e23
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Forum Discription: This forum will deal with any issues on the BMW 7 Series (E23, E32, E38, E65, E66, E67 & E68)
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Printed Date: 15-May-2024 at 01:37
Topic: e23
Posted By: bmw1066
Subject: e23
Date Posted: 10-March-2005 at 15:27
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category =9837&item=4534098274&rd=1 hiper link would not work so you have to cut and past ------------- Mark 735 se 1982 RED BARON A E23 is for life not just for x-mas BMW e34 530 v8 Sport kit Spelling always Bad |
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Posted By: Doive
Date Posted: 10-March-2005 at 15:42
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category =9837&item=4534098274&rd=1 - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category =9837&item=4534098274&rd=1 Is it just me or does that seem like a very easy fix?? A back door, surely that would be fairly simple to come across with the right contacts. Of course that doesn't say for the condition of the rest of the car. Needs a back box, again not too tricky. Hey, a red E23 that's still red - surely something worth saving?!! If I didn't have so many projects on my plate I would seriously consider it. ------------- 1987 BMW 525e Lux Auto (sadly deceased) http://www.getfirefox.com - Get Firefox - Ditch Hopeless Inertnet Exploder http://www.doive.co.uk - www.doive.co.uk 
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Posted By: bmw1066
Date Posted: 10-March-2005 at 16:38
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When you geting the pics of polaished croam on your web site ------------- Mark 735 se 1982 RED BARON A E23 is for life not just for x-mas BMW e34 530 v8 Sport kit Spelling always Bad |
Posted By: robs e23
Date Posted: 11-March-2005 at 04:19
looks very orange to me. its different with that lsd and manual box. good buy for someone, i wouldent like to try and match that colour. you would have to spray one full side of the car to get that colour blended in.... 
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Posted By: Philip
Date Posted: 11-March-2005 at 04:24
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Yes Rob, old Henna red turns orange as it ages, then fades right out to a dull matt finish, nice Tetley Dave was going for this car, but the price is too much now. ------------- Philip '86 E23 735iA SE - Polaris - The Silver Surfer '85 E23 735iA SE - Cosmos Blue - VJ '86 E28 528iA SE - Dia Black - Helga '86 E23 728iA SE - Polaris - The CHAV mobile |
Posted By: robs e23
Date Posted: 11-March-2005 at 04:39
thats the trouble with some old cars, depending what colour it is its somtimes hard to match the paint. this one is going to be a pig, as its not matalic, its a solid base colour... 
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Posted By: robs e23
Date Posted: 11-March-2005 at 04:54
right, how cool would this be. change every single bolt on panel on a e23 with a different colour panel from several cars.you would end up with a retro car that would sell for shed loads on fleabay, just put in the tital, united colours of benaton.. simple, i think it would work. stand out from the crowd..  it would look great at bmw festival in the summer.
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Posted By: Philip
Date Posted: 11-March-2005 at 04:57
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cool idea.
thats just how VW used to build the Harlequin Polos - build normal cars, then swap the panels around to make Harlequins - weird! ------------- Philip '86 E23 735iA SE - Polaris - The Silver Surfer '85 E23 735iA SE - Cosmos Blue - VJ '86 E28 528iA SE - Dia Black - Helga '86 E23 728iA SE - Polaris - The CHAV mobile |
Posted By: robs e23
Date Posted: 11-March-2005 at 05:00
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yes i remember seing one of them once.
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Posted By: bmw1066
Date Posted: 11-March-2005 at 12:37
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Flat paint is ease to bring back because it has no lacker so you
can cut the old dead paint off unlike lacked cars, mines had paint in
the past and you can't see, good way to tell is by looking at the door
shuts. mat paint is by far the werse as you will never get
as good a mach as you can with flat paint.
------------- Mark 735 se 1982 RED BARON A E23 is for life not just for x-mas BMW e34 530 v8 Sport kit Spelling always Bad |
Posted By: Doive
Date Posted: 11-March-2005 at 12:42
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Website pics I'll try and update later tonight. I couldn't be bothered last night as I was home late! They aren't really that spectacular as the sun never gets over the buildings behind the car park, so the camera doesn't pick up the shine of the chrome. Still like that old e23.... ------------- 1987 BMW 525e Lux Auto (sadly deceased) http://www.getfirefox.com - Get Firefox - Ditch Hopeless Inertnet Exploder http://www.doive.co.uk - www.doive.co.uk
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Posted By: robs e23
Date Posted: 11-March-2005 at 14:11
you what????  testing testing. 
