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I fitted a new starter motor to the 323 which now enables it to start first time, it had been a right ball-ache to get going before with it only engaging every now and then but it now starts straight away and seems to run fine.

I did other important jobs such as wire the stereo up to the ignition barrel which is just kind of dangling there, I need to find a steering cowling for it because it's missing.

 

Annoyingly some twat has crashed into the car in the space of a week of it sitting here.

 

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It has a big scrape up the front wing which wasn't there when I bought it, I am mildly pissed off but can't really say anything because I'm taking up more space than I've really got and other people do need to get by the car which was sitting further out than it should be.

 

I went to East Kilbride this morning to pick up a set of wheels.

 

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It was a bit disappointing to find out that only two of them were genuine E21 bmw Alpina alloys and the other two are just copies that look similar.

 

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They were free so I'm not particularly bothered that they're not all the same. My plan is to clean them up, paint them and replace the tyres then fit them to the Felicia.

 

 

They aren't Alpina wheels. The top one is a regular 323i 20 spoke 5.5 or 6J, the lower one is a copy as you say, probably Melber.

 

Alpina alloys were made by Ronal and have ALPINA cast into the front between two wheel bolt holes.

 

Still, for free............

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Have some more pics!

 

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Many lights are illuminated.

 

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Have some more pics!

 

31532348667_f72b4fc370_c.jpgRJC_6152 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

44655320510_0f9fc7c944_c.jpgRJC_6148 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

44655322250_b8719961d7_c.jpgRJC_6147 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

44655324070_382e71119f_c.jpgRJC_6146 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

44655327040_abfe68b6ce_c.jpgRJC_6143 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

44655328720_12e3b70db0_c.jpgRJC_6140 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

Many lights are illuminated.

 

46422600722_4786c37c20_c.jpgOh dear! by srblythe, on Flickr

 

 

 

That has got grey slip on shoes, Royal Legion and mail order Filipino bride written all over it.

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If Hyacinth Bucket’s character was based in the early noughties, and Korean motors were the new Rover (which I guess they pretty much were at the time), I could see her being chauffeured by Richard in the back of one of these.

On a very different angle, with tints added, I wonder if they were popular in Bogotá when new?

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I made my rig out of bits of steel then welded it to the bottom of the car and took some long exposures with a bit of welding glass in front of the lens. I think it'll give better results in the dark without the shaded glass.

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