I recently bought a "bargain" 1980 E21 320 on an impulse buy, as my mum had a few and I remember them being great cars, and you just dont see them around anymore.
the car initially appeared to be in a sorry state, not being moved for 7 yrs, and covered in dirt. but I bought it on the thought that if its really knackered, I can just break it and havent lost any major money.. (im sure you all know that sentiment!!)
anyway, after trailering it home, and the dirty looks from the wife thinking Im having (another) mid-life crisis, I scrubbed it for a solid 2 hrs and it looks 10 times better.
So far my investingations have found:
1) welding repair required to drivers footwell 8"x10"
2) welding repair required to boot floor 3"x4"
3) welding repair required to passenger inner arch support (in front of the spring) has anyone else managed to repair or replace this??
4) welding repair required to drivers side front chassis by ex manifold 2"x1"
5) rear window needs stitching back in, is it possible?
6) seats pretty much stuffed, not to bothered about that though
7) clutch stuck, im working on that
runs ok but missing on one cyl. ive ordered plugs etc, so I hope its something minor.9) front calipers seized, trying to get the pistons out by soaking them, and appling some heat, but no luck yet. any tips??
I can do all the work myself, but my main question is, is it worth doing?? im not looking for concours, just tidy useable example of a fast dissapering car.
when I got it home:
After a good wash!!
any feedback would be great guys!!
thanks in advance.
