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eko
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Wed Aug 17, 2011 11:25 pm

Im at a crossroads what to do with my Touring.
Im ready to move onto an E46 now so one way or another this will have to go.
Problem is the MOT is due next week and although its not a basket case it does need some welding which is putting me off doing it.
So im debating wether to MOT it and sell it needing a few bits of bodywork/interior tidying or sell it in bits.
Ive promised my Mrs and kids a holiday abroad next year and this will be paying for it so need to get maximum return for it.
I reckon its worth just over 2k with the bit of welding done and new MOT/TAX but I also think I could see 2k for it in parts and that would save me spending 200 quid minimum for theMOT/TAX!
So who is contemplating doing an M52B28 swap soon?
Interested in buying mine?
PM me and lets talk :D
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Wed Aug 17, 2011 11:34 pm

I seriously think its worth more than £2k dude. But then i've told you that before ;)
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Wed Aug 17, 2011 11:38 pm

i'll give you what you paid for the back box :D
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Wed Aug 17, 2011 11:42 pm

If this was a couple of months ago before I started buying bits I'd of had it!
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Wed Aug 17, 2011 11:46 pm

Cook318IS wrote:I seriously think its worth more than £2k dude. But then i've told you that before ;)
Paul if it was to sell by photo alone id say it would get 3.5k all day long.In reality it needs a fair amount of work to get the body back upto scratch and the interior isnt the best to be fair.
Not a dog no,but by no means mint either!
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Wed Aug 17, 2011 11:50 pm

*Should* you decide to sell it as a full car you know the offer of a photoshoot is always there
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Wed Aug 17, 2011 11:54 pm

Got to be worth £2500 as it is with no mot I would think surely!? If it only needs a little welding! Where has it gone?
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Wed Aug 17, 2011 11:58 pm

B15NAC wrote:Got to be worth £2500 as it is with no mot I would think surely!? If it only needs a little welding! Where has it gone?
The welding is nothing really and I can get it done from a couple of guys.
Its the front corner part of the N/S boot box(where the jack sits) thats gone.
Piss easy to do really but im thinking of the money!
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Thu Aug 18, 2011 12:12 am

I'm dreaming and saving for a M50/M52 conversion...depending on price/time/help I can get from you...deff interested!
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Thu Aug 18, 2011 4:25 pm

StefanAnghel wrote:I'm dreaming and saving for a M50/M52 conversion...depending on price/time/help I can get from you...deff interested!
PM replied
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Thu Aug 18, 2011 6:01 pm

£2500 easy once its MOT'd and patched IMO, surely you would rather do a bit of welding than spend days and days fcking about spannering and turning your drive into a scrap yard? I know I would!
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Thu Aug 18, 2011 8:31 pm

DanThe wrote:£2500 easy once its MOT'd and patched IMO, surely you would rather do a bit of welding than spend days and days fcking about spannering and turning your drive into a scrap yard? I know I would!

This mate!

Whats 4 days of your life worth?

Get it welded, get it sold.

Its worth more that 2.5k imo 8)
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Thu Aug 18, 2011 8:43 pm

Im interested going M52 over winter while the cabs off the road.....how much you looking for the conversion?

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Thu Aug 18, 2011 10:26 pm

Fruity bodywork FTW!
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Thu Aug 18, 2011 10:34 pm

DanThe wrote:£2500 easy once its MOT'd and patched IMO, surely you would rather do a bit of welding than spend days and days fcking about spannering and turning your drive into a scrap yard? I know I would!
This is still very much an option yet :D
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Fri Aug 19, 2011 10:43 pm

pm sent
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Fri Aug 19, 2011 11:59 pm

ezagood wrote:pm sent
Replied.

Ive had loads of interest in PM`s and have a good offer waiting on the mechanicals but as Dan pointed out I cant be arsed with it scattered all over my driveway for weeks.

Im tempted to just write out an ad for the full car priced fairly with or without the new MOT.
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Sat Aug 20, 2011 12:04 am

eko wrote:
ezagood wrote:pm sent
Replied.

Ive had loads of interest in PM`s and have a good offer waiting on the mechanicals but as Dan pointed out I cant be arsed with it scattered all over my driveway for weeks.

Im tempted to just write out an ad for the full car priced fairly with or without the new MOT.
Stick a ticket on it. Get what its worth!
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Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:57 am

my take is that you can be arsed to put and engine in that e36 and this in the first place. Then surely sorting an MOT shouldn't be a problem. To me it spells out the car is a possible hound?! bodywork wise.

MOT in the post FTW :o
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Sat Aug 20, 2011 12:59 pm

Simon13 wrote:To me it spells out the car is a possible hound?! bodywork wise.
lol
Bigger turds than this floating around this place :D
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Sat Aug 20, 2011 10:29 pm

Car will be up for sale in the near future with 12 months MOT :D
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Sun Aug 21, 2011 1:35 pm

Definitely worth at least 2.5K. Youd spend nearly that alone in doing an M52 swap peoperly on an E30.
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Sun Aug 21, 2011 1:54 pm

Dave_M3 wrote:Definitely worth at least 2.5K. Youd spend nearly that alone in doing an M52 swap peoperly on an E30.
I Agree with that. Some of the locals know how deep i am into mine, and i can tell you its more than double 2.5k. It'll be a good buy for somebody.
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Sun Aug 21, 2011 3:30 pm

why are people doing M50/M52 conversions and not M54B30 conversions from the BMW E46 330 roadcars???
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Sun Aug 21, 2011 3:42 pm

because the M54 is a load of chew
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Sun Aug 21, 2011 9:59 pm

Heres a pic of the welding..

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Mon Aug 22, 2011 5:58 pm

E30BeemerLad wrote:because the M54 is a load of chew
in what way explain?

is not the M54 meant to be a better design than the M52 which is was based on as otherwise BMW would not have used it.
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http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... hlight=m54
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