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a while ago I bought this Touring with a blown engine as a donor car for my 540i . . . sadly (and stupidly on my part for not checking 
) it has the "wrong" red . . while the 40 is "Hellrot" . . this 20 is "Brillantrot" . . so it was sitting in front of my workshop for quite a while now . .
the options it came with were close to none . . so there's no use in parting it out . . but on the plus side, it has a very good rustfree body . .
Vehicle information
VIN long WBAHG51060GB61874
Type code HG51
Type 520I (EUR)
Dev. series E34 (2)
Line 5
Body type TOUR
Steering LL
Door count 5
Engine M50
Cubical capacity 2.00
Power 110
Transmision HECK
Gearbox MECH
Colour BRILLANTROT (308)
Upholstery SILBERGRAU STOFF (0412)
Prod. date 1992-12-15
Order options
No. Description
209 LIMITED SLIP DIFFERENTIAL (25%)
220 SELF-LEVELING SUSPENSION
240 LEATHER STEERING WHEEL
320 MODEL DESIGNATION, DELETION
339 SATIN CHROME
354 GREEN STRIPE WINDSCREEN
404 DOUBLE SLIDING SUNROOF ELEC
410 WINDOW LIFTS, ELECTRIC AT FRONT
423 FLOOR MATS, VELOUR
510 HEADLIGHT BEAM-THROW CONTR. F LOW BEAM
520 FOGLIGHTS
556 EXTERIOR TEMPERATURE DISPLAY
661 BMW BAV. CASS. III
676 HIFI LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM
804 SWITZERLAND VERSION
then I decided to do something with it . . as if I didn't have enough "started" projects
anyway . . every spring me and a few friends drive to France to get a little wild on a privately owned hillclimb racetrack in the alps . . sadly, for some stupid reason there's a 3l displacement maximum . . . so I decided to build me a family-stationwagon-hillclimb-racer . . . and since it will never be legal to drive this on Swiss road, I'm gonna keep it "cheap" . .
sure there would be better cars to start with then a 2l E34 station wagon. . but that would just be too easy . . .
first of all, the ugly grey coth interior had to go . .
aah . . . all nice and empty!
Then I started looking for a engine-doner-car to replace the sad and useless M50B20 which has a broken timing chain . .
found it!!
this is it . . (nope . . not the Alfa . .)
S50B30 . . . . .
after a bit of making a mess . .
test-sitting nicely in the E34 engine bay!
since the load should stop in a hurry I also got a set of German-750i Brake calipers . . not the "fanciest" brakes around . . but should do the job . .
to be continued. ...
) it has the "wrong" red . . while the 40 is "Hellrot" . . this 20 is "Brillantrot" . . so it was sitting in front of my workshop for quite a while now . .the options it came with were close to none . . so there's no use in parting it out . . but on the plus side, it has a very good rustfree body . .
Vehicle information
VIN long WBAHG51060GB61874
Type code HG51
Type 520I (EUR)
Dev. series E34 (2)
Line 5
Body type TOUR
Steering LL
Door count 5
Engine M50
Cubical capacity 2.00
Power 110
Transmision HECK
Gearbox MECH
Colour BRILLANTROT (308)
Upholstery SILBERGRAU STOFF (0412)
Prod. date 1992-12-15
Order options
No. Description
209 LIMITED SLIP DIFFERENTIAL (25%)
220 SELF-LEVELING SUSPENSION
240 LEATHER STEERING WHEEL
320 MODEL DESIGNATION, DELETION
339 SATIN CHROME
354 GREEN STRIPE WINDSCREEN
404 DOUBLE SLIDING SUNROOF ELEC
410 WINDOW LIFTS, ELECTRIC AT FRONT
423 FLOOR MATS, VELOUR
510 HEADLIGHT BEAM-THROW CONTR. F LOW BEAM
520 FOGLIGHTS
556 EXTERIOR TEMPERATURE DISPLAY
661 BMW BAV. CASS. III
676 HIFI LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM
804 SWITZERLAND VERSION
then I decided to do something with it . . as if I didn't have enough "started" projects
anyway . . every spring me and a few friends drive to France to get a little wild on a privately owned hillclimb racetrack in the alps . . sadly, for some stupid reason there's a 3l displacement maximum . . . so I decided to build me a family-stationwagon-hillclimb-racer . . . and since it will never be legal to drive this on Swiss road, I'm gonna keep it "cheap" . .
sure there would be better cars to start with then a 2l E34 station wagon. . but that would just be too easy . . .
first of all, the ugly grey coth interior had to go . .
aah . . . all nice and empty!
Then I started looking for a engine-doner-car to replace the sad and useless M50B20 which has a broken timing chain . .
found it!!
this is it . . (nope . . not the Alfa . .)
S50B30 . . . . .
after a bit of making a mess . .
test-sitting nicely in the E34 engine bay!
since the load should stop in a hurry I also got a set of German-750i Brake calipers . . not the "fanciest" brakes around . . but should do the job . .
to be continued. ...
