Good morning!

[moatilliatta]

E30s are expensive.

Love a good iS car.

[ForcedFirebird]

E30s are expensive.

Love a good iS car.

Many, many years ago, I would go to u-pull and pick up a wheel barrow full of LSD's, manual swaps, and engines. Hardly ever spent over $400 for everything I could stuff in there. Today, the coolant cross over pipe for the m20b25 late model is about $150 all rusted to crap on eBay.

Yes, it's pretty clean - needs almost everything tho. Same owner as the Honda turbo swap, he's probably going to do this one in 2-3 stages. Got to do a full inspections and write up the service and let him decide.

[lukeADE335i]

Fortunately I got most of the parts for my car during that era. I recently sold a set of sport seats for $1200 that I got from u-pull for $22 about 10 years ago

[ForcedFirebird]

Fortunately I got most of the parts for my car during that era. I recently sold a set of sport seats for $1200 that I got from u-pull for $22 about 10 years ago

I still can't get over what happened to e30's. It was like trash to treasure in 5yr.

[ForcedFirebird]

I love surprising clients with things like this lol.





Vintage can I found when doing construction back in the day. Actually last one. Found a 6 pack of Old Milwaukee, this and some old pull tab sodas, and used them on ignition coils for cool builds. Don't have many pics of the other ones. :(

[roguetoaster]

Mmm, that car is now cursed.

[ForcedFirebird]

Mmm, that car is now cursed.

I have a bunch of ole pallets to knock on. Maybe kick the picnic table for good measure.

[Panici]

Many, many years ago, I would go to u-pull and pick up a wheel barrow full of LSD's, manual swaps, and engines. Hardly ever spent over $400 for everything I could stuff in there. Today, the coolant cross over pipe for the m20b25 late model is about $150 all rusted to crap on eBay.

Used parts prices have gone up significantly.
People asking over $1000 for an E36 LSD locally and they're sold right away before I can even respond.

[ForcedFirebird]

Used parts prices have gone up significantly.
People asking over $1000 for an E36 LSD locally and they're sold right away before I can even respond.

I listed a 4.10 e30 LSD for $800 plus shipping, it sold in 3hr.

[DEV0 E30]

I still can't get over what happened to e30's. It was like trash to treasure in 5yr.

This.

I sold a fine running and driving red late model coupe for $2500, it needed some work but included two sport seats for $250 (that would now sell for $1000 and they weren't perfect).

It's the parts that kinda suck paying high price now for ontop of that, I sold so many parts for cheap to local 10 years ago, hoping some of that good part-karma comes back to me as I need it... but won't be holding my breath.

[MR E30 325is]

This.

I sold a fine running and driving red late model coupe for $2500, it needed some work but included two sport seats for $250 (that would now sell for $1000 and they weren't perfect).

It's the parts that kinda suck paying high price now for ontop of that, I sold so many parts for cheap to local 10 years ago, hoping some of that good part-karma comes back to me as I need it... but won't be holding my breath.

Same. I would basically give parts away back in '09.

I don't even wish for hindsight so that I could profit excessively off of the change in parts prices. I wish I could have simply seen that E30's wouldn't always be cars for teenagers/they wouldn't always be 'cheap beaters' to simply have fun with, tearing out the carpet and the back seats.

I just wish I had the foresight to buy something unmolested and clean to simply enjoy and to drive, like Mitch did with that red '89 that went out at Tortilla Flats. That's a $50,000 E30 in todays market. All for $4,000.

Or heaven forbid, the DS '88 M3 that was for sale for a paltry $8,000 back in 2005.

Oof.

[ForcedFirebird]

It's Friday EST in 45min. We have been so jammed up!

Two words "Thank You!". We are wanting holiday season, best to all.

The site won't let me upload large pics from phone but they are just boring stuff anyways lol.

[moatilliatta]

How many people you have working at the shop?

In for some more boring content!

Happy holidays to you all back.

[ForcedFirebird]

Sounds like a cam'd v8 lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0BwcOs8Rgs