Hi All, first time posting here so be nice!
I have a 1987 528i BMW which has been in the family for about half of its life but I have now come to the conclusion that it needs to go. I just don't have the funds to renovate it and I have a 1996 BMW 328iS coupe so can't afford to run both as weekend cars.
Several years ago my Dad wanted to get rid of it and at the time I wanted a trackday car so I stripped and sold the interior replacing it with a pair of bucket seats. I was also half way through creating a custom exhaust before I started racing MR2's so that never got finished. It has been garaged for about the last 10 years only spending one winter outside but thats when frost got into the laquer on the bonnet and blistered it.
So to summarise the bad points:
No interior
No exhaust from manifold back
Blistered laquer on bonnet
Drivers lock doesn't work
No T&T
Good Points:
Paint work is in fairly good condition
Small amounts of rust but at last check nothing structural
Engine starts every time
I know the value of these cars are only going up but I can't afford to hold onto it any longer, I need the money to run the other beemer.
My question is this: how much is it worth as it is? I really would really love to see this restored but would I be better off selling it in bits? (storage isn't a problem)
I have some pictures of it already uploaded from trackdays, i'll try and get it out of the garage over the weekend for some up to date ones although nothings really changed.
www.sakari-racing.co.uk/gallery/cadwell/gallery.html
www.sakari-racing.co.uk/gallery/rockingham/gallery.html
Thanks for your help
I have a 1987 528i BMW which has been in the family for about half of its life but I have now come to the conclusion that it needs to go. I just don't have the funds to renovate it and I have a 1996 BMW 328iS coupe so can't afford to run both as weekend cars.
Several years ago my Dad wanted to get rid of it and at the time I wanted a trackday car so I stripped and sold the interior replacing it with a pair of bucket seats. I was also half way through creating a custom exhaust before I started racing MR2's so that never got finished. It has been garaged for about the last 10 years only spending one winter outside but thats when frost got into the laquer on the bonnet and blistered it.
So to summarise the bad points:
No interior
No exhaust from manifold back
Blistered laquer on bonnet
Drivers lock doesn't work
No T&T
Good Points:
Paint work is in fairly good condition
Small amounts of rust but at last check nothing structural
Engine starts every time
I know the value of these cars are only going up but I can't afford to hold onto it any longer, I need the money to run the other beemer.
My question is this: how much is it worth as it is? I really would really love to see this restored but would I be better off selling it in bits? (storage isn't a problem)
I have some pictures of it already uploaded from trackdays, i'll try and get it out of the garage over the weekend for some up to date ones although nothings really changed.
www.sakari-racing.co.uk/gallery/cadwell/gallery.html
www.sakari-racing.co.uk/gallery/rockingham/gallery.html
Thanks for your help