I've had a sickness now for far too long, madness, torture, love? call it what you will but the lust of the e21 is an itch that has to be scratched.
This one dropped in my lap from another long term member here niall, has a workshop with too many other cars laying about and knowing I've always been looking offered to me for mates rates. I duly agreed and sent the sheckles and had a raging hardon knowing I would soon have another sitting in my car space.
So what is it, 1982 (one of the last) 318i, saphirblau metallic, 4 cyl m10, 5 Spd. Runs on BBS 15" basket wheels. Completely standard car, no sunroof. Has little rust (not in the normal places on these) which will be a no hassle fix, drivers door may be a paint problem or from another car unsure. Interior is reasonable for the age, dash has limited cracking, cluster is good and everything works.
Plans are to tidy up the rust, paint, freshen the wheels and any little typical fixes. I want to eventually play with it in motorkhana type things so will do the Volvo brake upgrade and suspension to make it stop & turn better. Would love to do a very basic rebuild of the M10 as a start point and later down the track do a period inspired turbo setup, carbs and all.
I've never been completely sold on the single headlights, will make up my mind on whether to convert to twins or not, I just feel that the evolution from the 2002 to the e21 it needed to run the twin lights for the whole range. Also will source a BBS front splitter as soon as one pops up. Another body mod I want to do if I can find the bits is the wing mirrors, the bulky black plastic ones are junk and ruin the car, will get the small stainless ones mounted on the door like the early e21s.
Anyway the car gets picked up from CEVA Brisbane this Friday so will see it when I see it and waffle on more in the thread.
