E3 for sale

[Mobster]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-E3-3-0-SI ... 23276f5df8

[rob0r]

Wow, that's in the next town over, watch listed...

[arshad76]

Are you after one too Rob?

[rob0r]

I'd love to have one, but affording and justifying one would be hard! It's just that this one is REALLY close, still I doubt I'd have the balls to bid on it!

[arshad76]

Ha ha, well at the moment it's cheaper than a high end mountain bike.

[e21-Mark]

There's a red 2500 coming to auction at Brightwells on March 6th. 76k miles & 1972 car. I was going to bid but am modifying my 02 instead.

http://www.brightwells.com/ClassicCarsM ... logue.aspx

[arshad76]

I feel like I've made another family member! I'll let Rob explain though

[Mobster]

I assume rob has bought this

[rob0r]

Yes it's mine , more details soon. Thanks for the link BTW

[Jeroen]

Congrats! Waiting for the details!

[nas80]

Awesome glad you got it. You picked it up yet?

[rob0r]

Friday, which is when I'll hopefully getting the engine out pronto.

[nas80]

So what happened Rob? Is it feasible to fix up?

[arshad76]

Rob sent me and others probably a nice write up. I say he starts a thread here if its ok with Jeroen. Definitely a project to watch

[rob0r]

Yes Nas, extremely fixable. It terms of how good the shell is it beats my 323i M50 hands down.

Fair enough Arshad. I'm a little bit hesitant to put this up everywhere from fear of lynching , it won't be the normal E3 resto...

So I picked it up on Friday and got stuck in for a few hours in the afternoon

 

 

 
Supplied with no interior, pre-stripped I do have door cards and a rear seat for the dog

 
The car for what and how old it is, is in fantastic condition IMO. So far the welding list consists of a patch at the end of both outer sills, patching by the floorpan "jacking" points, a few tiny stitches around the rear wheel wells and the spare wheel well. Some pics of the rust
Drivers side

 

 
Passenger side

 

 
The engine bay is in bits and I thought the 3.0 engine was missing it's rare injection system....

 
But on further inspection, someone has been here before me!! It's the remnants of an E12 3.5 engine!

 

 
There were tell-tale signs, the block is painted red, gearbox bellhousing bolts were mainly loose etc. The engine is in a right state, loads of debris in side the ports of the head, and likely in the combustion chambers too. So it's still coming out as the E28 M535i engine I've got is a known good unit.
 
The engine is nearly out, I'm currently stuck on a few bolts I need an extra pair of hands for.