Just got the offer to buy my old car back! A call for help!

Discs are fubard. I already resurfaced them 3 years ago and they're still on it. As with the callipers, they never were the best but got through the mot, if they've been holding on then the pads are shot. The calipers are dead now. I'll get it back tomorrow, at least then it's in safe hands!

I'll cover it's headlamps, I think they got on anyway. Just hope the gamble that it's just the brakes gone pays off. I'll find out tonight. I'll get some pics of the shocking state it's ended up in too.

Agreed and it's too late as it's sitting on my drive. She stuffed it into a kerb 2 years ago and I put new lower bouncy bits on the front on both sides and forgot that I also put new discs and pads in it at the same time and a new battery. Although, where it sat the battery was nuked.
The osf caliper is partially seized so it's not locked on but is rubbing and it sounds like one of the boxes on the exhaust has detached inside. Cam cover gasket is shot, air con belt is missing, remote locking doesn't work and it's filthy inside and out... I mean it's disgusting!
I reckon it'll be on the road in two weeks as I can only throw weekends at it unfortunately. They only wanted a hundred quid for it but I gave them a drink on top.
Engine sounds fine, still has the same little niggles it had when I got rid of it but it's done 30,000 miles on top.
I just hope all the bird curse word on it hasn't mullered the paint. It's weird seeing it back again, now I have 3 cars... Doh!

T-cut. Job jobbed. Might be worth taking it to a valeters to get you ahead.

Nowt like a bit of Dheli Belly to make you REALLY know what you have eaten.

Aye you ahve to pay someone but... For £20, maybe £30 if you go posh, so that you don't have to deal with the worst of it... That leaves you with all your energy for polishing and the nice detail bits and inspecting paintwork. You also won't have to go through the "OMG! FFS! AAARRRGGGHHH!!!!" as you find more and more problems with paint you thought might have been ok, so there will be a net gain in how you feel about the car afterwards. You know it makes sense all round.

The 1.8 engine in that cracks me up, it's like someone has chopped 2 cylinders off with a cheese knife.
It's not a brilliant engine tbh and I don't rate it much but it does do what it says on the tin and that's about it.
The main problem I have with normal looking cars is as I own two massive and 'special' ( in every sense of the word) cars, I notice I get 0 road rage from other motorists. With this you get it every journey guaranteed.

Cheers, need that caliper, it's solid discs. I cleaned it on the outside this weekend, it took hours. Moss and mud and other nasty slimy things were removed but it needs a mop over, the bird curse word affects this paint badly.
I noticed some extra battle scars to add to the ones already on there, nothing mental though, the rot in places has advanced a bit so I need to address that or we'll be getting the welder out next year.
An overall examination was carried out.
The front caliper is fubard, I'm not even going to bother looking to repair it, the wheel is locked on and screems in pain when moving.
The usual E36 suspension issues, both arb links are burnt toast and a osf ball joint is hanging out. The tyre valves on 2 rims are split around the neck, they're too long for the rims and I guess have been hit on kerbage. NSF inner wishbone joint dust cover is punctured. All three wipers are shot and the rear has scrubbed the glass which is a shame. Rear exhaust is hanging off, too far gone to bodge back together with a welder. Both rear jacking point underside covers are missing, fallen off due to corrosion which doesn't appear to be serious enough to have compromised the structure but the side skirts will have to come off, clean up the area, treat and seal. It also needs a service badly, the oil is like black treacle with a leaky top cover. Spare tyre is flat, don't know why but it's a budget so will be changed to match the others on the car.
I also changed the battery, I can't be ar$ed charging it all the time and it doesn't appear to be retaining a charge anyway, and I changed the world's shortest vacuum hose to the fuel regulator as the one on it just crumbled up into bits when I touched it.
Other that the above, it seems quite happy. I want to source a leather interior for it, cream in colour would be nice but as it's a touring, will a standard saloon interior go straight in? What about hooking up electrics for the seats? Is it a plug and play type operation, I doubt it but one can always hope! The seats in it now are disgusting and matted in filth besides being worn. Want an 18 button OBC too, a mod I never carried out... If it'll work.
Lmk about those caliper/s please dude.