Bring a Trailer Auctions, E30 edition

[TeXJ]

1991 S52 swapped Touring
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/19...25i-touring-2/

Think how much more that car would bring if they fixed the little issues and it wasn't in Canada.

[2mAn]

1991 LS swapped 318is
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/19...18is-coupe-33/

[2mAn]

1991 325iX

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1991-bmw-325ix-18/

[rjmcdermott81]

Super surprised that LS swap didn’t hit 20k. Looked to be a really clean car with a nicely done swap.

[2mAn]

1987 325

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1987-bmw-325-22-2/

[Vincenze]

Super surprised that LS swap didn’t hit 20k. Looked to be a really clean car with a nicely done swap.

The owner bought it a year ago, but it's still not registered in California.
Does it mean that the car can't pass inspection?

This “357is” is now offered in California with an accident-free Carfax report and a clean South Dakota title in the seller’s name.

[2mAn]

LS Swap will pretty much never be a legal swap in an E30 in California

[2mAn]

(Its back for a second try!)

1986 S52 Swapped 325e

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1986-bmw-325e-24/

[Mazdayasna]

(Its back for a second try!)

1986 S52 Swapped 325e

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1986-bmw-325e-24/

I felt so bad for the seller being ripped to shreds in the facebook group. He was honest and open with the build, and respectful in the comments.
$70k is not that much money when you're paying a shop to do everything, but the chorus of people that don't make that much in a year can't be silenced.

Audibly chuckled at the eBay taillights when I was browsing the photos, though.

[Kyle90]

Car is s54 swapped, not s52

[2mAn]

Paying a shop to build a car is money in labor that can never be recollected unless its Top Shelf work and even then, fractions of what is spent is returned. Basically if you're paying a shop to do the work, you need to get your moneys worth by driving, not by reselling. He may get over $20k again, but not much more.

[Vincenze]

$70k is not that much money when you're paying a shop to do everything, but the chorus of people that don't make that much in a year can't be silenced.

Why would you pay $70k for modifications and sell it immediately?
Is the final product undrivable?

[TeXJ]

Why would you pay $70k for modifications and sell it immediately?
Is the final product undrivable?

^this

[2mAn]

I can empathize with wanting to finish a project even when you've blown up the budget you originally planned... but $70k is just wild.

[Mazdayasna]

Why would you pay $70k for modifications and sell it immediately?

The same reason you would sell it because your wife doesn't like the ride stiffness and you need 4 doors for your kids. More money than sense.

I can empathize with wanting to finish a project even when you've blown up the budget you originally planned... but $70k is just wild.

Must have had an abusive relationship with the shop that he just kept feeding it money like that.