BMW E21 3 series help

[Harry Flashman]

Chaps, any pointers to resources on the 1975-1982 3 series would be appreciated - I fancy buying one of these as a cheap London runabout; have decided owning expensive cars in London is pointless, and am joining The Classic Car Club. Looking for an absolutely mint E21 3231 - but getting nowhere...

Thanks in advance!

[AC79xxx]

Jaymic (01263 511710) are worth a try to see if they know of any customer selling thier cars.

Alternatively Laserchrom Motorsport (01634 295003) usually have 2 or 3 for sale.

E21s are solid cars, I had a 320 for a run around a couple of years ago. Was considering putting wipers on the side windows before I sold it

[Harry Flashman]

Thanks fella! Will make a note of those numbers and make some calls.

[Harry Flashman]

No luck

Seems these cars are getting pretty rare.

[AC79xxx]

Try BMW Car Mag classifieds section, there's usually a few knocking around there.

It's a shame they haven't got the cult following the '02 series did, that's why there's so few of them left.

[chippy69]

you could also try the BMW Car Club website as well, there are always one or two on there

[MrFlibbles]

Why not get an e30?

[liquidken]

I sold mine a few months ago.

A far better car than the E30. Apart from a late 325 of course.

You will have a fight on your hands to get a good one. I spent about 18 months before I found mine> there are so may uncared for examples out there, unless you're willing to pay heavy money.

Very rare to find a 323i in good order thats up for sale.

[Harry Flashman]

MrFlibbles said:

Why not get an e30?

I like the E21's retro 70's looks, and it's rather rarer/more individual than the E30, of which there are thousands (especially here in S.London, with big chrome wheels and silly spoilers).

An E30 could be tempting - a late 325 Sport, but that would sort of destroy the point of my mission: part of the reason for the E21 is classic insurance, and cheap to buy (I hope).

And they go sideways much more easily.

[raceboy]

Not much help to you, but racedad used to have an E21 323i, his 1st BMW, metalic silver with Gold BBS cross spokes