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Hello from France !

I'm here to show you my newly acquired 315 e21 ! It has been sitting on a backyard for almoste 7 years, Fortunately it has only few rust spot, and all of them will be fixed very soon ! ( Zero rust under the car, floors etc. )

It is from 1983, totally stock, 150 000km, second Hand ! I started the engine without difficulties, of course, I made the classic service before, including oil change, and all the filters replacement, spark and spark plugs ! The engine runs great, have a cool sound for a small engine ( I'm used to the M20b25 engine of my e30s ), Some carbs tuning to do, and maybe a complete set of gasket !

Negative points :

Some rust spots on the exteriors ( below tail light, the rear window driver side, and around wheel arches )
Front spoiler in bad condition
The rear valance is bent because the tires exploded while we were driving the car back home, and the anti-thief bolt was totally ruined, so I unfortunately couldn't took of the wheel and had to drive few kilometers like that, If I would have left the car, It would have been robbed or destroyed for sure !
Driver seat in bad condition
Cracked dashboard

Positive point :

-I do have equipment I acquired during the restoration of my E30, including air compressor, orbital sander, a collection of spray gun, sandblaster, Mig welder, Arc welder etc..
Which means that every negative point will soon be repaired !
-The engine is great and clean !
- Body of the car is in great condition !
- The color is absolutely Beautiful !
- Almost Ready to take the road !


Project :
- Front BBS spoiler ( got a deal for 70£ including shipping )
- 4x BBS Mahle 6x14 ( I will get them soon )
- Homemade coilover ( Golf mk2 on the rear, Home made on the front ? )
- Paint touch up, And a full paint Polishing !
- Single Headlight conversion

That's it ! I keep it simple because it's a daily driver, and I want it to be comfortable and good looking,

And it's just a 315, IMO it looks better with only few equipements than with a full body kit, spoiler etc.. It's not a race car !

So here are the few pictures !

When I got it back :




After a lot of cleaning ! ( The car is dry on the picture, not wet )




I hope you will like this little car, And i'm waiting for your advice and opinions about it !

Great we love this' car, welcome to forum, can we see this 315 engine too, are they stll M10, I think they must be rare now so it's a good one to keep IMO ! Please post more pictures on your progress. Thanks for showing

Thanks for your message ! I will post some pictures of the Engine later, Only for you Raseeda Green

Yes it's still the M10 Engine, also named M98, it's a 1573CC, with A pierburg carburetor, 75HP only, but it's enough for a daily driver ! And I don't need power in this kind of car, the E21 is unique and really rare here ! And driving it is all I need !

Hey, welcome A bit of work to do, but you you seem enthusiastic and it will get done then! Also it's a non-sunroof model, so thats a bonus. Look forward to more photos.

Thanks ! Yes of course, But would it be funny if it didn't have any work ? I can't wait to start !

Here is a little preview of my E30 some months ago, It was literally FULL of rust ! So, When I'm Looking at the e21, I think it's not that bad !

Nice, and you know how to deal with rust then, should be ok. Lovely car, had a great laugh about that rear tyre!

Wow, those tyres really did go with a bang didn't they! Looks like a good base for a project, nothing too terrible, and you have the skills!

Thanks for your message ! That damn tyre made some damage ! It sounds like I was driving a locomotive! TCHOKOTOKOTCHOKOTOKOTCHOK ! I even hit the horn sometimes to make it looks real, And Seeing how people were looking at my car, I think they were pretty impressed and confused at the same time " Is this a car ? Is this a train ? " !

Started the beast today for few minutes, The m10 sounds pretty good doesn't it ?



Also it needs a complet set of gasket and a good clean of the carb, Had a hard time trying to drive it today !

Big problem with the car !

The last video is the last time I started it, and i turned it off myself, Since this day, i haven't been able to start it again, I only had big explosion in the exhaust, the noise was so loud I had a bad hear for 3 minutes, except once, here is the result ( I have changed the rotor, and the distributor cab ) , and 2 minutes after that, a big explosion again, I'm mad !

First that comes in mind that spark cables are put in wrong order. Have you checked that?

Yup that would be my idea, or cap 180 degrees turned

Thanks for your answer ! It was the 4 spark plug ! damaged all at the same time, I didn't know that was possible !

4 news one and it is on the road again !

Cold start, With the fresh temperature from the West of the France

It is doing better than before !



And here is the actual muffler, I will make a new one from some tubing tomorrow, while i'm waiting for the new one to arrive

That was a big bang indeed!