1985 325e White M3 Rep

[OttoB]

Prior cars... loved them all!!!

The 1981 635CSi is the only car I have sold and, once I got to work 'professionally' after school - bought it back from the same mechanic that got it from me. He installed a Euro 735i engine along with some Stahl headers I had collected - the car actually was super nice and loved every minute of it!






This Z3 represented for decades, the newest 'used' car I had ever owned, at 3 years or so with an extended warranty on it - it was from 1999 and had a cool red leather interior, and it was a head turner for sure!






This 850 - I went to town on it... Alpina style hood, CSi bodykit including mirrors, rear diff swap to 3.91, Bilsteins/H&R's, Momo, Alpine, etc. Overheated and I knew I could and should have stopped, but... sold it as a non-running car. I spent more money on that 850 for maintenance, than 2-3 of my other cars at the time, combined (including a 1991 911 Turbo, btw)! But boy, was it great looking!




And then this one - 'Manofied' but God, was it poorly built. It never ran more than 3 weeks at a time even though I spent a sh*t ton I didnt' even have, just to chase the dream of owning one. I sold it to a 'buddy' who then sank another $4-$5K to make it run right, he sold it to someone else, who then had RMC Miami sell it (YouTube has a killer video of the car being put on its paces by RMC), and last I heard from the present owner, he had not started it in 1.5-2 years because he too couldn't get it to run right. I - however, did all the changes to it with the Euro lights, GTS Scheel head rests, gauge pod, exposed wheels, badges, M30 B35 Alpina engine valve cover, and 20 odd more things.

[patrick88m3]

Welcome OttoB I was watching that auction closely and thought it was going to be a steal, but I still feel its a good deal... at one point I was day dreaming about buying the Rep AND the 2.7L S14 that sold a few minutes later and having a proper replica that could be driven the way these were meant to be driven.

Excited to see how this shakes out. The 84/85 cars are a bit lighter so Im very curious where this ended up with the Fiberglass kit.

Lets see some of the other cars!

Also... I feel this at my core.

That 2.7 sold cheap. Looks like S14 prices are coming down. Wish the cost to build one would too.

[2mAn]

Welcome OttoB I was watching that auction closely and thought it was going to be a steal, but I still feel its a good deal... at one point I was day dreaming about buying the Rep AND the 2.7L S14 that sold a few minutes later and having a proper replica that could be driven the way these were meant to be driven.

Excited to see how this shakes out. The 84/85 cars are a bit lighter so Im very curious where this ended up with the Fiberglass kit.

Lets see some of the other cars!

Also... I feel this at my core.

Once something gets in your head, it is offly hard - if not impossible - to completely shut down that inner voice which inevitably, gets all of us in trouble ;)

[82eye]

looks good for a rep. hope you have fun with it.

[e30m3s54turbo]

Good intro…

[patrick88m3]

Welcome

[OttoB]

Hello, everyone...

I have owned a few BMW's over the years, including an '81 Euro 635 CSi Alpina clone (when I was in law school in the mid 1990's, and sold it when graduated after running out of money, to then re-buy it a year later), replaced by a 2.8 Z3 Coupe from 2003-2005, a really nicely modified 850 from 2013-2017, as well as a well-known, white e28 Alpina B9 3.5 Tribute from 2016-2018.

But, maybe time has gotten to me and/or I am old-fashioned... Why? Because forums for me have always been a valuable and important source of information, support, and camaraderie not otherwise obtained via friends/enthusiasts/or significant others - ya know? But with social media and apparently, there being a Facebook group for any conceivable, imaginable anything - then the way individuals either seek or obtain information has certainly changed over the past decade. I have written in forums about builds involving a few of my cars over the years and still do on Pelican, AlfaBB, and FChat.

This past summer, I joined the M3 Replica FB group despite me not really sharing anything publicly or privately with my profile - which was meant for a dating app 10 years ago to verify me. I am a private individual and for me - ignorance is bliss where I don't really want to know where anyone is, with whom, what they are eating, or how cool or awesome their life is! But, I did recognize that if I wanted to perhaps squeeze a few bucks to get something not terribly pricey like an M3 rep, that there was no other alternative but to put a Want Ad there. After reaching out to both admins at the group, I left the group as my ad had not been approved for something absurd like 2 weeks+. It was eventually posted and I did get notified about individuals selling cars overseas (I specifically had only inquired about those in the US) and/or builds with no a/c which coincidentally again - I had specifically required that any suitable rep have one working. I went ahead and got another car instead at that junction but... the lure to get back to the BMW fold was never too far away, ya know? Once something gets in your head, it is offly hard - if not impossible - to completely shut down that inner voice which inevitably, gets all of us in trouble ;)

Fast forward 2 Sundays ago, and I won the BAT listing of the white 1985 Euro 325e with an M3 FG kit on it. I expect to have many questions and issues - and, I will eventually document more information about the car as well as possible upgrades. I certainly do not want to go to FB for that.. The car is meant for me to eventually hand it over to my son in a few years, with sparse use between now and then as I have a few other rides that I am incredibly fortunate to own and - none of them will be 'handed over' to him.... This first post is meant as an intro and more information to be shared down the road. At the moment, the car has not yet been picked up from OR despite BAT Shipping having gotten paid over a week ago!