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Post Thu Oct 13, 2005 8:19 pm

Hi all,
Will somebody be so kind and tell me the history of E-30 zone.
Thank you, Mart.
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Post Thu Oct 13, 2005 8:28 pm

Im sure it all started off at a TBMW shoot or something like that, where Steve, Lizzie, M3gtr, STE and Duncan decided to create a website which gave lots of information about E30s and the idea developed into a Forum!

None of those people remain on the zone today. (maybe STE with his webdesign skills?)

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Post Thu Oct 13, 2005 8:55 pm

Ahhhhhhh, never knew that, good question dude. Learn something new everyday!!
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Post Thu Oct 13, 2005 8:56 pm

I thought it was originally just the 3-series section of another BMW forum? & the E30s were taking over so Steve etc started what's now known as the "old zone"...
That's just before it moved to this format - if you wondered what people were going on about with the old one!
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Post Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:05 pm

http://forum.bmwcarmagazine.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=9098


Oh and JonB still has done the M30 article, come on John!! :lol:
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Post Thu Oct 13, 2005 11:50 pm

theres only Ant and Jonb still here.I think ste and steve are but not to sure.That was an amazing read though,like watching the birth of the zone !
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Post Fri Oct 14, 2005 10:37 am

Ste is still about, in fact his company designed the shop setup for the site, nice job too mighgt I say

the original lineup was

RiDi ( steve)
Lizzie (retired stuntwoman)
M3GTR ( paul Maloney)
Dlatch ( Duncan - ford fanatic :wink: )
Me ( still shite at all things PC)
Ste ( stil lurking behind the scenes)

Little acorns eh folks, Cheers for posting that Link Simon, nice reading that again

I think there was a discussion on the BMWCCGB forum too somewhere ....
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Post Fri Oct 14, 2005 2:16 pm

yeah i remember all those,duncan i think was first to leave.Ford nuts he was.

Ant ,did you get my PM about the turbo stuff ? if not you got an e-mail addy and i will send info and pics to you.

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Post Fri Oct 14, 2005 2:38 pm

My PM box is full 24/7 Andy, mail me on ant@e30zone.co.uk plz dude
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Post Fri Oct 14, 2005 3:02 pm

fuck me

those were the days. salman (m5pilot), was also on that thread. as e30alpina.

the bmwcarforum, was bollocks then(still is), and was starting to be a lonely place if you had an e30.

i had no time for technical articals. i had vicims to find. :)
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Post Fri Oct 14, 2005 3:26 pm

here's another blast from the past, the old school E30zone

http://com4.runboard.com/be30zoneforum

seem's like soo long ago :cry:
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