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Old BMW worth more than the scrap?

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  • #2
    manta mad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 959 ✭✭✭manta mad


    god !!! i wouldent send it for scrap !!!! :eek:

    whats the story with it ???
    is it too far gone to restore ? is it an irish car ? plate looks promising .:)

    surely any BMW fan out their would get good use of parts if it wasent restorable ..


  • #3
    nathan184
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 158 ✭✭nathan184


    Thanks for reply.

    Buying a house and this car is in the garage. Previous owner didn't take it away. I don't restore cars myself so I'm not interested in keeping it.

    Unfortunately I don't know anything about the car, where it came from or how much was paid for it. I'd appreciate any help guys.


  • #4
    hi5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,107 ✭✭✭hi5


    It looks like a '635' plate ,this adds value straight away.
    If you can get the other 3 letters then we can tell you the year,if its pre 1982 then that makes it classic and adds even more value.
    They're not cheap to restore,panels are expensive.
    Lost paper work can be re-applied for.


  • #5
    nathan184
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 158 ✭✭nathan184


    Thanks I'll get a better picture next time I visit the house.


  • #6
    homingbird
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,297 ✭✭✭homingbird


    I take it you do not have the logbook so you can't do much with it as it is not yours.


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  • #7
    kasper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,437 ✭✭✭kasper


    where in ireland is it?


  • #8
    Silvera
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,031 ✭✭✭Silvera


    homingbird wrote: »
    I take it you do not have the logbook so you can't do much with it as it is not yours.

    Logbook can be replaced (via Garda Station and Peace Commissioner) once you are the legal owner of the vehicle.

    Dont scrap the car!;)


  • #9
    Basil Fawlty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 289 ✭✭Basil Fawlty


    That car is good for parts only, look at the rust on the bottom of the windscreen. I wouldnt waste time applying for a log book, just sell it for parts and let the next guy worry about it. Its worth more than €150 but not much more, especially if it has to be recovered.


  • #10
    ahal
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 536 ✭✭✭ahal


    I spy BBS alloys and '635' in the reg ... very sexy :)


  • #11
    Tzar Chasm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,069 ✭✭✭Tzar Chasm


    Utterly sinful to scrap it, even if its not fully restorable it might be possible to make it run, at the least it needs a proper send off banner racing


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  • #12
    carchaeologist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,318 ✭✭✭✭carchaeologist


    Be worth breaking for parts if it's rusty. And those bastards can rust. There's one sitting in the yard here and it's a pile of crap.


  • #13
    Basil Fawlty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 289 ✭✭Basil Fawlty


    Hmm just noticed its a manual. I wouldnt mind it as a trackday car. Fit a turbo and some proper management and it would be some fun.


  • #14
    Anan1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    I hate to be so cynical, but the only economically salvageable thing I can see there is brown and cardboard.


  • #15
    bbsrs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 943 ✭✭✭bbsrs


    Buy the looks of the inside somebody may have started breaking it already


  • #16
    nathan184
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 158 ✭✭nathan184


    kasper wrote: »
    where in ireland is it?

    Near Charleville. The deal on the house has not closed yet so the owner might still decide to take it away. Thanks for the info guys. I won't be scrapping it thanks to the reaction so far.

    If it is going up for sale in the future I will put a link to the adverts.ie link here (I don't think that breaks any forum rules but I could be wrong)


  • #17
    Tigger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,705 ✭✭✭✭Tigger


    i want the interior, the rear bumper and the front valance please

    probably take the glass too


  • #18
    nathan184
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 158 ✭✭nathan184


    Car was not taken by the former owner. The ad is on donedeal:
    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/3414695

    I'm looking for offers for a while to figure out a reasonable price for it.


  • #19
    hi5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,107 ✭✭✭hi5


    Best of luck with it, try to get the tax book off the last owner.
    Have a look at the 'x19' thread on this forum to see the complications it can bring up in the future.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056644152


  • #20
    nathan184
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 158 ✭✭nathan184


    hi5 wrote: »
    Best of luck with it, try to get the tax book off the last owner.
    Have a look at the 'x19' thread on this forum to see the complications it can bring up in the future.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056644152

    Thanks for pointing that out. I just read the thread. We will call the Department of Transport before we close any deal on the car.

    The car is legally ours. We included a clause in the contract when we bought the house and the seller agreed to this. We just don't have the logbook.


  • #21
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    As much as I like the old 635's I can't see that car being worth any more than €400 / €500 as is. There was a minty looking one sold by a user here a few months back for I think less than €3k. It would take more than twice that figure to get this car in similar condition.

    Best of luck with the sale anyhow.


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