You'll understand why we call it Valentine-just bear with me.
E30s have been in the family longer than I have, starting with this beauty, a 1985 I believe.
Fresh out of college, my Dad bought this 318i in hennarot - complete with a 4 speed, bottlecaps, drum brakes, and dat ride height. This one cycled through the family pretty quickly, however. On a fateful day at the beach, it was parked too close to the spray. The tide came in, and the rest is history. He replaced the interior, made sure it was running, and sold it.
Between this and the current car was a Buick Skylark. We don't talk about that.
Moving on, to Valentine, bought on February 14, 1987. A 325is in Zinno. I don't have any vintage pictures of it, but I do of it in recent years. It's been daily'd every year of it's life, and is at about 270,000 miles at this point (give or take a few, it's on the second instrument cluster).
If you're looking for a cool build, stop now...this will be mostly pictures because high school kid.
Tan interior, though it came with black floor mats originally. Since I've gotten around to driving it, we've taken it to a couple car shows.
2012 E30 Picnic
A couple pics shortly thereafter...
Quite a bit of work was done between the 2012 and 2013 picnics, namely a new clutch and shifter pieces. Last clutch lasted about 200K miles, but by the time it was getting replaced, I believe it was the shifter selecting rod that was starting to shear off. Had West Werks on the job, they got it running again in a weekend.
Tackled the rear bumper surrounds and replaced a leaky bumper shock (from an accident before I was around) before the 2013 picnic.
2013 Picnic
It's a daily, deal with it.
What I drive, compared to what my friend drives...his mirrors are higher than the roof line.
The front bumper strips really needed work...
The new-ish boss...not really the same as the old boss.
2014 Bimmers and Burgers at the XXX Root Beer Stand
And the most recent photos, the 2014 E30 Picnic. There was a smudge on the lens, so an unintentional soft focus was achieved...still a great event, caravan-ed out with the guys from West Werks. Keeping up on the on-ramps was a challenge...
And I finally fixed those ghastly bumper strips! Had to tear the whole front end off to take them off and paint them, but I got it done just in time, the night before the big show.
So there you have it. Nothing really planned for the future because that'd require $$. Just wanted to do a little chronology of a car that's been in the family for a long while. For now, I'm just driving it to my last year of high school ;D
E30s have been in the family longer than I have, starting with this beauty, a 1985 I believe.
Fresh out of college, my Dad bought this 318i in hennarot - complete with a 4 speed, bottlecaps, drum brakes, and dat ride height. This one cycled through the family pretty quickly, however. On a fateful day at the beach, it was parked too close to the spray. The tide came in, and the rest is history. He replaced the interior, made sure it was running, and sold it.
Between this and the current car was a Buick Skylark. We don't talk about that.
Moving on, to Valentine, bought on February 14, 1987. A 325is in Zinno. I don't have any vintage pictures of it, but I do of it in recent years. It's been daily'd every year of it's life, and is at about 270,000 miles at this point (give or take a few, it's on the second instrument cluster).
If you're looking for a cool build, stop now...this will be mostly pictures because high school kid.
Tan interior, though it came with black floor mats originally. Since I've gotten around to driving it, we've taken it to a couple car shows.
2012 E30 Picnic
A couple pics shortly thereafter...
Quite a bit of work was done between the 2012 and 2013 picnics, namely a new clutch and shifter pieces. Last clutch lasted about 200K miles, but by the time it was getting replaced, I believe it was the shifter selecting rod that was starting to shear off. Had West Werks on the job, they got it running again in a weekend.
Tackled the rear bumper surrounds and replaced a leaky bumper shock (from an accident before I was around) before the 2013 picnic.
2013 Picnic
It's a daily, deal with it.
What I drive, compared to what my friend drives...his mirrors are higher than the roof line.
The front bumper strips really needed work...
The new-ish boss...not really the same as the old boss.
2014 Bimmers and Burgers at the XXX Root Beer Stand
And the most recent photos, the 2014 E30 Picnic. There was a smudge on the lens, so an unintentional soft focus was achieved...still a great event, caravan-ed out with the guys from West Werks. Keeping up on the on-ramps was a challenge...
And I finally fixed those ghastly bumper strips! Had to tear the whole front end off to take them off and paint them, but I got it done just in time, the night before the big show.
So there you have it. Nothing really planned for the future because that'd require $$. Just wanted to do a little chronology of a car that's been in the family for a long while. For now, I'm just driving it to my last year of high school ;D
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