Yet another project!
Added 2021-08-06 20:45:01 +0000 UTCThat's right. It's the E30! Finally!
Meet project Marbais: 1983 E30 320i with a 5-speed manual, finished in delphine metallic with Sport seats and M-tech steering wheel. Lovely 2-door coupe!
Car is located in Belgium, Sébastien who's a Patreon on here sent me an email some time ago and made this happen. The car is from his godfather Michael who, if I understood correctly, owned the car since new! It has a lovely story behind it, it was well used by him and his wife as a daily and then on rallies across Europe. I'll talk about this more in the video.
The first few pictures might seem like the car is in mint condition, well it was 10 years ago but it's been off the road since then, though still runs and drives. They want to send it to a good home and I'm super excited about it. My first E30! I always wanted one and once I heard the whole story that comes with this 320i, I immediately knew it was the right one.
Tomorrow morning, I'm hoping with my girlfriend in project Cologne and driving to Marbais to meet Sébastien and Michael and see this beautiful classic E30. After that, I'm heading to Gent to meet another lovely subscriber that's donating Recaro seats and a 3-spoke steering wheel for Project Castellón, E21. Pretty amazing.
I was planning to take project Raleigh on this trip (it's around 1000 km whole trip), but Recaro seats are too big and can't fit in the E60 so Touring is jumping into action.
Stay frosty, more updates and video coming soon!
Comments
So relieved to hear. I did the same to my fathers car many years ago. Thanks
2021-08-08 12:56:36 +0000 UTCNope', it was done a long time ago, those pictures are those i sent to Sreten before he came yesterday to see the car in person
2021-08-08 07:29:07 +0000 UTCThe photo of damaged driver side door happened while you were inspecting the car ? Breaks my heart, as I'm sure it did yours.
2021-08-08 00:54:01 +0000 UTCElegant design, classic BMW looks.
2021-08-08 00:09:21 +0000 UTCDefinitely correct velour for the model year :)
2021-08-07 20:13:20 +0000 UTCVery nice find Sreten, and it appears to be a slick-top, too.
2021-08-07 15:00:43 +0000 UTCDefinitely one of my favourite cars. I've owned two 320i's and they are so easy to work on.
Craig Macman Robinson
2021-08-07 08:56:51 +0000 UTCOh man! Project Castellon, Karlsruhe, Skövde, now Marbais .... this is going to be great! The new workshop definitely comes in handy! Can't wait to see all the different underfloors of old neglected BMW's :D
2021-08-07 07:07:14 +0000 UTCThe rear suspension with the semi-trailing arms will create oversteer on hard cornering. Beware. Not as bad as on the E21, but a problem.
David Benefiel
2021-08-07 05:49:57 +0000 UTCI'm glad I'm part of this community and your journey through the world of BMW masterpieces
Bjoern
2021-08-07 05:48:20 +0000 UTCSweet. S54 sleeper swap, Sreten😂
2021-08-07 03:36:59 +0000 UTCE30 will be fun to watch! Congrats, can’t wait to watch the videos.
2021-08-07 03:03:35 +0000 UTCThat looks like a fun one! Looking forward to the content
2021-08-07 00:39:28 +0000 UTCOMG! I´m drooling here really really bad now. E30 and E21, two legendary cars, and i have owned both. Now i get to see, how you make them shine and rise, and give the respect they deserved! I have to top patreon to you. I want to think, that even one cent from me, goes in these cars! Now just waiting THE line "Coooooming up! In meanwhile i have to watch all older videos AGAIN. I need my Sreten-dose so bad!
2021-08-06 23:29:06 +0000 UTCWow! Congratulations-an outstanding addition. So neat to see these simple lines and the steelie wheels!
2021-08-06 22:52:04 +0000 UTCYeahh!!!!
2021-08-06 22:38:07 +0000 UTCWhich project is next? This or the E21? Both look like a lot of fun.
2021-08-06 21:50:17 +0000 UTCAre the recaros period correct? Might be worth finding some replica green fabric, and have them retrimmed. A top of the line e21 definitely deserves a cool interior 👍
2021-08-06 21:37:59 +0000 UTCThanks for everything Sreten, meet you in person tomorow, but, for all readers here, i can allready tell that this guy is awsome! Can't wait! Share his chanel to your contacts and support him, he deserve it! He's too modest but he's one good guy and if BMW came to him, it's the best reward possible!
2021-08-06 21:19:15 +0000 UTCWow, this is gonna be great!👍
2021-08-06 21:11:38 +0000 UTCGent of all places, if my M635CSi would have been on the road, I would have loved to say hi! Another awesome project!
2021-08-06 21:09:02 +0000 UTCWow. My first E30 320i was a 1987 model finished in Lachs Silver with anthracite cloth interior. The early 320 had velour seats as can be seen on your model. It changed to a hounds tooth check in 1986 model year. They are tail happy in the wet, but a sweet and gorgeous 140-150 bhp took mine up to an indicated 129 mph sometime in the late 80’s (Germany of course..) when new. Those sports seats and mtech wheel are fantastic and make that car feel so much more sporty. Quite expensive options when new. Lots of people had sports or mtech suspension fitted with those options so might be worth checking the vin number to see if it had that as well. Dolphin Grey was also the first colour I had on my 325i Sport in 1989… Fabulous car!
2021-08-06 21:02:15 +0000 UTCFinally an E30!!
2021-08-06 21:00:32 +0000 UTCAmazing, been waiting for an e30/e36 to be on channel. Cant wait for the content on this. Looks really good from the pictures
2021-08-06 20:59:07 +0000 UTCCan't wait for the content on this. Really, really miss my E30.
Paul Haselton
2021-08-06 20:56:38 +0000 UTC
