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[@mgcharoudin]

Must be AI generated. Project cars are never finished. Especially yours❤

[@dhd7327]

take it around the Nurburgring???🤔

[@Endidixknsej]

Lmfao I just posted a comment the same then saw this 😂

[@SCYorks]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 best comment ever

[@LSATSB]

Rondje Nürburgring will give it the full factory reset!

[@mattayc266]

This car at the ring with Alex and misha sat in the back with that young lady driver with the polo driving them around 😂

[@ethansampson3560]

RIP Matt, you will forever live on in everyone's memories. i hope your last years were your best. you have made everyone proud!

[@Mikedysonx]

2:14 nice of em to spray your old wheels tyres and nearside floorpan red aswell

[@AndyAitken]

The end was poignant, awesome to see Roger take the road once again in full form. R.I.P. Matt, your memory will live on. Also, Alex, make up some collaboration Matt and Auto Alex stickers so we can remember him by and donate some money to his cause.

[@F1dude.]

Yeah agreed. All profits from them should go to charity

[@ptaylor5014]

New to this channel, Who was Matt?

[@forsh3546]

@@ptaylor5014 Have a listen to this weeks AutoAlex podcast

[@EternalDark6]

​@@ptaylor5014 kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXmuiaCHoM9pgc0si=jFdmCaw9mxlYy-bH

[@5harp3y]

@@ptaylor5014 kzbin.info/www/bejne/pH6uZJetn9p2jK8

[@lucasrittinge30]

The over spray everywhere 😂😂😂😂 In germany we say : Verkaufslackierung 😂😂😂

[@jbmectronic4314]

I have a feeling there was a hasty deadline involved 😅

[@lolsovs]

Watch the previous video - the orange peel is real.

[@bugsygoo]

Yeah, but the English...🤷🏾‍♂️ I mean, you've got to love them, but there's a reason they don't make stuff.

[@thomasfriberg225]

Valve cover and even worse, they chrome "kidney-grill"...

[@lce124]

The English do make stuff, they are actually very good engineers

[@harleyrobertson6746]

3:10 that is some SHOCKING welding....looks like Ray Charles welded it with his feet 😂😂😂

[@jooshy]

It was a temporary repair to get it moving. It won’t be staying, I’ll be tig-ing it properly soon enough

[@scottyj8112]

I see a Roadkill/Blasphemi fan! 👍

[@jooshy]

@@scottyj8112 you would be correct! - I’m ex race/ vehicle testing support so know how to get by quick and dirty

[@SB-tp3yw]

@@jooshyplease don’t

[@allanmorris6324]

The wheels on Taylors E30 looks loads better imo.

[@CHRIS_snm]

Can't go wrong with a lovely set of alpina wheels 👌

[@thestigseuropeancousin7941]

Liked the BBS s more

[@mattparkin7224]

Alpina wheels are getting way overplayed. Not a fan on non-alpina models at all

[@man-mq9rk]

Those bbs were fake reps

[@allanmorris6324]

@@mattparkin7224 true....but there's a reason they get used so much.

[@Mcpikie]

That welding on the exhaust, oh my lord. That's BAD. Surely a little sleeve and a couple of clamps would have been much better

[@kevinwilliams7012]

Agreed that looks awful!!!

[@conmcgrath7174]

You too? The only accurate description of that welding is 'ignorant'. I couldn't suffer just to know it was there, even if nobody sees it, I would know? I wouldn't sleep right!

[@princecornerkick]

Thought the same. All that effort to bodge that centre piece!

[@bas7905]

Exactly!! All that work to get that car to what it is now and then you f-up the welds on the exhaust. Unbelievable

[@CJ-rh1xv]

The fact it’s a cheap Chinese metal definitely didn’t help the situation

[@thomastabb00]

The resto is stunning, however the over-spray in places is really doing my head in

[@petymeg2033]

Was looking at that too. On the INSIDE of the wheels was what I couldn't get over...

[@Dentwido]

@@petymeg2033 noticed that too, i dotn even know how. Maybe they were rushed to get it finished? Even the weel at 2.16 jfk thats bad

[@mattmanslim]

She’s a 10 footer

[@EddieIrvine106]

​@@petymeg2033I had to skip back to make sure I hadnt seen some kind of reflection. Paint on the inside of the tyres! and all the corners

[@ZafiraSteve]

I watched the upload twice and didn't see any over spray.... did you lot watch a different upload?

[@oliverwatson3774]

The overspray on everything is excellent

[@PixelVogue]

care and attention.......ZERO! lol

[@rienkhoek4169]

At what time stamp? Watching on my mobile and missed it.

