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Another one of my craigs list findings for me to share with you guys. Im not afiliated in any way. Figured id share because it is a e30 m3 shell for pretty cheap.
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M30 is God's motor.....but Jesus drives an M60'd car -slammin.e28
This has been kicking around the NE30 group on facebook for over a month. Pretty sure it sold a while ago, the posted date of the CL ad is sept. 17. Everyone said the drivers floor and firewall are rotted horribly
Dougie wtf you know this by now, jose picked that up. good luck too him...
The whole firewall/strut tower is GONE. nothing left of it. The owner of The garage said he was lucky "the car didnt fold in half on the lift"
i know a guy who went to go look at it. Car was owned by a Boston university professor, who just parked the car under a tree for 15 years for no apparent reason, thats why it rotted to death.
I noticed in Europe, the rust has to be pretty cancerous throughout the body in order for them to give up and part the car. In the US, rust is almost like a death sentence. Few people want to deal with it. An E30 M3 though is worth saving and even if one can't do it themselves there are shops that deal with rust restorations that can take care of things like this. I think people are just scared to overpay and just rather find a clean shell.
"I'd probably take the E30 M3 in this case just because I love that little car, and how tanky that inline 6 is." - thecj
^ I can't fully agree on that. Looking around the Tri-5 Chevy forums, it is crazy what some of them old guys are bringing back to life over there in the U.S.
Yes, the amount of welding I did on my daughters e21 was WAY over the worth of the car, but I just think of it as another car saved. But if you have a bit of time and a welder, its not expensive if your going to keep the car for yourself.
My father always preached to me when we restored cars together that what you save in the beginning of a build on money, you WILL spend 3 fold in the end.
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