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I'm starting the refurbishment of a 1983 320 Baur.

Currently the jack is just laying on the boot floor. i'd like to know its proper storage location please. Any photos would be appreciated.

It goes in between the spare wheel and rear panel

far right on this photo

Thanks.

Is that black ashtray looking thing used to hold the jack down? I thought it was for the spare wheel (which seems to have disappeared along with the gold cup & butterfly nut - the things some people take!).

its for holding the wooden cover in place. The jack is fastened using a thumb nut.

Thumb nut read Wing nut.

as you please

Well the wooden (actually chipboard) panel is broken in two but since there's a 7 x 15" wheel sitting in the well it wouldn't fasten down anyway.

Thanks for the info - I'm hoping to keep the old girl as close to standard as possible so I'll search out the replacement parts.

This is what she looked like before being consigned to a barn for 3 years or so.

Not too shabby! How's she now?

Not as shiny

Since that photo was taken, a damp road, too much speed & an incompetent driver (not me!) lead to a smashed rear wheel. I gave the owner my spare set of 14" E30 BBS wheels to keep it mobile. There was "a noise from the rear" & it was assumed the diff was damaged. My friend put it in storage while she pondered what to do. She bought a 320 auto as a spares car which also went into storage 40 miles away. That was in 2008.

The plan was for me to buy it when I sold my 635 but the storage facility was lost so the car was taken to my friends local garage. They had a look & said there was nothing wrong with the diff - it was a wheel balance weight catching! A new battery & fuel pipe (mice had eaten the old one) & it scraped through its mot with just a pair of new wings.

Jobs to do:
Sort out a set of wheels
Change the cambelt/tensioner/water pump/ cmshaft oil seal
Thorough service

When I've sold the 635 I can also:
Deal with rust under the screen rubber (yes I know what that means!)
Maybe replace vinyl roof cover while screen is out
Fresh coat of Chestnut Red metallic (might as well do the job properly)
Deal with tatty door trims & front seats (photos will follow for advice)
Replace headlights & bumpers with better ones from the parts car
Sort out sloppy gear change (assume the Z3 mod works for E21's as well as E30's)

Should be good to go until I get around to a M20B25 swap.

Posing with the rest of my fleet - an E36 328 convertible has replaced the two E30's

May I know what rims do you have on your E21 baur? Please also give the details: sizes and offsets.

thanks

redline wrote:May I know what rims do you have on your E21 baur? Please also give the details: sizes and offsets.

I'm afraid there isn't much I can tell you. There's no makers name on them (unless it's "RIM"). There's a "Made in England" stamp, they are 7x15 & look very similar to Hartge wheels. There's no mention of the offset. One is totally smashed hence the search for new wheels.

Found these which look nice:-



They are Schmidt TH-Line Cup 3pc. - "Hand Polished with Stainless Radinox Rim". £1416 for 7x15 !!!

They also do a 7.5x16 2 piece job in the same style for £1268:



I think they would look the biz on an E21

hmmmmm.......so my search for a set of 6/6.5x15 continues..........thanks any way.......i may just get the minilites ..........