[@avdavd4729]

​@rienkhoek4169 the whole video....😂

[@georgehandley1447]

I'd be fuming

[@rienkhoek4169]

@@avdavd4729 Where? Watched it twice ( on my phone), don't see any?

[@renegadetimelord9065]

All that hype for wheels that look like you'd find them on a 2000's saxo

[@CHRIS_snm]

I wouldn't even put them on a saxo, you would half the cars £500 value straight away! 😂

[@360Rondom]

You’re clearly not familiar with the heritage of Hartge rims, specifically for BMW’s of this era. Look it up, you might learn something..

[@anusername8350]

@@360Rondomstill allowed to dislike them

[@renegadetimelord9065]

@@360Rondom Regardless of the heritage the wheels imo are simply awful

[@KevinJones-bt7ib]

Tbh I wasn't to keen on them, but I thought there's gotta be some connection for using them

[@matthewzalewski1613]

The exhaust was free flowing... Before those welds lol. But hey, better than my welding lol. Nice car!

[@roscopeco2000]

Love what you done but prefer original wheels

[@drink4711]

Same here. Really great job on the car, but the original wheels look better.

[@neildempster2827]

100%

[@infinitemiles4662]

Refurbed or similar style bbs’s or Alpina style wheels are WAAAY nicer. Other than the overspray and poor exhaust welding (which tbh you’ll never know is there unless the cars in the air) … the car is great. Love the content as always

[@haichyou2930]

Same

[@caphowdy666]

Yeah wasn't overly keen on the wheels .. or the interior to be fair. The grey was cool. The stripes look really old fashioned.

[@lettuce984]

Looked better on the old wheels imo

[@tomoneill2645]

Always will look better on them bbs’

[@petymeg2033]

I love how subjective it is. He was all over the Moon for these wheels and when they showed them, I tilted my head a bit and muttered "Really? These?! Well, you do you." IMO it now looks like an old Passat with a BWM logo on it.

[@MisterStifler]

I agree

[@blockbertus]

Almost puked when I saw the new ones. Totally do not fit the car.

[@tomoneill2645]

@@blockbertus 100%

[@amandabrookes3406]

Those welds should be a crime.

[@GlennWilson-ms4js]

They work, no one sees them :) can you do better :)

[@amandabrookes3406]

@@GlennWilson-ms4js 100% yes i could and when ur gna spend the effort to ice blast and seal then fully restore the frame yes i would say its a big let down compared to the rest of the car your one of those who hides the mess instead of cleaning it i cant respect that as a car lover 🤣🤣🤢

[@AW-lq9bf]

Yeh they need to be fixed

[@amandabrookes3406]

@@AW-lq9bf i feel like even alex agrees! Rest of the car is beautiful!

[@Fabulousprofound168]

It got the “MOT pass special”. Hopefully it will be redone but I suspect Alex will not spend for that…

[@b4tm4nrubin33]

Joshie is the coolest and calmest head in your entire team. More of him please 😊

[@dukereilly7626]

Well done lads, Roger looks fabulous. Had a good chat with Ryan from YCR at shedfest, what a genuinely lovely guy and so passionate about his trade, Great bloke. Again well done lads, much needed this week

[@thecremeegg]

Did you ask him why there was so much overspray?😂

[@unknownpresence1669]

Unpopular opinion, the wheels dont do it for me, some classic BBS suit these better in my eyes.

[@lptomtom]

An opinion so unpopular it's already been expressed by some of the most thumbed up comments under the video. So brave!

[@mosmarb]

I like the appreciation for the Yorkshire Car Restoration guys, I wish all the car KZbinrs whose cars they worked on gave as much back. Don't mind the Hartge wheels as much as some commenters but I'd definitely rather have the original BBSes.

[@GoGringo]

Those welds.. wtf.😂😂

[@bobstacey9311]

Nice wheels, re spray was a rush job to get it to rustival, but having followed the YCR rust renovation from day one the body will outlast the owner

[@sylvainr.399]

You pretty much brought tears to my eyes….someone who could articulate how important it is to keep these awesome cars on the road! Thank you, great content!!!!

[@ash-d7o]

He weld the zorst blindfolded? 😂

[@camsmith5629]

Right 😂😅😢

[@SB-tp3yw]

spent all that time and money cooking up a masterpiece and splattered ketchup on it

[@computiNATEor]

8:47 That little musical interlude was impeccable 👌🏻

[@forsh3546]

I'm a glass half full kind of guy and never negative in the comments... but... I'm disappointed... After all Ryan's hard work this car deserves the time afforded to it for a complete strip down and a 1st class repaint rather than the blow over YCR only had time for, I bet they're cringing right now. Love the E30, had a '86 325i BITD, this one could and should be one of the best. But it's MOT'ed and saved and loved and ready to march on to 500.000miles! - oh and the wheels... Because Hartge! - I approve!

