Something used something new

[Peterkaczynski]

Hey guys, so recently I've become extremely fond of craigslist I've just been hitting great deals (IMO) so after picking up a 2005 Suzuki c50 with 317miles for 3k flat I've been daily searching it for good deals and what not, so one night before bed in looking around for bikes and random cars I do a search for vintage euro cars to see what's on the market, not much came up and I remembered back when I was a sophomore in college I did extensive searches for 635s and varies models of the e24, so I did searched 6 series for fun one late night as I'm laying in bed. I stumbled upon a dad for a super clean e24 at a great price. The guy literally wrote a novel about this car and just by that I was sold. The po was definitely passionate about his bmws and had an e36 m3 as well a an e34 in his garage. I quickly emailed him hoping it wasn't a scam and awaited a response. The next day I didn't hear anything from him so I sent him another message just to make sure he received my first email. Shortly after I get a text message and quickly set up an appointment.

I saw the car the next day and looked at the car, the owner told me one day the vex hike stalled on him when he was out and it has developed a hiccup since and he didn't have the funds to fix her up. The motor wasn't running properly due to a misfire and she was only running on 5 cylinders, I bit the bullet and hoped it wasn't anything major.

We agreed and a price of 2300 and I drove her home slowly with my father.

I drive her straight to my mechanic and he said the motor is strong, compression is good and all she needed was a value adjustment!

I made an appointment with a local BMW specialist to get her up to par for Thursday!
I would like to introduce you r3vers to Leslie, my 1987 (coincidently same year as my e39) BMW 635csi L6 with 175k miles.

So as of right now my plans are to keep her stock till I can afford a nice clean suspension set up and I will be putting bbs rs' on her once my funds allow me to.
Heres whats done so far
Battery
Fan clutch
Complete cooling system flush including block
Oil change with filter and reset service lights
All rubber exhaust mounts
Valve cover gasket
Air filter
Various relays
Dash cover
Bosch WR9LS plugs
Bosch Rotor
Various bulbs in instrument cluster and dash
Bosch speed & reference sensors
Style 29 rims from an e39 with snow tires
Metal hub rings
OEM roundels
Cleaned ICV
Fuel filter
Brake fluid reservoir cap
Brake servo unit and braking switch by PO
ECU by PO
Full front and rear brakes in 2007 or so
Rear pads for Emergency brake

anyways here are the pics!
these are by the po so a proper shoot is coming soon


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minimal rust!



Any input is appreciated!
follow me on instagram for updates and more photos @peterkaczynski
Thanks for looking
-activ

[G-Man the Visionary]

sweeeet! good find, I too would like one soon...

[Nsquared97]

I wanna hear more about said '87 E39.... ;)

Sweet pick up man, that thing is clean! 5spd swap??

[Peterkaczynski]

Ha I meant to write e30 -___- but thanks guys and yes if I can find one I'd love to do a swap

[TheTacoMan]

Looks super clean, just needs a 5 speed swap!

[CW325]

That looks clean! Sweet find

[N2MYE30]

Now that is a nice gentleman's car! :up:

[totheredline]

Sweeet find!

[BMWManiac]

Beautiful!

[Ether-D]

That's a great second car. Auto, big, smooth, and clean. My 87 535is could get 33mpg on the interstate if I kept it at 70mph. Awesome road trip car. That cooler…

[Nats88M3]

That looks bad ass!!

[James]

That's stunning, very nice.

[blownm20]

I saw this on Craigslist for about a month. I was wondering what was wrong with it, it looks great and definitely a good deal. Glad to hear it just needed a valve adjustment :D

[Peterkaczynski]

Ha thanks man yea it didn't seem legit, the guy had unit up before and someone gave him a deposit then backed out around thanksgiving time

[Tismael711]

I saw this on CL too and thought about trying to get it. Great price, but I have too many projects. I wish it was mine!


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