Anybody out there heard of a TWR 335i??? Info sought!

TWR 335i · Post by **TWR 335i** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 11:09 pm

Hi everyone, I am new to this net forum lark but have joined to hopefully gather info on a friends car which he is trying to restore.
It is a 1982 TWR 335i conversion, done by walkinshaw's outfit when the car was only months old.
Apparently, the car was a 323i, converted when new to Alpina spec, again by walkinshaws, then torn apart only months after that for a full 335 upgrade, at absolutely horrendous expense!
Sadly after a very hard life this car has been aquired as an abandoned race project, missing some parts, stripped and even had some loon strip of all the underseal with a scraper, "to save weight" !!
Can anybody give us any info on these ( or perhaps it was only this??) cars?
I will try to get the registration and some other details.
Many thanks in advance.

--ALPINA-- · Post by **--ALPINA--** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 11:32 pm

Dude you know what i reckon, to contact Tom Walkinshaws garage, he deals in jaguars now, from what i remembered. he was sytners equivelent to building the cars over in england as tom himself was a racing driver in the 70`s possibly earlier and all the records of english built alpina are still kept safe within the premesis, from what i was told was that alpina wanted a copy of all cars built with alpina`s parts and information on how many were built but tom didnt that information which is why he turned to jaguar because he lost the deal rights from alpina... to build car engines . this is what i was told. so anything you here about alpina car builders are now normally associated with SYTNER but before sytner was BMW TWR (alpina) for the earlier E21,E12 e.t.c. try contacting them with car details, im sure they can help, otherwise info like that is like looking for needle in a haystack.

regards

jimi

Mat (of e30 fame) · Post by **Mat (of e30 fame)** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 7:12 am

This car sounds interesting.

Walkinshaw also did a well-known Holden down here in Australia back in the 1980s. It was called the VL Commodore Walkinshaw. It was well known for its loud (some call it ugly) plastic bodykit, and the model is still liked enough to warrant replicas. The car itself was designed to compete with the e30 M3 in the touring car comp when we still had one down here. These days our 'touring car' comp is merely a big advertisement for GM and Ford (you know, the great Australian cars which come from America

).

I NEVER knew that this Walkinshaw chap also did BMWs, and now Jaguars. Is he well known?

Cheers
Mathew

Kpeters · Post by **Kpeters** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 8:19 pm

Hmmm didn't Walkinshaw gut the business closed because of the Aroows F1 team debt problems. I remeber Price Water house cooper placing an ad selling his Jaguar XJ220.

ichiwan2 · Post by **ichiwan2** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 4:14 pm

Googled this

http://www.bmwe21fansclub.it/bmwe21/art ... =2&page=19

Has writeups on tuner e21s. TWR details at the bottom. In Italian.

Jason_323i · Post by **Jason_323i** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 11:29 pm

Hi I have the period articles on the car one built and i tried to buy it about year ago but i was a complete car which had been standing for some time the artical has the orginal reg number

But TWR aslo built all of the 320i & 323i county champoinship cars it could be one of those you have

Jason

TWR 335i · Post by **TWR 335i** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 1:08 am

Cheers for info, got some new gen, reg no.WRU906X, vin TWRBMW33503.
The third car of its type?

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 6:06 am

Does anyone know what happened to this guy or his car?

Kpeters · Post by **Kpeters** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 6:07 am

No idea I already forgot about that I think Force India F1 team has Arrows assests though.

adelaidebimmerdude · Post by **adelaidebimmerdude** » Tue May 13, 2008 6:04 am

Tom Walkinshaw worked on bimmers, mazda rx7s, jaguars, hondas and holdens to name probably just a few. the car you have was his top of the line 3 series. go out and buy Brooklands Books BMW 3 series gold portfolio (the 6 cylinder one) and theres a great article on your car on page 32-33 (everyone should have this book, its a great read). the engine came in three forms all M30s, most of the parts (if still intact) would be Alpina parts (engine, gearbox and diff).Tom i belive still works a lot, last place i know of him working was for HSV here in australia for the V8 racing series, but he probably works for 5 other firms too. The car you have is a real monster and well worth restoring, there were probably less than 25 made as it was a made to order car. very special. good work, would love to see some photos

adelaidebimmerdude · Post by **adelaidebimmerdude** » Tue May 13, 2008 6:17 am

further info on walkinshaw. He runs the company that runs holdens HSV specials department and the holden racing team. he also runs the Elfin company which makes holden engined lotus 7 type cars, very modern and technicaly superior 7s, he also raced cars for about a thousand years