{"id":329,"date":"2012-01-22T22:13:33","date_gmt":"2012-01-22T21:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bmwe21.net\/?page_id=329"},"modified":"2014-03-27T07:56:20","modified_gmt":"2014-03-27T06:56:20","slug":"my-e21s","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bmwe21.net\/?page_id=329","title":{"rendered":"My E21&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">323i Baur convertible<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Let&#8217;s start off with my latest E21: produced May 1981, then sent to Baur for conversion and delivered to the first owner in Switzerland in May 1982. I bought the car in Switzerland and imported it myself, with a full service history and just over 100K kms.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is what the car looked like the day I picked her up, on 13&#8243; BBS Mahle alloys and a BBS deep front spoiler:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmwe21.net\/temp\/Baur\/8284.jpg\" width=\"648\" height=\"482\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All the paperwork that came with the car:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmwe21.net\/temp\/Baur\/historie.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"497\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Very clean trunk with the original (and never used!) spare tyre<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmwe21.net\/temp\/Baur\/8328.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Engine bay details<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmwe21.net\/temp\/Baur\/9726.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmwe21.net\/temp\/Baur\/9727.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmwe21.net\/temp\/Baur\/9740.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmwe21.net\/temp\/Baur\/2591.JPG\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Further modifications include fitting power steering, a 5 speed overdrive gearbox, Bilstein B6 shocks, Alpina Eibach springs, sports seats and a front strut brace. While doing the suspension work I found out the car has a factory fitted 25% LSD that still feels very fresh and that&#8217;s very quiet.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmwe21.net\/temp\/Baur\/2605.JPG\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmwe21.net\/temp\/Baur\/3405.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wilwood 4 pot brakes fitted at the front<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmwe21.net\/temp\/100605_Ite\/3560.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Even underneath the car is still extremely clean<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmwe21.net\/temp\/Baur\/3337.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nice action shot<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/files.bmwclassic.nl\/Baur\/110410\/9567.jpg\" width=\"645\" height=\"456\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">323i sedan<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">My other E21 is currently waiting to be restored but here are some pics as this car used to be all over my website&#8230; a known car in E21 land I guess!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dutch 323i with almost complete service history, uprated suspension and power steering. Further the car has a sunroof, Recaro sports seats and a 5-speed gearbox.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmwe21.net\/3side.jpg\" width=\"675\" height=\"419\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmwe21.net\/3rear.jpg\" width=\"675\" height=\"430\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmwe21.net\/engine.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmwe21.net\/interior.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmwe21.net\/3track1.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"512\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">2002 Zandvoort trackday<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Some of my previous E21&#8217;s<\/span><\/h2>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmwe21.net\/temp\/320_4\/aDsc_6856.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">1975 FSH 320\/4 in Golf<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmwe21.net\/temp\/koro3.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">1980 323i in Koronagelb<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/files.bmwclassic.nl\/E21\/JD29JB.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">1982 323i Edition E in Opal green<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 673px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"   \" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/files.bmwclassic.nl\/E21\/GT86ZS.jpg\" width=\"663\" height=\"427\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">My very first E21, 1981 316 in 323i style in Graphit<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>323i Baur convertible Let&#8217;s start off with my latest E21: produced May 1981, then sent to Baur for conversion and delivered to the first owner in Switzerland in May 1982. I bought the car in Switzerland and imported it myself, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwe21.net\/?page_id=329\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-329","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bmwe21.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bmwe21.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bmwe21.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bmwe21.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bmwe21.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=329"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.bmwe21.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":985,"href":"https:\/\/www.bmwe21.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/329\/revisions\/985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bmwe21.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}