I BOUGHT A BARN FIND BMW E24 635CSI

[@scottap30bot]

Yes mate! You do realise this will probably be more popular then all the new crash damage cars etc, love old retro cars, so I'm really glad to see your taking on something older, please don't let this be the last of its type. 👍🏻

[@evannat1273]

Seconded 👍🏼

[@brianiswrong]

@@evannat1273 3RD'd 👍👍👍

[@RAGNAAAA]

Fourth'd

[@MrPyadster]

FIFTH

[@ntg.holmes3766]

HereHere 💯

[@whispjohn]

I am 70 now but when I was a young man in the 1980s I worked at a BMW dealership and got to drive those things. I had a blast driving the wheels off the 635M but the 633i was a better drivers car, it was lighter and more nimble than that big shed. I am interested to see how you get on with it, there looks like rust will be a problem, good luck young man!

[@michaelsingh9035]

Amazing, this is captivating !! Look forward to this big time

[@michaelmortimer5588]

Hi Mat. I had a problem with an ECU a few years ago. £700 for a replacement and nobody was prepared to check or look at the ECU. I gave it to a TV repair man as a last resort. He checked it and found that somebody had put the wrong polarity to it. It burnt out 15mm of track and blew a transistor. He resoldered the track and replaced the transistor. No other damage to ECU because the blown transistor prevented the current travelling any further. Total cost....£13.50.....brilliant.

[@byfunkyoid2917]

That’s a great idea to whom an ECU could go to for testing. Will remember this.

[@richardwebb9400]

Michaelmortimer5588 ,thank you so much for info .I have a 82 633 csi with a bad ecu and i had no idea who could check it out

[@GoodFoodShared]

It is to me the peak of BMW design, that sharp front end is so beautiful.

[@LOGOASSASSIN]

Hey I'm really glad you're doing an old car too. In 1995 I bought a 1976 BMW 2002tii in bright yellow. Heavy but quick. I drove it on Castle Comb and was featured in a classic car magazine. I had lots of mods done to it in Hastings but the monthly running and repairs were more than my mortgage. It broke down too often and I had a baby at the time and needed something problem free so I replaced it with a Sierra. Now I drive a mk2 AUDI TT. That baby is now 29 and can drive my TT. She lives in Berlin. And BTW I was one of the first people to ever drive a TT in Bavaria at the factory and in the countryside around Munich.

[@simonwilliams1740]

Be careful running that engine without coolant, those 80s straight 6 bmw engines were prone to heads cracking, happend to my e30 325i back in the day! Can't wait to see this progress Mat! 👍

[@vuklozo]

If I remembered anything from Sreten (M539 Restorations), you should never start a car which sat for a long time like this, rather, dump all the fluids, disassemble all you can and manually turn over the engine. I do hope there is no catastrophic failure with this one. It's a great project.

[@bl4d3rkenya95]

@@vuklozo was searching for this comment, happy to see someone who knows right thing to do to a car which has sat for a long time👍

[@thomasciemala]

Falsch e30 m20 Motor 6-er m30 Motor also falsch

[@Stormface16]

Hell yeah, finally a more "affordable" car. These builds are almost as fun, but feel a lot closer to the general audience. Thanks Mat, keep up the great work!

[@Kadafi-k3n]

It's going to cost a small fortune putting this right 👍🏻👊🏿

[@bainze9]

I’m most excited for this than any of your others (as a bimmer boy)

[@bmwmsport7444]

Me to i have 6 BMWs in my garage

[@constantindinkl2311]

my mother just sold here e24 m635csi in blue (manual gearbox)

[@overdrivechamp3433]

does yours have indicators

[@constantindinkl2311]

@@overdrivechamp3433 id indead had it was an wonderful example

[@bmwmsport7444]

I have a m635csi but its drift manual 6 speed twin turbo V8 engine 675hp 980nm

[@DangerouslyMick]

16:06 I felt every second of that excitement. I really dig the older rebuilds. With newer cars it's easy to plug them in for some general direction on faults. These old cars make you fault find old school. Hot wiring the fuel pump was class! Dig the Haynes out lad!

