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I could come up with another dozen fresh ads that are worthy of the same title. Free listing days bring out all sorts of loons.

I've had dreams of putting a 4.6is motor into an E38 740i short wheelbase and 6 speed manual conversion. 740shortysporty.

So many big names in this race. Amazing.

Gold wheels are definitely polarising, nice interior though. I wonder if the manual conversion has been certed. https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/530i/listing/5220384911

Free listing days always bring out a horde of dreamers on TM but this one takes the cake for me - 2000 330i - 88,000km @ $15.5k buy now "Super barn find"; "appreciating classic"; "ready for the value to continue to appreciate for the new next owner". Non-Msport, assumedly automatic, Japanese import, last WoF'd in 2015, no doubt flat spotted & dry rotted tyres plus whatever other myriad of issues that'll crop up from not having run in 10 years. If I were asking 3-4x the market value I'd have at least given it a wash. Comes with a flag holder though so that's worth a few grand. Bloody hell.

@exextatic would be the guy to ask for a swap like this. Probably would be some wiring and coding required for full functionality.

Flap disc take it back to clean metal, probably need a die grinder, dremel and\or a finger sander for the blower motor area. If its too thin or gone through in areas then get someone to weld some patches in. Brush on 2k epoxy primer, seam sealer where needed. 1k base coat matched to body colour if you dont want to spend on a 2k base coat, probably get away with it since that area is not subject to much wear and UV. Cavity wax back sides of any areas you cant paint if especially if welding. Should be around a few hundred in paint and supplies then whatever welding costs are if needed (maybe a local member etc can do it for cheap).

Saturdays progress. Engine and gearbox are out, and at the scrapyard. Removed sound deadening, removed rear seat, removed boot trims. Pretty much stripped as far back as it needs to be at this point for rust repair/paint. Still trying to workout the best way to get rust and paint sorted without spending a fortune. engine and box out. Was not a fun Job as I couldn’t use a ratchet strap to lift the back of the gearbox once the engine was up and out, so I needed to lift the whole thing up and over the front core support by hand, not a fun job extremely heavy thing. But got it done. brake booster/master are out too pretty much a bare engine bay apart from some wiring and brake lines. Yet to figure out how to get the fuse box out. Most of the stuff on the firewall is glue residue but there are also some rusty spots that will need some attention, no holes however.

Hey guys, my 130i is now listed on trademe, lots of photos etc https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/listing/5220230667

Very smart looking e34 Alpina, plus some other cool stuff at Langs Beach yesterday…….

Looks familiar...

Making the most of this incredible run of Auckland weather - got up early (for me) Saturday to do the classic but great run from the City to the Pohutakawa Coast > Kawakwa Bay / Kaiaua - a good 4+ hour in the saddle allowing time for exploring / photoshoots / more photoshoots 🤣 Zero car issues, aside from a few old rattles on coarse chip open road speeds - nothing opening the windows won't fix.

Unfortunately I have discovered quite a bad spot of rust in a very unfortunate place. Underneath the windscreen cowl, right in the corner and it’s bad. A significant hole. Definitely something I’ll need to get professionally fixed. Quite surprised to have found rust that bad with how relatively rust free the rest of the car is.