[@man-mq9rk]

It’s better just to enjoy the car and drive it, it’s a touring not an m3 so what’s the point?

[@forsh3546]

@@man-mq9rk Always good that a car lives on but Ryan spent 6 months chopping the rot out of Rodger and just because "it's not an M3" you think it's not worthy? Tourings rule!

[@man-mq9rk]

@@forsh3546 you probably wont like to hear this but I cannibalised a touring about 8 years ago to repair my 325 coupe lol

[@forsh3546]

@@man-mq9rk 😬😱😭That's it! - We're done! 😅

[@zak2175]

15:10 - I absolutely agree, these older cars would just be scrapped if it weren't for people like us, a big reason I've just bought a bright green SAAB 9-5 turbo estate with over 140k miles.

[@NailBombEnjoyer]

Ray charles let loose with the MIG welder! looks tidy other than the bodged welds and overspray though

[@jooshy]

It’s only a temporary solution it’ll be changed soon enough

[@motomallen]

I have no clue how many of these comments you read, but if you do pay attention... I'm a 59-year-old retired custom paint sprayer and airbrush artist. I reckon that I could teach at least one of you how to use a spray gun and properly refinish a car within a week. I am not looking for any KZbin content, I would just like to help you guys expand your skills.

[@ben_pedelty]

this would be cool

[@dwaynne_way]

A project car is never trully "finished" there is always something that can be improved, tweaked etc. That is why i love working on cars, i am always learning something new.

[@Grover91]

To all complaining that the welds ont he exhaust are crap... It's called the "the MOT is booked, we've wasted too much on this already, just get it on and air tight and we'll sort it later" Also, it's getting an engine swap, which means a new manifold, so it'll be removed with that anyway. 🤷‍♂️

[@Lammys_Dram]

Awesome Alex. Also I love Josh just popping up behind you in most of your content, it's like Where's Wally will a appear. Keep it up Josh, it makes us laugh 😂

[@LOLHICRONO]

both old and new wheels look good, it all came together very nicely

[@AdamBScot]

If the blue BMW Touring Estate has gone to Perth, Australia, you should road trip the red one to Perth, Scotland!

[@chriswalter1941]

Love the overspray everywhere.

[@seam1712]

Sitting here miserable with a flu all week. And your podcast yesterday had me in tears. So thanks for the video to bring some bright spark to the week. And yeah I prefer the original wheels - but each to their own. 😉

[@liamtownshend7726]

RIP Matt that’s sad , hold your head high Alex you did an amazing thing for him . Car looks amazing and still the best channel on KZbin .

[@joshmcilhatton9096]

Quite a bit of overspray

[@CHRIS_snm]

Quite a bit? It's everywhere 😂😂

[@joshmcilhatton9096]

@CHRIS_snm I was trying to be delicate, haha

[@cytherians]

Absolutely love this BMW E30 touring. Something about the more slender a minimalist body style compared to the nearly comical bulging angry body styles of BMW today. Good on you for giving this one another life!

[@yorkshirecarrestoration]

What a fantastic episode and what a journey Roger has been on! Your mods have been the icing on the cake, very tasteful too! Good work lads & tha js for the mentions! ❤

[@Robjones-2710]

As a kid my dad had a 325i m sport in dolphin gray with a scorpion dtm exhaust, litterly what made me fall in love with cars

[@jarletronerud]

Congratulations on a new E30! I have to admit, I'm a big fan of Taylor's ex E30 with Alpina wheels 😊

[@colinward1007]

Congratulations on the build. Aside from engine issues it looks epic! As for your friend, Matt. I'm really sorry to hear what happened. RIP fella.

[@jakeeffertz181]

Uff da look at those welds. 😬

[@thusmarshal8815]

I might be one one of the only ones but i love the new wheels . Something similar to what that blue e30 that went to Australia would look even better

[@skipperstu9375]

Love the MOT advisory of "Underside Undersealed"

[@triggerking135]

I was just about to check lol, nice one

[@TopCatFCD]

Yeah dont quite understand that myself. Thought it was extensively undersealed.

[@zeb3144]

Must admit, i used to own a Calibra turbo 25+ years ago and i fitted a Scorpion exhaust to that also-it sounded fantastic.