[@carlosdeno]

Fantastic Mat, when I was 20 (38 years ago) the company I worked for the owner had a 635CSI. He once let me collect it from the dealership after a service. Great car, great days and memories for me, it really was the dogs back then.

[@halfajobrob]

This is a great change from your usual stuff - it's insane to me that a 33 year old car had functions like electric seats and aircon, not to mention an ECU. Really can't wait to see where this build goes!

[@Stout936]

@Nick Name heck, my 85 Supra has all of that minus the power seats. I'd hope that the BMW would have that stuff given how much it has to have cost new

[@76APJ]

My 1971 Mercedes’ v8 has an “engine computer management system” ecm reads inputs and adjusts accordingly

[@primecreator]

My dad imported a supercharged Buick from the states to New Zealand in 59. That beauty had power windows.

[@larsbee]

I mean cmon... this is the top bmw of the time ... of course it has all that stuff... how old r ya? 😉

[@thomasciemala]

Mein 633csi 1977 hat elektrische Antenne und verstellbarer Lenkrad ,bombe

[@jankurtyka]

Hi Mat, I am not a specialist but after watching M539 restorations, he's been always turning over the engine manually in all standstill cars to avoid engine damage and lubricate it rather than straight going straight to cranking.

[@ConnorSimpson007]

Apart from the E46, this is by far going to be your best build yet! I love the old E24 6 series. And I can't believe that you got a hold of a csi of all models! Jealous is a understatement

[@1881Gordon]

I agree 100%. I literally cannot wait for the content on this build!

[@MoePower2]

All of them were named CSi, except the early carbureted models and the US M6.

[@TheMase60]

Yorkshire restoration has done a brilliant job restoring the body shell.Then nothing apart from dragging it around car shows. finish the job, restore it, or resto mod it, but do something with it.

[@damo778]

I drive a 120d, 17 years old nearly 200 thousand miles. I love it. All electrics still work speakers are great and it has most cars off on the road. Like you said bmw you can't kill them. Great car to work on two years younger than me 👍

[@robsweekendgarage]

Absolutely love the shark nose E24. I’d love to find one and put a “modern” drivetrain like a M54B30, maybe turbo it and 6speed manual. I think it would make the car feel much more modern without being overly complex. Maybe once my 330ci is done.

[@Nickroxx]

Great to see another older car in the garage. Excited to see where this goes 🤝

[@pauldine4072]

I'd been thinking for a while that it would be good to see you revive an old classic. Don't know whether it's in your plans or not, but would love to see the engine get a strip down and rebuild.

[@karimabdelaziz9691]

my first car when i was 20 and knew not much about cars, it was 1989 E34 I fell in love with everything about it, including its elecrtical ancient wiring or striping down the entire body and putting it back together, this will be your favourite and i suggest keeping the automatic if you will daily it, enjoy bruh and I certainly will enjoy watching this.

[@adrecyclingsolutions]

Cmon Mat, please let’s see this soon! I’ve a mint E30 325i low miles, if you did a video on one of these I’d love it

[@pacec241]

Love this car! I remember back in Jamaica my dad's friend had one of these and it was the talk of the town. Great thinking on diagnosing the ecu fault. 👍 Keep the videos coming. Can't wait to see it restored.

[@acelectricalsecurity]

Probably the best car you have and coolest, plus it's from an era where BMW produced reliable cars, and not designed to fail like their newer stuff. The Achilles heel of these cars is the dreaded tin worm.

