Well after my half year hiatus from e30s i have finally settled down in my new house i bought back in the summer and bought another e30 as a christmas present to myself. Which with any luck i will not be selling, and ill hold on to for quite a while.
2 weekends ago i bought this beauty from the original owner with 152,xxx miles (said odometer still works), who bought it new in 1983 when he was a student in Spain. Upon finishing his school there he imported it to the US here in the port of Houston and continued to love it until i bought it. Despite his meticulous maintenance he let the timing belt go a year or 2 ago and blew the engine.
Other than the engine needing to either be rebuilt or replaced, the car is very solid and in great condition for a 30 year old car. Only a little bit of surface rust on the battery tray, and a nice little dent that has been straightened out on the driver front fender. Just needs some body filler and respray on the fender. The paint overall is great but could use a buff and wax to look good again. Other than that its straight and rust free.
The car still has all the typical euro trim and even has a set of BMW steelies which i have never seen before. Along with the keys i got a binder full or receipts since the day it was bought.
Current issues:
My Vision for the car:
Other than that just make it overall clean/mint and stock again is my goal. I just got a new job working on servers and infrastructure for a school district so getting great pay now and will have plenty of extra money to sink into this thing.
Here are a few pics of what it looks like waxed and clean:
And here is the current dirty condition and way it looks:
Finally put together a work bench i got christmas 2012 from my mother in law, and also setup one of my wireless receivers and a monitor to watch tv on in the garage:
Thanks for looking! updates to come as i get parts etc in. Going to get an engine hoist and engine stand next week to pull the engine.
2 weekends ago i bought this beauty from the original owner with 152,xxx miles (said odometer still works), who bought it new in 1983 when he was a student in Spain. Upon finishing his school there he imported it to the US here in the port of Houston and continued to love it until i bought it. Despite his meticulous maintenance he let the timing belt go a year or 2 ago and blew the engine.
Other than the engine needing to either be rebuilt or replaced, the car is very solid and in great condition for a 30 year old car. Only a little bit of surface rust on the battery tray, and a nice little dent that has been straightened out on the driver front fender. Just needs some body filler and respray on the fender. The paint overall is great but could use a buff and wax to look good again. Other than that its straight and rust free.
The car still has all the typical euro trim and even has a set of BMW steelies which i have never seen before. Along with the keys i got a binder full or receipts since the day it was bought.
Current issues:
- Despite the leather being in great shape on the seats, they need to be replaced. The springs etc are worn out and you sink in the front seats.
- Interior door handle on the driver door needs to be reattached.
- Either need to rebuild the engine, or rebuild and swap in an american BMW engine if i cant find the internals to rebuild the m20b23.
- Fix front of the driver fender.
- Possibly needs a respray if buff and wax doesnt turn out how i like it
My Vision for the car:
- If i cant rebuild the current engine, then swap in a M6x after i rebuild it
- Houndstooth interior or one of the Plaid BMW interiors.
- Clean ass exterior
- Maybe a tasteful hartge or mtech 1 kit
Other than that just make it overall clean/mint and stock again is my goal. I just got a new job working on servers and infrastructure for a school district so getting great pay now and will have plenty of extra money to sink into this thing.
Here are a few pics of what it looks like waxed and clean:
And here is the current dirty condition and way it looks:
Finally put together a work bench i got christmas 2012 from my mother in law, and also setup one of my wireless receivers and a monitor to watch tv on in the garage:
Thanks for looking! updates to come as i get parts etc in. Going to get an engine hoist and engine stand next week to pull the engine.
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