Finally got some better pics (BMW e30)

NYSpeed Automotive
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Got around to washing the ol’ girl and taking some pics. Sorry, I wasn’t very creative with location. When I do a full detail later in the summer, she’ll get a proper photo shoot.

It’s a Euro market 1985 320i Baur TC, 86k original miles on the clock. Original had no catalytic converter, hence not being available stateside. (has one now)

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clllllleaaaaannnn:tup:

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Very nice, can’t say I’ve ever seen one like that before.

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It’s so clean.

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Crank window E30’s unite! :pimp: haha

Looks like it’s coming along great (I saw the pictures you posted on r3v or somewhere with it sitting in the weeds), definitely looks clean. There’s another '85 Baur for sale out near Syracuse, didn’t realize there were so many of these things floating around.

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dang, looks nice!

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Unusual - I like it a lot.

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Yeah, I saw that one in Syracuse too. Seems everyone has their own made up number for how many were imported that year…

I know mine was bought in Munich at a dealer, new as a Baur, and then imported a month later through New York, in 1985.

I’m the third owner.

Anyhow, many things to do still, but it’s coming along! So far I’ve:

  • Replaced all the suspension for a Koni set-up
  • Swapped the interior from tan to the Black leather sport
  • Traded the crapped out shift knob for the lit m-tech one piece
  • Replaced the AFM
  • Replaced all the belts
  • put in a new Alpine head unit

I plan on:

  • Adding a magnaflow exhaust
  • Possibly getting a set of black Konig Remembers. The bottle caps are so clean right now that there’s no need to replace them, so I haven’t made up my mind
  • I think I’ve got a gas leak at the upper part of the tank I need to track down, discovered it this morning. :wtf:
  • pulling off those awful trailer lights
  • upgrading the audio
  • Then just some minor cosmetic things here and there…
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:tup: unique … i like it!

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Love it

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Sexy e30. The TC is very unique

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nice bimmer, i love it.

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please don’t get konig remembers. i hate those things so much. get euro bbs’s, or ronals. even better, kopis or acs. just no konigs!

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Or Borbet Type A’s… but on second thought dont because that’ll make fewer of them available for me.

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The only other rims I really like for this are BBS RS which are quite out of my budget at the moment. I like the Konigs because there’s the black option which I think would look sharp on the car…

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Looks very nice.

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konigs are so fake 2 piece looking it kills me. they’re becoming the new sportmax. you could probably find a set of 15" rs in your pricerange

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damn thats a clean car, did it come factory convertible like that? or did you cut the top off and do it your self lol.

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Baur was a company in Germany (now defunct) that did convertibles and top convertibles like this one for BMW, VW, etc. This was during the time that companies did not run them off the factory line themselves.

So, it started out life as a regular BMW 2 door e30 coupe, then BMW sends direct to Baur who completes the convertible, and it’s back on the BMW floor as a factory car.

It was a factory option like choosing the color of your interior.

I think it wasn’t until 89 or 90 that BMW did convertibles themselves, but it was still designed by Baur.

So that’s why the earlier cars are called “Baur Convertibles” or “Baur TCs” (tc stands for top convertible)

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damn never knew that, awesome car tho :tup: