :o:


What timimg!
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l16ydl wrote:haha, how cool is that, seeing the car on Google Earth
My google street view is even worse, put TS19 8PX into Google maps, then street view.

Scan left on the link.... and thats me in the red t shirt having attempted to move an E30 into our back yard after it fell off the trolley jack we were trying to move it on 'cos it had no wheels or struts on the car :o: :o: :o:


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haha i can imagine the look on your faces in that picture lol thinking google car wtf is that
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Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:06 pm

thats what a car check said. its non before the last owner

1 owner then if it makes you happy :mad: :)
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Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:45 pm

another one lol

nice buy Alex with the nice low mileage could be fixed up to be a minter :D
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Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:47 pm

of course it's had a previous owner Alex, you didn't buy it from new did you?! :hammer:

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let me know ASAP mate, if you are interested in anything

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Tue Feb 22, 2011 8:25 pm

i only need a rear door now

is it mauritius blue Adi
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Alex wrote:i love google maps

Here is where its spent all its life, by a Dr Critchley that lived in Richmond :cool:

loads of recipts to say the headlights have been changed to LHD and back again. and you can see a GB sticker on the boot.

Must of used it for the family holiday ????

looks a very expensive area that

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Very Expensive area, Richmond is South West London, the houses are lovely.
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O yes Richmond is in the south of the country,the houses are going to be expensive.
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Richmond is lovely, shame you'll f**k it in the winter salt like!
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Simon13 wrote:Richmond is lovely, shame you'll f**k it in the winter salt like!
:lol: you said that about the sport, its either this or the sport

its lucky its been given a second chance at life :D
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Simon13 wrote:Richmond is lovely, shame you'll f**k it in the winter salt like!
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