[@wynsky21]

Mat...I so much love this today's content. I can't wait to see the result of this build, it's going to be an amazing build all the way. Mat thank you for bringing happiness whenever you drop contents...big ups mate...big fan from 9ja

[@malcolmfunkymalcolm2369]

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[@williamclark2730]

Loved the video, I had one of the first ones, living in Germany in 1984 I bought a 1978 same color manual, I was 20 years old. I had so much fun it officially started my racing career. I brought it back to the U.S. I hated to let it go in 1994. I've had almost every model, but I think I like that the best ,everyone I brought was fast,nothing slow for me. Put a Alpina turbo in it. I'm watching you guys

[@johnmarsh2078]

Can't wait to see your baptism of rust. Welding to fresh air (as a hobby) has kept me amused for the last fifty years. Lots of dead-air spaces and raw box sections in a 6 series Beemer to cause many portions of the shell to dissolve in our cool and humid atmosphere. Does anyone do repair panels? You gonna need plenty before you can even think about mechanical mods. Best of luck.

[@kostygarage4328]

Dang that's so awesome to see an old 6 series getting restored. I have a e30 of the same year with a similar story that I'm looking to start restoring soon so seeing your process definitely gives me ideas on where to start as well as motivation.

[@alexgreen3662]

good luck mate maybe you can document the process and post it

[@kostygarage4328]

@@alexgreen3662 that's the plan, but with the cat market being as hot as it was I kinda put it on the backbones for cars that make money. Probably gonna do that this spring

[@kirillfadeev8728]

Would love to see a dry ice cleaning on this one, will probably turn out really nice!

[@vytautasminalga3905]

Dry ice in uk on a rot box and you expecting good results:)))))))) that car have to be stripped suspension replaced and powder coated is only one way to see clean finish.

[@oztuning]

WOW, JUST WOW! Magic project Matt, well done for grabbing yourself a very cool old skool BMW to bring back to life. Really looking forward to your adventures with the car. I hope one day soon and maybe even for your next project, you could get your hands on an RX7 and do a Rotary project. Love your work!

[@JulietBethOlivia]

You probably won’t read this through the amount of comments, but just a quick thanks. You have inspired me to have a crack. No mechanical experience other than replacing brakes and other minor services to cars. I have purchased for $1000 a 2007 Mazda 6 wagon diesel. Ending needs a rebuild and some needs a paint job. I will be working on this as my first real project . Wish me luck

[@derekstocker6661]

Mat thanks for this, more updates on this one please! I had the 628 version in the late 80s and it was manual and silver metallic, fabulous car to drive and look at, miss her so much BUT the old maggot was setting in as you see here so sold and bought a 325i that I still run from 1999. I was told many years later that right hand drive 628s were rare, don't know about that but still miss her no doubt! Well done matey, keep up the great work!

[@thebestwithstylegaming1653]

Mate, I've followed your journey with restoring cars to their former glory for quite some time now and for sure this will be my personal favorite projects that you will take on. Looking forward to seeing this beauty get restored!

[@adrianeaston6465]

Mat wats happened to this I’ve been waiting over a year following the progress and it’s gone cold even with the Yorkshire lads out of all your motors this is the 1 I’ve been desperate to see finished much love ✌️

[@ChrisGallighan]

Where is this in 2025??????

[@abdullahhashim3001]

Broooo have been looking for it all day long 🥲

[@Lange441]

Matt where is this going ?

[@abaaddy1982.]

Matt please finish this!

[@darrenkane6932]

Yorkshire Car Restorations have videos on it, all the rust has been repaired.. last video was talking about manufacturing a body kit onto it

[@geotubar]

Even YCR last posted on July 14th 2024. 41 videos but nothing recently.

[@KozyOnCars]

Love the enthusiasm Mat for all things car. Not just doing the standard "look at my 1200hp Audi" that takes a few bolt on bits and no skill or learning or sending it off elsewhere to do. Only a recent subscriber when i came across the Aston Video but going through the back catalogue and its just your love of cars and pushing yourself to learn on them each time rather than relying on outside help like so many other YT channels. Loving the content. Loving the retro BMW stuff and keep it coming. Can't wait to see how this progresses.

[@brunom.t7827]

Don't Y'all just love how organized Mat is with is builds, I mean no hesitations, no playing around, he makes his orders early, like than you sir

[@nathanjamescars]

You've absolutely smashed it with this Mat, can't wait to see how it turns out! She's got so much potential!

