Anyone going to Gaydon this year?

retro-bmw · Post by **retro-bmw** » Mon Jul 20, 2015 7:40 pm

Just wondering if any members will be heading down to the BMWccGB show at Gaydon next month?

MCB · Post by **MCB** » Mon Jul 20, 2015 8:37 pm

Well we have spaces booked for both the Alpina and the E30 M3.

With all the work being done on the Alpina at the moment I just hope that she will be ready on time.

retro-bmw · Post by **retro-bmw** » Mon Jul 20, 2015 11:23 pm

What stand will you be showing e30 m3 on?

MCB · Post by **MCB** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 12:08 am

My son done the bookings, but normally the M3 goes in with the BMW club cars and I think the Alpina will be with all the other Alpinas. I have seen the pass for that one and I think it is green with Alpina in white on it.

Infamous · Post by **Infamous** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 11:40 am

What do I have to do to get my car inside for the show?

retro-bmw · Post by **retro-bmw** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 8:07 pm

MCB wrote:My son done the bookings, but normally the M3 goes in with the BMW club cars and I think the Alpina will be with all the other Alpinas. I have seen the pass for that one and I think it is green with Alpina in white on it.

I will be taking my m3 which will be on the e30zone stand.

Only recently joined up with BMWCC, ended up buying a pass for the club stand as my uncle wanted to bring his B10 V8s.

Hopefully see you there

retro-bmw · Post by **retro-bmw** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 8:13 pm

Infamous wrote:What do I have to do to get my car inside for the show?

Most of the various forum stand passes have now been sold out I think.

If your a BMWCC member you can most likely still get a club stand pass.

MCB · Post by **MCB** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 12:08 am

retro-bmw wrote:
MCB wrote:My son done the bookings, but normally the M3 goes in with the BMW club cars and I think the Alpina will be with all the other Alpinas. I have seen the pass for that one and I think it is green with Alpina in white on it.
I will be taking my m3 which will be on the e30zone stand.

Only recently joined up with BMWCC, ended up buying a pass for the club stand as my uncle wanted to bring his B10 V8s.

Hopefully see you there

Yes, look forward to seeing you. Is your M3 an Evo? Ours is standard. I bet there wont be many standard M3s there, there never is. They are normally the Evo variant. The Standard E30 M3 is a pretty rare sight these days.

retro-bmw · Post by **retro-bmw** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 12:57 am

Its a standard m3 late J reg. Has had a few engine tweaks but otherwise its pretty much original.

Quite a few m3s have now been modified and most have had the engines swapped for the s54's. It sure is a rare sight to see a standard m3 nowadays.

I could safely say my one would be staying as it is apart from wheels.
Going to fit the standard 16" bbs's back onto it so Alpina's would be up for sale soon

MCB · Post by **MCB** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 1:35 am

Nice. I like the red

Look after it. Not many standard cars left now, a lot have ended up being tracked and the Evos have reached galactic prices.

Thats not the original front splitter is it?. Looks like an Evo one.

Good move putting the BBS wheels back on as well. We like to keep our cars as original as possible. Ours is an F reg in diamond schwartz.

retro-bmw · Post by **retro-bmw** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:29 pm

Thanks mate

Not sure if it came with the evo 2 chin spoiler or added on later, I have some old pictures of it with the chin spoiler and evo3 splitter which is now missing.

I have ended up spending a fair bit at BMW ordering some new trims for it, also replaced the clear indicators for ambers and it looks a lot better now.

Your m3 looks nice, is it on 15s or 16" bbs's?

MCB · Post by **MCB** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 11:56 pm

She is not perfect, but we like to use her as you can see.

Standard factory wheels. I think that would be 15s.

Although it has had bigger fitted at some point because the arches have been rolled. Dont like that fact because it encourages rust

Clear indicators. I thought there was something else wrong, but could not put my finger on it. Dont think I have ever seen one with clear before!

Dont worry. That is as deep as the water got. Or we would of gone the long way round and taken some penalty points

retro-bmw · Post by **retro-bmw** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 11:49 pm

I see what you mean

At least its being used for what it was built for, will only be using mine on a nice day or to the shows

Replaced the kidney grill yesterday with a brand new one from BMW, just waiting on wheels now.