Is this a machine!

Nekarsulm

If any car could cause drool to short out my keyboard, this is it!

http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/bmw-635ci-1984/6361248

Kenny Logins

Ooh. I've got one of those.

hi5

Nice UK registration means zilch in Ireland:rolleyes:
And those front wings can rust like mad and cost a grand each.

Anan1

On which subject - and I hate to be negative about a sharknose - that car looks damp inside.

Nekarsulm

Anan1 wrote: »

On which subject - and I hate to be negative about a sharknose - that car looks damp inside.

Love is blind! and usually broke..................

Sabre Man

The registration letter B says it's a 1985 model.

Kenny Logins

Sabre Man wrote: »

The registration letter B says it's a 1985 model.

Reg'd in late 84, I presume.

Sabre Man

Kenny Logins wrote: »

Reg'd in late 84, I presume.

You're quite right. B = 1 August 1984 – 31 July 1985
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_the_United_Kingdom,_Crown_dependencies_and_overseas_territories#1983_to_2001

My car is a 1986 model and was a C reg, so I presumed it was January to January. Never trust the British to use a logical system.

Kenny Logins

Sabre Man wrote: »

You're quite right. B = 1 August 1984 – 31 July 1985
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_the_United_Kingdom,_Crown_dependencies_and_overseas_territories#1983_to_2001

My car is a 1986 model and was a C reg, so I presumed it was January to January. Never trust the British to use a logical system.

Car model years run from August to July, changing over after retooling during the August holidays I believe. UK reg system followed this.

w124man

Nekarsulm wrote: »

If any car could cause drool to short out my keyboard, this is it!

http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/bmw-635ci-1984/6361248

No it isn't. It rates along with the Ssangyong Rodius in the beauty stakes

Dades

w124man wrote: »

No it isn't. It rates along with the Ssangyong Rodius in the beauty stakes

:eek:

I think the lines are timeless.

The one in the ad wouldn't excite me. No price, no test, no VRT? No chance.

hi5

You can use the DVLA site below to check the exact date a UK car was first registered in the UK, just stick in the reg and make.

That Beemer was the 21/09/84, so 8 months to go before its classic


https://www.gov.uk/get-vehicle-information-from-dvla

tom petty

I've got one too and blindly ignored the best bit of advice that was given to me prior to buying it,
" they're always rustier than you think.........."

filbert the fox

I seem to remember a Dublin reg long before the Tv series:

CSI 635 round the city................. Still going?

Kenny Logins

filbert the fox wrote: »

I seem to remember a Dublin reg long before the Tv series:

CSI 635 round the city................. Still going?

DZE 635 is around, is this the one you're thinking of?

Bigus

filbert the fox wrote: »

I seem to remember a Dublin reg long before the Tv series:

CSI 635 round the city................. Still going?

Yes , last seen parked kylmore road

hi5

There's this one which is 633

Kenny Logins

Bigus wrote: »

Yes , last seen parked kylmore road

It's in the Limerick area now, henna red with Alpina stripes.

Kenny Logins

Wonder what this would be in today's money...


Brand New BMW 6 Series For Sale by retromotoring, on Flickr

w124man

Dades wrote: »

:eek:

I think the lines are timeless.

Timeless as in E Type timeless or Citroen DS timeless ...... ?

Emm ............ no, not in a million years

tom petty

Kenny Logins wrote: »

Wonder what this would be in today's money...


Brand New BMW 6 Series For Sale by retromotoring, on Flickr

My '81 with all extras was invoiced for £23804 using most currency equivelant calculators that corresponds to circa £64000 ( €78000) today.
Cost of a nice three bedroom semi detached house back in the day .................

Kenny Logins

tom petty wrote: »

My '81 with all extras was invoiced for £23804 using most currency equivelant calculators that corresponds to circa £64000 ( €78000) today.
Cost of a nice three bedroom semi detached house back in the day .................

Mine (October '81) -




(HK$ :pac:)

tom petty

Spooky , mine is also October 1981.

Kenny Logins

What colour?

tom petty

Kenny Logins wrote: »

What colour?

PM sent .

Dades

w124man wrote: »

Timeless as in E Type timeless or Citroen DS timeless ...... ?

Emm ............ no, not in a million years

Timeless as in BMW E24 timeless.

A 70/80s coupe that moisturised every day and still looks young.

Nekarsulm

tom petty wrote: »

My '81 with all extras was invoiced for £23804 using most currency equivelant calculators that corresponds to circa £64000 ( €78000) today.
Cost of a nice three bedroom semi detached house back in the day .................

Therefore about €15,000 more expensive than a 3 bed semi in most provincial towns at the moment!

Tzar Chasm

thing of beauty, one day I will have one, probably in Blue tho.

tom petty

Tzar Chasm wrote: »

thing of beauty, one day I will have one, probably in Blue tho.

Nah Tzar , they're only available in a rusty oxide colour now.........;)

Tzar Chasm

lies, some better fcukin survive til I have a job again, or there will be a very unhappy tzar who'll have to make do with just an e39 m5

TireeTerror

What age are you lot that love this? Surely it must be nostalgia or something, because it looks like a complete shed to me.

Nekarsulm

TireeTerror wrote: »

What age are you lot that love this? Surely it must be nostalgia or something, because it looks like a complete shed to me.

"how sharper than a serpents tooth is an ungrateful child "

Kenny Logins

TireeTerror wrote: »

What age are you lot that love this? Surely it must be nostalgia or something, because it looks like a complete shed to me.

Not that example, the model.

Tzar Chasm

anyway the picture do sent do it justice, they are a beautiful car.

btw I was born in the late seventies, so this is one of the cars of my childhood, along with the w126 and the datsun bluebird, things of beauty

TireeTerror

Ah OK, I understand now. I thought you were speaking about that particular car for sale, and it looks dog rough and in need of a huge amount of expensive restoration work.

w124man

TireeTerror wrote: »

Ah OK, I understand now. I thought you were speaking about that particular car for sale, and it looks dog rough and in need of a huge amount of expensive restoration work.

They all look like that .....

Kenny Logins

w124man wrote: »

They all look like that .....

Are they not agricultural enough for you taximan? :pac:

Hifive

Just beautiful.




But I could almost hear the one I had rusting!

Stroke My Trout

Most 635s you see are just lying there mouldering

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-8-series-petrol/5250501

Now this I'd love, but you know it would be a heart breaker:)

tom petty

Stroke My Trout wrote: »

Most 635s you see are just lying there mouldering

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-8-series-petrol/5250501

Now this I'd love, but you know it would be a heart breaker:)

Yep , stunningly beautiful cars , but expensive to run and repair and don't think for a moment that they don't rust , they do .
However , if it wasn't for the Draconian road tax system in this country I would have had one years ago.

tom petty

But I could almost hear the one I had rusting![/QUOTE]

That I can understand .
I've peformed open heart surgery on mine during the resto and the reasons they rot so much ( E12 and E28 based ) are so obvious . Poor and too few spot welds , drain paths into box sections , window seals that don't, and never did, do their job and factory applied thick wax injection that didn't flow or penetrate to the lowest points of the sill structure , expanding foam and felt around the rear inner arches that act as a super sponge plus an under wing design that equaled a 1950's Morris Oxford.
Thank God that the lower structure is made from 18swg metal or they would have went ten years sooner.

Kenny Logins

I really don't know why high-end cars of that era weren't galvanized, even the humble Porsche 924 was fully protected from 1980 on and most are holding up well today.