found a lil hidden gem today

[bimmernut333]

Ok guys I need you help... this guy is dicking me around. He WAS willing to take $1,200 for the car so I went to pick it up tonight cash in hand and he tells me he has now changed his mind and wants $1,800! I'm like WTF! we had a deal! He says I know but I thought about it and spent more than that on the wheels alone. So I nit picked the car and tried to get him to take $1,500 and he's STILL like eh I'm not sure.. Now I DO want the car however after a closer look it's starting to look more like a parts car rather than a fixer-upper. The engine has a good knock, there is a lil more rust than previously thought, it needs an exhaust, the dash is cracked and there's other little things that bug me about it. I don't mind paying $1,500 and sinking $1,000 into it BUT I do not want to pay more. Am I being an ass or should I pay the $1,800 he's now asking for? On a side note I also found a MINT 87' 325is I can prob snag for $900 BUT it's an auto and im a 5 spd kinda guy. Whatchu think?

[bimmernut333]

No I haven't yet, my return just went into my account last night. I'll be picking it up sometime between now and this weekend depending on the sellers availability.

[Pantless Spency]

did this guy pick this up yet???

[akorcovelos]

I doubt it has a dogleg box, or it would specify that on the build sheet. Unless someone swapped one in I suppose. Based on the build sheet its just a plain old 323i with the sport package that someone put a mish-mash body kit on.

[bimmernut333]

Nice find. There might be other 'gems' hidden under the surface as well. It will be interesting to see what gearbox it has and how the engine is set up... Very cool.


^^My poor old car :-x

What should I look for with that gearbox? And what do you mean by how the engine is "set up"?

[rThor432]

Nice find. There might be other 'gems' hidden under the surface as well. It will be interesting to see what gearbox it has and how the engine is set up... Very cool.

Front is Zender

^^My poor old car :-x

[bimmernut333]

Thanks!

[akorcovelos]

[Andrew325is]

Nice find. My first E30 was burgundrot, but it wasn't euro. :) I like the roll-up windows. ::thumbs up::

[JasonC]

One other question I have is what's the difference between the us spec and euro spec grills? Does anyone have a side by side comparison showing the differences?

Euro has a line above the headlights.

US


Euro

[kalib0y]

very nice find! there is a lil hint of hipster but you can fix that easily

[bimmernut333]

One other question I have is what's the difference between the us spec and euro spec grills? Does anyone have a side by side comparison showing the differences?

[bimmernut333]

I just looked again and the number after the 9 is hard to read. Try running it with a 1 in place of the 2 so the last seven is 9162602

[bimmernut333]

Yeah I think I did too.. I know there was one number or letter that was had to see. I'll have to look again tomorrow.

[S62]

I like. Great find.