And the winner of dreamer of the year is... Part 2!

colm_mcm wrote: »

Cars become rare, it’s always been this way. A 3 door e30 was way more rare in its time than a 3 door Escort was in its day, and prices for shells will also go crazy on e30s.
Humdrum cars that nobody sees the value in when they’ve hit rock bottom go up in value too, again it’s always been this way.

I bought 4 E30s all 2 doors during this "sweet spot" circa 2009. The most I paid was 400eur, for a "red" (faded to pink on bonnet and boot, white on roof) drove it away and performed a full mech restoration, and sorted all the rust underneath... I left the exterior body exactly as found, except a large section of paint that was burned off from welding up the rear quarter. I didnt have any red paint to paint over the burned section, so i used what I had, metallic blue hammerite..! It had a Lexus IS200 rear wing spoiler, 89KK263 It was the best "drivers car" I ever owned, I had a 2 inch thick history file full of receipts the man who bought it from me asked "What would I want that for?"

That broke my heart...