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hey all just got my new project for whats left of winter to get ready for the summer runs.

little bit about me, south wales based but work through the week in somerset as an aircraft engineer for the royal navy, normaly a volkswagen kinda guy but ive owned an e30 not so long ago. so came across this little number and just had to snap it up!

e21 316 dark blue in colour absolutley lovely nik and not alot of rust atall bought for only £1000 and the car only has 32500 miles on it! wheels right now are terrible in my eyes so plans with the thing are to spray anything thats chrome to black and to drop the car on some bbs splits on some coilovers smothe off a few things and just keep it looking clean. hopefully after the sumer im gona put a bigger engine in it and maby go down the berg cup route but im just gonna see how things go

ill get the pics up as soon as!

any sujestions, help, opinons would be greatfull!

cheers callum!

Anything Berg cup related will be a winner in my book. Gaz coilovers and deep dish 13'' steels maybe? Looking forward to pics anyway and welcome.

Welcome Callum, can't wait to see some pics

just got some pics done poor quality phone pics sorry! gonna sort out all the rust and bits and bobs this weekend!

had a little drive in her today and the clutch just stoped working and felt asif it didnt have any fluid in it then after a few pumps and was fine, seemed wierd but wouldnt want that to happen on the motorway or behind someone. any body know what this could be?

anyways pics!
hope you like it

Soooo sweet, and in my favorite color as well, congrats! Personally, I'd lose the E30 alloys tho...

yeahh mate thanks! wasnt sure about the colour at first but its realy growing on me.

the wheels are gonna be gone as soon as im back from norway then thats when the coilovers and bbs go on in a oner!

i dont know if i should keep the chrome or spray it black any sujestions??

keep the chrome!
cars with chrome say "look at me, here i am!"
coilovers and camber correcting plates on the rear wishbone mounts, some nice 15" bbs. mmmmmmm!

really nice car that, dont go spoiling it!

What he says!

Lovely condition- congrats! As for your clutch issue, I've had it happen twice. First time was the master clutch cylinder, the second time the clutch slave. I think you can get them repaired with new seals otherwise ebay has them cheap. For now you're doing the right thing, even if one your thighs will end up bigger than the other!

haaa yeah think youve convinced me to keep the chrome! the window chrome will need replacing, its not in the best condition!

camber correcting plates?? where can i get those from?

yeah the clutch thing scared the sh*t outa me think ill have a look at those see how theyre dooing, if i just have to pump the pedal to get it working would that just mean that its loosing oil through a seal or that theres air in the system?

also a quick question 13" wheels how are they at clearing standard brakes??

cheers

Welcome along Callum, a mate looked at that car, I can't believe he didn't buy it, it looks mint. What colour is it?

car looks great mate lovely condition

haa cheers both of you guys! yeah one of my mates was gonna buy it then he ended up not getting it as it wasnt worth him getting it and then 2 days later i had it! its a wicked car just needs a few little things to make it perfect and a lot of things to make me happy!

has anyone got any info on a brown e21 with brown ronal wheels with the polished lips, think its a u.s car! gotta be the nicest looking one ive seen so far!??

It was in the Dec 09 edition of Performance BMW, it looks great.

is it me or are more dub fanz getting into old bmws?

its always easier to start with a very nice one, it means u can spend more on goodies!

you remind me of me a year n a half ago, when i joined this forum. with a stock 316 n a dream lol.

try n read as many threads in the owners section as u can, its a good source of knowledge about the potential of these cars.