BMW E21 323i alpina clone full resto

[uwbuurman]

Hahaha, I wouldn't know

[bumface3]

lol....sometimes i wish i didnt either

[runsub5]

I'm sure there are probably worse cars that have been restored, but this one appeared to be pretty bad. A friend of mine once said if you have enough time and money anything can be restored. You have come a long way. Great work.

[Jeroen]

What a giant load of work this has been, respect man! Must feel really good to have come this far now!

As for the folding roof, like the thought! One guy here did that as well, can't seem to find the pics anymore grrrrrr

[bumface3]

I'm sure there are probably worse cars that have been restored, but this one appeared to be pretty bad. A friend of mine once said if you have enough time and money anything can be restored. You have come a long way. Great work.

Thank you runsub5

Never thought i would be going this deep, but the stripdown revealed alot of crud!

[bumface3]

What a giant load of work this has been, respect man! Must feel really good to have come this far now!

As for the folding roof, like the thought! One guy here did that as well, can't seem to find the pics anymore grrrrrr

Thank you Jeroen

It spiralled as you can see when the stripdown started and i thought it best to try and soldier on through it and here we are.......it feels good to know that it will be a very well finished and solid E21.

I was in 2 minds on the direction of the car, but i loved it the way it was, as the alpina clone so i will be going down the same route again.

It already has the E12 (i think) scheel alpina seats in, which are looking their age, but i can get them redone as they are lovely seats.....or i had an idea to get the recaro set like this.


Then there is the engine etc.......so not sure it will be finished this year even, but will update here.

[cobbler2u]

Well done with sticking with it.
Will look the dogs bull%%ks when finished.
Especially in Ascot grey nice colour.

[bumface3]

Well done with sticking with it.
Will look the dogs bull%%ks when finished.
Especially in Ascot grey nice colour.

Thank you cobbler2u

The original colour it was in is very nice so i didnt feel the need to change it...i thought it looked very good against the decals.

And i am very much craving one of those alpina digital vent gauges if it could work....or an awron one.

[bumface3]

Would love to try and get a set of cse recaro's in the car too.....

[uwbuurman]

I think they are pretty wide, so, you might not be able to slide them all the wat back and forward

[bumface3]

Yes, i know what you mean.....got some thinking to do.

[bumface3]

Long time guys, mad how time passes with these things, it will be moving along again very soon, got a M50 engine that i am thinking of doing a forged build on and turboing, but then my mind keep saying keep it old school and go with the original M20 2.7 that was in it, with throttle bodies....main reason i wanted the turbo M50 was so it could keep up with the current power levels of cars you get nowadays.

I have sorted the interior for it which is E21 specific recaro in alpina trim, i went for all velour with vinyl sides as was the E12 scheel seats that were in it, matching bench and headrests, they might be overkill though so may change them.

[cobbler2u]

keep up the good work
i'd personally would go with black headrest and a 2.7 with throttle bodies

[Jeroen]

Looks great! Only thing is that the rear headrests do look a bit funny.

[bumface3]

keep up the good work
i'd personally would go with black headrest and a 2.7 with throttle bodies

Appreciate the feedback mate, i gotta push this thing on, i miss it!