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by simon13
Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:05 pm
Forum: Selling my ALPINA
Topic: Alpina B8 4,6 Saloon
Replies: 3
Views: 153

Re: Alpina B8 4,6 Saloon

some pictures and a price would help if you are serious about selling it!
by simon13
Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:04 pm
Forum: General ALPINA Forum
Topic: Car S.O.S E30 ALPINA
Replies: 15
Views: 484

Re: Car S.O.S E30 ALPINA

UK E30's as said only use the original chassis numbers, now yes the engines have stampings but unless you know where to look they aren't a quick glance in the engine bay to confirm This is why on all the sytner built cars the paperwork is crucial. So having the Alpina service book is key, helps valu...
by simon13
Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:37 pm
Forum: General ALPINA Forum
Topic: Car S.O.S E30 ALPINA
Replies: 15
Views: 484

Re: Car S.O.S E30 ALPINA

Pre 1995 sytner was the sole distributor along with John Clark London & croyden to build Alpina under licence So this will have had everything shipped over fitted and standard parts sent back to be reused Alpina dash plaque generally didn’t run sequential it would be a random number or engine numbe...
by simon13
Sat Mar 09, 2024 11:37 pm
Forum: ALPINAs for sale
Topic: B12 on Autotrader
Replies: 4
Views: 280

Re: B12 on Autotrader

another crack pipe smoking dealer
by simon13
Wed Feb 28, 2024 10:50 pm
Forum: General ALPINA Forum
Topic: What did you do in your ALPINA today?
Replies: 2070
Views: 291025

Re: What did you do in your ALPINA today?

its not quite the truth i've done it over a couple of saturday and sunday afternoons Matt, I'd like to be able to have patience skill to detail cars. I'm better at driving them dirty! :lol: I'm with Simon here, don't have the patience or skill to carry out Matt level cleaning. What flavour is the E...
by simon13
Tue Feb 27, 2024 9:16 pm
Forum: General ALPINA Forum
Topic: E46 B3S Suspension - Still Available?
Replies: 16
Views: 758

Re: E46 B3S Suspension - Still Available?

The Alpina ones Avtar. I used these bilsteins with the Alpina springs before switching to Ohlins when the front bilsteins failed

I've no experience of the standard alpina setup but the B8s rode well on our poor roads
by simon13
Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:50 pm
Forum: General ALPINA Forum
Topic: What did you do in your ALPINA today?
Replies: 2070
Views: 291025

Re: What did you do in your ALPINA today?

its not quite the truth i've done it over a couple of saturday and sunday afternoons Matt, I'd like to be able to have patience skill to detail cars. I'm better at driving them dirty!
by simon13
Sun Feb 25, 2024 7:45 pm
Forum: General ALPINA Forum
Topic: What did you do in your ALPINA today?
Replies: 2070
Views: 291025

Re: What did you do in your ALPINA today?

https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/v369/hellstaff/E437D76B-5B6A-4413-8D9C-AE3AE1118B9B.jpg?width=960&height=720&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/v369/hellstaff/IMG_1233.jpg?width=960&height=720&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/v369/hellstaff/(edited)_IMG_1223.p...
by simon13
Wed Feb 21, 2024 10:25 pm
Forum: General ALPINA Forum
Topic: E46 B3S Suspension - Still Available?
Replies: 16
Views: 758

Re: E46 B3S Suspension - Still Available?

i put ohlins RT coilovers on mine and had hundreds of pounds change! Granted its not OEM but thats a bit choppy!
by simon13
Fri Feb 16, 2024 10:18 pm
Forum: General ALPINA Forum
Topic: B10 Touring failing to proceed
Replies: 7
Views: 371

Re: B10 Touring failing to proceed

ran out of fuel, ive been there many times!
by simon13
Thu Feb 15, 2024 10:43 pm
Forum: General ALPINA Forum
Topic: Hello from a Hopeful Future Owner
Replies: 9
Views: 410

Re: Hello from a Hopeful Future Owner

you wont get an F31 D3 variant for 15k atm unless you have friends in the trade/main dealers
by simon13
Thu Feb 01, 2024 8:58 pm
Forum: General ALPINA Forum
Topic: B10 V8: Converting to manual?
Replies: 38
Views: 9499

Re: B10 V8: Converting to manual?

thats fantastic, have you driven it and what do you think?
by simon13
Tue Jan 30, 2024 12:27 am
Forum: General ALPINA Forum
Topic: What did you do in your ALPINA today?
Replies: 2070
Views: 291025

Re: What did you do in your ALPINA today?

is the trans safe messege intermittent Barry? try the turn the car on and off trick, if so it could be the selector switch, which is expensive but not as much as a gearbox rebuid/issue! But the V8 boxes are strong up to the job
by simon13
Sun Jan 28, 2024 12:35 pm
Forum: General ALPINA Forum
Topic: What did you do in your ALPINA today?
Replies: 2070
Views: 291025

Re: What did you do in your ALPINA today?

MattOz wrote:
Sun Jan 21, 2024 6:11 pm
Normal service has been resumed! IMG_9559.jpeg
this has been spotted forsale on facebook?! 400 miles was to view a new car!
by simon13
Sun Jan 28, 2024 11:49 am
Forum: ALPINA Videos
Topic: B3 manual conversion
Replies: 2
Views: 332

Re: B3 manual conversion

shame hes 7 years late on this one!