jeffbebe 1559 Report post Posted June 15, 2014 (edited) My new weekender and project. A pretty good starting point... Far better than I hoped for on my modest budget but I got lucky with a vendor desperate to sell before moving overseas. First thing that has to go are those ugly ass 80s exhaust tips, then a few cosmetics (msport bumpers, missing wheel cap, kerbing, etc) and some maintenance... Will start a project log soon. EDIT: Forgot to mention... For some bizarre reason it also has a towbar fitting. F*ck knows why you'd put a tow bar on one of these but someone did... And it I don't plan to keep it. Edited June 15, 2014 by jeffbebe 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michael. 2313 Report post Posted June 15, 2014 Mmmm very sleek and clean. A fine upgrade for sure! Will certainly look the part with some nice stainless M3 tips on the back 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yng_750 247 Report post Posted June 15, 2014 Is that a 5 on the badge? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boowhup 26 Report post Posted June 15, 2014 Looks good! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bimmer boy 21 Report post Posted June 15, 2014 Looks great. Hope moving the badge to the correct side is part of the plan too... 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Young Thrash Driver 1020 Report post Posted June 15, 2014 Damn! Sexy as hell, well done! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
handgrenade 189 Report post Posted June 15, 2014 WOW E31. good work mate! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeffbebe 1559 Report post Posted June 15, 2014 Is that a 5 on the badge? Yep... Was proving too difficult/expensive to find a V8 so decided to get an 850 and start saving for an S62/manual conversion. Hope moving the badge to the correct side is part of the plan too... First thing I did!! 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BM WORLD 1283 Report post Posted June 15, 2014 looks good , look forward to seeing it in the flesh 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ahmedsinc 414 Report post Posted June 15, 2014 Black on black leather with M-Pars. I hate you, Jooles!!!! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hybrid 1043 Report post Posted June 15, 2014 Looks seriously hot. Pop over sometime soon for a computer hook up. Keen for a closer look. Love the black on black... PS ... update ya sig ya lazy pom 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cheyne 17 Report post Posted June 15, 2014 Perfect colour combination. It will be totally drool worthy once you've brought it up to scratch. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeffbebe 1559 Report post Posted June 15, 2014 Looks seriously hot. Pop over sometime soon for a computer hook up. Keen for a closer look. Love the black on black... PS ... update ya sig ya lazy pom Yeah, keen for a scan. Suspect EDC problem, or maybe just something a bit loose in the suspension... Oops. Will sort signature soon. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KwS 2425 Report post Posted June 15, 2014 Looks great. How are you finding the V12 coming from the V8? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeffbebe 1559 Report post Posted June 15, 2014 Slow, thirsty and noisy... Apart from that, amazing!! Haha. Actually it's not bad but doesn't really find it's legs until you're doing 100+. Won't be doing much other than normal maintenance to the engine. Gonna start squirrelling away for an S62 straight away. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NZ BMW 368 Report post Posted June 15, 2014 Very nice, I can't believe youre going to get rid of the exhaust tips, they're a great period piece! 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
far4ngn 14 Report post Posted June 15, 2014 Wow looks great. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tristan 338 Report post Posted June 15, 2014 Congrats Jooles, you must be thrilled! Will be interested in seeing what happens regarding the tips.What sort of price would an S62 conversion run? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michael. 2313 Report post Posted June 15, 2014 Mmmm S62, so then you'll have a proper 850i At least you wont have to rebadge it! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qube 3570 Report post Posted June 15, 2014 why does it have euro plate surrounds on normal govt issue plates on the back? anyways awesome find!!! fix up the position of the front plates, looks to be more to the drivers side? then some bmw wheel badges asap! good thing you moved the badge, thats important.. change the exhausts to some quad pipes FTW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeffbebe 1559 Report post Posted June 15, 2014 Very nice, I can't believe youre going to get rid of the exhaust tips, they're a great period piece! Some things are best forgotten... The holocaust, those tips... Congrats Jooles, you must be thrilled! Will be interested in seeing what happens regarding the tips. What sort of price would an S62 conversion run? I've got your old M3 tips so hoping to use them and a set of RS4 mufflers. Reckon I can land an entire E39 M5 for around $10-12K from the UK, use the engine, ECU, trans, etc and part the rest. If I do the conversion myself then it won't cost much more (apart from a year or two of my time! haha). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeffbebe 1559 Report post Posted June 15, 2014 why does it have euro plate surrounds on normal govt issue plates on the back? UK import way back when. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qube 3570 Report post Posted June 15, 2014 looks to be re registered going by carjam? (looked it up to see if it had some personalised euro plates on it before the HCA ones Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeffbebe 1559 Report post Posted June 15, 2014 Yeah. The PO was overseas for a few years. Reregistered it when he got back (and paid quite a few thousands to re-comply judging by the receipts) in Oct last year. Now he's moving overseas again... So it's had a lot of remedial stuff done for recompliance (and more stringent testing than WOF) and I get it cheap... So all in all, pretty happy. No doubt that it's still going to use up a sizeable chunk of my resources though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qube 3570 Report post Posted June 15, 2014 Better make it worth while then! Cant wait to see it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
