I had been talking with John from Eurospec about swapping a few DVD’s, so we organised to meet up in the car park on the beach at the end of North Road in Brighton, and take a few photos of the cars while we were there. John has a Mk3 Golf VR6. Got some good pics, but that onshore breeze was pretty stiff. We then headed down to Green Point on Brighton Beach to take a few more snaps before heading our seperate ways
Full set of photos can be seen Here
I took the E28 into Andrew at SouthernBM today for an inspection, so that he could tell me what needed fixing. All went well, there is a long list of stuff that needs attention, but must of it is fairly minor and stuff that I can fix myself, and Andrew can look after the stuff that I can’t do. The last point in the list that he gave me was “Super charger missing from engine bay” 
Went and bought a new battery for the E28 this morning and put it in, so at least I can move it around as needed.
Spent 2 hours vacuuming out the interior this afternoon, I don’t think it’s ever been done before! It had so much rubbish in it. I found over $7.00 in loose change, and an almost empty gram bag of green down the back of the seat, not enough for even a single cone though……..
I took it for a quick spin around the block, didn’t want to go any further coz it has no rego. It runs well, but has a slight stumble at idle. The auto shifts gears with a bit of a thud as well. The CHECK engine light is on as well. It’s going into southernBM next week for a full check over, and see what needs to be done to make it safe and roadworthy.
I scored an E28 535i for free today, A guy I know from work gave it to me. Mechanically, everything seems OK. The battery is dead though, so I need to get a new one before I can do much more. The body is largely straight, except for the drivers side rear door which has a large dent in it, i’ll go to a wreckers and see if I can find another one and replace it. Paintwork is really tired, clear coat is peeling off the boot and roof. Car is full of dirt, needs a good clean. interior is not much good, seats are ripped etc, but all of the seats and windows are full electric, and they all work a treat. It’s an auto, and it seems OK, may do a manual conversion down the track, depending on what I do with it.
The plan at this point is:
1) Get a new battery fitted
2) Take it SouthernBM next week and see what needs to be done to get it roadworthy. Also get the motor, gearbox, suspension and brakes all checked over to make sure that it is all safe and in good nick. If it looks like there is too much wrong with it, i’ll just take it to a wrecker, and if I can get enough to cover the cost of the battery and inspection, then i’ve come out of it even.
3) Start fixing things found from step 2, and cleaning it up a bit
4) Replace the read door
5) remove all of the trim and sand it back
6) get it resprayed. i’ll probably have a go at doing this myself, i’ve got nothing to lose by trying