Alpina C1 2.3 ***ITS STRONG*** (on the price that is!)

Post Sun Feb 09, 2014 11:43 am

http://www.4starclassics.com/Alpina-C1-2-3-For-Sale/

Yes it's only done 50k but virtually no mention of history.

Post Sun Feb 09, 2014 11:48 am

£19k? I'm sure I've seen RHD ones of these? Deep Pockets needed.

Post Sun Feb 09, 2014 11:50 am

Its mentioned in add right at the bottom

HISTORY FILE

The Alpina C1 has recently been imported to the UK, a fresh V5 and MOT certificate can be found in the history file along with the original document holder containing a fully stamped service booklet and owner's manuals.

Did alpina actually only produce 35 c1 2.3's ? and those repeaters on front of wings must be a first

Post Sun Feb 09, 2014 11:52 am

Hartge side skirts ? check out the rot in the arch lip and spastic indicators !

Post Sun Feb 09, 2014 11:55 am

Where there is a bit of rot means there is other lurking

Post Sun Feb 09, 2014 12:00 pm

Nice repeaters !

Post Sun Feb 09, 2014 12:00 pm

Check the door cards out

Post Sun Feb 09, 2014 12:04 pm

And I can't see a "trip computer".

Ben

Post Sun Feb 09, 2014 12:06 pm

M-Sport wrote:Its mentioned in add right at the bottom

HISTORY FILE

The Alpina C1 has recently been imported to the UK, a fresh V5 and MOT certificate can be found in the history file along with the original document holder containing a fully stamped service booklet and owner's manuals.

Did alpina actually only produce 35 c1 2.3's ? and those repeaters on front of wings must be a first

Yes i got that bit but it doesn't mention much. Which country it came from, how many owners, where its been serviced.

All vital info when trying to get top top top money for something!

Post Sun Feb 09, 2014 12:08 pm

The history is still drying

Post Sun Feb 09, 2014 12:14 pm

They need shooting 4 star classics. Bunch of lying robbing twats.

Post Sun Feb 09, 2014 12:15 pm

bss325i wrote: All vital info when trying to get top top top money for something!

Exactly, I expect everything gold plated if I was paying 19k!

Post Sun Feb 09, 2014 12:15 pm

e30topless wrote:Hartge side skirts ? check out the rot in the arch lip and spastic indicators !

Mentions it as a "scuff"!

Also has a Hartge rear valence.

These f ucking jokers really haven't got a clue have they?!

We had a guy trailer down his '99 S50 Z3M roaster down for an SOR inspection with a view to us selling it.

It was a 4 owner car with 36k and he had already spoken to 4Star and over the phone, without viewing it they said they could sell it at £13995!

When i inspected it i found it needed rear pads and discs, a new front caliper, rear axle bushes and rear top mounts plus it has been painted in a few places not very well plus a few other minor cosmetic issues. Was also rocking a set of toyos!

It was going to need a couple of grand spent to get it up to scratch but to cap it off, it had been "home serviced" by the owner and had never had valve clearances done.

That was the final nail in the coffin and we turned it down.

That was a £10k car at best with the mechanicals sorted!

Post Sun Feb 09, 2014 12:30 pm

pacerpete wrote:The history is still drying

haha! That made me laugh

Post Sun Feb 09, 2014 2:24 pm

I've seen those repeaters on Japanese cars. They are rhd though. If it is from Japan then it probably has a short back and sides.

4star are funny. I must say though that if you're selling then they are pushing prices up so perhaps not a bad thing.....he who dares Rodney If you're buying though this is not so great. I can't see me ever butting an overpriced car from those guys but if I had a similar c1 worth 5k. ...I would now put it up for 7k.

Post Sun Feb 09, 2014 2:59 pm

Looks like some retard has taken a retarded MOT testers fail sheet as gospel and grafted some trailer lights on the wings

No doubt they will have been wired in 'professionally' by a 'specialist'

Post Sun Feb 09, 2014 3:06 pm

DanThe wrote:Looks like some retard has taken a retarded MOT testers fail sheet as gospel and grafted some trailer lights on the wings

No doubt they will have been wired in 'professionally' by a 'specialist'

The sad thing is that being pre 4/86 it does not actually need repeaters to be MOT legal.

