landfill pics

I had this landfill piece of **** renovated by a local mechanic, I have just started cleaning & detailing it. the weird grey seats are just temporary while I sort out some proper ones.

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thanks Jamie . its good to hear someone not slagging off E23's for a change.

the pics are very flattering - VJ has lots of rusty bits for me to attend to.

rims are indeed E38 16" running 225/55 NCT. rims worth way more than the car

E28/E23 seats are the same, so some tasty M535i seats would look real cool, and would again be worth more than the car.

 

 

It looks very sparkly in the pics! 

Can't see the rust from here anyway!

 

Just goes to show for the second time this week that the best cars are found in scrapyards! That's a lovely E23, I've always had a soft spot for these cars after seeing a good one put into a destruction derby before I could do anything to save it (well I had just turned 17!). Apparently the guy had put it in for it's MoT and it failed on a few things, but the work was going to come to several hundred pounds so he decided to stock it. Haven't been to a destruction derby since. Gutted. The car looked lovely from where I was, told later it was a 735i.



Your car looks lovely, get the rust sorted then get out and enjoy her!

Instead of I-Drive there is a small ball of compacted sawdust between the driver's ears, BMW named it "I Think, therefore I drive a BMW"

VJ thanks you for the positive comments - old E23's have feelings too guys.

getting this sorry car up to a genuine MOT was an amazing journey, so many things needing fixing. I will do a report for AG, but will definitely not spell out the £££££ spent. enough to buy a decent car

VJ came to me with plenty of MOT - shows what a worthless piece of **** an MOT cert is. Use your noddle when viewing cars for sale guys.

 

Edited by Nigel

OK guys, its great to see you posting here, and I'm sure your getting used to the BMWCC forum, so lets pull the language up to the standard we tend to insist on.

We can also do without all the silly arguments over what is and what isn't a good car, if you like it, thens thats fine.

Man, that looks super! As someone who also rescues landfill for a hobby, I'm right there with you!

Nigel wrote: We can also do without all the silly arguments over what is and what isn't a good car, if you like it, thens thats fine.

I agree Nigel, come on guys, regardless of views, keep it tidy!

I have to agree with the wheel comment though Phil, don't get me wrong, they look fine, but a set of period crosspokes, could look more than fine?

Nigel wrote: OK guys, its great to see you posting here, and I'm sure your getting used to the BMWCC forum, so lets pull the language up to the standard we tend to insist on. We can also do without all the silly arguments over what is and what isn't a good car, if you like it, thens thats fine.

Nigel,

thanks for deleting my expletives.

thanks for banning silly arguments too. Old nutters who like E23's and E12's etc are harmless. Personally I think people who take out huge car finance at massive interest rates to buy a new car that depreciates like a falling rock are nutters, but again each to his own.

 

Philip wrote: VJ came to me with plenty of MOT - shows what a worthless piece of **** an MOT cert is. Use your noddle when viewing cars for sale guys.

Yeah, I can vouch for that. My freshly MOTed 635 came with a 500+ quid bit of structural welding.