I found this 1987 325is on a local craigslist post for a garage sale that had ended a week prior. Drove to the address listed anyway and found the nice old lady who was moving out to live with her children. It had been parked on the side of her driveway in the country for the last four years. She gave me her son-in-laws number and when I offered him $750 he took it. It turned over when I hooked it up to the jumper cables and all of the electrics worked except the roof and one of the windows. He told me the fuel pump and the battery were all it needed. Here's what it looked like:
It also needed tires, spark plugs, cap, rotor and a main relay. The last one was what actually was keeping it from starting. Drove it home yesterday and it purred all the way. Cleaned the switches, put new brake lights in and now everything works great. Well, the high beams stay on no matter what. I'll figure that out later. Polished it up and here's how it looks now:
I'm only into it about $1400. Feels like I won the lottery! Going to go for another drive right now!
It also needed tires, spark plugs, cap, rotor and a main relay. The last one was what actually was keeping it from starting. Drove it home yesterday and it purred all the way. Cleaned the switches, put new brake lights in and now everything works great. Well, the high beams stay on no matter what. I'll figure that out later. Polished it up and here's how it looks now:
I'm only into it about $1400. Feels like I won the lottery! Going to go for another drive right now!
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