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Posted By: Doive
Date Posted: 11-March-2005 at 14:29
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I was replying to Mark's request for E28 pics with shiny chrome bits, I reckon the boy is a magpie with a chrome fixation If the e23 wasn't so far away I would be tempted to expand my BMW fleet to two by buying it - how hard could it be to sort the door and the exhaust? ------------- 1987 BMW 525e Lux Auto (sadly deceased) http://www.getfirefox.com - Get Firefox - Ditch Hopeless Inertnet Exploder http://www.doive.co.uk - www.doive.co.uk
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Posted By: Philip
Date Posted: 11-March-2005 at 16:14
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Doive, fly down to Gatwick, rail stn right in the airport, fast train to Brighton, seller to meet you at Bton Stn - easy! A red manual 735i is extremely rare. so much faster than the usual ZF slushbox. don;t let this car go to the banger circuit ------------- Philip '86 E23 735iA SE - Polaris - The Silver Surfer '85 E23 735iA SE - Cosmos Blue - VJ '86 E28 528iA SE - Dia Black - Helga '86 E23 728iA SE - Polaris - The CHAV mobile |
Posted By: force`
Date Posted: 11-March-2005 at 16:17
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he´s not so bad.. i´m not very fond of the color tho.. like someone said kinda orange lol |
Posted By: Doive
Date Posted: 11-March-2005 at 16:17
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Hmmm. It would increase my BMW fleet to two, but my overall car fleet to five. I currently have space at the flat for two cars and I'm running out of friendly driveways I can borrow! Somebody closer can save this one surely?! I'd love to but don't have the facilities. I saw one of these being banger raced a few years back.... haven't been to a banger race since.
------------- 1987 BMW 525e Lux Auto (sadly deceased) http://www.getfirefox.com - Get Firefox - Ditch Hopeless Inertnet Exploder http://www.doive.co.uk - www.doive.co.uk
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Posted By: bmw1066
Date Posted: 11-March-2005 at 17:18
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I live just out of brighton I'll go get it for ya, did'nt relise it was so close
come on you know you want it and the couler is good I like it on mine.
I'll even pick you up from gatwick thats just up the road from me too I
live nr Hicksted show ground
------------- Mark 735 se 1982 RED BARON A E23 is for life not just for x-mas BMW e34 530 v8 Sport kit Spelling always Bad |
Posted By: Doive
Date Posted: 11-March-2005 at 17:23
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I'm trying to entice people to bid on it who have more resources than I do.... no space, no money. The poor old girl would get pushed to the back of a shed somewhere and forgotten about until my E28-inflicted overdraft had cleared a bit. All I'm saying is that surely the problems would be easily sorted, making her the ideal project for someone who fancies an old e23?! There must be someone on the forum who would take her on. ------------- 1987 BMW 525e Lux Auto (sadly deceased) http://www.getfirefox.com - Get Firefox - Ditch Hopeless Inertnet Exploder http://www.doive.co.uk - www.doive.co.uk
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Posted By: bmw1066
Date Posted: 11-March-2005 at 17:29
I would like it too but I am in the same boat. I bought mine, paed too
much £££ just because I could not bear to see her scraped sad hu I might do the same again  I will go and get the car if some one else bys it, and can't get there come on Rob & Philp
------------- Mark 735 se 1982 RED BARON A E23 is for life not just for x-mas BMW e34 530 v8 Sport kit Spelling always Bad |
Posted By: Doive
Date Posted: 11-March-2005 at 17:35
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Nothing wrong with saving a scrapped car! I snatched mine literally from the forks of the yard forklift, they were planning to move her round to the 'parts' section later that day. So surely someone out there will see that old e23 right, save yet another one from a painful end in a breakers yard. ------------- 1987 BMW 525e Lux Auto (sadly deceased) http://www.getfirefox.com - Get Firefox - Ditch Hopeless Inertnet Exploder http://www.doive.co.uk - www.doive.co.uk
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Posted By: bmw1066
Date Posted: 11-March-2005 at 17:44
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the milage is so low, If you think mine is hight at 170000 at 23 years
at 10000 it would be at 230000 170000 is low for it. so 20 years at 10
shoud be 200000 miles so at 84000 miles me thinks this is bargin at
£117 at the mo.
------------- Mark 735 se 1982 RED BARON A E23 is for life not just for x-mas BMW e34 530 v8 Sport kit Spelling always Bad |
Posted By: Horsetan
Date Posted: 11-March-2005 at 18:23
...and here it is again!  -------------   
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robs e23 wrote:Posted By: robs e23
Date Posted: 11-March-2005 at 22:44
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sorry mark, doive, im trying to save the sunbury car project, will be seing it today and ive got my other beast going on the road in 3 weeks. plus i have a v.w.passat and a low milage fiesta that im supose to be fixing up for my daughter. as philip says its rare, and i think it will end up being broken fot its gearbox and engine to go into someones project.its the colour that puts me off ORANGE it reminds me of a dyno rod van, the orange ones, and they shovel s..t dont they?? ive made my excuses what about you philip. it would brighten up your life. you could say when you came home on the train and arrive at the station where did i put my car. oh there it is,thats before the train gets in to witham.
