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driftnething · 22-06-2008, 18:20

I work in a vehicle salvage yard and this BMW became up for grabs one day...

It was an insurance write off and believe it or not the damage consisted of a broken sump, broken front number plate and very slightly bent front lip. The car was in ace condition prior to accident and the only let down was the drivers seat (ripped).
There was BUGGER ALL rust and i gave it a final inspection and decided to buy it, I always wanted a bimma to take to "the ring" and was happy thinking i could do that.

Never planned on drifting it to be honest and i got it fixed and mot'd and used it daily for a month or so untill...
After launching it from neutral to 1st out of a few too many junctions the torque converter gave up and it was time to put the mx5 back on the road !!!!!

so then it sat at work for a couple of weeks and somebody i know offered me another e30 (a 4door 2.5 manual!). 125 quid later and i had 2 bimma's !!!

After going to teeside for round one of "JDM ALLSTARS" i was bitten and wanted a track or drift car. when i got back i started thinking about what I wanted and realised the beast i had bought to take to "the ring" would make a purrrfect cheap skid car.

So the tranformation begins !

The idea of this was to build a cheap n cheerfull car which i could tow to tracks now and again for a bit of fun.

22-06-2008, 18:20	#1 (permalink)
driftnething touge runner Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Cornwall Posts: 164	My 2 door E30 I work in a vehicle salvage yard and this BMW became up for grabs one day... It was an insurance write off and believe it or not the damage consisted of a broken sump, broken front number plate and very slightly bent front lip. The car was in ace condition prior to accident and the only let down was the drivers seat (ripped). There was BUGGER ALL rust and i gave it a final inspection and decided to buy it, I always wanted a bimma to take to "the ring" and was happy thinking i could do that. Never planned on drifting it to be honest and i got it fixed and mot'd and used it daily for a month or so untill... After launching it from neutral to 1st out of a few too many junctions the torque converter gave up and it was time to put the mx5 back on the road !!!!! so then it sat at work for a couple of weeks and somebody i know offered me another e30 (a 4door 2.5 manual!). 125 quid later and i had 2 bimma's !!! After going to teeside for round one of "JDM ALLSTARS" i was bitten and wanted a track or drift car. when i got back i started thinking about what I wanted and realised the beast i had bought to take to "the ring" would make a purrrfect cheap skid car. So the tranformation begins ! The idea of this was to build a cheap n cheerfull car which i could tow to tracks now and again for a bit of fun.