FS: 1988 BMW M3 - BAD A$$$$!!!!! RARE!!
I am posting this for a friend of mine, Kevin. This car is so bad a$$ I had to put it up on IA.
_________________________________
Name: Kevin
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Means of Contact: PM on this site or email me at [email protected]
Miles: 97,000 miles on chassis, 7,000miles on rebuilt motor.
Price: $22,000 with Fikse FM-10s, $20,000 with stock wheels.
Additional Information:
I bought this car last year out of Georgia from a gentleman that had just spent the past 3 years restoring it. He had an apprenticeship at Strictly German out of Georgia and between the guys there and himself, this car was taken apart completely and reassembled with factory or better parts. Just about every part of this car has been replaced or upgraded in effort to create a perfect example of a E30 M3. This is by FAR the nicest car I've ever owned in every way, shape, and form. The car has 97k miles, but if you looked the car over you'd assume it was closer to 15k miles. It's absolutely perfect and a pleasure to drive.
At 89k miles the motor was removed by the guys @ Strictly German and they rebuilt the bottom end with all brand new parts, seals, bearings, rings, gaskets, etc. They then put about 400miles on the motor and decided to rebuild the head. When I asked about this it was purely because of a lack of funds while the short block was apart. They then rebuilt the head with all new parts, seals, gaskets, and from then the car was only driven 900 miles until I bought it.
I bought the car with a little over 89k miles on the car. The car now has 97k miles I believe, but everything and anything has been replaced or upgraded. The previous owner was obsessed with upgrading every part as it became necessary, not just replacing with a standard part. The entire cooling system is brand new, the brakes are brand new, control arms, everything is brand new. Modifications are not immense, but they are the right ones to do. It has brand new Koni shortened struts with ground control coilovers, camber caster plates, EVO air box, front strut bar, short throw shifter, M coupe diff cooler, mechanical cooling fan delete, Turner chip, and Borla cat-back which sounds great, and Lamin-x highbeam covers. Lot of the other mods are those to make the car more unique and "raw". The previous owner removed the A/C and power steering, as well as the electric sunroof and electric windows and replaced them with manual setups.
After purchasing the car I bought a set of 17x8 Fikse FM-10s which I believe completes the car. I am offering to sell the car with or without them at different prices, but I will NOT seperate them from the car before the car sells.
The interior is in perfect shape. The driver's seat has been redyed partially but it was done professionally and looks great. No rips or tears. The back seat is 100% original and looks like no one has ever used them. Overall the car is in incrediable shape and the only reason I'm selling it is so that I can afford to buy a new daily driver. This car needs absolutely NOTHING other than a new owner. NOTHING needs attention. Other then me being anal about it's cosmetic looks, I wouldnt hesitate to drive this car anywhere. Mechanically it's completely sound. I bought this car with plans on daily driving it, but once I saw it I instantly new it had no business being used daily. It was far too nice and from then on it was deemed my garage queen. I walk by it everyday and love seeing it, but I cannot afford to own a car I do not drive anymore. It almost upsets me to sell it, but I must.
As I mentioned above, the previous owner had an apprenticeship at a shop that was known for restoring wood-frame Bentleys and other extremely rare and valuable cars. This M3 was painted by those at that shop. As partial payment for his apprenticeship they worked out a deal to do all the necessary body and paint work. This car has never been wrecked, hit, damaged or anything, but as I had said he was on a mission to restore this car from it's 87k mile life. They removed the decklid, wing, rockerpanels, doors, glass, bumpers, etc and completely repainted the car the same Diamantschwarz-metallic color last in December of 2005. The paint and body work is absolutely stunning and completely first class. I was told the estimated value of the paint and body work is somewhere in the neighborhood of $10,000. When I picked the car up it had barely even seen day light since it had been painted. The car has 1 or 2 rockchips on the nose/hood from me driving it, but that is all. It's practically flawless. This car has been caught in the rain 1 or 2 times, always washed/dried off with clean materials and Zaino'd religiously.
The car comes with tons of extras including spare parts and take off parts. I have about 5 milk crates chock full o' parts and I can inventory most of them if needed. I do know they include all of the powersteering parts that were removed, all of the A/C parts that were removed, the electrical components for the windows, oil filters, rear subframe bushings, belts, the mech. fan, interior door grab handles, and many, many other parts. If you do decide to buy the Fikse wheels, the stock wheels come with the car w/o tires. They have been painted black, but aren't in the best of shape cosmetically.
I know I am forgetting a lot of stuff about this car but it's hard to put everything down in one single post. If anyone is serious about looking at this car please feel free to contact me with any questions and I will answer them as soon as I can. I love this car and I love talking about it, so I will try to answer your questions the best I can.
These pictures are a few months old, but nothing has really changed other than the addition of a brand new set of M3 badges for the rear decklid.
Pictures:
Thanks for looking. Please feel free to ask me any questions. If anyone wants specific pictures of anything let me know. The car is garaged 30mins North of Richmond,Va.
-Kevin
Reply With Quote
Originally Posted by Halfwit
sold..
91xxxmiles 103xxxmiles
