RodneyWright wrote:
speaking of my cars; past, present and yet to be purchased, I have my original e36 back in possession after being gone for 3-1/2 years. Looking back at my old records, I bought this car from Chip at Atlantic Auto back in August of '03. This was my first real autox car that went through many iterations, then sold to Jordan and bought back, then sold to my nephew and bought back, then on a 4 month loan to my oldest son. Now it's back in the driveway.
Wow, this thing needs some serious work. Even when it was w/ my nephew, I still did all of the maintenance work on it, but it lead a tough live. Tons of little things I have to address like paint touch up on the front bumper, wet sand the crappy macco paint job, THOROUGH interior cleaning, fix the drivers side window, and the list goes on. I bought this car w/ 82k miles on the odo. Now it's sitting at 237k miles. This beast still runs strong, pulls strong and no smoke at start up. These in line 6s are amazing...
What I am finding is I'm not really excited to have this car back in the stable. SO much I could do to it to get it ready to autox and track, but not sure I want to spend the bucks on it. I'll clean it up, but I think that's it for now. I will fix a few oil leaks, mainly the oil pan gasket. Time will tell if the love affair will crank back up. More than likely I'll sell it about this time next year once the mustang is paid off and I can grab another car. This would make a great spec e36 car, just say'n if someone wanted to make an offer...
Actually thinking about a mx5. Hell, if Brice and Mike can drive one, so can I. Next year I turn 60, so maybe a b-day present to myself...
Spec E36 is a ghost town, besides isn't it a 2.8l? Chump it, you and the boys could build it and race together...............
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