1985 325e White M3 Rep

[OttoB]

This past week, I picked up the Evo III lower splitter directly at Condor Racing in Oakland Park (about an hour away) although had bought it from Uro Tuning. The guys at Condor were really cool and genuine car guys, with an amazing showroom as well as their sweet demonstrator!










Just now realizing that I dropped off the new lower lip spoiler at the warehouse/storage to have it next to my e30 but without having taken any pictures. Oh well - it is made out of aluminum and another composite as a 2 part piece which will compliment the car (and, this car actually had one before back in 2022?!?!). The very last remaining items that are on their way before I can take the car to a shop to get the anticipated checklist taken care of consists of this Cecotto style mini rear spoiler out of Pesch Motorsports in Czech Republic that arrived today:






Also, the replacement/refurbished dashboard is on its way which will make the car look new inside; getting AWDBOB to complete the a/c system parts + some other miscellaneous stuff from him; and a M Motorsport emblem to reinstall on the Evo rear spoiler lip as there was one there before and just want to reinstall one vs. trying to remove the residue and then the paint underneath it (as luck would have it). In the meantime, the car is chilling out but looking great! I got a stereo for it although it's been somewhat of a challenge to get someone to install a stereo if you didn't buy the equipment from them. But, that too will eventually be taken care of and the car will be complete, God willing!

[varg]

Is that the same S123 that was at the car show in WPB on Flagler this past weekend, near the Renntech lineup?

[OttoB]

With the new year and a too uncomfortably close to near death experience, I have found myself inundated with work coupled with an already very demanding personal schedule... So, how do I change this?

Well, I do not do drugs but this is now the 3rd weekend in a row having gone out of town, I attended 2 car events last weekend, another one yesterday, meant to attend next week the 24 Hours of Daytona, oh - and while I am at it - why not buy yet another project car this week (due to the recent death scare)!?!?!


My 1981 S123 wagon, 86 Quattroporte, and 86 GTV-6 (got it out of upholsterer after 6 months, but headed to bodyshop soon to install bodykit) were being detailed Saturday last week while a buddy of mine and I went to the Mecum Kissimmee auctions to check the cars out. This was my 10th straight year going and hard to describe how cool it is to be surrounded by 1,000's and 1,000's of amazing machinery, with no one pressuring you to buy any/not touch/photograph it, etc. On Sunday morning, I drove 5 minutes away towards downtown WPB and parked each of these 3 one by one, with a cool but ever frustrated wifey.

I'm the guy with the hat and my 12 year old son is wearing the shorts. I intend on showing the e30 once all the work is completed later this year, and why it's still at the warehouse/shop.

[OttoB]

This e30 M3 from Tampa Garage (with warnings everywhere to NOT TOUCH) sold for $99K prior to buyer fees/taxes/transport at the Mecum auction last week, as an FYI.

[OttoB]

Below is a comprehensive list that I was fortunate enough to acquire through the not insignificant amount of patience, knowledge, time, and help of AWDBOB... Since we are limited to 5 pics per post and there are many parts, then it will roll over onto the subsequent post(s). In essence, the approach was to encompass the full a/c install, some additional miscellaneous parts I wanted, and also cover any anticipated, possible scenarios where other parts could be needed. Below is the list of stuff followed by pics:

9/85 build date compatible heater box w/ A/C HVAC harness

Upper HVAC box frame/blower motor shackle

Heater Valve/Heater Pipes

Straps for upper HVAC frame

M20 Engine A/C Bracket w/ Mounting Bolts

A/C Drier Hard Line

Tested Curved blade Auxiliary Fan

Tested A/C Switch w/ nice lettering

Tested Early Fog Switch

Spare tire trunk hold down kit

x8 Crack Free Seat Bolt Caps

Tested Map Light Rear View Mirror

1986 E30 2dr Coupe Chassis Harness from A/C Vehicle

Partial Stereo Harness for Deck Power from Pwr Distro Block

Aux Fan Hardware Kit for Condenser Mounting

Recirculation Flaps for HVAC Box Upper Frame

So all of these parts were cautiously packed by Bobbie into 4 separate boxes which arrived recently, but I am not opening any as they occupy less space like that and - he did a phenomenal, time consuming job of testing everything while documenting the parts via these very same pictures.