Post Sun Feb 09, 2014 3:23 pm

Wouldn't an 84 Alpina have chunkier stripes if they were specified? With the wider sections solid colour a la E21s. I thought the thin ones were C2 sort of period?

Post Sun Feb 09, 2014 5:32 pm

swindler wrote:Wouldn't an 84 Alpina have chunkier stripes if they were specified? With the wider sections solid colour a la E21s. I thought the thin ones were C2 sort of period?

Nope. It has the correct for the year broad line stripes.

Post Sun Feb 09, 2014 5:57 pm

pacerpete wrote:
DanThe wrote:Looks like some retard has taken a retarded MOT testers fail sheet as gospel and grafted some trailer lights on the wings

No doubt they will have been wired in 'professionally' by a 'specialist'

The sad thing is that being pre 4/86 it does not actually need repeaters to be MOT legal.

Exactly, its now just a bodged up shitter

Post Sun Feb 09, 2014 7:37 pm

I love reading the bullshit descriptions.

"Young Buckard" !!

It's possibly an okay car, and as such is 7 grand's worth on a good day. But, faint heart never won fair maiden etc etc, and there are plenty of idiots about with lots of money and no clue. That's the market they're aiming for. We've seen some of the tonced up snot that's been sold for silly money.

Post Sun Feb 09, 2014 7:49 pm

Andyboy wrote:We've seen some of the tonced up snot that's been sold for silly money.

The Henna E24 B9 3.5 they sold!!!

Post Sun Feb 09, 2014 8:25 pm

Edited for privacy

Post Sun Feb 09, 2014 8:36 pm

I like that e28 m5 that they've got....

It's got that one of them graphic equaliser swan neck thingy like Barry's

Post Sun Feb 09, 2014 9:34 pm

bss325i wrote:
Andyboy wrote:We've seen some of the tonced up snot that's been sold for silly money.
The Henna E24 B9 3.5 they sold!!!

It was a rotten old pear when it was at Pete's. I can only assume it had a £10'000 body resto in the interim.

Post Sun Feb 09, 2014 9:37 pm

That thing in Pete's garden, I remember that! It had those awful chrome arches IIRC.

Post Sun Feb 09, 2014 9:57 pm

The chrome arches were structural, something had to be !

I have got some pics somewhere, I will try and dig them up.

The car came to me straight from a 'restoration' at a well regarded bodyshop. The owner did not believe me when I told him what a sorry pig it was , a quick guided tour soon convinced him otherwise.

It went straight from me back to the body shop to be 'fixed' with a Schultz gone I expect and then to 4 star to be served. Within two weeks they had it served for 16k !

Post Sun Feb 09, 2014 10:01 pm

Still on the chrome arches and wrong size tyres as well!

Post Sun Feb 09, 2014 10:02 pm

bss325i wrote:Still on the chrome arches and wrong size tyres as well!

Staggered rimz with 205s all round

Post Sun Feb 09, 2014 10:10 pm

Are those alpina rivets holding on the cow plough ?

Post Sun Feb 09, 2014 10:24 pm

Is this the car?

http://www.thealpinaregister.com/photos ... /coupe/334

Post Sun Feb 09, 2014 10:33 pm

Yes, that was it before my customer bought it and had it 'restored' The previous owner was a tight wad peasant who didn't have a clue. Some of the bodges and nastiness I discovered and sorted were epic, even by the standards of the sorry scrap I get involved in !

Post Sun Feb 09, 2014 11:19 pm

Topblag wrote:Are those alpina rivets holding on the cow plough ?

The early Alpina spoiler was a screw on item, as seen in the photos.

Post Sun Feb 09, 2014 11:25 pm

How much did this car sell for? http://www.thealpinaregister.com/C2/2.7/convertible/149

Post Sun Feb 09, 2014 11:26 pm

pacerpete wrote:Yes, that was it before my customer bought it and had it 'restored' The previous owner was a tight wad peasant who didn't have a clue. Some of the bodges and nastiness I discovered and sorted were epic, even by the standards of the sorry scrap I get involved in !

It looks great in those photos in the link Blitz provided.