1988 325is Alpineweiss II

[wworm]

looks pretty damn good! I'm not particularly a fan of anything red on cars (other than monochrome red interiors on 70s american cars) but this looks great! Are your plans just to restore?

[oprahhwinfreyy]

Cardinal and alpine. perfect combination.

[325isman]

Great find and with that mileage....perfect

[schmidty]

Looks like a clean example, looking forward to what the future has in store for that car.I thought all IS cars came with basketweaves, but I guess it was an option?

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[mbonanni]

Thanks. I did a quick search and it does seem Cardinal was the only red interior offered in 1988. If anyone has a lead on the following let me know.

- Cardinal upper rear bench leather or full upper rear bench w/ ski pass
- Cardinal bottom center leather
- Cardinal upper bolster one left one right

[rturbo 930]

If I remember right, in '88 cardinal was the only red interior available. Looks like my interior, too, so I'm betting it's cardinal.

[mbonanni]

1988 325is Alpineweiss II w/ 94,476 miles

Picked this beauty up on my birthday last weekend, it runs and drives however appears to have been sitting for a bit and most likely hasn't been registered for years. The history is a bit weird and holds a clean out of state title, but hopefully that shouldn't be an issue. I don't want to cut any corners with this one, but am going to try to keep the prices down as much as possible so there will be a lot of DIY repairs/fixes for this one I believe.

Pics from the day I picked it up, towed it home with this "auto transport" from Uhaul. Damn thing was a lot heavier than I thought it was going to be and it hung pretty low. All in all made it back safely with no issues.





I did not want to drive it much, let alone start it because I have no idea when the timing belt was last done but got it to my carport where I will be doing all my wrenching. It's been raining a lot lately so I decided to remove the front/rear seats, steering wheel, and cluster in efforts to bring them indoors and replace some odds/ends. The seats are in pretty good condition there are just a few rips and cracks. They really need a leather restoration so I will be doing that once I find I kit I like, can anyone tell me if this is Cardinal or Taurusrot?













That's all the pictures for now, more to update in the next couple of days.