BMW E3

Mon Nov 03, 2014 4:25 pm

LOL, maybe I should have stayed out of this thread

Mon Nov 03, 2014 4:29 pm

rob0r wrote:LOL, maybe I should have stayed out of this thread

No, not at all. It's your car so do what you want with it. I just thought that as you have such a good shell to start with it would make sense to restore. Rust is what kills E3s rather than anything else so it would be a shame if this one doesn't survive. Parts are actually easy to find, if you know where to look. There are at least 3 excellent specialists in Germany that I use and of course you can still get lots from dealers too. At a price....

Mon Nov 03, 2014 4:39 pm

I'm still not sure where the drift comment came from, I've got an E30 for that

. Whatever I do with it, the car it was freely advertised before I bought it

I struggled for front wings for sure. I ended up buying two for £150, on first glance they don't look too bad but my body guy says different and I'm in for double the purchase cost after they are sorted. Who are the dealers out of interest?

Thu Nov 06, 2014 4:27 pm

I just started building up an e3.. plan is air ride, air con, all new wiring, alpine b3 3.3 engine and some other cool stuff, currently going through the tear down process in order to get it blasted as its over 40 years old its going to be needing a bare metal spray

heres a photobucket link to the pics of the teardown (some pics are of stuff I need to remember for reference)

http://s13.photobucket.com/user/nasbuck ... shads%20e3

Thu Nov 06, 2014 4:41 pm

The lack of rust / gape pics is very depressing !

Thu Nov 06, 2014 4:53 pm

car is from a warm part of France its a LHD, but my mate is a bit weird and only likes to drive LHD old school BMW's.

There are two little holes I found one under each screen, nowt five minutes with the welder cant fix.

Thu Nov 06, 2014 6:44 pm

pacerpete wrote:The lack of rust / gape pics is very depressing !

Don't worry - pics of ruined/modified E3's will be forthcoming!

Thu Nov 06, 2014 7:07 pm

These e3s deserve it tbh

Thu Nov 06, 2014 7:16 pm

Haha this is/was mine!

Thu Nov 06, 2014 7:17 pm

This e3 coops?

Thu Nov 06, 2014 7:19 pm

The crusty one in the eBay link

Fri Nov 07, 2014 8:38 am

Andyboy wrote:
pacerpete wrote:The lack of rust / gape pics is very depressing !

Don't worry - pics of ruined/modified E3's will be forthcoming!

Fri Nov 07, 2014 9:43 am

Nas80 wrote:These e3s deserve it tbh

Deserve what?

Fri Nov 07, 2014 1:43 pm

anothere21323i wrote:
Nas80 wrote:These e3s deserve it tbh
Deserve what?

To be made awesome and not standard. Standard cars suck.

Fri Nov 07, 2014 4:10 pm

anothere21323i wrote:
Nas80 wrote:These e3s deserve it tbh
Deserve what?

To be butchered...I mean 'modified'.

Fri Nov 07, 2014 4:13 pm

Has the fad of air ride not died a death yet?

Fri Nov 07, 2014 4:28 pm

Only when the air pump fails.

Check out this 'enhanced' E21 - it was a nice one owner original:

http://www.bmwe21.net/forum/viewtopic.p ... 3&start=15

The front bumper is still fitted, but not for long I suspect. Loving the retrim..........

Fri Nov 07, 2014 5:03 pm

Bolsters are shit and I couldn't figure out what the fabric reminded me of.... boot liner.

Fri Nov 07, 2014 5:07 pm

Nice matz !

Fri Nov 07, 2014 5:08 pm

bab-91 wrote:Bolsters are shit and I couldn't figure out what the fabric reminded me of.... boot liner.

Stretch-fit generic seat covers from halfords

Fri Nov 07, 2014 5:15 pm

Look at the fu cking state of the door trims!

What a bloody shame.

Fri Nov 07, 2014 5:47 pm

Andyboy wrote:Look at the fu cking state of the door trims!

What a bloody shame.

It's only an E21, who cares !

Fri Nov 07, 2014 6:02 pm

rh306 wrote:
bab-91 wrote:Bolsters are shit and I couldn't figure out what the fabric reminded me of.... boot liner.
Stretch-fit generic seat covers from halfords

You're right! We had a old Mk3 Astra with stretchy covers that looked like that!