A/C Drier Hard Line Box

HVAC Box/Auxiliary Fan Box

Chassis Harness Box

Map Light/Switches/Trunk Hdw/Small Parts Box

[OttoB]

Continuing...






The newly refurbished dash from Russia arrived at the US this past week, so I anticipate getting it delivered in the next few days and that will be the last missing piece of the anticipated mods for this car. At the moment, I have several cars in various shops (these are for personal use, not investment/commercial anything) and once 1-2 of them come out, then it will be this e30 M3 Rep's turn to get its fair share of loving!

[OttoB]

So... the car has been laying dormant for weeks, as I somehow drove over some nails the last time it was used... unsure where, but when I came back to the warehouse/shop after making a few changes to the car and then unloaded the parts, I took it for a ride down the street to capture some images. A week later, I get pics news from the owner of the warehouse/shop that both rear tires are flat, and one of them has more than 1 nail :(

Anyhow, a shop that specializes in e30's has had my Subie powered 914 for about 3 weeks and counting, as they are helping me make the car turn from a toy to an actual drivable, reliable car. I like them and impressed with the feedback/communications/organization so, there is a chance they will receive my M3 Rep. But, we are still waiting for the new replacement dash from Russia by Milan... once I see the final outcome of the 914 soon, I can be in a position to get some more attention onto the car with everything that remains pending.

I will tend to both rear tires this weekend and in the meantime, some pics of the banners I ordered (buy 2, get 1 free) although I will only install one (likely just the black one and remain understated), a lighted shifter for a 5spd vs. the one I got from Etsy for a 6spd, as well as the back ordered rear trunk carpet from Phase2Motortrend (P2M). Wish me luck!

[OttoB]

Not a whole lot going on with the car for the time being, as I wait for the 914/6 to get completed sometime this month from a shop - that, it is my intent - I use to make this e30 more in line with what I need + want. That's a/c, working locks, a gauge cluster that works, and a stereo among a couple of other items... The dashboard from Russia has not moved in 3 weeks since arriving at NY Customs. So - it's okay - it'll arrive eventually.

I figured - who doesn't like pictures? And, toys? And, pictures of toys??!!?? This first pic is of a handful of Hot Wheels I got from 2013 - my wife threw a car themed 40th birthday party and had table decorations with mostly Porsches. I kept whatever cars were left from the party, but then bought a few Hot Wheels that I would like to own (I had the 850 at the time of this picture also, posted on the first page of this thread, owning it for 6.5 years). The image is from September 2023 and shows a blue e30 M3:






This next picture is from December 2023 and shows a white e30 M3 with gold wheels (barely) but, maybe it was a sign that I would somehow eventually get to own one!!!






As things hit a stride during this timeframe with work, I started collecting 1/18 scale (about 12 inches average) models of cars I felt were cool, and it kinda snowballed into a few hundred of them. Here is a display case with a few BMW's including an e30 Alpina (in this case, it shows the 635 I owned, the e28, 850, and silver Z3 coupe too):






This next picture shows the quintessential race e30 with the M colors (in white) also from 2013:




Running out of room already with pics on this post, but - each and every single one of ALL these models were subsequently stolen by someone I considered more than a good friend for over 20 years - like a brother - when I ran into problems with the office and had to move them out. He owned a man cave with 12 cars and 100's of other 1/18 models. Despite me hanging out with him several times a year after I entrusted them to him - the day I went to ask for them back, things got ugly (no physical violence) but he basically chose to f*ck me over by keeping them, when I was at a low point financially in my life. Messed up how he chose those models over our friendship when the guy had money, and its not like they were going to his daughter...

