Aus 323i (first second and third)
Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 9:14 am
just thought i'd post some pics of my babies. and an encyclopedia of background story!!!
this was my first car, a RHD 1981 323i polaris metalic, blue velour interior, I put a pair of cannon exhaust mufflers on it, spent thousands on replacement shocks, control arms, bushes, and various other parts. I got it running beautifully and in good clean cond, then.... BANG, some old man pulled out in front of me and all of a sudden, she was no more.
whatsmore his insurance company decided $200 was fair compensation!!
So i hunt around for a replacement and find this beauty. A 1982 323i saphir blau metalic with blue interiour. It had already had extensive mods, including lowering, 16" rims and a 2.7 litre with an alpina cam.
but it was fairly run down and before i knew it i had spent another cupla grand doing pretty much the same stuff i did to my first e21 (struts, coils, bushes, lower control arms, driveshaft center bearing etc.
then after restoring to good running condition.... BANG, some petite woman in a Nissan patrol with a chunky steel bullbar ploughs into the back of me at around 60 kmph.
This time however i was prepared, with a comprahensive insurance policy with an agreed value of $12,500 au.
I then purchased the wreck back at auction for a parts car.
which brings me to my latest girl a 1981 323i, graphit metalic with Black velour/vinal interior. bought in a completely dilapedated cond. with the intentions of doing minimal to it and using as a runaround till i found a mint'a.
but once i started putting the parts from my parts car on it, i couldn't stop, and soon pretty much everything was changed, steering wheel, whole front supension, driveshaft, diff, wheels (16" x 7"wide with 205/50 tires at the front and 225/50 at the rear), halfshafts, brakes, converted it to power steering etc.
Then came more tasty upgrades bilsteins, DBA slotted rotors, e30 rear brakes, poly eurathane filled sub frame mounts and lower control arm bushes (gets rid of shimmy), whiteline additional front sway bar kit. pod filter and battery relocation to trunk. lowered king springs (rear) and lovells progressive rate lowering springs reset another inch lower (front).
strut brace (front) and a Zender front spoiler (side skirts being painted as we speak).
soon i will install the 2.7 m20 with alpina cam from my old car, twin rear swaybar kit. and a locked (welded) diff (always looking for an LSD
). and oneday in the not too distant future a supercharger 
and im sure ive forgotten a few things aswell
so thanks for taking the time to have a look at my e21s. Ill take some more pics after washing the old girl this wkend, and engine bay fotos too.
ps. great site Jeroen!!! an absolute wealth of knowledge and safe to say without it id still be paying mechanics to do work for me!
cheers Dylan
this was my first car, a RHD 1981 323i polaris metalic, blue velour interior, I put a pair of cannon exhaust mufflers on it, spent thousands on replacement shocks, control arms, bushes, and various other parts. I got it running beautifully and in good clean cond, then.... BANG, some old man pulled out in front of me and all of a sudden, she was no more.
whatsmore his insurance company decided $200 was fair compensation!!
So i hunt around for a replacement and find this beauty. A 1982 323i saphir blau metalic with blue interiour. It had already had extensive mods, including lowering, 16" rims and a 2.7 litre with an alpina cam.
but it was fairly run down and before i knew it i had spent another cupla grand doing pretty much the same stuff i did to my first e21 (struts, coils, bushes, lower control arms, driveshaft center bearing etc.then after restoring to good running condition.... BANG, some petite woman in a Nissan patrol with a chunky steel bullbar ploughs into the back of me at around 60 kmph.
This time however i was prepared, with a comprahensive insurance policy with an agreed value of $12,500 au.
I then purchased the wreck back at auction for a parts car.
which brings me to my latest girl a 1981 323i, graphit metalic with Black velour/vinal interior. bought in a completely dilapedated cond. with the intentions of doing minimal to it and using as a runaround till i found a mint'a.
but once i started putting the parts from my parts car on it, i couldn't stop, and soon pretty much everything was changed, steering wheel, whole front supension, driveshaft, diff, wheels (16" x 7"wide with 205/50 tires at the front and 225/50 at the rear), halfshafts, brakes, converted it to power steering etc.
Then came more tasty upgrades bilsteins, DBA slotted rotors, e30 rear brakes, poly eurathane filled sub frame mounts and lower control arm bushes (gets rid of shimmy), whiteline additional front sway bar kit. pod filter and battery relocation to trunk. lowered king springs (rear) and lovells progressive rate lowering springs reset another inch lower (front).
strut brace (front) and a Zender front spoiler (side skirts being painted as we speak).
soon i will install the 2.7 m20 with alpina cam from my old car, twin rear swaybar kit. and a locked (welded) diff (always looking for an LSD
). and oneday in the not too distant future a supercharger and im sure ive forgotten a few things aswell
so thanks for taking the time to have a look at my e21s. Ill take some more pics after washing the old girl this wkend, and engine bay fotos too.
ps. great site Jeroen!!! an absolute wealth of knowledge and safe to say without it id still be paying mechanics to do work for me!
cheers Dylan
hope to see more pics of it as you progress with your upgrades. 
