6/83 grey market 323i.. mtech I S50 5-lug

[mkcman17]

The unibody and doors are super clean, no rust spotted yet either. Both fenders need to be replaced and the hood is borderline. Their daughter traded a year of babysitting for the car in 2007. Runs beautifully and came with a binder of records. Definitely exceeded expectations!

[kronus]

cencal people are super nice in my experience. how's the paint on it? hopefully it's better than mine..

[mkcman17]

North of SLO? Yep. Some of the nicest people I've ever met - they even offered us fresh chicken eggs to take home. They sold it because the check light came on and they thought they wouldn't be able to smog it. I plan to do the usual maintenance, clean it up and maybe have my dad tool it around for a while.

Props on this thread, I'll be following to see where it ends up!

[2mAn]

I think people did it because it was "easier" before the OBD2 stuff got cracked. I went OBD1 because I am going to try and make my swap legal, and I feel OBD1 will be easier. we'll see. its almost time to deal with that headache

[kronus]

oh man, this was the one that had a bit of nose damage? nice pickup. what are your plans for it?

no progress on mine, I just got back from a much-needed vacation and haven't seen it in 2 weeks. The rest of the welding gets done on thursday, I should be pulling the motor out over the weekend.

why do people OBDI swap?

[mkcman17]

[mkcman17]

the 323i was the flagship e30 of the time, so a lot of them were pretty highly optioned. (hence doglegs and special unicorn LSDs)

I am unfortunately cursed with a sunroof, but I won't complain about the AC. We're having a bit of a summer here.

I just picked up a 323 almost identical to yours, white/blue sport. Wasn't dogleg but does have a 3.46 lsd

[Farbin Kaiber]

bump because bump.

[e30m3s54turbo]

thanks! it's coming along slowly.. I wish I could run 3 projects at a time like you are :P[/quote]

I'm actually doing four e30's.



Some day I hope to meet you and your projects.

[kronus]

we do have a bunch of old BMWs everywhere, it's true!

I wish I could do work like your doing on the 323i. The rust repair is coming out great.

thanks! it's coming along slowly.. I wish I could run 3 projects at a time like you are :P

[ThatOneEuroE30]

I know of a dog leg m20 tranny out of a 1984 323i Baur. It has 60,000 miles on it. It was pulled out 17 years ago. Just sitting in my buddy garage.

I wish I could do work like your doing on the 323i. The rust repair is coming out great.

I really really need to move to cali it seems like everything I want is in cali.

[e30m3s54turbo]

I know of a dog leg m20 tranny out of a 1984 323i Baur. It has 60,000 miles on it. It was pulled out 17 years ago. Just sitting in my buddy garage.

I wish I could do work like your doing on the 323i. The rust repair is coming out great.

[ThatOneEuroE30]

6/83 grey market 323i

you're about 40% there

Lol yea after a quick google search. I don't think a dogleg is in my future unless I stumble on one. My best bet will be I find grey market car with one and just buy it for the tranny and part the rest.

[kronus]

you're about 40% there

[ThatOneEuroE30]

6/83 grey market 323i

Do you knowhow much a good one sells for ?



If you do, shoot me a PM. I might be able to help you.

No clue but I'm gonna assume it's a pretty penny probably way more then I paid for my motor. If say 500-600 range am I close??