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DukeOfUndersteer SuperDork
10/11/10 2:58 p.m.

Not mine and not affiliated, but looks pretty cool, except for the wheels...

I have a gray market 84 BMW 320i. I bought the car with plans to restore it and possibly race it, but with school and work, I just don't have time to work on it. Most of the car is original. I have no information on the original origin of the car, but it is definitely an import. This car has lots of cool euro only options including no sunroof, manual window cranks, cloth interior, and euro bumpers. The original odometer was swapped out by the previous owner to a usdm cluster, so mileage is unknown. The transmission was pulled out of the car by the previous owner because it wouldn't shift out of 4th. The transmission is completely disassembled, but I have all of the pieces that go with it. It might be easier to put in a transmission from a 325i or 325is (they had basically the same motor and should be a direct swap). I was told the car ran great up until it was parked 6 months ago. I think that all it would take to get it back on the road is a transmission, a battery, and a shock for the driverside front. The only thing I will trade for at this moment is a mazda miata. For more information or pictures, just shoot me an e-mail!

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/cto/2000399148.html

Platinum90 SuperDork
10/11/10 5:59 p.m.

UGH, THOSE WHEELS!

Grtechguy SuperDork
10/11/10 6:01 p.m.

huh... I kinda liked the wheels

itsarebuild Reader
10/12/10 9:30 a.m.

interesting selection of pictures. tailored for those who care about taillight lenses, ugly wheels, rear passenger door panels, and roof paint patina!

skruffy SuperDork
10/12/10 10:59 a.m.

craigslist said: This car has lots of cool euro only options including no sunroof, manual window cranks, cloth interior, and euro bumpers

The only thing euro about those options is the bumpers lolz.

Also, +1 lol for the use of "usdm".

Giant Purple Snorklewacker SuperDork
10/12/10 11:01 a.m.

itsarebuild wrote: interesting selection of pictures. tailored for those who care about taillight lenses, ugly wheels, rear passenger door panels, and roof paint patina!

I think he was trying to show you the lack of sunroof as proof of it's gray market status.

itsarebuild Reader
10/12/10 12:45 p.m.

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:
itsarebuild wrote: interesting selection of pictures. tailored for those who care about taillight lenses, ugly wheels, rear passenger door panels, and roof paint patina!
I think he was trying to show you the lack of sunroof as proof of it's gray market status.

hmmmmm. okay. that's not what i thought the gray market was.... i thought it meant roughly the same thing as "selling for a friend" or "bill of sale only".

HoserRacing Reader
10/12/10 1:08 p.m.

gray market is imported without the proper papers/us certification. If you wanted a really cool euro car that wasn't offered in the states, there was a short period where you could use some loopholes & get some stuff over, sometimes it was just a matter of different bulbs, bumpers, motors, emissions, etc., that made it cooler to have a euro car than a US market car.