Grtechguy
Grtechguy SuperDork
5/19/09 2:01 p.m.

You've now seen the pictures... Seller says engine has a knock.

what would GRM say the car is worth?

Rusty_Rabbit84
Rusty_Rabbit84 Reader
5/19/09 2:12 p.m.

$500, out the door

DirtE30
DirtE30 New Reader
5/19/09 2:17 p.m.

500 out the door sounds about right

16vCorey
16vCorey SuperDork
5/19/09 2:24 p.m.

Imagine how much it was worth in 1970! IT'S FROM THE FUTURE!

Travis_K
Travis_K HalfDork
5/19/09 2:27 p.m.

Registered and not sitting for too long maybe $500? Unregistered/sitting for years, maybe $300? You can get crappy registered driveable ones for $1200.

ansonivan
ansonivan New Reader
5/19/09 2:27 p.m.

At $500 you can't lose money on the deal (part it out in a worst case scenario) if the price is higher than that it's time to start looking at wear items, unibody rust and whatnot to decide if it's truly worth the effort.

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
5/19/09 3:07 p.m.

if the rust is not bad.. I would shell out $500 for it. I keep having this urge to put M3 fenders on an E30 with euro chrome bumpers. Just something to upset the purists

pres589
pres589 New Reader
5/19/09 3:25 p.m.
mad_machine wrote: if the rust is not bad.. I would shell out $500 for it. I keep having this urge to put M3 fenders on an E30 with euro chrome bumpers. Just something to upset the purists

What do M3 fenders for the E30 cost and are they available in non-rusting plastic? Seems like a grassroots wait to remove rust + add lightness.

z31maniac
z31maniac Dork
5/19/09 6:34 p.m.

Yes they are.

No they aren't cheap, at least for quality ones.

jmthunderbirdturbo
jmthunderbirdturbo New Reader
5/19/09 6:39 p.m.

$500 is way too much. $495 is far more reasonable...

-J0N

ddavidv
ddavidv SuperDork
5/19/09 7:12 p.m.

It's a 325 with the snoozer eta engine. $500 max.

DirtE30
DirtE30 New Reader
5/20/09 12:52 p.m.
ddavidv wrote: It's a 325 with the snoozer eta engine. $500 max.

you can put the top end of a 325is engine and end up with a nice 2.7L

belteshazzar
belteshazzar Dork
5/20/09 1:05 p.m.

it's not an '88 so I wouldn't try that.

rust is everything. if it's rusty I wouldn't be interested at all. if it's more or less sound, 500-1000 depending. are you sure it's a knock and not an untrained ear listening to typical m20 top end sounds? eta bottom ends are almost free, just some labor.

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