An e12 - how much??

Nice one Doive.

I will never be able to afford a Mercedes 300SL
Gullwing, but I'd love to drive one. Before I bought my
first house, if I'd sold everything I owned and my ar*e
for medical science I could have JUSt scraped
enough together to buy a 365GT4 Boxer. Running it,
repairing it, insurance and fuel would have ruined
me though. This was the stage when they had
crashed down to under £40'000..........the bottom line
was that in reality, I just could never have afforded it.
But it's nice to have dreams and ambitions to own
something really beautiful. But I guess I'm the odd
one out here in having ambition and not settling for
the lowest common denominator and searching
ebay for £50 scrappers.

It's all about aspiring to own something nice. If you
want to drive a rusty four door Chevette, then poor old
you. I'm not saying we should all be like extras in
'Footballer's Wives' but come on! We had a teacher
at school who drove a four door Chevette in around
1980. Even then it was an object of ridicule - we
used to call them Stick Insects.

Oh, my everyday car is a 225'000 mile 1989 730i
manual. But some of the cars I've had...........

Pity you're not nearer Dave, one local scrappy has M535 with good bonnet, don't know what they want for it, another has half a dozen E34's with BBS on, They said they wanted £80 a set but forgot to ask if that was set of 4 or set of 5. Can't recall who without looking, someone posted the other day they were pm'ing you about a set of BBS, think they were of 7 series, did you get it?

Doive, I got my 525e, another car uncared for by its previous owner. Probably just another piece of worthless tosh to Andyboy, Hiabboy and VP, but I love it. Bit of a shopping list to go with it though, I need a bonnet, nearside front wing and complete rear bumper. Anybody got these items for sale? I've been looking for a set of 15 inch BBS, but I'd settle for 1  14 inch BBS. Once again, anybody got one? I'm going to enjoy working on this, it's very solid apart from the front wing, the bonnet is damaged and not worth repairing.

same old arguement, same old story Andy, those that 'rescue' old 5's do it because they want to, and like doing it. Not everybody wants a 6! Regardless of costs of parts and cost of resale. Lots of people are not fussed about an end figure.

Hiabboy,

Can you provide me with some contact details for the owner of the Polaris E12 M535i breaker that you mentioned yesterday. I'd be interested in some of the car.......

 

Oh God, it's the old 'lets save worthless rubbish from
the scrapyard' argument. I believe we had someting
similar on the old 7 Srs forum. Maybe you should
ask yourselves WHY you're all messing around with
£100 cars - nothing personal, but you need a wake
up call.

Doive - I think our Teutonic mate was referring to the
Bronze 520, a truly awful car. I doubt he would insult
your 525e.

I agree with him about the Chevette tho. A 525e is a
nice old thing, but to say that you gain as much
pleasure out of a 1256cc shopping trolley as an E
Type is ridiculous - I doubt you've even driven an E
Type. A Chevette HS is of course a classic. If you had
a Shove-it hatchback with a 2 litre Pinto and Minitites
than that's different. Personally I wouldn't wish to be
seen in an orange 4 door. A 525e - I've run a couple
and think they're okay.

What he (and I) are saying is - why rescue junk (like
a scrap ebay 528i with a cooked engine and dented
panels......) when there are better cars to mess about
with for so little. Look on ebay and you will find an old
635CSi needing work for a few hundred quid. As
long as the wings can be repaired (most can), a 6
Series costs no more to restore than some nasty old
E28 as 99% of the bits that matter are the same. It's
not about financial gain although only a fool would
not realise that at the end of it, a clean E28 is worth
about £350 and a 6 Series £2000.

Sorry, but you've got to be some kind of loser to
mess around with a cooking 5 Series. Don't waste
your time.

P.S what do you think of my old blue 8 Series in BMW
Car this month? Nice pics eh?

ah but are you totally cured, considering the e23 affliction you appear to be lumbered with?

What about Laserchrom, he has e12 panels a while back, may be worth giving them a call?

Hiabboy,

Just as an aside to this post, if you have or know of a source for decent E12 body body panels (even better if they are polaris silver!) along a decent chrome rear bumper, please let me know. I'd like to create a 'secret stash' of these for use as my M535i may need them over time. 

Edited by Martin325iSport

VonPaulus wrote: Sadly this is the difference between classic car shows in the U.K and everywhere else. Guys, raise your Horizons a little. If a car was crap when it was new, it's crap now. Nothing has changed.

Everyone has their own idea of their ideal car (or one not so ideal but loved) I don't care if someone has a Mini or a Daimler Conquest, if that is their chosen vehicle  and they are prepared to put the effort in to save it they are enthusiasts and it is wrong to slag them off.