So he paid 3k for it and brought it home. He doesn't know a damn thing about this car except it "looks cool".
There is no coolant in the oil and it has a full tank of gas ( 10 years old minimum). There is 230k on the clock and looks to have had the driver's side fender repainted. All Vin's match and is still a clean titled vehicle.
So I get there and start looking it over/ripping out the interior. It looks to have been sitting since 2001 but I found rave tickets and venue information from 1995. So this thing has been under a tarp for many years. The interior is absolutely trashed. The motor supposedly has a blown HG and a bad sensor that isn't allowing it to crank over (yeah right). I did a quick assessment and whoever owned this thing previously was a genuine asshole.
The seats were held together by screws, Duct tape everywhere, including the steering rack boot on the drivers side, he cut behind the back seat with the jaws of life to fit 2 12 inch subs, there is what seems to be 3 alarm systems installed in the car and all the wiring is the most ghetto I've ever seen.
This list goes on and on but in the end, it is an m3. I almost want to offer him $3500-$4k and drop a 24v/ presentable interior and some nice wheels. This is one of those cars that given it's history, I almost don't think it's worth completely restoring back to perfection but it still would be nice to get the bodywork/paint redone and make it streetable again. Anyways, here a few pictures I took today.
I'm torn on what to do. I don't want my buddy bringing this one back up. He didn't even know what a jumper box was. The thought makes me cringe.
There is no coolant in the oil and it has a full tank of gas ( 10 years old minimum). There is 230k on the clock and looks to have had the driver's side fender repainted. All Vin's match and is still a clean titled vehicle.
So I get there and start looking it over/ripping out the interior. It looks to have been sitting since 2001 but I found rave tickets and venue information from 1995. So this thing has been under a tarp for many years. The interior is absolutely trashed. The motor supposedly has a blown HG and a bad sensor that isn't allowing it to crank over (yeah right). I did a quick assessment and whoever owned this thing previously was a genuine asshole.
The seats were held together by screws, Duct tape everywhere, including the steering rack boot on the drivers side, he cut behind the back seat with the jaws of life to fit 2 12 inch subs, there is what seems to be 3 alarm systems installed in the car and all the wiring is the most ghetto I've ever seen.
This list goes on and on but in the end, it is an m3. I almost want to offer him $3500-$4k and drop a 24v/ presentable interior and some nice wheels. This is one of those cars that given it's history, I almost don't think it's worth completely restoring back to perfection but it still would be nice to get the bodywork/paint redone and make it streetable again. Anyways, here a few pictures I took today.
I'm torn on what to do. I don't want my buddy bringing this one back up. He didn't even know what a jumper box was. The thought makes me cringe.
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