shark lovers: how does this shit wind up in a junk yard?

[Bimmerguy91]

Hehe when I saw this thread I thought shark as in Porsche 928. I tried to buy a pretty nice E24 almost a year ago but the guy would never return my calls.

[archie]

The one at Beach is still there! Just left.

[N2MYE30]

some info about that car:

- the carb is a rare carryover from e9 coupes, but it is the worst possible air intake option for these cars

Ive heard this to by a guy that swapped it out with a Holley 4 carb...with a adapter to the mani of course.

edit: found pic...

[archie]

There was one a week ago at Pull your Part on Beach Blvd.

[vectorsc]

What yard?

[ELVA164]

Came here expecting abandoned Mako, left disappointed.

[jeffnhiscars]

I tripped over an e24 at PullaPart here last year and raced home to the bfe24 forum to ask what was valued most. I then went back and spent 2 hours and about $400 getting what I could just to save it. I had my cash back in a week plus I think $100 for my trouble, then trade a box of goodies to George at Leatherique for his new e24 and got a dye kit for my barn find in return.

oh..and it turned out to be an L6 so if anyone needs a center console and matching leather visors... :)

[RondoAcapriccio]

Here in Miami I saw a rust free / good paint / good interior.. alpine / helrot(?) manual transmission 535i e28... mind you.. 80s BMW in good condition are pretty rare here.

By the time I got to it though the interior was shredded and rained out.. during rainy season and it sat in the yard for 2 months prior.

[reelizmpro]

A local member found an e24 with bbs rs wheels, sport seats and spoilers at the junkyard. u know what they say about one man's trash...

[kronus]

Are you planning to go back there? I need some parts...

some info about that car:
- it's a 630cs, not a 630i :)
- that's a euro rear bumper, they had this style until '82. The whole setup is worth $300 to the right person.
- the carb is a rare carryover from e9 coupes, but it is the worst possible air intake option for these cars
- the transmission in that car should be a 4-speed
- the two major e24 communities are bigcoupe.com and the bf.c e24 subforum
- the seats are not worth tons, but the door cards and dash (if intact) have some value
- the door/window seals are $$$$ if they're in good shape
- the rear chrome tail-light bezels are worth some money if they're not rusty, and the lenses if they're not cracked

nice find!

[txtorquemade]

Seats look comfy!!

[shameson]

damn that sucks i would just try and pull every thing you can off the car and maybe try and find another car to put all the cool parts in

Ya it would be worth pulling off some off that stuff off and finding some guys who have sharks. The front euro bumper, all the interior pieces and possibly some other euro goodies would be profitable. Put it up on a forum (like Bf.c)= cash money

[Herr Faust Schinken]

Do m20s and m30s share the same bell housing on the transmissions?

If so, assuming it has a mechanical speedo, this could be a good transmission of m20 swapped 2002 guys.

( I have zero knowledge of this transmission. I could be completely wrong.)

i think m20s and m30s have different patterns

[phreshkid]

Do m20s and m30s share the same bell housing on the transmissions?

If so, assuming it has a mechanical speedo, this could be a good transmission of m20 swapped 2002 guys.

( I have zero knowledge of this transmission. I could be completely wrong.)

[Herr Faust Schinken]

you can not. parts only at this point. the title is now in never never land.

damn that sucks i would just try and pull every thing you can off the car and maybe try and find another car to put all the cool parts in