Well I not only have a beat up Dodge truck, but I also have a 1989 bmw 750il.   Yep quarter century old bmw v12, good choice huh hahah

 

I've always had a soft spot for the older BMW sedans.  I have had 

 

E36 318is SOOO SLOW, but ran good at 260,000 miles 

not worth a picture

 

E34 540i 6 speed, quick and fun had big dreams with a small wallet

 

E34 530it Awesomely fun to drive soccer mom car.  I sold it at 297,000 miles and it still ran like a tank, I later found it at a junkyard.  That hurt. If you care to read the story of this car it can be found HERE

 

 and finally the current

 

E32 750il

 

Anyways I bought this car from my farther in law for $250 in none running condition.  It needed some serious help.  

 

Some specs.

- m70 5.0l v12 SOHC

- 300 hp 300 ft/lb

- #4000+ worth of German metal

- Reclining rear seats

- all seats heated

- self leveling suspension

Anyways here's how I got it

 

Parked at it's new home

 

things it needed to be road ready,

- all fluids changed

- all 4 rotors turned and new brake pads

- 4 new tires

- %75 new coolant hoses ( replaced the rest shortly after)

- New head gasket on drivers side.

- Rear suspension valve re-seal and adjustment

- Headlights

- engine bay cleaning

- Some basic wiring

 

 

Paint was in 3/10 condition.

 

Head off

 

Brake Work

 

Back on the ground in running condition

 

Painted it Flat Black

 

And upgraded headlights Morimoto Bixenon mini h1's ( very highly recommended)

 

 

Anyways all of this to get to where it is now.  Paint is starting to peel off due to me not having time to finish it...........So whats the next step?

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I think camo green WWII Bomber theme needs to happen. I am thinking Shark Teeth and maybe a pin-up girl.  something like the below.

 

 

 I have to say that plasti-dip is wonderful stuff.  ( nice to have a car you can do whatever you want with because you don't care about it) 

 

The beginning

 

 

Edited August 27, 20186 yr by Me78569

Well I found another one.  

 

Waiting on pictures but I think I am going to pull the trigger 

 

 

I have been getting the urge to build an engine recently so I am thinking maybe a rebuilt m50TU ( engine with Vanos) + 5 speed swap with some head studs... and a hy35 turbo to go with it.  Should net ~300 WHP..in a wagon 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 7, 20195 yr by Me78569

I just got a vw jsw with 2.0l diesel, I'm slowly falling in love with it. I did a few mods already for dependability and been getting steady 49-51 mpg so far, mostly hwy. If I stay at 55-60mph I can probably get close to 60mpg. If I step on it, it's like a mini Cummins just pushes you in the seat and goes all the way to 5000 rpm. 

My seller backed out....damn  

flying out on the 4th to pick this up

 

 

 

Fly out there to get the car and it wasn't in decent shape.  lots of issues there were hidden etc so I walked on the deal.  

That's a pain in the ***.

No kidding.  Really low of the seller

See how he photos the car in front of a very stately home? That would have sent up a warning signal right there Nick.

 

Hey you know when we sold my daughters Jeep for an honest price and told them everything it needed...... the buyer said he was been looking for months only because sellers were trying to scam by hiding problems and holding to dishonest prices . So be careful out there. At my age you get so you can tell the real from the phoney Baloney. Not always but most of the time.

Yea,  hindsight would have told me it was a sham.  

 

on well.  

 

 

 

2000 323it that was swapped with a m54b30 zhp 6 speed drive train brakes etc etc etc

 

 

Ipaid too much and it needs some paint r&r on the clear coat, but no rust and it drives great.  

 

Glad to see you got your fix. Good looking wagon