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///M Individual
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Great stuff skank and thanks for the lovely blog! :thumbs:. I love the fact that you restored the car properly and no short-cuts were taken. You will definitely have a gem at the end of it all! 
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Sabretooth tiger
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Great news, please remember the pics.
skank
New member
Right so here is the run down!
Home after 600km in about 5 hours last Thursday. When I opened the garage and saw this dejected looking, primer covered, flat tired non-starter of a car my only thought was
"WTF have I just spent £10000 on??" She is a lot shabbier than I expected and looked so sad I was seriously dejected as I sold my pristine Cooper S to fund her.
Any way, boosted the flat battery and pumped the flat. She would not start at all. Turns out the alarm when flat will lock the car out, a good thing if I KNEW that! Once the alarm was
powered she started on the button.
She has non-equal length headers, that deep rumble lope-lope-lope sound is amazing!!
First stop was a tyre shop, the two front tires were over 8 years old, mismatched and perished, one with a slow leak. Pretty scary to drive her like that. Two new fronts and alignment done,
I got under way. Once out on the open road and after a few high speed bends I started to lose the feeling I was driving a fragile old wreck, she's tatty but not fragile. I think the fact that she is lower than a sandsharks belly, strut brace, new tires etc. gives her such an incredible 'planted' feeling on the the high speed curves, a couple of times I thought I had over cooked it but she just hunkered down and took the corner with very little body roll, as a Mini driver I am impressed
The first 100km or so I took it slow, just rumbling along at 2000rpm or so, loving the effortless lazy engine and the gentle boom of the exhaust, as I left a toll gate I planted my right foot in 1st and 2nd. To say I was surprised would be an understatement. The sudden snarly beast she turned into made me let out an involuntary laugh! Red Rocket indeed! I was smiling for the next 50 miles Once the sun was down I settled down in the amber lit cockpit at 90mph and just cruised home, even at that speed she is very quiet with no rattles or squeaks. (Other terrible noises though!)
In short, all my misgivings about this car are gone. I may bought a rusty dog of a car but I will make her perfect over the next year or two!
Oh, the fuckers at the port stole the Sony head unit, the batteries out the remote and worst of all the rosewood Alpina gear lever!
I have made a list of gremlins and dropped her off at Tune-Tech this morning where she will be sorted over the next two weeks, then the body work. Once all good I'll be a happy man!
Home after 600km in about 5 hours last Thursday. When I opened the garage and saw this dejected looking, primer covered, flat tired non-starter of a car my only thought was
"WTF have I just spent £10000 on??" She is a lot shabbier than I expected and looked so sad I was seriously dejected as I sold my pristine Cooper S to fund her.
Any way, boosted the flat battery and pumped the flat. She would not start at all. Turns out the alarm when flat will lock the car out, a good thing if I KNEW that! Once the alarm was
powered she started on the button.
She has non-equal length headers, that deep rumble lope-lope-lope sound is amazing!!
First stop was a tyre shop, the two front tires were over 8 years old, mismatched and perished, one with a slow leak. Pretty scary to drive her like that. Two new fronts and alignment done,
I got under way. Once out on the open road and after a few high speed bends I started to lose the feeling I was driving a fragile old wreck, she's tatty but not fragile. I think the fact that she is lower than a sandsharks belly, strut brace, new tires etc. gives her such an incredible 'planted' feeling on the the high speed curves, a couple of times I thought I had over cooked it but she just hunkered down and took the corner with very little body roll, as a Mini driver I am impressed
The first 100km or so I took it slow, just rumbling along at 2000rpm or so, loving the effortless lazy engine and the gentle boom of the exhaust, as I left a toll gate I planted my right foot in 1st and 2nd. To say I was surprised would be an understatement. The sudden snarly beast she turned into made me let out an involuntary laugh! Red Rocket indeed! I was smiling for the next 50 miles
Once the sun was down I settled down in the amber lit cockpit at 90mph and just cruised home, even at that speed she is very quiet with no rattles or squeaks. (Other terrible noises though!)In short, all my misgivings about this car are gone. I may bought a rusty dog of a car but I will make her perfect over the next year or two!
