Hi all, come on here as I know a few of you have attended recent StanceWorks meets and we have an announcement to make. Also, I have been linked to a lot of builds on here so here it goes.
First E24 didn't go to plan. It was written off before Christmas. I was rear ended when sat at some traffic lights
IMAG0066 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1150-1 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1151-2 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1167-17 by Jorge-, on Flickr
BMW 1984 E24 635CSi breaking by Jorge-, on Flickr
Please look on Flickr to see it in its prime. www.flickr.com/photos/gspritchard/sets/72157627371672179/with/6089828664/
BMW E24 635 CSi by Jorge-, on Flickr
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After a lot of hassle with insurance company, I came off quite well, and finally picked up the new car in February, an '88 635CSi Highline in Dolphin Grey.
Specification from BMW:
5327 635CSi Coupe
184 Dophin Grey
201 Silver Leather
301 Anti-theft Lock
339 De-Chroming
209 Limited Slip Differential
291 Wider Alloy Wheels
401 Electric Sliding Roof
415 Rear Window Blind
441 Highline Equipment
458+Memory
498 Rear-Seat Head Restraints
500 Headlight Wash-Wipers
510 Interior Headlights
812 GB Specification
850 Additional Petrol
925 AG Transit Protection
Since then, it has had a Fritz Bits full stainless exhaust and headers fitted.
A Becker headunit with built in Satnav of the awesome dotmatrix variety, speakers have been upgraded to Infinity parts and cruise control has been retrofitted from an E28.
And has completed 156,000 miles with full BMW history. The AC system has been completely overhauled with a conversion to later R134a gas, other recent work includes: brake accumulator, gear lever re-bush, distributor cap and rotor arm, brake discs and pads etc etc
There are only 2 previous owners prior to myself, and since 2006 has completed 8,000 miles, and (from the work I can see in the history) has been stored at Autostore, indoors, for 10 months of the year only being used around July-Sept time.
The car was purchased with no alloy wheels, so the Alpinas shown in this picture have been replaced with my 18" BMW Style 32s, and comes with a spare steering wheel also.
The plans include the same as where I left off with the red one, 17x10/11 OZ Mito IIs, airride come the end of the year and replacing the front seats with sports options and look into dying the full interior black and either a deep cardinal red, or a tan / brown colour.
DSCF1606 by Jorge-, on Flickr
DSCF1608 by Jorge-, on Flickr
Picking up the car did not come with trouble either.
After waiting for 3 weeks to go fetch it (a friend viewed for me and I blindly left a deposit), I finally set off at 5pm on Saturday evening for the 2 hour, 119 mile journey. I was meant to be meeting the seller at 6pm so got my foot down to shorten it as much as possible. Text the seller saying I will be around 7pm, he was a little annoyed understandably as he had other arrangements. Finally 'arrived' in the middle of nowhere at 7.15pm, no phone signal, no Autostore garage, no nothing. Went to a local pub to ask where it was, nobody had heard of it. Was using my phone for Satnav so could not search without signal either. Decided to use the phonebox in the small village we were in, walked up to it, at this point it was about -8*C, to find it was full of books?! Trollbox. Drove a little further getting signal and once calling the seller found out we were 13 miles / 40 minutes away, again, he was not happy so got my foot down and arrived at around 7.45pm.
Got the car quickly looked over, swapped the wheels on, signed paperwork and handed over the cash, drove it out of the storage shed and he shot off whilst we sorted out the next plan of action for getting home. Was told there was 'about £20 of fuel in it', after a couple of minutes idling the car cut out, no petrol. Drove 5 minutes to local petrol station, jerry can and back to the car. Started it, battery was now flat! Back to the petrol station, jump leads and finally we were on the way. I would have taken these with me but I had left them in the boot on the old E24 which is still broken and locked shut. Finally got the petrol station, to which the car drove perfectly and filled it up. Drove off and the car started dropping power, about 15 miles later it was getting dangerous and we pulled over to have a look. It began stalling and dropping all power very often, I was starting to stress out. The seller was ignoring my calls at this point so my mechanic friend took it for a spin and found no issues so started driving back. He then had no issues whatsoever driving home and got back at around midnight. My friend said that he does understand the appeal of the cars after giving it a good drive back. Coming from a Honda man I'm fairly impressed at that. Started it last night and worked straight off and it drove beautifully around to where it is being kept for a few weeks.
