1991 318i Frankensedan

[m42b32]

Drove the rusty car from my parents house to the garage today. I have to say, for 400k miles this car runs and drives great, perfectly smooth cruising at 65. If it weren't for the really bad rust it would be a great car as-is.

[m42b32]

Minor update in this and some changes in plans. The motor and trans have been removed from the silver car (Thanks for the help Mike!), and I will have it completely stripped and out of here by the end of September. Because I am swapping my 318is, I will have a much lower mileage m42/g240/driveshaft/etc to swap into the sedan, so I will be putting everything that I can't use with the swap (motor mounts, exhaust, etc) into that car. The interior will still be coming from the silver car, as will a lot of random odds and ends. Hoping to get started on putting this one together maybe next summer.

[m42b32]

Silver car is stripped as far as I could given the time constraints on my shop move, had it hauled away yesterday. 

[Jdesign]

One man can never have too many 318's

[Daggerty]

Who towed it with no wheels?

[m42b32]

Daggerty said:

Who towed it with no wheels?

Ace auto salvage, I had wheels to roll it onto the truck and then we took them off before he drove away. I had to pay them 50 bucks to take it which sucked, but I kinda screwed myself on the timing.

[YoungCR]

If you paid them $50 they could've at least dragged it on the bed for you.

[m42b32]

YoungCR said:

If you paid them $50 they could've at least dragged it on the bed for you.

Yeah that's what they did. I used the wheels to get it out of the garage and then we used the truck to lift up each end, took the wheels off, and then dragged it the rest of the way on. All said and done it took less than 20 minutes, and I had about 48 hours to get rid of it while simultaneously moving all my tools and parts 20 minutes away to a new garage (and working full time), so spending $50 to not have a hassle was worth it.

[straight6pwr]

thanks for the organ donation Frankensedan! RIP (rust in peace)

[m42b32]

straight6pwr said:

thanks for the organ donation Frankensedan! RIP

RIP... It was a bummer killing an e30, but this one was pretty much already dead. Perfect for rebuilding others!