Well, E36 M3.

I've come back to the world of GRM. I now own a 1997 E36 M3. I have forgotten how to post pictures here.

Now that I've got that working again, hopefully everyone can see the sad state of the car when I got it home.

The M3 has every familiar symptom of a car that has lived a hard life. It's not rusty though, and that was the biggest problem for me when I was shopping.

The car has unknown headers, an exhaust that was described as "Magnaflow" and is kind of loud and annoying. Suspension is H&R. The dirty wheels are Fikse. There's and M50 intake manifold and Turner Motorsports kit in the trunk.

My first order of business was addressing the driver's seat.

Those wheels are tasty!

Can't see the pics

So, out of the two seats, I've managed to build a functional driver's seat. I'm going to have to source a replacement seatback frame before I can put the passenger seat back together.

The car has a somewhat significant vacuum leak, but I have to pull the intake manifold so I can install the M50 intake anyway.

I've found a semi-local E36 M3 that's getting parted out. Hopefully I can get some of the parts I need and start cleaning this thing up soon. As it is, I can't even register it yet. I need a windshield, and I have to clear the code for the vacuum leak first.

I'll work on the pictures thing.