All in all, a lot of hassle, but it seems worth it, feels every bit that little bit better than the red car is has replaced with a few minor bodywork issues.
Thats my long story. Now for pictures.
Picture overload time,
IMG_1285-1 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1286-2 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1287-3 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1290-4 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1293-5 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1294-6 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1296-7 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1298-8 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1299-9 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1300-10 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1302-11 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1305-12 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1307-13 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1310-14 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1312-15 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1313-16 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1314-17 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1317-18 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1318-19 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1321-20 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1326-21 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1329-22 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1350-6 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1345-5 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1337-4 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1336-3 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1334-2 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1332-1 by Jorge-, on Flickr
And finally, how it should look in the next 6-8weeks.
Photoshop by Jorge-, on Flickr
Update
Cleaned the car finally, amazed at the condition of the paintwork. A lot needs touching up but such minimal swirling I'll only need half a day with the DA to correct it all. Interior to come next. Only mobile shots as I forgot my CF card.
I know, I know, HMS 635 ahoy.
IMG_20120314_153410 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_20120314_153511 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_20120314_153813 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_20120314_154005 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_20120314_154038 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_20120314_153734 by Jorge-, on Flickr
And, wheels.
Split the final OZ Mito today. Test built up a front wheel for measurements on the car, and stuck a rear one together using 2x 6" barrels.
17x10 ET8 front:
Untitled by Jorge-, on Flickr
Untitled by Jorge-, on Flickr
17x12 rear:
Untitled by Jorge-, on Flickr
Untitled by Jorge-, on Flickr
Untitled by Jorge-, on Flickr
Unfortunately the rear won't be that wide, but gives me a starting point. When I get the money two new 5" lips will be on order making it 17x11 ET-8, the padding on the back has loads of meat to mill down if I need a few less mm.
Test fit on Tuesday!
First E24 didn't go to plan. It was written off before Christmas. I was rear ended when sat at some traffic lights
IMAG0066 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1150-1 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1151-2 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1167-17 by Jorge-, on Flickr
BMW 1984 E24 635CSi breaking by Jorge-, on Flickr
Please look on Flickr to see it in its prime. www.flickr.com/photos/gspritchard/sets/72157627371672179/with/6089828664/
BMW E24 635 CSi by Jorge-, on Flickr
--------------------------------------------
After a lot of hassle with insurance company, I came off quite well, and finally picked up the new car in February, an '88 635CSi Highline in Dolphin Grey.
Specification from BMW:
5327 635CSi Coupe
184 Dophin Grey
201 Silver Leather
301 Anti-theft Lock
339 De-Chroming
209 Limited Slip Differential
291 Wider Alloy Wheels
401 Electric Sliding Roof
415 Rear Window Blind
441 Highline Equipment
458+Memory
498 Rear-Seat Head Restraints
500 Headlight Wash-Wipers
510 Interior Headlights
812 GB Specification
850 Additional Petrol
925 AG Transit Protection
Since then, it has had a Fritz Bits full stainless exhaust and headers fitted.
A Becker headunit with built in Satnav of the awesome dotmatrix variety, speakers have been upgraded to Infinity parts and cruise control has been retrofitted from an E28.
And has completed 156,000 miles with full BMW history. The AC system has been completely overhauled with a conversion to later R134a gas, other recent work includes: brake accumulator, gear lever re-bush, distributor cap and rotor arm, brake discs and pads etc etc
There are only 2 previous owners prior to myself, and since 2006 has completed 8,000 miles, and (from the work I can see in the history) has been stored at Autostore, indoors, for 10 months of the year only being used around July-Sept time.
The car was purchased with no alloy wheels, so the Alpinas shown in this picture have been replaced with my 18" BMW Style 32s, and comes with a spare steering wheel also.
