Hi Guys,
Bit of an introduction. I joined this site years ago after I purchased a super rusty 325 that was far beyond my skills to resurrect. That car ended up in the crusher. But here I am years later, and I've had my eye out for another E30 ever since. I'm not 20 years old anymore, I have an engineering degree, and I've built a few motorcycles. I also own a 2000 Audi S4 so vehicle maintenance is second nature now haha. I picked up this guy on Sunday, it was a 1300km round trip to get it but it was listed for $1000 and I knew it wouldn't last.
So I've got this thing which is covered from dirt from the drive. It has a 1989 production date, and a never finished M50 swap. Dude never got it running because the harnesses were never connected properly. Other than that it seems decently well thought out, it has those green engine mounts I've seen mentioned in a couple write-ups, and the transmission doesn't look cocked to one side.
Plan is to totally strip the car, fix a couple rust holes (drivers rocker, front fenders, inner fender), and then paint and rebuild so I know what I've got. Figured I'd do my introduction in here since most of my questions are going to be around identifying parts from the swap and whether they are correct. The body stuff is pretty straight forward.
Crappy phone pics from when I got her home at 10:30 Sunday night.
Bit of an introduction. I joined this site years ago after I purchased a super rusty 325 that was far beyond my skills to resurrect. That car ended up in the crusher. But here I am years later, and I've had my eye out for another E30 ever since. I'm not 20 years old anymore, I have an engineering degree, and I've built a few motorcycles. I also own a 2000 Audi S4 so vehicle maintenance is second nature now haha. I picked up this guy on Sunday, it was a 1300km round trip to get it but it was listed for $1000 and I knew it wouldn't last.
So I've got this thing which is covered from dirt from the drive. It has a 1989 production date, and a never finished M50 swap. Dude never got it running because the harnesses were never connected properly. Other than that it seems decently well thought out, it has those green engine mounts I've seen mentioned in a couple write-ups, and the transmission doesn't look cocked to one side.
Plan is to totally strip the car, fix a couple rust holes (drivers rocker, front fenders, inner fender), and then paint and rebuild so I know what I've got. Figured I'd do my introduction in here since most of my questions are going to be around identifying parts from the swap and whether they are correct. The body stuff is pretty straight forward.
Crappy phone pics from when I got her home at 10:30 Sunday night.
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