Death of another 325i Sport :-(

[rare]

Theres only 5 left in the country

I wonder how many are actually left, fair few must have been trashed over the years!

[dazleeds]

Theres only 5 left in the country

I wonder how many are actually left, fair few must have been trashed over the years!

id love to know how many are left now

mines having the rear arches sorted in the next 2weeks hopefully

[cliffybabe]

another dead one

[dobbie82]

Pretty ripe eh?
I think the axe was the best thing for it. Either that or that mad Welsh bloke restore it!

which mad welsh bloke is that? richy325itouring restored a car that i thought was sooo fit for the crusher that i swapped it for a cloth interior!

[Nelly]

Don't forget to take off the extended rear towing eye and send it to me - all donations much appretiated and i'll give you the £1 to make up for the drop in weighing in money LOL

Neil.

[stuartgallafant]

uh oh, dont let Simon13 see this thread!!

it is upsetting to watch another sport die a horrid, painful death...

[Ziggy]

Pretty ripe eh?
I think the axe was the best thing for it. Either that or that mad Welsh bloke restore it!

which mad welsh bloke is that?

That'll be Scott... total nutter for doing it, but I can't wait to see the result!

[oguz327]

Was this the tech 1 Argos?

[doughboy]

Theres only 5 left in the country

I wonder how many are actually left, fair few must have been trashed over the years!

id love to know how many are left now

mines having the rear arches sorted in the next 2weeks hopefully

Mine too..Plus I had the front jacking point done for the MOT.

[Dan318-is]

check out the orange death on that thing! belongs in car heaven in that state. put it outs its misery andy!

[Geeman]

I recognize that upmarket establishment.

Looks like it was well overdue the axe to be honest. It's suprising it hadn't had a nasty accident while being driven in this state!

May it rest in (rusty) pieces.

[d6dph]

You raped that one for all it was worth didnt you!

[cliffybabe]

You raped that one for all it was worth didnt you!

[dazleeds]

Theres only 5 left in the country

I wonder how many are actually left, fair few must have been trashed over the years!

id love to know how many are left now

mines having the rear arches sorted in the next 2weeks hopefully

Mine too..Plus I had the front jacking point done for the MOT.

yep mine needs a jacking point doing too

but im just hackin em off and flushing the floor
then will have a plate welded to the chassis rail for the jack in future

[ian332isport]

Just to clarify something.

THOSE ARE NOT JACKING POINTS.

Those square pads are where the factory lifting gear moved the body around when the car was being built. The reason so may E30's rust here is because people jack on them. They were never designed to take that much load, so the floor distorts, cracks the underseal and then the rust starts.

If you want to jack the front of an E30, use the front chassis rails, or the front cross member.

Ian.

[Demlotcrew]

THOSE ARE NOT JACKING POINTS.

[Blitz]

It doesnt look a sport.

[Jhonno]

it definately was.. Argos should know!!

[bmwe30mtech]

.........And here it is about embark on its final journey this morning.

Saying it like that makes it seem realy sad! Oh well, it looks ready for it .

[jonb]

It doesnt look a sport.

why not?

early sport r.i.p

theres plenty more of these around. and most are clinging onto there mots(and jacking points, sills.... etc)

i used to really like the early sport.

not so much now. i think i prefer the later model. reason being is that there are still plenty of real nice late ones around in fantastic condtion(although theres plenty more turds also).

pretty much all of the early ones are hanging. most have been tarted up, with poor weilding and filler.

when you can pick up one for £200 and sell the diff for £250, then theres no point trying to sell the thing as a whole.

ants old one looked fantastic though.

[Gwynleym10]

.........And here it is about embark on its final journey this morning.

Saying it like that makes it seem realy sad! Oh well, it looks ready for it .

Bet it has another long journey, about 8000miles or so! To the E30 (and any other bit of metal) grave yard called china!

In a years time it will be reborn as parts for a Electrical goods/MG Rover/Chinese made 5 series etc etc!

[Jhonno]

the 5 series are made of aluminium and plastic iirc..

[H35-IAN]

Just to clarify something.

THOSE ARE NOT JACKING POINTS.

Those square pads are where the factory lifting gear moved the body around when the car was being built. The reason so may E30's rust here is because people jack on them. They were never designed to take that much load, so the floor distorts, cracks the underseal and then the rust starts.

If you want to jack the front of an E30, use the front chassis rails, or the front cross member.

Ian.

yup thats 100% true!! id never ever even think about jacking a e30 up there either..

[Geeman]

...but don't, whatever you do, jack the car up by it's sump!!!

Erm, someone I know, let's call him Bob, jacked his first E30 (a beautiful Black Tech 1 Sport) up by the sump, did some work, drove to the BMW dealer afterwards to pick some parts up, then drove home. (about a 6 mile round trip)

When Bob arrived home the phone was already ringing and it was the BMW dealers to see if I (whoops, I mean Bob) had an oil leak as he'd left a lake outside their front doors... so he looked underneath, and sure enough there was a gaping hole in the sump. Bob had been a very silly person. The dealers promptly came and picked the car up and carted it off to their workshop where luckily they had an alloy welding machine.

Bob was very relieved to hear that there was no further damage to the Sport.

Bob was very, very lucky.

Bob asked me to warn everyone not to do the same silly thing as he did.

[Ziggy]