A local guy Josh was selling an 89 325i Cirrusblau Metallic rolling shell for a good price and I stopped over to this place to take a look at it. He had purchased it for a song and wanted the tow package off of it mainly. But he also wanted the sunroof (red), steering wheel and a couple of other nominal items. I had originally intended on picking it up for parts on my now defunct project Alta Vista (85 318i m30 project).
When I got there I was reasonably impressed with the completeness. But after looking at the front end which was missing the fenders, hood, radiator, lights, the whole nine...I decided to go with my original plan mentioned above. Mainly because I could tell the front left (right as looking at it) took a pretty serious hit to the super structure of the left fender.
![](http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s109/TnPaulMan/89%20Cirrusblau%20Project/IMG_20140407_172745_zps78f60d13.jpg)
![](http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s109/TnPaulMan/89%20Cirrusblau%20Project/IMG_20140407_1727452_zps5a3903cd.jpg)
![](http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s109/TnPaulMan/89%20Cirrusblau%20Project/IMG_20140407_172745left_zpsad747cb1.jpg)
![](http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s109/TnPaulMan/89%20Cirrusblau%20Project/IMG_20140407_172745right_zpsaa527a59.jpg)
No matter, we agreed on a price and a week later I hauled it away. I would decided my endgame through a pro/con list and conversations with a couple confidants.
After talking with Raul (e30m3s54turbo), he gave me the final push to change my mind and restore this 89 325i. It is nowhere near as complete as my 85, but in the end, lates are valued more than earlies. Plus, I dig the color. I think after a respray it will be glorious.
Here goes round 2 of e30 madness.
When I got there I was reasonably impressed with the completeness. But after looking at the front end which was missing the fenders, hood, radiator, lights, the whole nine...I decided to go with my original plan mentioned above. Mainly because I could tell the front left (right as looking at it) took a pretty serious hit to the super structure of the left fender.
![](http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s109/TnPaulMan/89%20Cirrusblau%20Project/IMG_20140407_172745_zps78f60d13.jpg)
![](http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s109/TnPaulMan/89%20Cirrusblau%20Project/IMG_20140407_1727452_zps5a3903cd.jpg)
![](http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s109/TnPaulMan/89%20Cirrusblau%20Project/IMG_20140407_172745left_zpsad747cb1.jpg)
![](http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s109/TnPaulMan/89%20Cirrusblau%20Project/IMG_20140407_172745right_zpsaa527a59.jpg)
No matter, we agreed on a price and a week later I hauled it away. I would decided my endgame through a pro/con list and conversations with a couple confidants.
After talking with Raul (e30m3s54turbo), he gave me the final push to change my mind and restore this 89 325i. It is nowhere near as complete as my 85, but in the end, lates are valued more than earlies. Plus, I dig the color. I think after a respray it will be glorious.
Here goes round 2 of e30 madness.
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