Is it wrong to want this?

[Du1point8]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-E9-2800-3-0-CSI-CSL-CS-B...

And restore with a M3 motor and modern running gear?

Damn I need a workshop.

[grim_d]

Not wrong at all but it looks in a bad way!

[CampDavid]

I'd prefer to see a 3.8l from an E34 M5 going in there but either way, it'd be awesome. Good project

[Dan S]

thats beyond broken.

Needs a new shell I reckon.

[Du1point8]

grim_d said:

Not wrong at all but it looks in a bad way!

prefer the rat look... just for ultimate sleeper mode.... would get round to restoring the body shell at some stage.

[BDR529]

Put the engine and running gear in, leave the exterior as it is.

[Mattygooner]

It is, unless you have the time, space and money to do it properly, otherwise you may as well copy and paste the advert on Ebay next year after looking out on to your drive and it is still there turning in to the wind.

Who lets a car like that get in to that state?

[Tempest_5]

One word - "MoneyPit"

[HAB]

That's nothing. Just replace every panel, the interior, the entire rolling chassis, and replace the engine & transmission, and you'll be back on the road in no time.

I'd put aside 3 weekends and budget about £1.5k max.

[FRA53R]

Must admit I shed a tear looking at the pics just because it saddens me that people have let that beautiful classic get to such a state!

Back on topic though I reckon for something like that it's gotta be N/A straight six all the way with barely silenced exhaust and some properly naughty suspension and wheels so that when you put the hammer down you leave just about everything behind .

For the exterior I reckon deep metallic black or blue and no fiddling about with it either smooth and classy just like it was originally. It'd make a great sleeper

[wackojacko]

Sleeper-tastic !

TLC required

[davepoth]

[Wills2]

Nothing wrong there that 50k won't sort out.