[@TheGoodLeftUndone93]

Really happy with the look of this car, however the respray worries me. It looks like they were respraying it in a dirty workshop as opposed to a clean spray booth. Also, I can see sooo much overspray and some paint runs 😢

[@michaellocke2321]

Yep didn't look like much of a spray booth to me. Was really disappointed seeing that.

[@robnoble9570]

Roger looks bloody amazing and love the wheels and interior

[@snorkosaurus]

Jooshy is the MVP here :D

[@davepainter2070]

Liking the motor very much. Thanks for jogging my memory also. Love that road around Dinton Pastures :)

[@FanaticQuattro]

Can't you take it to Rich's fab for the exhaust? All that work and to then bodge the exhaust is a shame. Looks 👍

[@ChuckFickens1972]

OR Adams fab co @FabCoUK

[@jooshy]

It’ll be getting sorted with the next plan for the car..

[@KrystekkCF]

if you watched till the end Alex mentioned it will be getting a m54b30 engine so the manifolds dont really matter because they will be changed with the engine swap

[@mattparkin7224]

@@jooshy sorry that you're having to put up with so much bollocks in the comments mate, massive respect for what you've done

[@craigholdsworth4631]

Looks good I just hope the weld on the suspension legs/hubs is better than the weld on that exhaust 🙈🙈🙈😎🤣

[@RobynGibbons32]

7:25 wasn't expecting the jacket but it brings out the colour in your eyes mate

[@gislemark79]

Now it´s time for anything BUT a BMW.

[@CarsandtheirParts]

nah

[@Ginbaubabe]

Custom gear knobs from Built by Basil are works of art. Have 1 on both of my cars ❤

[@LeeFall]

What the F is that welding Joshy? 3:10

[@libertrah278]

My favourite of all the cars you've had on your channel. Stunning car, well done!

[@ianjenkins4641]

Hartge wheels. Smashed it! Perfect for the E30

[@cosmicreddevil]

Roger is looking awesome. My condolences to Matt's family. I am glad he had such an amazing finally months. Look forward to the classic challange xx

[@mackenziepm]

I’d have to replace that manky carpet for new, given how much work has gone into to that restoration.

[@adampage8990]

Should of kept original wheels. Now you look like a builder who just arrived from Poland

[@bennycovelly960]

Yay Jooshie is back. This trio is perfect! Roger is looking epic now too! Love the wheels and exhaust sounds amazing!

[@Bmwmad1975]

Brings back lots of good memories of my almost identical 318i back in 2005 that i brought back from the brink. One of my regrets of getting rid that and my 325 sport 😢

[@Two_Phones_Eddie]

What do I think? 🤔 Think it looked better on the original wheels 😂

[@dnomedia4443]

another amazing video alex! looking forward to seeing more of this build. thank you for all your help

[@jfv65]

Are those Hartge rims? Noice! You better take care going over speed bumps because the alu sump pan is fragile and sticks out below the car.

[@CMINC.]

For e30 those are not jacking points! Its factory assembly chassis holding points. When you use them as a jacking point you break the seam sealer and they start to rot. Real points are: diff, center of front subframe and 2 on the pinch welds on both sides. So yes you can remove them when you are just repairing the panel it gives a cleaner look and less place for moisture to creep

[@andrewoliver0]

It can’t be

[@scottrussell3862]

Picks jaw up from floor.... Well done to the lads.

[@Rose.Of.Hizaki]

Cant it be?

[@wideshadyy]

So glad that you have finally finished the E30. One of my favourite cars in your collection and one of my personal dream cars too, in your exact spec! Can't wait to see you do some fun stuff with this absolute MACHINE

[@stevegreenaway9527]

Did stevie wonder weld that exhaust 🤢💩 should have taken it to rich for proper treatment.

[@jrbuch]

Australian here. We never got the E30 tourings sold here locally. At least here in Victoria, we can utilise club rego which is for historic cars 25 years or older. Glad that Taylor's car is going to a new home.

[@conner6052]

I wasn't first to arrive, but I had done it right. Parked up rushed in the house, tv on, time for Auto Alex, followed by All the Gear and a disappointed notification swipe on the CT video

[@dukereilly7626]

Sorry fella, that was my fault 😂 got the first like as well 🤣 🤣

[@2226cc]

She's not done until the overspray is sorted. Feels like it messes up all that work done on the undercoating. E30s are awesome though. Well done for bringing it back!

[@Sj51war]

Did a pigeon shit on that exhaust? Finished you say what about the roof lining? Old wheels were better.