Fri Nov 07, 2014 6:28 pm

E21s are way better then e30s. For are start e21 owners are very pleasant and well e30zone what do u experience every time you log on?

Fri Nov 07, 2014 6:31 pm

Anyway let's get back to talking about e3s.

Standard ones.. yawn....

Fri Nov 07, 2014 6:40 pm

If E21s are / were so great, why do all E21 owners throw EVERYTHING in the bin except the rather homely (and rusty) body ?

Fri Nov 07, 2014 6:49 pm

Nas80 wrote:E21s are way better then e30s. For are start e21 owners are very pleasant and well e30zone what do u experience every time you log on?

The E21 forum is like another version of stanceworks with the same weirdo/hipster mentality.

I can't understand for the life of me why anyone would take a one owner car and do that to it. Lower it perhaps, trim up a pair of Recaros to match the (clearly very good) original blue trim. But airbags and a Stevie Wonder retrim?

Fri Nov 07, 2014 6:51 pm

Nas80 wrote:
anothere21323i wrote:
Nas80 wrote:These e3s deserve it tbh
Deserve what?
To be made awesome and not standard. Standard cars suck.

Have you driven a properly sorted standard 3.0Si or 3.3LiA?

Fri Nov 07, 2014 7:02 pm

anothere21323i wrote:
Nas80 wrote:
anothere21323i wrote: Deserve what?
To be made awesome and not standard. Standard cars suck.
Have you driven a properly sorted standard 3.0Si or 3.3LiA?

It's all about the bagz bruv ! Colostomy FTW !

Fri Nov 07, 2014 7:09 pm

Anyway let's get back to talking about e3s.

Standard ones.. yawn....

Fri Nov 07, 2014 7:12 pm

Nas80 wrote:Anyway let's get back to talking about e3s.

Standard ones.. yawn....

A standard E3 is a far superior car to a standard E21 FACT !!!!!

A standard 3.0si would rip the head of a standard 323i and sh1t down its rusty throat ! FACT !!!!

Fri Nov 07, 2014 7:13 pm

pacerpete wrote:If E21s are / were so great, why do all E21 owners throw EVERYTHING in the bin except the rather homely (and rusty) body ?

standard e21s are slow.. But at least they aren't as common as e30s and not scene taxed like the 2002.

Have I driven a properly sorted e3? Yes a standard e3. They arent bad but like most old bmws they have potential to be much better.

It's gonna happen and I'll be back to run your faces in it. And you can cry alllll you like. I'll be sat here laughing my ass off

Fri Nov 07, 2014 7:15 pm

pacerpete wrote:
Nas80 wrote:Anyway let's get back to talking about e3s.

Standard ones.. yawn....

A standard E3 is a far superior car to a standard E21 FACT !!!!!

A standard 3.0si would rip the head of a standard 323i and sh1t down its rusty throat ! FACT !!!!

Thanks.

Fri Nov 07, 2014 7:16 pm

pacerpete wrote:
Nas80 wrote:Anyway let's get back to talking about e3s.

Standard ones.. yawn....

A standard E3 is a far superior car to a standard E21 FACT !!!!!

A standard 3.0si would rip the head of a standard 323i and sh1t down its rusty throat ! FACT !!!!

Thanks.

Fri Nov 07, 2014 7:24 pm

Nas80 wrote:
pacerpete wrote:If E21s are / were so great, why do all E21 owners throw EVERYTHING in the bin except the rather homely (and rusty) body ?
standard e21s are slow.. But at least they aren't as common as e30s and not scene taxed like the 2002.

Have I driven a properly sorted e3? Yes a standard e3. They arent bad but like most old bmws they have potential to be much better.

It's gonna happen and I'll be back to run your faces in it. And you can cry alllll you like. I'll be sat here laughing my ass off

Don't flatter yourself and think I care. It's only an old boggo 2500 so hardly a loss to the world. If you had chopped up a really nice 3.0si or 3.3lia, I would maybe shed a tear but as long as you stick to scrap that nobody wants, I'm good .
There are few things in life that humour me more than somebody spending 20k to make a 5 turd !