Phil's Project

philco · Post by **philco** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 5:08 pm

Here's a first glance of my lovely mint 320 (Auto) which is heading for a full upgrade. It's great to be back in an E21!!!

ac/dennis · Post by **ac/dennis** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 5:32 pm

Mint indeed!

Looks very good, got any more pics?
What are your plans regarding to the full upgrade?

E21meister · Post by **E21meister** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 5:41 pm

Lovely car, too good to mod!

philco · Post by **philco** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 8:13 pm

ac/dennis wrote:Mint indeed!

Looks very good, got any more pics?
What are your plans regarding to the full upgrade?

I'm in Fritz' capable hands for the revamp and I tend to agree it's almost too good to convert - but it will really benefit from the 240bhp promised! Of course everything else from brace to brakes to LSD and Alpina Alloys (already sourced from Germany).

Meanwhile I was the (probably foolish) buyer of this:

...but that's awaiting closer inspection for tin-worm.

D Farrell · Post by **D Farrell** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 9:03 pm

Nice car looks in great condition, What engine are fritzs putting in there to get the 240bhp.

ac/dennis · Post by **ac/dennis** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 9:56 pm

323i doesnt look that bad... hope it aint rotten inside.
let me know if youre gonna break it, interested in the headlight wishwash

pistonheader · Post by **pistonheader** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 8:38 am

D Farrell wrote:Nice car looks in great condition, What engine are fritzs putting in there to get the 240bhp.

this is the car i saw down there about 6 weeks ago if i'm not mistaken. it's going in for either an M50 or M52, but i cant remember which. it looked pretty tidy but a small amount of rust around the bottom of the passenger door IIRC, but that may have been another car

will be an interesting conversion, as that's the one i want to go for!!

send my regard to both the richards' and ollie down there

tommi_e21 · Post by **tommi_e21** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 9:26 am

gotta be an m52 unless your going to charge it? guessing omex aswell

philco · Post by **philco** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 1:24 pm

320: I'll post more once Richard's plan is certain. He's also convinced me to go for his full stainless system and to be his guinea pig for stainless manifold too. I hope he's not reading this because he's such an expert (and I'm so hooked) that I'm a sucker for anything he proposes! I'm also thinking of a long range tank from Walloth. Also just must have some leather recaros - but as I'm keeping the green (trying to convince myself I like the interior colour but not good with a hangover) I'm uncertain how to deal with this.
323i Baur: Is an automatic. Mrs Philco will be the lucky owner if this turns out to be worth restoring - this is of course the foolproof, if expensive way to get the trouble & strife involved - so I fear it may have to stay an Auto. (

). Big question is how far to go with this one.

Pho21_girl · Post by **Pho21_girl** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 1:38 pm

A couple of nice cars there...and yet another person on here with more than one bmw project on the go!
Keep us updated!

pistonheader · Post by **pistonheader** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 2:38 pm

philco wrote:I hope he's not reading this because he's such an expert

in my experience, richard is a top bloke and seriously knows his stuff. when you are next there please say ross with the E21 says hi

my car is going back there june/july.

E21meister · Post by **E21meister** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 2:53 pm

Pho21_girl wrote:and yet another person on here with more than one bmw project on the go!

philco · Post by **philco** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 6:04 pm

Way back in the late '80's this was my pride & joy...But see those foglights? I'm sure they can't have been BMW parts but i do remember they were handy if not so pretty. Anybody have suggestions for fitting foglights?[/img]

02Man · Post by **02Man** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 7:06 pm

The 320 is such a beauty,a plea to keep it stock please ?

Lars-Nord · Post by **Lars-Nord** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 9:01 pm

Those foglights are original options.