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eko
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Sat Nov 19, 2011 4:38 pm

Was put onto this through Monkey(cheers Matt).
Early facelift on an E plate.
Waiting on the V5/history to be sent over from Spain but its a low owner car with virtually zero rust :D
Mileage just coming upto 72k and the M40 engine still sounds lovely with no rattlles.
Bodywork is lovely,with just a few chips here and there in the paint and the odd small scratch.
AtlantisBlue paintwork is very dull and has clearly never been polished by the look of it.
Wings,arches,sills,scuttle,bulkhead etc are all perfect.
Rear valance near the towing eye is just starting to peel its protactive coating off from underneath which will need treating.
Interior is lovely.Carpet is like new under the mats,headlining is unstained too.
Has heated comfort seats which I think is probably responsible for the passenger seat base being shredded,drivers side is unusually pretty good.
Has period Pioneer cassette and CD changer fitted.
Private plate has already been sold so itll be going back on the E reg plate.

Not sure whaat my plans are with it yet.Might just tax and insure it and use it while I get my Touring ready to sell.
Actually thought about pillaging the M52 out of the Touring for this then re M40ing the Touring to sell but doubt ill do that to be honest.

Hopefully the weather is good tomorrow as ive borrowed my mates Meguires polishing mop and have some decent cutting compound to try and revive the paint.

Only pic I have is from when I went to collect it but ill put some before and after ones on when I do the polishing.

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Sat Nov 19, 2011 4:58 pm

whats the grey thing in the passenger footwell?

looks good matey- good combo blue and beige
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Sat Nov 19, 2011 5:43 pm

Tony get the m52 in there and then use it :D then a good valet .
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Sat Nov 19, 2011 6:53 pm

Doom blue FTL but rot free 2dr shells are not to be sniffed at!

So hase it lived out in Spain for most of its life?
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Sat Nov 19, 2011 6:56 pm

Lowered a touch on bottletops with M52 for the ultimate sleeper :D
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Sat Nov 19, 2011 6:58 pm

bss325i wrote:Doom blue FTL but rot free 2dr shells are not to be sniffed at!

So hase it lived out in Spain for most of its life?
just a clean uk car . keep thinking i should have had it myself and not passed it on to Eko :(
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Sat Nov 19, 2011 7:13 pm

Rot free 2dr shells are a rare thing now.
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Sat Nov 19, 2011 7:14 pm

Once its seen the polisher it'll be a good example of a straight, clean car tbh!
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Sat Nov 19, 2011 7:39 pm

Tony i see someone on here has a v8 for sale winkeye
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Sat Nov 19, 2011 10:29 pm

monkey wrote:Tony i see someone on here has a v8 for sale winkeye
Be a killer finding a gearboc though mate,affordable one anyway.
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Sun Nov 20, 2011 7:10 pm

Had a go at getting the paint back to life today.
Used Meguires compound and the results are good.
Still needs going over with polish yet but its looking promising :D
Didnt take many pics as the camera batterys are drained.

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Sun Nov 20, 2011 7:12 pm

eko wrote: After
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Amazing difference 8O
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Sun Nov 20, 2011 7:23 pm

suddenly that colour doesn't look so bad! Nice find theres alot worse about to drive than that
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Sun Nov 20, 2011 10:32 pm

Cook318IS wrote:
eko wrote: After
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Amazing difference 8O
Come up well aint it,cant wait to get the polish out :D
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Tue Nov 22, 2011 6:59 pm

Finished polishing it now,by no means professional quality but its scrubed up well.
Cleaned out under the arches too,not one bit of corrosion uncovered :)
Set of BBS`s to tidy it up a bit too.

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Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:25 pm

That's lovely underneath. Get it protected ASAP chap. I use a product called dinitrol (sp), there are various versions of it including a clear hard wearing wax so you're not hiding how prestine it is. Better than covering it up with thick black gloop.
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Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:37 pm

Nice buy :D

Keeper or seller?
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Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:49 pm

doom blue is the way...
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Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:53 pm

Going to pull the boot liners and rear quarters out to check behind for any rust and ill pull the glovebox out to double check the bulkhead too.
Not sure what to do with it yet.
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Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:00 pm

Dont forget the sunroof tray. Looks lovely in all the right places though!
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Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:04 pm

bss325i wrote:Dont forget the sunroof tray. Looks lovely in all the right places though!
Good call,ive been bitten before :?
No visable signs but untill/if I pull the rear qaurter windows out and pull the liner down its anyones guess I suppose.
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Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:16 pm

Having a peek into the sun roof tray with the sunroof tilted will give you an idea.
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Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:20 pm

bss325i wrote:Having a peek into the sun roof tray with the sunroof tilted will give you an idea.
Yes one of the first places I looked to be honest.
As said all looks good so far :D
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Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:29 pm

Happy days! :)
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Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:56 pm

I like the colour, looks proper retro. 8)
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Wed Nov 23, 2011 1:33 pm

love that color
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Wed Nov 23, 2011 1:44 pm

Proper jealous of that, proparly mint. Oddly one of my favourite colours that is as well :cool:
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Wed Nov 23, 2011 8:29 pm

Here's mine work in progress!
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Thu Nov 24, 2011 12:27 am

Rear door cards need removing as well!


Looks great so far :cool:
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Thu Nov 24, 2011 1:20 pm

That looks good. Don't think I've seen those "jacking points" in such as state before!
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Thu Nov 24, 2011 6:42 pm

Dezzy wrote:Rear door cards need removing as well!
Ill get round to it before weekend.
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Thu Nov 24, 2011 8:35 pm

It looks like a good'n from the pics so far!

I reckon it's about as good as your going to find now a days.

I hope its is as good as it looks. I don't hate the colour either, somehow flat colours suit E30's best imo.

Sweeps chariot looks great!

If its in good fettle you NEED to 24v sleeper it!
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Fri Nov 25, 2011 7:54 pm

Did a bit more rust hunting today,needless to say non found :D

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Fri Nov 25, 2011 8:08 pm

very nice Tony . make something special out of this one mate :)
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Fri Nov 25, 2011 8:19 pm

monkey wrote:very nice Tony . make something special out of this one mate :)
As per usual.

I'm stunned as to how clean that actually is.
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