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523 iAN
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Posted: 12-June-2007 at 00:22 |
here it is pic's of when i got it home the paint work is a little dull.. for now! winkeye sat with it's donner car :( it'll be a shame to have to strip the bit's i need from the red one |
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523 iAN
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job's to do sort some scabby paint, paint the O/S wing (new replacement fitted) fit a new front wheel bearing, rear suspension arm bush, front fog's.
tonight i changed over the leather seat's, speaker shelf and front grille's + eye brow spoiler's all from my red one also hoovered out all the carpet's, mat's and boot. if the weather hold's out then tomorrow night i'll start on the engine bay, then front wheel bearing and rear suspension arm bush :wink: then hopefully insure and tax it and hit the road's .. while i'm preping the body work 8) for some painting :wink: |
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vpricey
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Looks good Ian, It's got potential anyway!! Isn't your ICV the wrong way round??? Mine is like this...... Looking good tho!! |
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Paul - '87 E30 325i Sport - '99 E39 M5 - '05 E53 X5
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Looking good... Will keep you busy this summer no doubt!
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E46 328ci now sold :(
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523 iAN
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Paul, will it make any difference to it's running? .... would it slow it down a bit if i turn it round .. not being funny but it's blinkin rapped this car, on the way home i left my mate in his tuned 2ltr Focus he reconned he was about 50 more than the national limit at time's to try catch me not a bit of smoke came out it either, clutch need's bled & new fluid "it's black!" cooling water need's changed "it's dark brown!" .. just need's a dam good service need to fix the speedo so i know when i'm at 30mph .. etc it has 10mth's mot so once ive done the wheel bearing and rear bush i'll be using it, the guy wanted £500 for it but i got it for £300 |
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TRACKPIG
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turning the icv around wont make any difference to the running it is the wrong way around though |
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Big improvement already Ian. I love these old cars |
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523 iAN
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treated the nasty paint work to a treat tonight, first i cleaned the crap of the car with a 50/50 mix of T-cut and cheap polish ... does the same job as T-cut but come's off far easier, then i went over it all with tar remover then finaly (for tonight) i gave it a coat of stage 3 McGuire's, i'll do it with 2 & 1 at the weekend looking far better already .. even the rusty patche's look better! also going to fit the chrome arche's from my 2 door for now, i'll prep and paint the rear arche's & O/S wing later once i hopefully have it running like it should?
Paul ive changed the ICV round and it's running just the same |
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vpricey
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Good good!!! |
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Paul - '87 E30 325i Sport - '99 E39 M5 - '05 E53 X5
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523 iAN
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managed to blag the use of a ramp today and checked out the 325 NEED'S: rear spring, front O/S wheel bearing, speedometer sensor plug, as someone has cut it of!, sump is slightly damp, rear O/S driveshaft is slightly damp (outer side), one plate needing welded right bellow the battery (boot) apart from that "it is solid underneath" think that's all .. once ive replaced that stuff i'll start on the body work also fixed the driver's leccy window, replaced both mirror's, fitted some ICE, gutted the dash and window's
i think i might get in to some bother once ive got this car running sweet i can't help but twitch the steering on sharp bend's not a clever thing to do with a broken spring and wobbly wheel though!
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Great stuff Ian, you canny beat that "will it step out or not" feeling. Enjoy |
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I love the rain for that!!!
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523 iAN
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so far ive done these jobs to "Project 325i" .. de-chromed the front grille sorted the speedometer sensor
just got the clutch to sort out now?? looking like either the slave cylinder or the servo unit so i'll probably do both then it's on to the body work .. .. repair one rear wheel arch, sort a few scabby areas and prep and paint a front wing Edited by 523 iAN |
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Sounds like your fair cracking on Ian, nicely done!!
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Someone's been a busy boy, takin' shape nicely Ian.
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523 iAN
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it'll never be a show car .. it just give's me something to play with so i don't go even daffter on my E39 my real aim is to sell my E39 and move on to a E30 or E36 cabrio and to keep the grey E30 as a winter runner? we'll see what happens?? |
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523 iAN
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this was the last pics i took of my 320 E30 last saturday .. before we parted company
most of the parts ive fitted to the 325 came from the 320, so far ive only spent £48 for a new front wheel bearing asembley |
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alym786
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I'm sure your still sad to see her go!!!
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E46 328ci now sold :(
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523 iAN
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yip .. i sure was, infact if i'd never bought the 325i .. i'd probably still have the 320i sat at the side of my drive "gleaming" (well realy hideing the rot) the latest E30 has realy taken up a lot of my night time .. ehh .. time so much in fact that today was the first time in over 3 weeks that i gave my E39 a polish! and boy O boy was it in need of it |
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Ian, looking forward to the 'project 325' pics, as you always put your heart and soul into your cars... Michael. |
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