E36 Dakar m3 touring build

[Northern isf]

Bought the car as a shoddily swapped 328i but i had this swap planned before i bought didnt matter about the condition.
I know dakar isnt everyones cup of vodka but i love it and its the only factory wagon in the uk in this colour so that was also a factor.
Been on going for a while now jyst about everything is going to be either new or refurbished.

[pidsy]

This will be fun.

In.

[Northern isf]

As it stands at the moment ill be giving it a full respray as theres too many blemishes to repair plus i own a bodyshop so be rude not to!

[Mr Tidy]

Northern isf said:

As it stands at the moment ill be giving it a full respray as theres too many blemishes to repair plus i own a bodyshop so be rude not to!

Lovely - that is going to be a fantastic car.

I'm looking foward to seeing it finished!

[beambeam1]

Wow, a Dakar touring! For some it might be marmite but I love Dakar, hardly ever see it so think that sort of amplifies the wow factor. There's a Dakar yellow E36 compact someone has owner near my hometown for easy 20 years and it still looks cracking... always hoped to catch them and see if they'll sell it.

[Macron]

Outstanding!

Can't wait to see more!

[helix402]

Looks great.

[Bill]

I can't be the only one disappointed not to see 20" of suspension travel??


(I had a Dakar yellow Caterham. )

[MDMA .]

Yeah. I'd have that no problem

[Disco You]

Northern isf said:

I know dakar isnt everyones cup of vodka

What? Who could fail to love a Dakar M3?!

[CRA1G]

Disco You said:

Northern isf said:

I know dakar isnt everyones cup of vodka

What? Who could fail to love a Dakar M3?!

Absolutely.... I havn't posted my little collection for a while....

[Northern isf]

beambeam1 said:

Wow, a Dakar touring! For some it might be marmite but I love Dakar, hardly ever see it so think that sort of amplifies the wow factor. There's a Dakar yellow E36 compact someone has owner near my hometown for easy 20 years and it still looks cracking... always hoped to catch them and see if they'll sell it.

I did see for sale on ebay with the m3 swap for around 6k last year i think.

[Northern isf]

Thanks for the kind words everyone absolutely loving the trio of dakars, your a very lucky guy, ive never even seen a picture of a dakar 8 series before very special indeed.

[Court_S]

That’s very very cool.

Anyone who doesn’t like Dakar Yellow is just wrong. Very wrong.

[scottos]

Now Wayne, Scott off the Lexus forum. Just watched the vids during early lunch, very cool.

A friend has just finished up sticking an s54 into an individual compact funnily enough, cant wait for a go. I like the idea of the s50 in yours, almost as if it would have been what bmw would (or should!) have done at the time.

[peetee7]

Amazing work OP. Subscribed

[helix402]

I’m not sure PU bushes in the rear hub (where the M3 has ball joints) will work as well as the factory M3 items. (Not looking to find fault-just based on experience on fitting the M3 joints to all my E46s). The E36 has the same design.

[anonymous-user]

Love it! In for updates and hopefully lots more detail. The first E36 M3 I saw back however many years ago was a Dakar coupe, it’s always 50x better to see interesting BMWs as a touring- whether Ashenhalen’s B10 Biturbo touring conversion, one of the factory interesting tourings on here or this one.

[Gilhooligan]

Very cool. I’d love a Dakar yellow or santorini blue e36 m3. Best colours imo.
I got taken for a spin in an AC schnitzer Dakar yellow m3 many years ago. It turned a few heads. Although that was partly due to the way it was being driven

[SturdyHSV]

Northern isf said:

As it stands at the moment ill be giving it a full respray as theres too many blemishes to repair plus i own a bodyshop so be rude not to!

That looks so good