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This had to be saved! Alpina B10 3.5
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Soooo... after seeing this car most weeks for the last year and being an Alpina deviant i thought i had better rescue the poor turd.
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Last edited by bss325i on Sat Sep 03, 2011 8:25 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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mercdriver
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Oh dear - evergreens and cars don't go so good... Hope the beast recovers nicely!!!
I'll check with the manager
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nice one Barry this will make a fine chariot, I had some dirty thoughts the last time I saw it 
are you keeping the indigo trim ?
are you keeping the indigo trim ?
Indigo comfort cloth no less! 
No, that is NOT staying! I have an interior for it all ready.
No, that is NOT staying! I have an interior for it all ready.
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I really like it !Simon13 wrote:cloth indigo!
In the calypso red M5 being broken on the 5 forum?
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IIRC it's a bit of a mission to change the interior colour in an E34 ?
this will make a lovely car Barry
this will make a lovely car Barry
The interior will be receiving a colour change, and some climate A/C!
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If its being optioned up i remember one i broke had blinds on the doors aswell as the rear window 
We want more pics Barry
We want more pics Barry
Cypriotgeeza wrote:I done both my mates in my old 318is
felt so proud,even tried it with a E30 325i and got put in my place..
Please tell me you have those blinds still!
Are E34's as bad for rot or are they an improvement on E30s?
Bummer about the blinds!
E34's are a lot better than E30's for rot but the sills and bottom of the wings can get frilly especially on ones with plastic skirts. Rear arches near the sill as well.
Here you go
E34's are a lot better than E30's for rot but the sills and bottom of the wings can get frilly especially on ones with plastic skirts. Rear arches near the sill as well.
Here you go
Yes.Blitz wrote:Yeahbss325i wrote:In the calypso red M5 being broken on the 5 forum?
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bss325i wrote:Please tell me you have those blinds still!
No, they are long gone, over 2 years ago and iirc i ebay'd them and they went for over £100.
If its any use im sure i still have the blind that covers the rear quarter glass somewhere, ill have a look tomorrow.
Cypriotgeeza wrote:I done both my mates in my old 318is
felt so proud,even tried it with a E30 325i and got put in my place..
Would that be a certein B10 that is sat in a corner of someones garden?bss325i wrote:Soooo... after seeing this car most weeks for the last year and being an Alpina deviant i thought i had better rescue the poor turd.
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I wonder if that someone would take a P1 in exchange for a grey M3
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Heard about this Barry. Right colour as well. Can't wait to se it.
Mo, all M30 based early e34's had the intensive wash and later all all the V8's. Yours would have been optioned being a late 6 pot.
So whats the plans Bazla? Resto or modded?
Mo, all M30 based early e34's had the intensive wash and later all all the V8's. Yours would have been optioned being a late 6 pot.
So whats the plans Bazla? Resto or modded?
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Found it, no idea why i still have it but if you want it for any reason its yours FOC.
Just pm me an address and ill send it out to you. (if you want it of course
Just pm me an address and ill send it out to you. (if you want it of course
Cypriotgeeza wrote:I done both my mates in my old 318is
felt so proud,even tried it with a E30 325i and got put in my place..
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I saw these on an M5 touring in oxford green with chrome trim, they looked the tits
The guy had paid something daft like £600 for it off a builder, can you guess what the builder had been putting in the boot?
I sold him a few interior trim bits to replaced the bashed up stuff
The guy had paid something daft like £600 for it off a builder, can you guess what the builder had been putting in the boot?
I sold him a few interior trim bits to replaced the bashed up stuff
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I sold an M5 touring (indvidual Ferrari rosso corsa red) to a builder about 15 years ago. He rung me shortly afterwards to enquire about a suspension warning that was showing on the dash. I told him to come over and I would have a look, he rocked up with the seats folded and over 500kg of cement in the back ! 
Dan, yes this is the very turd that has been languishing up petes passage for the last 5 years.
Trev, give me a bell and pop round, its round the back of mine at the moment. Plans are to just tidy it up and use it as a daily! Its not in need of a full blown resto as such but does need a good going through before being pressed into daily use.
Last week, the turd was dragged up from its place of rest and an autopsy was performed to see what was needed to get it through an MOT. The list was not that big and in the end all that was needed was a rear brake rebuild, 4 replacement tyres and some welding to the jacking points and these had been beasted with the usual tyre fitter/trolley jack action.
A bit of wire brushing and waxoiling of the brake pipes and we were good to go.
After these items were sorted it went for an MOT and passed with one advisory for a chip in the screen and it to a bit of fiddling with the CO adjustment to get it through.
Now the sad/stupid part! On thursday after an evening of trying to get memory electric seats into the car which had manual seats (long story!) it was getting late and i needed to get back home in the car.
I forgot that the drive belt for the the water pump/alternator belt/fan had been slipping and needed adjusting so as it had not been done and it was getting late i took it easy on the way home and got all the way from Petes to Salfords (some 40 miles of motorway and A road for those who dont know the area) and the belt let go, about a mile from mine.
Can you see where this is going.....?
Well i got to my home and the the "coolant temp" came up on the check control display and some steam from under the bonnet!
The bottom of the rad had blown out, most probably due to it being weak and getting hot. Heater was still blowing hot mind.
A replacement belt had been fitted and a rad is also partially fitted.
Sooo after a baptism of fire the poor turd will get a serious inspection 3 and a good going over at work then when i get some time a complete interior swap.
I also have some new suspension parts to go on.
Despite the grim it had cleaned up well but needs some serious paint correction to bring the alpine white back to life!
Trev, give me a bell and pop round, its round the back of mine at the moment. Plans are to just tidy it up and use it as a daily!
Its not in need of a full blown resto as such but does need a good going through before being pressed into daily use.Last week, the turd was dragged up from its place of rest and an autopsy was performed to see what was needed to get it through an MOT. The list was not that big and in the end all that was needed was a rear brake rebuild, 4 replacement tyres and some welding to the jacking points and these had been beasted with the usual tyre fitter/trolley jack action.
A bit of wire brushing and waxoiling of the brake pipes and we were good to go.
After these items were sorted it went for an MOT and passed with one advisory for a chip in the screen and it to a bit of fiddling with the CO adjustment to get it through.
Now the sad/stupid part! On thursday after an evening of trying to get memory electric seats into the car which had manual seats (long story!) it was getting late and i needed to get back home in the car.
I forgot that the drive belt for the the water pump/alternator belt/fan had been slipping and needed adjusting so as it had not been done and it was getting late i took it easy on the way home and got all the way from Petes to Salfords (some 40 miles of motorway and A road for those who dont know the area) and the belt let go, about a mile from mine.
Can you see where this is going.....?
Well i got to my home and the the "coolant temp" came up on the check control display and some steam from under the bonnet!
The bottom of the rad had blown out, most probably due to it being weak and getting hot. Heater was still blowing hot mind.
A replacement belt had been fitted and a rad is also partially fitted.
Sooo after a baptism of fire the poor turd will get a serious inspection 3 and a good going over at work then when i get some time a complete interior swap.
I also have some new suspension parts to go on.
Despite the grim it had cleaned up well but needs some serious paint correction to bring the alpine white back to life!
PM sent!leeparkes wrote:Just pm me an address and ill send it out to you. (if you want it of course