1984 euro 323i-new project

[e30josh]

i picked up a pretty clean body euro 323i. it was imported from germany in 1985 by some company out of San Fran and now 23 years later i have it :) roughly 160k on the clock, original paint with a lot of pealing clear coat, 30k on shocks and brakes, junk yard m20b25 with all new gaskets, water pump, oil pump, 2k on clutch, and thats about everything i can think of. Problem is... the head is warped. So i plan on swappin on a used good condition one i have laying around and gettin on with the project.

Future mods for the spring time (everything i already have)

-swapping over all motronic 1.3 components
-trunk mounted battery
-infinity rear speakers and pioneer fronts
-12" sub with 500w amp
-lowering springs
- tsw evo wheels

I'm in the process of a 2.7i build so im sure that'll find a nice home in the 323









hate it or love it but it'll be a CLEAN dd until i sell it that is :)

[Court M3]

nice start.

[hendrixvodu]

looking for rear bumper trim? ive got some

[e30josh]

here are some more recent pictures of the project...











i did the rear battery conversion and wired up a 12" sub. put the stock air box back in but installed some headlight rear covers plus a bunch of grill clips. I started cleaning up the interior a little bit but its pretty clean for a cheap project beater.

let me know of some things i can do to tidy it up and make it clean


josh

[Apex381]

nice beater! Whats the slot in the ebrake console for? Never seen that before.

[e30josh]

me either? i was tryin to figure that out yesterday...anyone know?

[4ce30]

Fuck ya Bro.. that thing is dope.. pumped for ya...

[kway]

Nice, never seen the non-locking glovebox before.... Not bad for a cheap "beater" project, not bad at all. Any chance those are cloth sport seats under those covers?

[e30josh]

yeah they look like them but ive never seen any sport cloths? Ill go take some pictures and post em up. i wanna swap my black interior from my turbo into there or get some nice recaro cloths or somethin.

[dvmotorsports]

i found a similar car in reno, nv about 4 months ago. guy only wanted $900. and as I live in Commifornia, they wanted $2,500 for the inspection process whether it passed or not. i wasn't going to roll the dice on a car that i might buy and not be able to drive. stupid thing was, the car was a 323i, but it had been built to US spec. and they still were breaking balls. wtf!

[rThor432]

I had the chance to pick up a 323i. And I didnt. Damn I regret it..

Congrats on picking that one up, looks like it will make a hell of a clean daily driver!

[kellie]

Where the heck do you people find these cars? Not fair. :(

[dvmotorsports]

Where the heck do you people find these cars? Not fair. :(

craigslist

[Apex381]

Does this have the manual steering? If so how do you like it?

[e30love]

neat car