I've actually had it for a little while, but haven't really started working on it until now. This thread is not likely to contain any high-quality pictures until I invest in a camera that can take them, and learn how to use it.
It's an automatic, bone-stock 6/83 323i with less than 70K miles. It first lived in Germany and then immigrated to Lebanon in the mid '80s, transferring to the States sometime after that via Hardy&Beck, who did the federalization work. I am probably the third owner, but bought it from the original owner's son. supposedly. theoretically. I hope.
first pics from when I found it:
and when I brought it home:
and what the previous owner dropped off a few days later:
He claims that he will eventually return with a set of Alpinas.
Current problems:
- stood for a decade; everything rubber is shot
- kinda bad-looking rust under the right corner of the windshield
- paint's not great, touched up with an off-color spray can in places
- alternator doesn't charge
- automatic
- pisses every fluid ever (I'll be amazed if I ever make one of these that doesn't start off with "pisses every fluid ever" in it somewhere. It's a curse.)
short-term plans:
- timing belt/water pump/thermostat/reinsert various engine juices
- control arms, CABs
- dogleg, lightweight flywheel, Most Important Pedal
- GC coils, shortened housings
- iX/camaro Bilstein sports
- IE camber plates
- Bav Auto sway bars (I think? they're red..)
- euro smileys/grills
- some other neat euro bits I've been sitting on :)
long-term plans:
- fresh AWI
- M-technik I bodystuff
- M106 from a 745i, Megasquirt management
Stay tuned! Work begins after this weekend's Lemons race, during which I definitely won't burn out and not want to touch cars for a few months.
It's an automatic, bone-stock 6/83 323i with less than 70K miles. It first lived in Germany and then immigrated to Lebanon in the mid '80s, transferring to the States sometime after that via Hardy&Beck, who did the federalization work. I am probably the third owner, but bought it from the original owner's son. supposedly. theoretically. I hope.
first pics from when I found it:
and when I brought it home:
and what the previous owner dropped off a few days later:
He claims that he will eventually return with a set of Alpinas.
Current problems:
- stood for a decade; everything rubber is shot
- kinda bad-looking rust under the right corner of the windshield
- paint's not great, touched up with an off-color spray can in places
- alternator doesn't charge
- automatic
- pisses every fluid ever (I'll be amazed if I ever make one of these that doesn't start off with "pisses every fluid ever" in it somewhere. It's a curse.)
short-term plans:
- timing belt/water pump/thermostat/reinsert various engine juices
- control arms, CABs
- dogleg, lightweight flywheel, Most Important Pedal
- GC coils, shortened housings
- iX/camaro Bilstein sports
- IE camber plates
- Bav Auto sway bars (I think? they're red..)
- euro smileys/grills
- some other neat euro bits I've been sitting on :)
long-term plans:
- fresh AWI
- M-technik I bodystuff
- M106 from a 745i, Megasquirt management
Stay tuned! Work begins after this weekend's Lemons race, during which I definitely won't burn out and not want to touch cars for a few months.
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