Ever since i sold my 89 325i coupe in December i felt like something was missing, and have been searching for another e30 for the past few months. Last wednesday i found this 1991 325i sedan. Ive always loved red e30 sedans so i jumped on it. Previous owner parked it in his driveway in 2007 when the timing belt broke. I was honestly surprised this happened to him because he had it dealer serviced for every little thing. Aside from the Cylinder head work that will be needed, it has some side damage on the passenger side from his son driving drunk and rubbing the car on those concrete construction barriers, but nothing that cant be fixed and its only body panel damage.
Im the 3rd owner of the car, and the guy i bought it from gave me a folder full of receipts going all the way back to the day it was bought. He bought it from a coworker back in 1998ish, who was the original owner.
I bought the car for $500, which i feel was a pretty good deal for a few reasons: the car has always been dealer serviced, or taken to 1 other reputable shop if not taken to the dealer. Crack free dash despite sitting for almost 6 years! The car odometer shows 126,xxx and odometer stopped just a few thousand miles before the timing belt went from what the history report shows. The suspension was completely redone before it was parked, a new windshield was install, and the exhaust system was redone. It also has original premium sound system(im a sucker for oem equipment). The biggest thing i like about the car was that it hasn't been tampered with(my previous e30 was owned by a "diy pro" and was a mess to say the least when i got it) and as such has all the original equipment and trim all the way down to the little locking screws for the battery cover.
Issues to tackle:
My plans for the car is just make it a nice enjoyable e30, and engine swap it most likely. Im also considering doing rallycross in it, but rallycross is somewhat hard to come by in South Texas. Now that i have another car as my DD as apposed to DD'ing an e30 i can rip into the car and really fix things on my own time table.
The interior looks like someone had a seizure while holding a cup of coffee, so tomorrow im cleaning this shit out of the interior. I think after that is done the interior will look pretty decent.
and now for pictures
Im the 3rd owner of the car, and the guy i bought it from gave me a folder full of receipts going all the way back to the day it was bought. He bought it from a coworker back in 1998ish, who was the original owner.
I bought the car for $500, which i feel was a pretty good deal for a few reasons: the car has always been dealer serviced, or taken to 1 other reputable shop if not taken to the dealer. Crack free dash despite sitting for almost 6 years! The car odometer shows 126,xxx and odometer stopped just a few thousand miles before the timing belt went from what the history report shows. The suspension was completely redone before it was parked, a new windshield was install, and the exhaust system was redone. It also has original premium sound system(im a sucker for oem equipment). The biggest thing i like about the car was that it hasn't been tampered with(my previous e30 was owned by a "diy pro" and was a mess to say the least when i got it) and as such has all the original equipment and trim all the way down to the little locking screws for the battery cover.
Issues to tackle:
- Side damage obviously
- Minor Rust on both corners of back bumper
- Gotta decide whether to engine swap it(probably what im going to do) or repair head
- Paint
My plans for the car is just make it a nice enjoyable e30, and engine swap it most likely. Im also considering doing rallycross in it, but rallycross is somewhat hard to come by in South Texas. Now that i have another car as my DD as apposed to DD'ing an e30 i can rip into the car and really fix things on my own time table.
The interior looks like someone had a seizure while holding a cup of coffee, so tomorrow im cleaning this shit out of the interior. I think after that is done the interior will look pretty decent.
and now for pictures
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