[@dcallan812]

A$$ blaster's? that sounds fun ☺☺ 👍👍

[@trainman86trainstramsandmore]

Taylors classic mini needs to go to yorkshire car restorations next

[@skipperstu9375]

Don't think they're upto that

[@trainman86trainstramsandmore]

@@skipperstu9375 aw

[@Recessio]

It needs to go to the scrapyard

[@drunkenhobo8020]

​@@skipperstu9375Yeah you need something to weld the new pieces to!

[@dannytipple1232]

Minis are easy compared to the BMW. All the panels are available so you could easily replace the entire floor. No making patch panels by hand.

[@miccilou]

Awww i love Phil in the wedding pic!!! You're punching alex 😉 xx

[@stu-nl5hd]

No refund off the shitfest. Thanks for letting me and my disabled son down, we didn't even get in. Thanks 👍 ps was it painted 🎨 with a catapult

[@hdwinter01]

Can't believe they got Elton John to do the car vertical ad

[@anthony8890]

As much as I enjoy watching this channel, there seems to be a serious lack of actual work being done by the person whom the channel is named after. Too much getting other people do all the work {Taylor, Tom, Josh} I've been watching you for years now and i want to see work being done, fixing, painting, tuning, racing etc etc. But it seems to be a whole lot of videos for not a lot of content. Please kindly revert back to the old Alex and get stuck in. It doesn't take 2 videos for us to watch you put a set of rims on a BMW that was completely renovated by other people!!! SORT IT OUT!

[@jaysmartin]

So glad you're happy with it Alex :)

[@leviddesign4537]

Nice overspray. Looks perfect.

[@michaelsummerell8618]

The Hartge's are a bit marmite - tbh, refurbing the original wheels would have been my choice. But if Alex loves them, it's his car so that's what matters.

[@martinscars]

Loved seeing Roger back and seeing jooshy becoming one of the main presenters on the channel now. A underrated member of the team. Could give Taylor some competition as fan favourite.

[@jn14]

I’ve got a turbo M54 e30 coupe and the little comment at the end when you said “a successful summer fixing them up” It’s been ‘summer’ since 2017. And although it’s 540hp - it’s still broken as of now

[@aidanholmes7374]

Alex you and Taylor should get a Toyota aygo / Citroen c1 / Peugeot 107 budget of £2500 for cost of car and upgrades they are really interesting little cars and I think you two would enjoy driving an underpowered lightweight car that’s the closest you can get to a go kart race car with a strict budget

[@thenaturecreater8906]

What can i say. Fully restored? Overspray on everything. Headliner thats falling apart. The engine is puffing blue smoke. No lads this was not great. And love the hartge wheels but not on the wagon. Was really hoping on some 3 piece bbs .

[@johnwalters6025]

When Taylor said his e30 was on it's way to Australia, I was like, no way I'll get to it in person, but no. I'm on the opposite side of Australia to where it's going

[@VEXT666]

That edit on the headlight @ 13:30 🙌 perfection. Probably the nicest E30 I've ever seen, you've smashed it out of the park.

[@Tube4TTT]

“Fully restored “ I don’t think that means what you think it means Alex 😂 I think you mean “If you squint, it’s mint”

[@PCERules]

That car is gorgeous… I so want it! Suspect you won’t be parting company anytime soon!

[@puggzymalone5824]

You are so lucky that you get all that work done for free. But can you give us (the normal people who don't get work done for free) an idea as to how much the work you had done costs so we can work out if we can afford to do it.

[@nikovanderauwera2854]

That welding on the exhaust🫣

[@thedarkknight1971]

07:06 - The mileage rollback is obviously because the dude has put newer clocks in that E39...But I agree with you, WHY RUIN the looks of an E39??? 😒 Oh and... LOVE the jacket! "OH... SUIT YOU! SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND SIR?! SUIT YOU SIR!" 😎🇬🇧

[@DustyKorpse]

It’s scary how much that pink sequin jacket suits Alex 🤣👍🏻

[@kit_veedubber]

Stunning ❤❤❤❤ You guys have single handedly given me a weird love for beemers which I’ve never had before 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@SnakeyUk08]

Great job guys looks great (ignoring temp exhaust welding) ,shame about the dredded sad car sos type ending RIP Matt 🙏

[@keithcassidy1752]

Pigeon poo weld on the exhaust is class, I thought Chris the “professional struggler” welded it at first 😂

[@John.Winchester]

' I finally finished a project car ' .... needs a new engine, new heater etc love alex logic

[@ismailkaya3432]

Wheels of what and finished how with that sagging roof. How you put it together what is that.