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more photos (10) | owned by David Hull.
Car Details:
Built in October 1980 for a Japanese buyer.For some reason the order was cancelled,and BMW had a £15000 car on its' hands with no buyer, so the car was shipped to Guernsey, and was finally bought in April 1981 by a wealthy Doctor. He kept it until 1992, when it was exported to the UK.It was looked after by Syntner BMW until 1997, after which the history is a bit patchy, until I found her in a scrapyard in 2007. She had been very abused and neglected.The tin worm had attacked the body everywere, the engine knocked and smoked,and the interior was torn and smelled like something was rotting inside it,but nonetheless it was love at first sight {even though she was painted my least favourite colour (Kashmire Gold, with orange velour interior).The scrapyard owner didn't know what he had, but i'd already spied the Alpina dashboard plaque and instrument cluster! He said if I could take it away the same day, I could have it for the scrap weight of just £75.So I got a mate to tow me away within the hour. When I got her home, I did a full appraisal of what I had bought.After I had gotten into the glovebox (broken catch) I was amazed to find all of its' handbooks , service history, old mot's,sales brochures, original build sheet and bill of sale !!!! I decided that a total ground up nut and bolt restoration was the only way to go , so I started collecting parts . It took 3 years to get the parts together (praise the lord for classic BMW.com)they did very well out of me, and also a huge thank you to Fritz Bitz in Taunton.I started the restoration in March 2011,and completed it in may 2014 after 2000+ hrs of work. I did all the work myself, except the black topcoat and the leather seats. I hope you all like the result of my labours. Last Updated: 9:08 AM, 9th June 2015 Car Added: 29th May 2015 |
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