Oh, the fuckers at the port stole the Sony head unit, the batteries out the remote and worst of all the rosewood Alpina gear lever!
I have made a list of gremlins and dropped her off at Tune-Tech this morning where she will be sorted over the next two weeks, then the body work. Once all good I'll be a happy man!
skank
New member
Nic_s said:More picks so we can see before and after :mmm:
Congrats. It's a car that's on my list of cars to own at some point in time. Why do you want to sell the wheels though?? I think they look epic on the car... or is that just me :mmm:
Will take some more when she's back from tune-Tech. I think she needs some polished BBS wheels or Oz Mito. The Alpinas look great, but not period correct, I'm going to have them refurbished anyway and run them until I find wheels I prefer so no rush to sell.
Sabretooth tiger
///Member
raise:raise:raise:raise:I'm seriously jealous.
Congrats bro :thumbs:
skank
New member
So this is the list of work I have asked Tune Tech to do.
I only drove her for 3 days before handing her over, need her back just want to drive!!!
1986 635CSi
Priority
The car is lower than a Sand shark's belly, I am waiting on new front springs. Please try and raise the front, maybe new top and bottom 9mm spring pads or something?
1. Raise front of car off of floor
2. Raise exhaust about an inch and move clamps at rear around to prevent grounding out
3. Open circuit causing flat battery in 2 days, battery is new
4. Grinding noise from rear wheels
5. Headlights not working (Parking and Mains fine)
6. Door seal leak by passenger window
7. Passenger mirror glass distorted
8. Bad smell of petrol by tank, suspect leak
9. slight clunk under hard acceleration
10. rear passenger wheel touches arch or strut under acceleration, raising car might help
11. Cold starting issue, takes 3 attempts when cold
Secondary
1. AirCon does not work
2. possible small gearbox leak
3. Fuel gauge not reading correctly
4. Temp gauge not working
5. Passenger window not working
6. Rear windows slow and grumpy
7. Drivers door handle trim not fitted correctly
8. REMOVE Gearlock if possible
9. OBC needs resetting or calibrating
10. Rear seats need fitting properly
11. Trim by drivers right knee is loose
12. Trim in Boot is loose
13. Remove CD changer in boot
14. Sunroof lining is loose in front
15. Trim on drivers side front bumper is loose, suspect bumper smacked when unloaded from ship
16. Rear bumper trim is loose
17. Underside is rank, steam clean?
18. Battery needs strapping down
19. engine bay needs a good clean, replace perished pipes etc.
Once this is all done, off to the spray painters!! Then chill and drive until the money tree flowers again!
I only drove her for 3 days before handing her over, need her back just want to drive!!!
1986 635CSi
Priority
The car is lower than a Sand shark's belly, I am waiting on new front springs. Please try and raise the front, maybe new top and bottom 9mm spring pads or something?
1. Raise front of car off of floor
2. Raise exhaust about an inch and move clamps at rear around to prevent grounding out
3. Open circuit causing flat battery in 2 days, battery is new
4. Grinding noise from rear wheels
5. Headlights not working (Parking and Mains fine)
6. Door seal leak by passenger window
7. Passenger mirror glass distorted
8. Bad smell of petrol by tank, suspect leak
9. slight clunk under hard acceleration
10. rear passenger wheel touches arch or strut under acceleration, raising car might help
11. Cold starting issue, takes 3 attempts when cold
Secondary
1. AirCon does not work
2. possible small gearbox leak
3. Fuel gauge not reading correctly
4. Temp gauge not working
5. Passenger window not working
6. Rear windows slow and grumpy
7. Drivers door handle trim not fitted correctly
8. REMOVE Gearlock if possible
9. OBC needs resetting or calibrating
10. Rear seats need fitting properly
11. Trim by drivers right knee is loose
12. Trim in Boot is loose
13. Remove CD changer in boot
14. Sunroof lining is loose in front
15. Trim on drivers side front bumper is loose, suspect bumper smacked when unloaded from ship
16. Rear bumper trim is loose
17. Underside is rank, steam clean?
18. Battery needs strapping down
19. engine bay needs a good clean, replace perished pipes etc.
Once this is all done, off to the spray painters!! Then chill and drive until the money tree flowers again!
