My Poor rusty Alpina

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will325sport
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Sun Feb 03, 2013 6:24 pm

\Not the best quality but gives you guys a good idea of what it looks like now, not very convinced with the alpina rear spoiler though, think im going to go with an M tech 1 spoiler
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Sun Feb 03, 2013 6:50 pm

I know someone who will have that spoiler off your hands if you want to sell it
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Sun Feb 03, 2013 11:45 pm

dont EVER sell it they are NLA and oh so correct for the car
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Thu Jun 06, 2013 6:49 pm

Just a few pics of the finished article, just waiting on ome of the houndstooth recaros which look amazing....

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Thu Jun 06, 2013 7:06 pm

Stunning :D
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Thu Jun 06, 2013 7:39 pm

Loving this! :D
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Thu Jun 06, 2013 7:41 pm

Properly nice 8)
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Thu Jun 06, 2013 7:43 pm

That looks, :cool:
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Thu Jun 06, 2013 8:53 pm

WOW!!! :cool:
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Thu Jun 06, 2013 8:55 pm

Looks great!

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Thu Jun 06, 2013 9:35 pm

Great effort!
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Thu Jun 06, 2013 9:43 pm

shame to loose the original polaris as not many about now, but f**k me that looks stunning !! hats off to you for saving the car, this chariot drove me to pick up my 1st e30, what a drive
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Thu Jun 06, 2013 9:49 pm

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all you need now is the stripey top, tash and a frenchman's grin.....it would be quite comedy if you could recreate this picture with yourself!!
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Thu Jun 06, 2013 10:12 pm

Proper car. Love it!
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Thu Jun 06, 2013 10:41 pm

Top job! :cool:

What size tyres are they BTW?
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Thu Jun 06, 2013 10:54 pm

Thats the best looking car ive seen on here for a long time.what a difference. :cool:
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Fri Jun 07, 2013 7:24 am

What a transformation. Awesome job. Top marks.
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Fri Jun 07, 2013 10:02 am

Wow, fancy doing my touring? :)
that's a great job you must be chuffed to bits.
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Fri Jun 07, 2013 10:17 am

As said stunning :)
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Fri Jun 07, 2013 10:18 am

Now that is what you call nice, the Alpina blue makes this car, glad you stuck to your guns with the colour, it has certainly paid off. Well done.
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Fri Jun 07, 2013 10:24 am

Is Dan still on here? Bet he'd love to see these pics.
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Fri Jun 07, 2013 4:16 pm

Gorgeous car mate, that looks pretty spectacular.
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Fri Jun 07, 2013 7:44 pm

Thanks for all the positive comments, im glad I did stick with the colour scheme, more glad I did everything myself though! tyre sizes are 205/45/16 not strictly correct but a nice profile and a nice width,

loving the idea of recreating that picture! haha
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Sun Jun 09, 2013 9:16 am

...not sure about the "poor" bit...check this out...

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Sun Jun 09, 2013 10:04 am

47 thousand euros? :eek:
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Sun Jun 09, 2013 11:02 am

Not in a million years!
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Sun Jun 09, 2013 11:19 am

Thats a Lovely Car, what a paint Job!
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Tue Jul 09, 2013 12:05 am

I got a text off Barry telling me about what has been done with my old Alpina. The car looks totally stunning and I am really pleased you stuck to your promise that you would give it the treatment and restoration it really deserved.

I would have never been able to achieve this type of restoration in a million years and genuinely pleased for you and the car, that it's in much better hands than it was in the 3 years I had it.

I would love to get a chance to see the car in the flesh and gets some pics to show my old man, as he will be totally made up about it being restored to a quality you have achieved.

TBH Barry was very flattering about what you done to her in the last 2 years you've had her, so I knew it was going to be a really amazing job.

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Wed Jul 10, 2013 12:53 am

If you hadn't blown all that cash buying, then blowing up and then rebuilding the P1 scooby you could have done it (or had it done)
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Wed Jul 10, 2013 7:32 pm

I just didn't want to go down that route in the end and not to take any credit away from the chap, he's done a brilliant job, so hats off to him.
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Sun Jul 21, 2013 10:03 am

I'd keep it Polaris and add the stripes to maintain originality. I'm a sucker for OEM cars though.
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