Well, I bought a house and I swore off car projects. I made it a week and a half before I picked up another project!
Sometimes you come across an offer you cannot pass up
It's a '87 BMW 325is. That's right now, I own 2/3rds of the GRM Holy Trinity. The best part is I didn't even have to open my wallet! You read correctly! This is my '87 Freemer, my Free30! Basically what I'm trying to tell you is that I picked this thing up for about free dollars.
I don't have a lot of pictures yet, just one, but I'll post that as well as the back story.
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Back story: A couple years ago, a part-time co-worker just got his license and was looking for a new car, his dad had always had BMWs but he was convinced he couldn't afford one. I introduced the merits of the e30 chassis as well as its low introductory price. With himself convinced this is the direction he needed to take, he proceeded to search on craigslist until he came across a 1987 325is that was very meticulously maintained and well modded (Eibach springs on Konis, other suspension mods. albeit with questionable 17" 5 spoke wheels). The guy wanted a lot for it but reasonable for the condition. I suggested to my co-worker he could spend a little less and get a still pretty nice example. He was set on this so got the really nice one. He added some equally questionable 17" wheels and otherwise just drove it. Fast forward until about 6 months ago: some traffic incident occurred where the car ended up on the curb and a hole was subsequently punched in the oil pan. Car sat while the kid is off in college, it was deemed too expensive to get the shop to replace the pan. Kid's dad says it's got to go. Dad threatens to crush it so the kid calls me, I we make a deal.
How about that?
This all went down today so I don't really know what plans I have for it yet, haha.
