I've been an e30 fan for a long time. In fact, the first car that I had all to myself was a 1987 325is. This was back in 1999. I wasn't to sure what I had at the time but I soon fell in love. I remember learning to wrench on this car, doing what I could given that I was college poor. I spent a lot of time tweaking, maintaining and generally obsessing over what I thought was greatness. What got my even more excited is that I found people, via the internet, that shared my love of e30's. I wasn't alone. It's funny, but I actually remember when R3V first started and I think I have an old account from 2003-2004.
It's actually still in the family. It's current form is a gts4 nasa race car that my dad drives when he can.
From 2001, probably from a disposable camera :)
It's current form...
It currently has a euro 3.2 that's being replaced by an S54 but more on that later.
So onto my current e30. My brother actually found this red sedan in Knoxville. It was an '89 325i, very clean but had a blown motor (assumed timing belt) and about 278,000 miles. I bought it because the price was so right, it was clean and I had a spare m20 sitting in bimmerworld's garage (I worked there at this particular time). After a few late nights in the BM garage we got the old m20 in and had it running good aside from a few electrical problems. Good times, fighter jet flyovers and all.
It was after this time I got a Z4 and then an E55 amg. After about 6 years out of the e30 game I eventually sold the E55 and decided it was time to go back to my roots. AMG's were hugely impressive, but the old bmw formula was in my blood. Unfortunately, I stored her in a barn just outside of Knoxville. Worst mistake I've made with a car. It was as nasty as I've ever seen a car. It was basically a mouse apartment for almost 2 years. I literally had to hold my breath when we pulled it onto the trailer. I wish to hell I had better pictures of her from that time. The good news was that it was mostly just dirt. The seats, dash, door cards, etc etc were all in great shape, no tears, no cracks, etc. It was just super filthy. Here are a few pictures from when I pulled her out, getting ready for a paint correction with a few after pics. This is approx July of 2011. A full right up can be found here: http://www.autopiaforums.com/forums/...orrection.html
It's actually still in the family. It's current form is a gts4 nasa race car that my dad drives when he can.
From 2001, probably from a disposable camera :)
It's current form...
It currently has a euro 3.2 that's being replaced by an S54 but more on that later.
So onto my current e30. My brother actually found this red sedan in Knoxville. It was an '89 325i, very clean but had a blown motor (assumed timing belt) and about 278,000 miles. I bought it because the price was so right, it was clean and I had a spare m20 sitting in bimmerworld's garage (I worked there at this particular time). After a few late nights in the BM garage we got the old m20 in and had it running good aside from a few electrical problems. Good times, fighter jet flyovers and all.
It was after this time I got a Z4 and then an E55 amg. After about 6 years out of the e30 game I eventually sold the E55 and decided it was time to go back to my roots. AMG's were hugely impressive, but the old bmw formula was in my blood. Unfortunately, I stored her in a barn just outside of Knoxville. Worst mistake I've made with a car. It was as nasty as I've ever seen a car. It was basically a mouse apartment for almost 2 years. I literally had to hold my breath when we pulled it onto the trailer. I wish to hell I had better pictures of her from that time. The good news was that it was mostly just dirt. The seats, dash, door cards, etc etc were all in great shape, no tears, no cracks, etc. It was just super filthy. Here are a few pictures from when I pulled her out, getting ready for a paint correction with a few after pics. This is approx July of 2011. A full right up can be found here: http://www.autopiaforums.com/forums/...orrection.html
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