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My 1978 316

Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 11:27 am
by steed
this car has been dry stored for about tens years and when i finally got round to getting it out it looked like this:

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but a good clean and she now looks like this:

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her she is opened up; interior, engine all original from factory, still on the first clutch too.

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My first E21 (and BMW for that matter), 3 previous owners (one my uncle and one my father) and covered 78000 miles.

Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 1:55 pm
by rob0r
Looks really clean 8) Really love the colour too.

Any plans for it?

Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 2:24 pm
by Mihajlo
color is perfect!!
old school... 8)
now lower it to the ground, weld the diff and you're ready to kick some ass!

Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 10:00 am
by steed
i think it's just going to be a clean and restore jobby, bring her up to stock spec, i love the 'sepiabraun' too i've not seen a brown car in ages :lol:

Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 10:53 am
by e21-Mark
Brown is the new black! Looks nice but would look even nicer if you lowered it a bit and brightened things up with some alloys.... :wink:

Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 11:15 am
by --ALPINA--
I dont know something is coming to mind saying "galaxy chocolate" and am getting the crave for it!!! veeeery retro car and nice original colour nice!!!! give it a polish/buff ..



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Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 7:23 pm
by Blackadder
Nice ride!!

Just a polish job, nice cleaning job, MOT, and hit the road! :wink: