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  1. #1
    Join Date
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    tehachapi,california
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    1983 633Csi

    Smile Hello Everyone ! 1st post on my 83 633

    hello everyone, i finally got the required email to start my account ! the reason i have joined this forum is i have an 83 633 us auto car i have owned over 20 years. i kept telling my wife i was going to drive it again and instead time has been declared the winner. it has been neglected and sat undriven over 10 years. It is missing the tail lights, door mirrors and the grills. i sold them thinking i could always easily replace the parts, but again time won. otherwise it's all there waiting for restoration. So the big question, is this a good place to find a new home for the car ? i really do want it to be fixed and driven. i will not sell to a junk yard or part it out. Thinking $1500 with clean Cali title. it is located in tehachapi calif. Next i need to learn how to upload pics here. thanks in advance for all your opinions and input. dave

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    North Carolina
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    '86 M635/'10 Clubman
    Welcome!

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    Join Date
    Jun 2018
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    MT View, HI
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    '80 733i , '76 2002
    Aloha tall Dave. We love pics.
    I have a set of mirrors (red) of an 89 you can have for the cost of shipping.

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    Join Date
    Feb 2009
    Location
    Pittsburgh, PA
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    '86 635CSi, '08 128i
    Welcome to the forums! It's a good place to list the car here, but it's a hard sell since we're familiar with the difficulties of an E24 project. You'd get a lot more views on Facebook, your local Craigslist or eBay.

    However...all is not lost. As you can see from TowJamma's post up above...this is a GREAT place to get help if you wanted to fix your car. It doesn't seem too far gone from your description. I have a set of L&R front grilles in so-so shape if you wanted them, it'd probably cost you about $30 for postage. I just sold off my last set of taillights too. They were REALLY rough. Those are hard parts to find in decent shape. I'll be parting out an '85 automatic E24 in the near future if you were serious about restoring your car. I'm sure some other board members also have parts available.

    I'm hoping your local market is a little more active than mine is, I suspect there wouldn't be any offers over $1K for your car 'round here. I passed on an '86 automatic for only $700 this January because of rust. Don't take this personally, but IMHO the US market 633CSi automatics are the least valuable version of the E24. The early 80s were not really fair to the E24 due to the low-compression 3.2L engine and the heavy US safety gear. At least it's the updated chassis.

    Did you try to fire it up? Might just need a little fresh gas. The car is worth a lot more if you can get it running. There's been a fair bit of interest in the old E24 over at Stanceworks. Although it makes me cringe a little inside, you might get a really good offer from the younger generation looking to drift or slam the car.
    Save the manuals!
    '08 128i 6MT, '86 635CSi 5MT (B32, Motronic 1.3, WBO2, G265, 18# FW, 3.46 torsen)
    Past projects:
    '96 318iS, sold 4/23 '90 535iM, RIP 1/23 '90 535iA RIP 6/22 '91 318i, sold 7/19 '97 M3 sedan, sold 11/18 '85 735i, RIP 2/18 '92 325iC, sold 7/16 '91 318iS, sold 6/16 '84 745i, sold 10/14 '82 633CSi, traded 9/12 '90 325i, RIP '87 325 sold '89 525i, traded '87 325iS, RIP

  5. #5
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    1983 633Csi
    Thank you folks for the welcome. The car has been sold.

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    '80 733i , '76 2002
    Nice job, Talldave. Hope it went to a good home. Tell them to join here.

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