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Posted By: robs e23
Date Posted: 11-March-2005 at 22:50
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thinking about it mark, your the closest, go and park yours next to it and take some photoes or bid and get it. its a shame to loose this one with it being low milage as well.
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Posted By: Tetleysmooth
Date Posted: 11-March-2005 at 23:44
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I was going for this car, but when you weigh up the work it needs and the end value, is it worth it. It also needs two front tyres and they look like OE to me, Metric? I think about £100 would have been ok for this, but no more. Besides, I've still got a hankering for an e28 Auto. Being a rare manual doesn't make it more desirable IMO, but it would be interesting on a wet road! A ****** to sell on, I would imagine. I didn't mind being outbid, there's an e28 with my name on it out there somewhere. ------------- If you've got it, a lorry brought it. |
Posted By: robs e23
Date Posted: 11-March-2005 at 23:55
| tetleysmooth. we will all keep our eyes out for one for you. |
Posted By: Tetleysmooth
Date Posted: 12-March-2005 at 00:17
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It's gotta be cheap Robs, I'm potless! ------------- If you've got it, a lorry brought it. |
Posted By: robs e23
Date Posted: 12-March-2005 at 02:18
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one will turn up dave soon.
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Posted By: bmw1066
Date Posted: 12-March-2005 at 05:26
Don't need that much werk. I have sent the seling a e-mail so I'm
hopeing I can go have a looke. it is in good nick as well
£117 mine was £350 being standing no mot and ran lumpe. I have no space
for it I have to get rid of my e30... witch no one is bying
------------- Mark 735 se 1982 RED BARON A E23 is for life not just for x-mas BMW e34 530 v8 Sport kit Spelling always Bad |
Posted By: robs e23
Date Posted: 12-March-2005 at 05:31
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mark if you go and look take some pitures
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Posted By: bmw1066
Date Posted: 12-March-2005 at 05:37
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Got cylder head to put back on ren 5 OH the joy if the seller e-mails me I'll go and have a look hope he dose.
------------- Mark 735 se 1982 RED BARON A E23 is for life not just for x-mas BMW e34 530 v8 Sport kit Spelling always Bad |
Posted By: Philip
Date Posted: 13-March-2005 at 13:50
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sold for £160 to bustabike; anyone here? I have sourced the parts to repair it ------------- Philip '86 E23 735iA SE - Polaris - The Silver Surfer '85 E23 735iA SE - Cosmos Blue - VJ '86 E28 528iA SE - Dia Black - Helga '86 E23 728iA SE - Polaris - The CHAV mobile |
Posted By: robs e23
Date Posted: 13-March-2005 at 15:23
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did you find the drain rods as well philip.....
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Posted By: Philip
Date Posted: 13-March-2005 at 16:24
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???? been on the ales Rob ????? ------------- Philip '86 E23 735iA SE - Polaris - The Silver Surfer '85 E23 735iA SE - Cosmos Blue - VJ '86 E28 528iA SE - Dia Black - Helga '86 E23 728iA SE - Polaris - The CHAV mobile |
Posted By: robs e23
Date Posted: 14-March-2005 at 00:29
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Posted By: simon735i
Date Posted: 21-March-2005 at 04:31
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Im going to try + fix car.not entirely sure if im brave, or stupid.or both! Gotta be better than fixing my v12 xjs, on a daily basis!? ------------- Complete Petrol head. |
Posted By: Philip
Date Posted: 21-March-2005 at 04:39
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Welcome to the board Simon, and welcome to the small band of nutters who like E23's. I used to have a V12 XJS too, A V regd pre-HE. Fantastic engine & GM 400 box, shame about the rest of the car! Have you crawled all over & under the 735i yet. What are the floors/sills/jacking points like? Is the car worth repairing? Please start a post when you have decided what to do, and what parts you need.
