Gotta love 30 year old E30s......

[ANDY325TOURING]

[Duke137]

winner

[Rav335uk]

Did you make it into a Convertible

[ANDY325TOURING]

It 'was' a Baur lol

[ANDY325TOURING]

[Rav335uk]

Was it a Scottish car?

[ANDY325TOURING]

English, then Irish

[JdmFanBoy]

scrap it

[alexdejonghe]

scrap it

Restore it.

[bab-91]

That won't weigh much at all ....

Is this the car you where stripping??

[magpie]

It 'was' a Baur lol

you said it.

[pac1982]

this makes me sad, I'm 30 and i would love either a 1982 E30 or E21 looks like my dream is going to quite hard to achieve

[Duke137]

this makes me sad, I'm 30 and i would love either a 1982 E30 or E21 looks like my dream is going to quite hard to achieve

Especially seeing as the E30 was launched in 1983...

My brother has the oldest known E30 in his possession It was built December 82 and registered Feb 83.

[DanThe]

Now that a 'realistic' barn find

[ANDY325TOURING]

Car is/was a november 83 sale, dont know the build date.

This is the one bab, heated door locks, heated squirties, 5 speed woof box, did have a diff (we think) and high back recaro LSs and air con and a Baur conversion!

[Craggy73]

Best of luck with restoring it. Looks like the rust is held together with patches of metal

[JdmFanBoy]

How much is the car going to be worth tho? Its only an E30, just cheap old bmw's not really worth anything anymore

[ANDY325TOURING]

Where did the idea come from about restoring it? Its scrap, and ive cut it up!

[alexdejonghe]

this makes me sad, I'm 30 and i would love either a 1982 E30 or E21 looks like my dream is going to quite hard to achieve

Especially seeing as the E30 was launched in 1983...

My brother has the oldest known E30 in his possession It was built December 82 and registered Feb 83.

Out of interest; does old age make an early E30 more 'valuable' than a much younger facelift counterpart? More of a classic? More desirable?

Or in actual fact are the youngest examples out there (I've a 1993 Convertible or example) the most valuable as these (in theory) would be far less rusty & more up together?

[Speedtouch]

It depends on what the buyer is after from the car; the first of the breed are usually seen as being more classic and true to the original design, hence are sought after in certain circles, while someone wanting one for everyday use would probably be better off with the facelift models which have the superior Motronic engine management and other refinements.

For instance, most early chrome bumper ones were very basic, with no power steering, ABS, central locking or electric windows/sunroof (all were expensive optional extras), whereas the last of the line roll-out models (e.g. Touring Lux) had everything thrown at them as standard.

[bss325i]

Car is/was a november 83 sale, dont know the build date.

This is the one bab, heated door locks, heated squirties, 5 speed woof box, did have a diff (we think) and high back recaro LSs and air con and a Baur conversion!

What happened to all the morsels?

[Craggy73]

Where did the idea come from about restoring it? Its scrap, and ive cut it up!

Boooh, Fix it!

[ANDY325TOURING]

bss325i What happened to all the morsels?

The seats went walkies everything else is still here......

Anything in particular your after?

[Alex]

Barn Find

[alexdejonghe]

It depends on what the buyer is after from the car; the first of the breed are usually seen as being more classic and true to the original design, hence are sought after in certain circles, while someone wanting one for everyday use would probably be better off with the facelift models which have the superior Motronic engine management and other refinements.

For instance, most early chrome bumper ones were very basic, with no power steering, ABS, central locking or electric windows/sunroof (all were expensive optional extras), whereas the last of the line roll-out models (e.g. Touring Lux) had everything thrown at them as standard.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder!

[Speedtouch]

Absolutely. Usually, the earlier cars are more sought after, as they tend to be 'purer' in design, and not festooned with unnecessary add-ons.

This applies to many classic cars, e.g., MGBs and MG Midgets, Minis, Fiat X1/9, Porsche 911, etc, etc.