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** NEED HELP FACTORY CAR or MODIFIED LATER **

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I just bought this 320i for some of the parts on it, but it appears to be original. Can anyone tell me if this car is a factory car or a later modified car. It has cloth BMW sport seats that match the rear seats, a 5-speed dog legged manual, a sport steering wheel, a LSD , rear sway bar, an aluminum rear spoiler. Never painted all original it seems. It is a USA model and is a 1978. What is the easiest way to tell if it came from the factory this way. I am new to the 320i world so sorry if this is a dumb question. Thank You for any help ImageImageImageImageImage


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Last edited by Mihajlo on Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:49 am, edited 1 time in total.
Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car. Oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car.
Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall. Torque is how far you take the wall with you.
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What I can see it's a factory original car apart from the rear spoiler and the dual exhaust. Looks even like a 320iS spec car but it's too old for that. For reference see http://www.bmwe21.net/?page_id=140

Defo a nice find!
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a good find there.seats and steering wheel are original too and a rare option
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