RE: SOTW: BMW 325i Touring

[5678]

Last time you put a 325i Touring as SOTW... I went and bought one the next day!

It was stolen (and never recovered!) last year though F56 RRD, I miss you.

http://www.pistonheads.com/members/showcar.asp?car...



Proper hooligan, awesome engine too.

[Munich]

What is the circular dial by the handbrake for?

[em177]

mik_jg said:

em177 said:

Im sorry but what has that got to do with anything!? :P

If the most you can afford is £1k for a motor, buy something sensible. If you want a cheap bit of tacky bling for not much money (and there's nothing I love more) then drop 2 grand into an S500 rather than £750 for this

Fair enough theres logic there somewhere I fancied this for a cheap track toy

http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=FS...

[si_xsi]

Great shed, i'd want a bit more info on the gearbox conversion though.

Lovely cars, my brother bought one 8 years ago, E-reg in red, 325i touring with 105k on the clock for £950! Didn't loose any money on it when he sold it 1 year later. He even wafted down to the south of France and back trouble free.

The manifolds are a common problem though so good to know this has been sorted.

[carinaman]

tobinen said:

Chain driven engine, Shirley?

Not sure what to make of it really. Shed is an appropriate desciption!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_M20

[405dogvan]

To any naysayers, I think it's worth remembering that it's a minor miracle this thing is more advanced than a pile of rust dust...

BMWs 10 years younger than this are seriously rusty - this actually looks pretty tidy for it's age (which, at 22-23 years old - is twice the age many cars get to before they're scrapped).

[stevesuk]

tobinen said:

Chain driven engine, Shirley?

Nope, I think back then BMW were using belts, not chains.

[rallycross]

tobinen said:

Chain driven engine, Shirley?

Not sure what to make of it really. Shed is an appropriate desciption!

wrong.
old 325's have a cambelt.

[aka_kerrly]

For the money it all sounds pretty good to me. No one would be expecting an immaculate example for £750 but anything without terminal rot is well worth a punt.

Kawasicki said:

semi trailing rear suspension....death on a stick

Clearly you have no idea what you are on about or are being sarcastic.

Oh and the M20 325i is a BELT engine, it's the later M50 were chain driven.

[Chris71]

Fantastic shed. I wish I'd purchased one of those before they all became prohibitively expensive and/or rusty.

[thewheelman]

It doesn't have the Top Gear concrete slab handling pack...... Not interested.........

[GreatCornholio]

louiebaby said:

Someone on here has to buy that, surely?

It looks like it needs a new boot, and clearly a retro stereo is in order, but other than that, it looks pretty tidy...

My '87 B2 Passat GL5 has a retro stereo, it neither looks or sounds great!

[Johnboy Mac]

Hard not to like E30 Tourings, especially a 2.5. For £750 it has to be worth a punt, actually I'd buy it as a rolling project with the intention of keeping it, after a few years one could have a very, very nice
car with all the choice modifications carried out too.

[E38Ross]

stevesuk said:

tobinen said:

Chain driven engine, Shirley?

Nope, I think back then BMW were using belts, not chains.

this M20 is belt driven but to say it's before BMW were using chains is wrong. the M10 4 pot used a chain from 1961 IIRC.

[Cotic]

SprintSpeciale said:

For £750 you could probably get an hour (possibly two, if you haggle) with one of Max Moseley's special friends. You get to choose the time and place of the event, your instrument of choice, and the scars will heal in a week or so.

Clearly, some people reach the stage where that type of masochism is too safe and predictable - they need their pain to arrive unexpectedly, in an unforeseen manner, and to leave a lasting legacy of hurt. But they don't want to spend more than a grand.

For them, there's Shed.

Well done Sir! I'd like to see this post repeated every Shed Friday, on page 1.

[E30M3SE]

shed.

..and just so everyone knows, computers and the internet exist in the afterlife.

[stewy68]

Always fancied an E30 325 Touring as a project, but can never decide if an E28 would suit better. For what it is though, strong money IMO.

[m4rky77]

There was a lovely touring just going sideways past my lounge window............................... luckily I have a good view on trackdays

[Mr_Sukebe]

I owned a H reg 325i touring a few years ago.
Have to say that generally it was lovely. 300kg lighter than my E91, adequately fast, despite it's age still had the important toys (leccy windows, sunroof etc), enough room for a family and practical being a touring.

The only problem mine has is that I'm guessing previous owner had knocked a 1 off the front of the mileage. Whilst the bodywork was mint (for it's age), the mechanicals were a disaster and it cost a fortune in servicing to keep it running.
So yeah, great car, just as long as you don't buy a dog.

[Bash Brannigan]

louiebaby said:

Someone on here has to buy that, surely?

It looks like it needs a new boot, and clearly a retro stereo is in order, but other than that, it looks pretty tidy...

At this price it'd be worth grabbing it for spares if you had a 325 rally car, for example...