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hy everybody,i'm Thomas,from Romania.I'm about to bring home my new to me E21,and i wanted to ask you guys a couple of things.
First of all,the owner of the car told me the car is from 1979,but has the single chrome door mirror...i thought that was a feature specific for the early models.
How can i identify the right year when the car was made.It's 320 with 1.8 engine,sunroof,doesn't have electronic ignition,the domelight it's triangle,and has a chrome frame.
Secondly,i have a donor car from 1978,with nice interior,but i noticed that something is different with the front seats,or the seat brackets.What's the deal with that?

Thanks,
Thomas

Hi Tomas, I don't know the answer to your questions sorry but you might be better posting this in the 'General' or 'Technical Help' forum. P.S. 320 should be a 2.0l engine. A 1.8 engine means it's a 316 I think?

a 79 is a prefacelift car. facelift was end of 1980 onwards i think.
any pictures dude? car and under bonnet?

Or the last 7 digits of your VIN (chassis number)?

Reck wrote:Hi Tomas, I don't know the answer to your questions sorry but you might be better posting this in the 'General' or 'Technical Help' forum. P.S. 320 should be a 2.0l engine. A 1.8 engine means it's a 316 I think?

yes,probably.no..it's a 318 with 1767 cc engine

murran wrote:a 79 is a prefacelift car. facelift was end of 1980 onwards i think.
any pictures dude? car and under bonnet?

no pictures yet,hopefully i'm gonna bring it home in the weekend.

hello tomas, why dont you write in the romanian forum, we can understand each other better, and then show your car here, if the members agree i can post a link where to find it, we are a few e21 owners that are happy to help you.