Fixing my mistakes: part 4

"BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires" (biturbo228) 07/07/2014 at 17:19 • Filed to: Bimmer Fix

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You remember my £275 E36 325i that I !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ages ago (proper 'hey guys, watch this!' thing)? Updates on that!

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One of my mates is in the market for a first car with a typically minimal budget. So, I asked whether he wanted the BMW after I'd fixed it up. The idea might be going ahead, so it's given me a bit of motivation to get things done on it :) if he doesn't want it, I can drive it for a bit again and then sell it.

So, I trooped down to the scrapyard to get 3 new part-worns to replace the deflated and flat-spotted ones on the car. Had a quick look around the cars there, and lo and behold there was an Arctissilber 316i estate there so I could finally get a new wing! Last piece I needed to fix it :)

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...and finally, looks like this again!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 07/07/2014 at 17:21

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Nicely done. German iron's typically pretty good about being fixable, that way (he says as he recollects pranging a W123 diesel - twice!).

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 07/07/2014 at 17:29

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What is dis?

Bandit > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 07/07/2014 at 17:30

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The blue thing in the back ground... Kit car?

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Bandit 07/07/2014 at 17:34

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Yeah, it's a Ferrari 308 fibreglass bodyshell that my dad was planning to build a kit-car with.

There hasn't been movement on it in years. If someone wanted to buy it we'd gladly let it go, but if not it can site there until I fancy making a tube-framed Ferrari-engined silhouette car :)

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic 07/07/2014 at 17:35

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It's a Ferrari 308 fibreglass bodyshell that my dad was planning to build a kit-car with.

There hasn't been movement on it in years. If someone wanted to buy it we'd gladly let it go, but if not it can site there until I fancy making a tube-framed Ferrari-engined silhouette car :)

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 07/07/2014 at 17:36

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How much?

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic 07/07/2014 at 17:37

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No idea on how much it's worth to be honest. Open to offers :)

We're in the UK if that makes a difference.

Bandit > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 07/07/2014 at 17:37

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Nice! You have a spare blue jaaaag lying around that could donate an engine and lots of leather... Get to it!

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 07/07/2014 at 17:39

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Crap in you were in America I would think about buying it.

Is it a real Ferrari body?

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 07/07/2014 at 17:41

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Ooh dear, nothing too bad I hope. Not that I imagine a W123 diesel would be capable of high enough speeds to make a prang bad...

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic 07/07/2014 at 17:43

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Bummer :(

It's not a real Fezza body unfortunately, but it is complete with doors, bonnet, boot and little pop-up headlight tops :)

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Bandit 07/07/2014 at 17:44

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Hah :) I'd love the idea of a Jaguar I6-engined Ferrari 308

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 07/07/2014 at 17:46

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Crap. I would love to weld a chassis and build a motor for a track day car.

YSI-what can brown do for you > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 07/07/2014 at 18:04

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Sucks you crashed it! Luckily nothing was hurt besides the car. It does look pretty good after the repair though.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 07/07/2014 at 18:21

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Both at low differential speed in the rain - more an indictment of the tires used, nose weight, grabby brakes, and such than the presence of a turbo (300D).

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > YSI-what can brown do for you 07/07/2014 at 18:22

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Thanks :)