BMW E23 love

[GT4ME]

DSG200W.
So, this is the car that started it all off for me. When I was about 9 my dad came home with this E23 735i.
Only a couple of years old at the time, it was love at first sight for me.
Owned for several years before being written off on a wet winters night.




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Dads replacement for the written off DSG.
Baltic blue 735i ASE, full spec series 1 with electric front/rear seats.



C778 PCX.
Fast forward to around 2006 and after around 6 E28 528i's I found this lovely series 2 735iSE.
Alpine white with black leather.





RFE 269W.
I found this 1 owner series 1 735, genuine 40k from new and in absolutely mint condition.
Exactly the same colour combination as my dads first one so how could I not buy it




C400 EKM
Latest acquisition,series 2 735iSE.
Polaris silver with beige leather, i'll update here with work completed.

[GT4ME]

First job was to refurbish the tired wood trim.


Gearshift surround was particularly poor.


After a rub down with 240/400/600 sandpaper and a wipe down with turps.


And revarnished.


Shift surround looking a lot better.






Swapped out the E34 x spoke spare wheel for an original TRX2 I had in the shed.


Lots of eBay purchases required with old cars

[grifterkid]

This is all looking good, it's all looking very good indeed...

Please keep the pictures coming!!!

[metroman]

Very cool cars, top work with the woodwork!

James

[foxye28]

Looks gtreat that. Gonna keep an eye on this

[bigsaloon]

Those Chestnut red E23s are awesome. I'm happy that my Silver Surfer has gone to a good home. Selling after 10 years ownership has caused me more pain than I expected. As a result I'm at last getting my 728i properly repaired so that it can stop being a garage queen and start being a car again

[bigsaloon]

Some of my E23s past and present

[GT4ME]

More great E23's Liking that very dark blue one in the first picture!

Thanks for all the positive comments guys.

[bigsaloon]

Sept 9, 2014 21:12:19 GMT GT4ME said:

More great E23's Liking that very dark blue one in the first picture!

Arctic Blue over navy blue leather. That car was one of mine. C878WLC a 728iA SE with the highest spec I've ever seen on a 728i. I was obliged to sell it when I was long-term unemployed, in 2011. A later owner repainted it black. I spotted it on ebay couple of years back. I still have those 17" BMW wheels in my wheel hoard.

[GT4ME]

Sept 10, 2014 12:22:24 GMT bigsaloon said:

Sept 9, 2014 21:12:19 GMT GT4ME said:

More great E23's Liking that very dark blue one in the first picture!

Arctic Blue over navy blue leather. That car was one of mine. C878WLC a 728iA SE with the highest spec I've ever seen on a 728i. I was obliged to sell it when I was long-term unemployed, in 2011. A later owner repainted it black. I spotted it on ebay couple of years back. I still have those 17" BMW wheels in my wheel hoard.

Arctic blue, really nice colour.

Got some new badges from BMW.

[bobblegut]

Did they make a ALpina version ? I can remember one badged as in storage in a garage unit on a mates farm years ago.

[acunninglinguist]

Have you come across PacerPete in Iver Heath? Last time I saw him he had two of these beached in his garden (he's normal and well adjusted!) - one of them was a 745i Turbo (at least I think it was a turbo - it might have been a 24v) pm me and I'll give you his number.

[GT4ME]

Sept 13, 2014 16:34:19 GMT bobblegut said:

Did they make a ALpina version ? I can remember one badged as in storage in a garage unit on a mates farm years ago.

They did make Alpina version, though mine just has the wheels

[GT4ME]

Sept 13, 2014 17:04:26 GMT acunninglinguist said:

Have you come across PacerPete in Iver Heath? Last time I saw him he had two of these beached in his garden (he's normal and well adjusted!) - one of them was a 745i Turbo (at least I think it was a turbo - it might have been a 24v) pm me and I'll give you his number.

Flippin eck, don't encourage me.

[acunninglinguist]

The more I think about it, it was LHD, a yank import I think, so that'd be a turbo? It was whirlpool white with buffalo leathers. and there was a load of E23 leather in his aviary. I kid you not.

The car was a bit of a corpse on a stretcher as I remember, but definitely savable.

Consider yourself encouraged!

[bigsaloon]

I've also visited Pete and his white 745i. Its a European 745i turbo LHD ordered new by an Arab bank in London, IIRC. He also had a UK RHD Bronze-Beige 735i Executive with buffalo leather and BBS spoilers. This is going back a good few years, mind. He also had a Maserati on his patio and numerous other garden ornaments on wheels.

[GT4ME]

No work on the car to report, outing for the beasty to the Doune round of the British hillclimb championship this weekend.

[pandemonium001]

Hi lewis, nice collection of BMW's there, check out RUM282W on my thread, finally getting some work done lately.

E12 tidy up ayrshire.
Martin

[GT4ME]

Sept 22, 2014 11:58:23 GMT pandemonium001 said:

Hi lewis, nice collection of BMW's there, check out RUM282W on my thread, finally getting some work done lately.

E12 tidy up ayrshire.
Martin

Hi Martin, cars coming on great. Lots of good work there.
Going to look fab on those wheels, just promise your not going to to anything with the interior ,it was so lovely and original

[bigsaloon]

I have not seen these pics for years. Some of the E23s are mines, not all though