The Best ///M/Barge/General Rant/Look at This/O/T [Vol XI]

[Output Flange]

V8mate said:

Ouch!

That kind of weight, spinning through the air, can't have been a good experience for anyone involved

The Arnage would make a great base for a pickup conversion...

[hornetrider]

Gents.

Have you discussed the 20k 355 yet?

http://classifieds.pistonheads.com/classifieds/use...

Looks insane value on the face of it.

[Output Flange]

We haven't, but I'll take it.

[S3_Graham]

olly22n said:

S3_Graham said:

+ Olly, i guess you will have some E36 bits for sale? Are the wheels/tyres any good?

Could do with some bits to tidy up mine

http://forum.bmw5.co.uk/topic/73164-1998-e36-328-manual-coupe/

Can't view that link chap,

Ferry do you have the front/rear bumpers? My current 16's already scrape the arches otherwise I'd be in there like swimwear. If they were cheap enough mind......

[V8mate]

hornetrider said:

Gents.

Have you discussed the 20k 355 yet?

http://classifieds.pistonheads.com/classifieds/use...

Looks insane value on the face of it.

Is the vendor a Mrs C. Actussed?

[Output Flange]

Honk.

[V8mate]

Gaz. said:

V8mate said:

Has been standing for 25 years. No reserve. In terms of what could possibly go wrong... the carburettor is probably the most complicated part of the entire car?!

How much of the original car would be left once you've finished?

Dry stored, who's to say that it's particularly rotten? Several pics on the auction site; I appreciate they're not close-ups, but the car looks remarkably whole.

It's a 1969 V8; the optimum year. The rest is just 'stuff'.

[Output Flange]

I admire your optimism, but realistically it's going to be like a sieve.

[_Batty_]

Output Flange said:

Honk.

...aaaaand i'm spent.
Lovely.

[S3_Graham]

Output Flange said:

Honk.

Tis lovely! I prefer the 575 wheels.

[ferrisbueller]

S3_Graham said:

Can't view that link chap,

Ferry do you have the front/rear bumpers? My current 16's already scrape the arches otherwise I'd be in there like swimwear. If they were cheap enough mind......

G is your man for that.

[S3_Graham]

ferrisbueller said:

S3_Graham said:

Can't view that link chap,

Ferry do you have the front/rear bumpers? My current 16's already scrape the arches otherwise I'd be in there like swimwear. If they were cheap enough mind......

G is your man for that.

Was only interested as yours were Montreal and m-tech, can't be arsed will all the spraying lark.

How much are you after for the wheels/tyres?

[hadenough!]

hadenough! said:

Didn't realise these were appreciating so quickly:

May:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-5-Series-ALPINA-B10-...

Today:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-5-Series-ALPINA-B10-...

Discussions ongoing but apparently this is a future classic and the market for classics is going mental so they'll just keep it till is sells for the price they want...

Good news, its done under 10k miles since 2005 and up to that point the historys great.

Bad news, theres no proof it's been serviced since 2005 until the dealer did it earlier this year.

Ah well, guess that's discussion over. They were going to get back to me with a rough cost for me to swap mine. Heard nothing.

Sure there's someone else out there who wants a 3.2 that's lived by the sea, with a 7 year gap in service history in resale silver with cloth and wood and aftermarket ice...

Never mind if it doesn't sell, its bound to continue going up at a rate of £500 a month and the sitting around in a showroom will do it wonders.

Anyone spots a nice 3.3 touring please let me know.

Cheers,

Phill

[braddo]

V8mate said:

Has been standing for 25 years. No reserve. In terms of what could possibly go wrong... the carburettor is probably the most complicated part of the entire car?!

That wheelarch looks like the very definition of rot.

And I wonder what the patchiness along side here is? Rusting from the inside perhaps?

[E30M3SE]

Body on a steel frame, so any rot on the outer body is all 'superficial', unless of course the body mounting point are rotten through.

[ferrisbueller]

S3_Graham said:

Was only interested as yours were Montreal and m-tech, can't be arsed will all the spraying lark.

How much are you after for the wheels/tyres?

PM me an offer.

[braddo]

E30M3SE said:

Body on a steel frame, so any rot on the outer body is all 'superficial', unless of course the body mounting point are rotten through.

Superficial doesn't mean cheap though!

Check out the holes in this 'solid' car - chap doing the 'Nighthawk' Camaro in the Readers' Cars section.

[detomaso]

Oh gawd...

[theironduke]

Is it just me or does a Jag X300 (or 308) in Sport trim and finished in black with cream cow interior just look so "right". I'm on the hunt and have looked at lots of colours but keep coming back to this combination...

[E30M3SE]

braddo said:

Superficial doesn't mean cheap though!

Bodywork, never is cheap unless of course you can DIY, ime.