[OttoB]

These don't show all of them but... was cool wall art/office decor! I really thought that the guilt would eventually catch up to him where he'd want to do the right thing and give them back, so that at least my son could enjoy + appreciate them. But, I am not special and all of us have been taken advantage of by people we trusted, that we never imagined would be capable of screwing us over, ya know?











About 3 years ago, my career and finances finally took an upward turn and part of my agenda included replacing all that I no longer had because I had run out of money, out of work (and no one would hire an old lawyer), because things had been taken from me, jewelry/cars/personal effects I had to sell simply to make ends meet, etc. So, I started a 'new' 1/18 model collection at my office. An e30 being a bad*ss car obviously had to be a part of it, so I got this black one raced in Australia to make it be different from the white race one I had owned 10+ years ago.

[OttoB]

Here are some pics of the models I own now... including in 1/43 scale where I had a couple of Art Cars in the previous collection, but cannot justify the asking prices for replacing those other stolen ones these days... The e30 M3 Art Car in 1/43 scale? Yeah, I can swing that one!















When I bought this e30 M3 Replica, I had no choice - I had to go ahead and get a 1/18 scale of one just like it! Super cool that it actually has working features like doors, hood, trunk, steering, etc!







I don't have room to fit any more models, and know that even if I never get my old ones back - that I sleep well at night and try to enjoy my life without regrets... Folks - life is very short... You hear this all the time!

I had a near death experience NYE having dinner with the family, and barely around to tell about it. That's why I want to get this car fixed up for my boy, so that if something does happen to me for real down the road - he can always have this car be a reminder of his old man and how cool it was for me to be able to afford giving him such an amazing little car :)

[2mAn]

Thats quite a cool little collection, shame a friend chose to pull a maneuver like that...

[OttoB]

Some crazy people out there, as we all know... When I got the e30 a couple of months ago, aside from getting a 1/18 model of it to go along with the rest of the ones I have - I also went looking for a 1/64 sized one (like Hot Wheels). That's when I found this guy asking $220 for a little friggin' white M3 Hot Wheels - nucking futs!





That's when I then remembered having the same one... but, I keep it in a case at my house (at my son's room with a few others) and didn't want to remove it from there. So, I located another white one that's super detailed in order to keep at my office... This morning, I grabbed the old blue one I posted above last week from 2013, the white one with gold wheels also above from 2013, an e30 wagon coincidentally in white that I got a couple of years ago as wagons are cool [all 3 kept at may son's room who, by the way, still does not know I bought this car] and then snapped a couple of pics along with the black little one I have off the 1/18 one because... you know... who doesn't like or appreciate a black car with gold mesh wheels, eh?!?

At least I can enjoy these little toys for now... I drove the car this past weekend and sure enough - there was no less than 6 nails on one tire alone, and why I had to buy a new replacement one. But, driving a car with almost every light on the gage cluster flashing like a Christmas tree and also having non-working gages, and no radio, and no a/c, and no maintenance records of the car... is just not enjoyable for me at the moment. That soon will change, but it's a great driving car that looks friggin' rad, so it's kind of like a hot chick. You put up with some of their crap because... they're hot! Oh well - no rush on my end as I have a few other cars at different shops each for months, and want to get those out so I can drive the wheels off of those!

Anyhow, pics of the old little ones I have for more than 10 years, pics of the white ones, and then the whole little caboodle party ;)






Still waiting on the dash from Russia... the USPS tracking system unfortunately shows no new/different information as of January 17th when it departed the NY Customs office... the car was meant to go to the shop next week but, now everything must wait until a replacement one is eventually shipped (and arrives) which totally sucks, as it puts everything behind by a good 1-2 months - boo!

[2mAn]

Customs is a PITA right now. I have a headunit that shipped and has cleared customs also... still waiting.