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  • reelizmpro
    R3V OG
    • Dec 2003
    • 9446

    #301
    The front windshield trim strip was installed incorrectly and the front and rear door panels were mismatched which would turn me off as an investor. Simple fixes I hope gets remedied the next time. Then the other guys started linking the Jap car dealers in the auction. I'm guessing the investors bowed out of this one due to these reasons. I preferred the interior in that C2 over the early C1 coupe also.
    "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

    85 323i M TECH 1 S52 - ALPINEWEISS/SCHWARZE
    88 M3 - LACHSSILBER/SCHWARZE
    89 M3 - ALPINEWEISS II/M TECH CLOTH-ALCANTARA
    91 M TECHNIC CABRIO TURBO - MACAOBLAU/M TECH CLOTH-LEATHER

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    • B6guy
      Member
      • Nov 2003
      • 46

      #302
      The door panels are correct to the car my 1984 Alpina B6 2.8 has the same cloth insert door cards on the front and vinyl rear door cards. I have also seen several other early E30 Alpinas with the same door cards. I have seen this C1 2.3 in person and it appears to have the correct Alpina pieces and stampings/ID plates.

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      • reelizmpro
        R3V OG
        • Dec 2003
        • 9446

        #303
        Why on earth would Alpina mismatch the door cards?? It's bad enough they don't match the seats.
        "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

        85 323i M TECH 1 S52 - ALPINEWEISS/SCHWARZE
        88 M3 - LACHSSILBER/SCHWARZE
        89 M3 - ALPINEWEISS II/M TECH CLOTH-ALCANTARA
        91 M TECHNIC CABRIO TURBO - MACAOBLAU/M TECH CLOTH-LEATHER

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        • B6guy
          Member
          • Nov 2003
          • 46

          #304
          I know it seems odd they dont match. However, it wasn't necessarily Alpina that chose the door cards it appears to be the way BMW supplied early E30 323i interiors. Look around at pics of 1984 E30 323i interiors. Alpina didn't offer a door card with the matching Alpina cloth inserts until later in production.

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          • flyboyx
            R3V OG
            • Sep 2008
            • 8371

            #305
            Originally posted by reelizmpro
            It's bad enough they don't match the seats.
            What do you mean by that barry? Mostly, its the later cars that are on my radar. They seem to have matching seating surfaces.
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            • reelizmpro
              R3V OG
              • Dec 2003
              • 9446

              #306
              Originally posted by flyboyx
              What do you mean by that barry? Mostly, its the later cars that are on my radar. They seem to have matching seating surfaces.



              Apparently this is how the early cars came from Alpina. Checker cloth front panels, vinyl rear panels and Alpina cloth seats. Nothing matches. My OCD is having a hard time believing Alpina or BMW allowed this. I've never heard of this but am now fascinated by it. To someone unfamiliar (myself included) , it looks very cobbled together and incorrect.
              Last edited by reelizmpro; 08-27-2016, 11:51 AM.
              "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

              85 323i M TECH 1 S52 - ALPINEWEISS/SCHWARZE
              88 M3 - LACHSSILBER/SCHWARZE
              89 M3 - ALPINEWEISS II/M TECH CLOTH-ALCANTARA
              91 M TECHNIC CABRIO TURBO - MACAOBLAU/M TECH CLOTH-LEATHER

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              • Clark
                Member
                • Aug 2016
                • 80

                #307
                not really surprising. the price the 4 door sold at was surprising.

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                • djjerme
                  R3V Elite
                  • Sep 2010
                  • 5082

                  #308
                  Originally posted by reelizmpro
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                  Apparently this is how the early cars came from Alpina. Checker cloth front panels, vinyl rear panels and Alpina cloth seats. Nothing matches. My OCD is having a hard time believing Alpina or BMW allowed this. I've never heard of this but am now fascinated by it. To someone unfamiliar (myself included) , it looks very cobbled together and incorrect.
                  The first couple Dozen Alpina E30's (C1 2.3/B6 2.8) had this combo as an option. The wide pattern on the seat was a carry over from the cloth used on the E21 Recaro's installed in the C1/B6 models they built on that platform.

                  The door were just standard 323i, at the time as offered by BMW.

                  By '85/'86 Alpina was offering the thin strip seats and door cards to match.

                  The mismatch might also be why several of the early Alpina E30's were ordered with just the stock BMW seats left in place (the Alpina fabric was an optional upgrade.)

                  Yes, it does mess with the OCD in all of us, but it's also OG. The wide stripe seat cloth with the wide stripe exterior is definitely polarizing. Personally, I kinda like it!
                  Last edited by djjerme; 08-29-2016, 05:53 AM.
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                  • Nick's e30
                    Mod Crazy
                    • Mar 2012
                    • 676

                    #309
                    Originally posted by reelizmpro
                    Well that was surprising. Reserve not met at 37k. Almost half the price of the C2 4 dr.
                    The bidding ended when the seller commented and said "reserve is 50k, here's my number if you want to talk about the car" and then less than a minute later deleted the comment. There were 2 serious bidders for the car at the end, maybe one of them just called the number rather than paying the 5% BAT commission?
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                    • djjerme
                      R3V Elite
                      • Sep 2010
                      • 5082

                      #310
                      BAT may have removed the comment as well.

                      Either way, it was interesting to see where the bidding ended up. Comparing this car to the one Mendel sold is a bit of a stretch, their car had so much wrong with it, I don't even know where to start.
                      1991 325i MT2 Touring (JDM bro)
                      2016 Ford Flex
                      2011 Audi A3 - wife's other German car

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                      • djjerme
                        R3V Elite
                        • Sep 2010
                        • 5082

                        #311
                        Anotha Alpina C2 up on the site now!


                        Mmmmmmmm!
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                        2016 Ford Flex
                        2011 Audi A3 - wife's other German car

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                        • Stanley Rockafella
                          R3V Elite
                          • Aug 2011
                          • 4056

                          #312
                          ANOTHER one?!? dayum, so much for being "hard to find"
                          :roll:


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                          • ThatOneEuroE30
                            R3V OG
                            • Dec 2013
                            • 8626

                            #313
                            I wish there were more b6's the c2 is cool but i love me an alpina m30.


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                            • jeffnhiscars
                              R3V OG
                              • Jun 2011
                              • 6010

                              #314
                              Note it has a late radiator....hack job :)
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                              • 2mAn
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                                • Aug 2010
                                • 20076

                                #315
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