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It is a six cylinder e28 European 4 speed.
Row 52 - http://row52.com//Vehicle/Index/RNDf...g4w1nWyGzsgoCQ
Similar to this picture. The rear bumper was gone. Front still there and I removed it. All the rubber bumper strip part was gone. It looked good I suppose, not perfectly straight, pushed in just a bit in one spot. I was thinking maybe the bottom half was missing, but thats just the way they are apparently. They were only going to give me a $5 dicount for missing the rubber and condition which would have made it still over $50 with tax and etcetera, so I didn't buy it. Left it there.
Anyone ever tried to mount one of these on the front of an e21? Looks like it would probably work.
Last edited by okieflats; 01-27-2017 at 10:57 PM.
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Just get it and sell it to E28 folks. It is valuable and hard to find. I would not leave it there especially after you removed it from the car.
Rubber trim can be purchased new.
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If I can grab it tomorrow morning I'll post a pic here. Chrome actually looks good.
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If the picture loads here it is. It'll be for sale locally I suppose.
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There still a steering wheel there?
-John
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On this Euro E28? Yes.
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I bet it's the same spline pattern as ours for that year. I sold my m-tech 1, definitely have regrets. It was a nice wheel. Should be ten bucks from those guys, totally worth putting on your car
-John
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This bumper is about 6 inches too wide for an e21. The ends would each need to be brought in about 3 inches, so that the bumper tips would contact the front fenders on the sides.
I think it could be disassembled and the center section shortened and then put back together.
It would stick out 2 inches less in the center front, not like the stock diving board.
And the angle is just right, that is the basic "Vee" shape of the bumper fits to the e21 body.
The filler strip between the chrome and the body is black metal, not black rubber like with the stock setup.
You would eliminate those ugly rubber bellows, and have chrome wrapping around, with the tips terminating right about where the wheel opening is. Actually you might have to trim maybe a quarter inch off the tips around the sides, not quite sure. Couldn't have the bumper extending into the wheel well of course.
Could look nice if someone wanted to make the effort.
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Please go to MyE28.com, register, and put it up for sale. They are hungry for those parts over there and you'd be doing the community a favor rather than hacking it up.Originally Posted by okieflats
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Someone accidentally sold one of these on here once as an e21 bumper. It was an honest, but costly mistake.
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Just an FYI that relevant people probably already know:
Finally, the elusive '82 e28 5 speed shows up. I forget exactly why this is good, the obvious is for conversion purposes (only one with a bellhousing that will fit in an e21 with a e30/e28 M20). Close, but I don't think that's quite it. Anyway, it's there...maybe.
http://row52.com//Vehicle/Index/WBADK7303C7952967
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The bellhousing doesn't have anything to do with E21's, it just puts a getrag 265 onto the small six. I'm looking for one if someone wants to go pull it. And the 265 is worth so much you won't have to charge me a lot for the bellhousing (I already have a dogleg 265 to put on it).E9 guys are paying nearly $1000 for a 265 these days.
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Oooooh - I know what I'm doing today
-John
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That's all news to me. Since Stockton is 3 hours away for me but closer to Sacramento I can be on the lookout for a closer one in the future.
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The tranny is still there, 160k on the clock, the interior is great. Tail lights are good too. Closed it up from the rain if someone needs it
-John
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I sort of want the center console. They look decent in e21s.
Last edited by Thecatmilton; 02-04-2017 at 03:00 AM.
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It's brown, heads up. But if you're decent with paint, bam. I'm gonna try to grab it tomorrow if I have time
-John
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Sure looks like a nice interior. Is it leather? Looks like it. No I can't use it.
I pulled a trans from an Alfa last week. Wanted the rear axle too but it was gone due to being in the yard over a week before I got to it. I got the oil pan but couldn't get the oil pump because I didn't have the right tools, and I wanted the steering box too but didn't have time. Some of those trans bolts can be time consuming because they are hard to get at. I took some lunch and sat there like having a picnic mid day and spent most all day there.
Get there early and take plenty of tools of all sorts. Maybe a ratchet strap to hold up the trans for after you get all the bolts then need to pull it back. hacksaw, wire cutters and tin snips in case you might need those. In my case the exhaust pipe was in the way.
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Gonna be fun - I'm getting a lot of practice with transmission removal
-John
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You don't have to grab it. Shipping it would probably cost more than its worth since I would have to paint it. I am going to check a 633 for one tomorrow.
Last edited by Thecatmilton; 02-04-2017 at 03:02 AM.
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Nailed it. Because of a generous stranger who helped me get the starter bolt. I was not prepared
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