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E24man · ALPINA Joined: 17 Oct 2010 Posts: 2343 Location: Surrey

After many years of unrequited Seven series love and several years of tracking down B11's and B12's I have finally scratched my V12 itch.....

It's big.....

Rather pleasant inside with all that space...

One of just two UK cars in lwb, the other was last seen in 2001 and never seen since. There were other rhd lwb cars made, 2 more in 5.7 and 4 in 6.0, but these were for Japan although one has made it's way to these shores.
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E24man

2001 Alpina B10 V8 Touring (1 of 12 rhd)
1997 Alpina B12 5.7 L (1 of 2 rhd)
1995 Alpina B10 4.6 Touring (1 of 1 rhd)
1985 BMW M635CSi (1 of 524 rhd made, but less than half left now)
1982 BMW 635CSiA (1 of only hundreds left from the thousands made and still valiantly fighting a rusty grave)

KevinM · A Joined: 13 Jul 2014 Posts: 55 Location: Edinburgh

Very nice, congratz!

I have had that niggling itch myself on occasion. One day..
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BMW Alpina B5 2006, #222

jamesa · Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 6:50 pm Post subject:

From Bonny Scotland ? Wink

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B10 V8 Touring #160 Alpina Blue ... SOLD

E24man · ALPINA Joined: 17 Oct 2010 Posts: 2343 Location: Surrey

Jervint · ALPINA Joined: 25 Mar 2014 Posts: 964

Beautiful...just fantastic. Such a great shape and a great ride in the E38.

Congrats

greenelekta · ALPINA Joined: 27 Apr 2012 Posts: 994

Great to see you've gone done it, what a car! Congratulations Kevin on your new LIMO
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E39 B10 V8S Touring Brass Metallic
E34 M5 Touring Elekta British Racing Green
Z3 M Coupe Dakar Yellow
Z4 Monaco Blue
SLK55 AMG Silver

Ikule · Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 8:59 pm Post subject:

Congratulations, superb beast you've bagged yourself Cool

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Steve C

'98 B10 3.2 #88 (for summer cruising)
'04 Mini Cooper S (commuting/sacrificial shopping trolley target....)
'94 325i Coupe SOLD
'88 Vauxhall Senator 3.0i SOLD
'90 Astra MkII GTE 16V (Turbo conversion) SOLD

B10BRW · Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 9:26 pm Post subject:

Congrats Kevin, looks to be in good nick.
Luckily you seem to have plenty of space to park it, would take up most of my drive Laughing

E24man · ALPINA Joined: 17 Oct 2010 Posts: 2343 Location: Surrey

Gratuitous Alpina collection shot.....

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E24man

2001 Alpina B10 V8 Touring (1 of 12 rhd)
1997 Alpina B12 5.7 L (1 of 2 rhd)
1995 Alpina B10 4.6 Touring (1 of 1 rhd)
1985 BMW M635CSi (1 of 524 rhd made, but less than half left now)
1982 BMW 635CSiA (1 of only hundreds left from the thousands made and still valiantly fighting a rusty grave)

greenelekta · ALPINA Joined: 27 Apr 2012 Posts: 994

rc944 · Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 10:37 pm Post subject:

what a beast awesome work

any planned to do's?
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Alpina E46 B3s Coupe
E39 525i Sport Touring (again)
Ducati 748R
E39 525i Sport Touring (sold)
E46 330i Sport Touring (sold)
Porsche 964, 968 CS, 944 S2 (sold)
VW Mk4 R32 (sold)

E24man · ALPINA Joined: 17 Oct 2010 Posts: 2343 Location: Surrey

There's quite a list to do actually.

The obligatory wheel refurb, some stone chips and one or two tiny blisters, some leather restoration, a couple of very minor interior fixes.

Then there's the necessary AV upgrades; bye-bye to the Mk1 Nav and 4/3 screen and hello to Mk4, OEM widescreen, aux-in and iPod in. I might go for a full analogue tuner upgrade to integrated digital TV and DAB but I will probably retain the tandem telephone handsets with a standard SIM card on a PAYG contract.

The rear monitor and VHS player still work although the picture quality is, well, VHS, so a dvd player with USB and Memory Card input could find it's way back there.

Then there is the mat situation. I'm quite horrified to discover that Alpina will not make any more mats for the E38's, nor is there much choice from BMW, just biege IIRC, so that leaves me looking at aftemarket mats to try and preserve the life of the fabulous and period stripey Alpina mats.

Otherwise it just needs a new rear light assembly, one presently has a crack causing a leak so that will be done this week.

It's only done 70k miles and has full BMW Dealer history so barely run in, but as a precaution it will have a full gearbox service for the 17 year old 'lifetime oil'.

It should keep me busy for a few months....... until perhaps the Mora or Estoril B12 6.0 cars become available ......
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E24man

2001 Alpina B10 V8 Touring (1 of 12 rhd)
1997 Alpina B12 5.7 L (1 of 2 rhd)
1995 Alpina B10 4.6 Touring (1 of 1 rhd)
1985 BMW M635CSi (1 of 524 rhd made, but less than half left now)
1982 BMW 635CSiA (1 of only hundreds left from the thousands made and still valiantly fighting a rusty grave)

simon13 · Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 11:37 pm Post subject:

me likey, another deal being brokered behind the scenes eh.
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jolls · ALPIN Joined: 02 Sep 2007 Posts: 585 Location: Borehamwood

Very nice. Could you please tell me what that "panel" in the rear door nearest to the centre pillar is. It's intriguing me.

E24man · ALPINA Joined: 17 Oct 2010 Posts: 2343 Location: Surrey

It's just a little storage cubby hole Jolls.
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E24man

2001 Alpina B10 V8 Touring (1 of 12 rhd)
1997 Alpina B12 5.7 L (1 of 2 rhd)
1995 Alpina B10 4.6 Touring (1 of 1 rhd)
1985 BMW M635CSi (1 of 524 rhd made, but less than half left now)
1982 BMW 635CSiA (1 of only hundreds left from the thousands made and still valiantly fighting a rusty grave)