The plans include the same as where I left off with the red one, 17x10/11 OZ Mito IIs, airride come the end of the year and replacing the front seats with sports options and look into dying the full interior black and either a deep cardinal red, or a tan / brown colour.
DSCF1606 by Jorge-, on Flickr
DSCF1608 by Jorge-, on Flickr
Picking up the car did not come with trouble either.
After waiting for 3 weeks to go fetch it (a friend viewed for me and I blindly left a deposit), I finally set off at 5pm on Saturday evening for the 2 hour, 119 mile journey. I was meant to be meeting the seller at 6pm so got my foot down to shorten it as much as possible. Text the seller saying I will be around 7pm, he was a little annoyed understandably as he had other arrangements. Finally 'arrived' in the middle of nowhere at 7.15pm, no phone signal, no Autostore garage, no nothing. Went to a local pub to ask where it was, nobody had heard of it. Was using my phone for Satnav so could not search without signal either. Decided to use the phonebox in the small village we were in, walked up to it, at this point it was about -8*C, to find it was full of books?! Trollbox. Drove a little further getting signal and once calling the seller found out we were 13 miles / 40 minutes away, again, he was not happy so got my foot down and arrived at around 7.45pm.
Got the car quickly looked over, swapped the wheels on, signed paperwork and handed over the cash, drove it out of the storage shed and he shot off whilst we sorted out the next plan of action for getting home. Was told there was 'about £20 of fuel in it', after a couple of minutes idling the car cut out, no petrol. Drove 5 minutes to local petrol station, jerry can and back to the car. Started it, battery was now flat! Back to the petrol station, jump leads and finally we were on the way. I would have taken these with me but I had left them in the boot on the old E24 which is still broken and locked shut. Finally got the petrol station, to which the car drove perfectly and filled it up. Drove off and the car started dropping power, about 15 miles later it was getting dangerous and we pulled over to have a look. It began stalling and dropping all power very often, I was starting to stress out. The seller was ignoring my calls at this point so my mechanic friend took it for a spin and found no issues so started driving back. He then had no issues whatsoever driving home and got back at around midnight. My friend said that he does understand the appeal of the cars after giving it a good drive back. Coming from a Honda man I'm fairly impressed at that. Started it last night and worked straight off and it drove beautifully around to where it is being kept for a few weeks.
All in all, a lot of hassle, but it seems worth it, feels every bit that little bit better than the red car is has replaced with a few minor bodywork issues.
Thats my long story. Now for pictures.
Picture overload time,
IMG_1285-1 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1286-2 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1287-3 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1290-4 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1293-5 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1294-6 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1296-7 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1298-8 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1299-9 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1300-10 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1302-11 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1305-12 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1307-13 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1310-14 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1312-15 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1313-16 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1314-17 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1317-18 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1318-19 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1321-20 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1326-21 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1329-22 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1350-6 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1345-5 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1337-4 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1336-3 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1334-2 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_1332-1 by Jorge-, on Flickr
And finally, how it should look in the next 6-8weeks.
Photoshop by Jorge-, on Flickr
Update
Cleaned the car finally, amazed at the condition of the paintwork. A lot needs touching up but such minimal swirling I'll only need half a day with the DA to correct it all. Interior to come next. Only mobile shots as I forgot my CF card.
I know, I know, HMS 635 ahoy.
IMG_20120314_153410 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_20120314_153511 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_20120314_153813 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_20120314_154005 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_20120314_154038 by Jorge-, on Flickr
IMG_20120314_153734 by Jorge-, on Flickr
And, wheels.
Split the final OZ Mito today. Test built up a front wheel for measurements on the car, and stuck a rear one together using 2x 6" barrels.
17x10 ET8 front:
Untitled by Jorge-, on Flickr
Untitled by Jorge-, on Flickr
17x12 rear:
Untitled by Jorge-, on Flickr
Untitled by Jorge-, on Flickr
Untitled by Jorge-, on Flickr
Unfortunately the rear won't be that wide, but gives me a starting point. When I get the money two new 5" lips will be on order making it 17x11 ET-8, the padding on the back has loads of meat to mill down if I need a few less mm.
Test fit on Tuesday!