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Through the years, I've posted some pics of various e34s I've built/owned on this site and others. For whatever reason, I can't seem to hold onto any of them for more than a year at a time, must be an e34 thing.
DSCF2499 by jbraswell
DSCF3199 by jbraswell
DSC_0138 by jbraswell
I was never quite happy with any of the cars, always something that bothered me about them or they just didn't keep my attention.
Somehow though, I've managed to hold onto one e30 for 10 years, and it's still a work in progress. This car has been around through the good and the bad, and its gone through it's fair share of stages as my tastes changed. It's been driven hard, neglected, and cherished over the years but I'm finally putting the time and money into it that it deserves.
This is how it started, I was 15 years old and just getting into BMW's. My dad found the car while on a business trip in NC and bought it for just $2500. The car sat around for a couple years, my dad drove it a little. Eventually we cleaned it up and picked out some 16" Team dynamics, also lowered it on H&R's and Bilsteins. This pic was probably taken a little later, but it looked like this for a while
We autocrossed it some, but I was getting into e34's at the time and didn't do much with the e30
by jbraswell, on Flickr
After selling my black e34 the first time (I owned it twice), I bought some Ground Controls for the e30 and started autocrossing it some more. I also bought another set of wheels for the street
DSCF3740 by jbraswell
After that I decided it wasn't fast enough, so I swapped a 3.6L 10.5:1 m30 and megasquirt. The car was awesome like this and I had a lot of fun with it in this configuration.
DSCF4486 by jbraswell
DSC_0114 by jbraswell
Bonus shot of the old man getting it all wrong
2010-10-24_Autox_088_9273 by jbraswell
DSCF2499 by jbraswellDSCF3199 by jbraswellDSC_0138 by jbraswellI was never quite happy with any of the cars, always something that bothered me about them or they just didn't keep my attention.
Somehow though, I've managed to hold onto one e30 for 10 years, and it's still a work in progress. This car has been around through the good and the bad, and its gone through it's fair share of stages as my tastes changed. It's been driven hard, neglected, and cherished over the years but I'm finally putting the time and money into it that it deserves.
This is how it started, I was 15 years old and just getting into BMW's. My dad found the car while on a business trip in NC and bought it for just $2500. The car sat around for a couple years, my dad drove it a little. Eventually we cleaned it up and picked out some 16" Team dynamics, also lowered it on H&R's and Bilsteins. This pic was probably taken a little later, but it looked like this for a while
We autocrossed it some, but I was getting into e34's at the time and didn't do much with the e30
by jbraswell, on FlickrAfter selling my black e34 the first time (I owned it twice), I bought some Ground Controls for the e30 and started autocrossing it some more. I also bought another set of wheels for the street
DSCF3740 by jbraswellAfter that I decided it wasn't fast enough, so I swapped a 3.6L 10.5:1 m30 and megasquirt. The car was awesome like this and I had a lot of fun with it in this configuration.
DSCF4486 by jbraswellDSC_0114 by jbraswellBonus shot of the old man getting it all wrong
2010-10-24_Autox_088_9273 by jbraswell
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