Tuesday, November 4, 2014

BARN FIND alert in the UK 1992 E34 M5

Since we are on the topic of E34s from yesterday, here is something real cool. I wish it was on this side of the pond.

We never have barn finds this cool :sadpanda.













1992 E34 M5, orignally silver, resprayed avus blue when it was nearly new - yes really, the owner was desperate for an M5 so took a silver one straight to the body shop and had it fully painted - it takes ome finding to see it wasn't blue from the factory, when an avus blue one was available he p/x'd this one back in - this was the time of the crazy 90's! So its a project car or a resto project. Its at that point where it needs fully stripping and blasted/repaired/painted, making good and usingor stripping for bits - your choice!! it is the last of the handbuilt M5's so will be a future classic. Its a local Norfolk car all its life, has done 208k miles and then sat in a barn for many years. We pulled it out earlier this year, fully serviced the engine, fired it up and then dyno'd it to see where it was at - it is a superb engine and right on the money power wise for an S38-B36. The gearbox is not happy - the boot is full of a spare one! the rear suspension is hydraulic linked to the pas system - the pipes to the rear have gone so keeping pas fluid in has meant the lines are crimped off - again if its a resto its not a problem, if you were to do a rolling resto then a set of conventional springs for the rear would be needed, rust on sills etc. Still has the original star thrower alloys and all the M5 bits are still in it - stripping it to use the engine leaves a lot of desirable bits to keep other M5's on the go. Will need to be trailered away.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1992-BMW-M5-BLUE/321564887765?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140122125356%26meid%3D4aba9745e7234a138fa82eeb0f08e9c4%26pid%3D100005%26prg%3D20140122125356%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D181563878046&rt=nc

1 comment:

  1. What a waste.
    Should end up going cheap enough though.

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