------------- Philip '86 E23 735iA SE - Polaris - The Silver Surfer '85 E23 735iA SE - Cosmos Blue - VJ '86 E28 528iA SE - Dia Black - Helga '86 E23 728iA SE - Polaris - The CHAV mobile |
Posted By: M3AG
Date Posted: 21-March-2005 at 04:39
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Simon
I'm not far from you, and a manual e23 is an interesting car IMO. Try to repair, but don't break it! Once you get it, mail me the details! Cheers AG |
Posted By: bmw1066
Date Posted: 21-March-2005 at 04:44
LIKE E23  NO NO NO LOVE E23 LOVELife ant werth living unles you have a e23 on the drive , A brave man once said. ------------- Mark 735 se 1982 RED BARON A E23 is for life not just for x-mas BMW e34 530 v8 Sport kit Spelling always Bad |
Posted By: Philip
Date Posted: 21-March-2005 at 04:55
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.....just before they carted him off to the Care in the Community ward. ------------- Philip '86 E23 735iA SE - Polaris - The Silver Surfer '85 E23 735iA SE - Cosmos Blue - VJ '86 E28 528iA SE - Dia Black - Helga '86 E23 728iA SE - Polaris - The CHAV mobile |
Posted By: simon735i
Date Posted: 21-March-2005 at 04:58
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Hi all! Glad to see fellow enthusiasts/ lobotomee's giving some encouragement.I haven't had chance to crawl around car yet,I'm supposed to be working at mo. My xjs is a fantastic way to burn petrol, 8mpg average ?!?, but with instant thrust i didn't care. im just tired of fixing trim, switches, bearings, alternators, hoses zzzzzzzzz.sorry,dozed off there!Basically everything, all the time! ------------- Complete Petrol head. |
Posted By: bmw1066
Date Posted: 21-March-2005 at 05:01
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e23 lot better and cheper. even from bmw ------------- Mark 735 se 1982 RED BARON A E23 is for life not just for x-mas BMW e34 530 v8 Sport kit Spelling always Bad |
Posted By: Philip
Date Posted: 21-March-2005 at 05:12
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Yes, classic Jags are "fun" aren't they! Can we see pics of your fleet of classics? tell us more about the Jag. year/colour/condition etc. brings a tear to my eye to hear of XJS's
------------- Philip '86 E23 735iA SE - Polaris - The Silver Surfer '85 E23 735iA SE - Cosmos Blue - VJ '86 E28 528iA SE - Dia Black - Helga '86 E23 728iA SE - Polaris - The CHAV mobile |
Posted By: simon735i
Date Posted: 21-March-2005 at 06:08
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Ok. dumb question time, how do i post pics?Am i gonna have hassle with sizes etc? Also,what colour are the door/s you found? ------------- Complete Petrol head. |
Posted By: simon735i
Date Posted: 21-March-2005 at 06:11
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Just gone outside to move jag...........it wont start.ho hum! ------------- Complete Petrol head. |
Posted By: Philip
Date Posted: 21-March-2005 at 06:13
Simon, you cannot host pics on this board directly. you must host the pics elsewhere, and then post a link to the pic on the board. I use Yahoo Geocities to host my pics but there is a monthly fee. ------------- Philip '86 E23 735iA SE - Polaris - The Silver Surfer '85 E23 735iA SE - Cosmos Blue - VJ '86 E28 528iA SE - Dia Black - Helga '86 E23 728iA SE - Polaris - The CHAV mobile |
Posted By: Philip
Date Posted: 21-March-2005 at 06:14
bummer! Is it one of those cars that won't start if you leave it unused for a couple of days? ------------- Philip '86 E23 735iA SE - Polaris - The Silver Surfer '85 E23 735iA SE - Cosmos Blue - VJ '86 E28 528iA SE - Dia Black - Helga '86 E23 728iA SE - Polaris - The CHAV mobile |
Posted By: Philip
Date Posted: 21-March-2005 at 06:16
Not Henna! more like mid grey metallic - I may be using them on my own car, in which case a Cosmos Blue door will be available FREE but its a bit rusty along the bottom edge, like many E23's can the Henna door be pushed into shape with panel beaters dollies etc? ------------- Philip '86 E23 735iA SE - Polaris - The Silver Surfer '85 E23 735iA SE - Cosmos Blue - VJ '86 E28 528iA SE - Dia Black - Helga '86 E23 728iA SE - Polaris - The CHAV mobile |
Posted By: simon735i
Date Posted: 21-March-2005 at 06:26
Erm.no.It generally starts ok, but doesnt like to charge!The battery has just cried enough, after putting up with a scrapyard alternator-didn't work, a recon one, didn't work, then another recon one-which did!The lesson learned was rather than faffing about paying £100 for a recon o.e. spec one, i could of got later, higher output one for £55, you live+ learn.well i live anyway! lol. ------------- Complete Petrol head. |
Posted By: simon735i
Date Posted: 21-March-2005 at 06:28
Oooh. brilliant, thankyou. Im not entirely sure if door can be fixed, old bodyshop chap in my village is going to look at it+ tell me.I will post what he says. ------------- Complete Petrol head. |
Posted By: Philip
Date Posted: 21-March-2005 at 06:36
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I hope you were able to return or re-sell the wrong alternator I used to find that all the time during my Jag days - being sold parts that wouln't fit my Jag, even whgen you supply chassis #. it seems Jaguar would often fit any bits they had to hand when they were building the cars, so some cars were built with "wrong" bits. ------------- Philip '86 E23 735iA SE - Polaris - The Silver Surfer '85 E23 735iA SE - Cosmos Blue - VJ '86 E28 528iA SE - Dia Black - Helga '86 E23 728iA SE - Polaris - The CHAV mobile |