320i e30 Phase 1, Malachitgrün, Work In progress !!

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parera
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Post Mon Mar 21, 2011 1:15 am

Bonjour a tous

I am new in the e30zone forum, i just introduced my self in the appropriate category some hours ago, and i am now going to introduce you my e30 !!

Here it is :

She is 23 years old, She has a wonderful colour named " MalachitGrÃan metallic " which i am totally fond of !!

The car was formerly owned by a " stupid " boy, he sold me the car for 300€, there was just a Rocker to change, but when i removed the cylinder head to change this damaged rocker, i have seen that the camshaft was damaged too, i didn't have the money and the time to repair this.. So someone made an offer to me : A complete M20B20 engine with gearbox and everything ... For 150€ only, so i changed the engine with some friends of mine, but some times after, i have seen that the engine was not a m20b20 but a m20b25 so now i have some problem to adapt the m20b25 wiring harness :cry:

When i brought back the car, it was in a very bad condition, there were a lot of " confetti " in the car, under the seats etc.., there was also some clump of grass, i swear !

So i cleaned it all, it took me several hours !!

I have also started to restore the paint, which was dull and oxidized, the hood will have a new paint, don't worry :mad:

as you can see in this picture, after some hours of polishing the rear of the car, we can see a difference :) !!


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Some pics of the interior :

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There is a big oily mark because of a friend of mine which put the dirt cylinder head on the back seat :cry:

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As you can see the rear of the car is very low, it's just because there was the old engine in the trunk when i took the photos !

I will put some other pictures soon :) here are some photomontage that i made with photoshop :

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I would like to have your opinion :thumb:

thanks you for reading, i hope you liked it :thumb:

And, I am French, my English is not perfect at all , so i hope you will be tolerant with me :wink:
TouringTash
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Post Mon Mar 21, 2011 2:50 am

Nice to see another E30 being saved. Good work so far mon amis, keep the 320 badge and get some 15" bbs's hopefully the caps will be safe in France as they sell for at least £20 per cap over here.
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Post Mon Mar 21, 2011 6:21 pm

Looks nice - I like the dark metallic greens. I had a 1985 323i Auto in Agate green which is very similar.
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Post Tue Mar 22, 2011 12:54 am

Well done fella! keep us posted :cool:
They don't make bm's like this anymore!..They should.
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parera
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Post Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:36 pm

Thanks for your comments :) , I am now finishing the swap of the engine, i have had some problems with the engine's wiring harness, i think that now it's okay ! I have to do the timing belt also ...

I will put some more informations soon 8)