[@rajd1719]

I have been watching you from the start Mat and love all the cars you have done - but this is special - absolutely love the 635 CSI - my absolute dream car! Can’t wait to see the upcoming content on this 🤪

[@GirthFX]

i think making the older motors with a modern touch would be class, I know the old boys wont like the idea but putting a dsg gear box, led lights and maybe digi dash would really spice things up and show people that don't look at old cars and think there's nothing there

[@krypla1]

I’ve always liked the idea of modernising old cars inside and leaving the outside classics look. But most people to prefer all classic interior too. This car is older than me, I’m surprised it has electric windows and seats. Wouldn’t need to do much to this, a digital dash would be epic.

[@GirthFX]

@@krypla1 I more thinking of old shitty cars like a Peugeot 206 from 2000. Instead of going to the scrap, y not give people the opportunity to learn, maybe bring it back to life and give their in touch on it! Even with this e24 Matt is doing, there’s so much of it that’s retro which ain’t bad but nothing wrong with maybe swapping out colours of the leds or something like that lol

[@mrharry8466]

I can't believe how happy I was to see a spark. Madness, turns the boring into entertainment. Magical.

[@adrianwebber6978]

Wow. Just wow. BMW 635 CSI Highline...possibly the most beautiful of all THE BMW. Do it justice Matt, fantastic motor. Can't wait to see the next one 👍

[@MrBlazer3585]

This was brilliant, I was thinking from the off how you gonna do without an OBDII. That was a heck of a problem solve, loved seeing the books out. Shows what differentiates this from others. Hard work beats talent! Ah and what a car! Gonna love all the details that you'll show and excited for how you are gonna put your stamp on it! Props to you, Hannah, your mates, your support.

[@marksimmons8158]

Were is this old girl. Be great to see it

[@nutsco1]

Damn Mat, I wish your video's were longer! So good to watch, at this point I don't even think it matters what you work on, you have a solid subscriber in me man, keep up the good work, can't wait to see this project through!!!

[@KennethHarrison-ou2ok]

I found the first E24 video... and thought oh this is a year ago..... I'll watch the entire build.... watched 3 videos and then nothing.... I personally have a ton of projects I've never finished so totally understand. My 66 impala has been sitting in a garage since it was wrecked 25 years ago... love all the content.... hope to see this one finished before I finish mine lol which I'm not even working on so there is that

[@iHelpSolveIt]

I can hear the fuel pump, waterpump, the correct manual is the dog leg left reverse getrag box... You will need a new flywheel to install and the trust bearing. Also change the timing chain and rails. The autobox is probably ok, just top it up and change the filter before you do the manual conversion. Some of these motors had a problem with crankahaft end float so the crankshaft pulley would shake itself loose. To bleed the cooling system its one 3rd coolant in that 12.8 litre system. Also check the airfilter and clean the idle valve using brake cleaner.

[@pepzback8486]

Super excited to watch this series! Great to see you working on older and different cars, this one should be awesome!

[@marktweedyzaayman1044]

Don't know if you read the old comments but what's happend to this build of yours?

[@lordhurri]

If he manages to actually turn that car into something decent I will like double subscribe or something! Looking forward to seeing the transformation, let's go Mat! \,,/

[@simonwilliams5667]

That’s was quality!! Still chuckling to myself watching you reverse the BMW.Never seen anything do that before😂😂😂😂👌🏻.Forget mainstream tv,this is the channel to watch💯👌🏻

[@Trikinsanity]

Just finished getting an engine rebuild on my 1988 635csi and added a little spice by putting in a 60mm turbo. The thing is an absolute rocket.

[@kristiansmith5650]

Fair play to you for jumping in at the deep end with this one, really looking forward to seeing your progress with this 635

[@LifeVacEurope]

Really looking forward to this one Mat! Has to be a full resto mod! Perfect car to learn old school mechanics! Great content 👌

[@ashfrmdahash9174]

This is literally my dream car ❤️❤️ wish I could afford something so speacial 🙌 super happy you have decided to give this a go, can’t wait for the final product 🍿 Super huge fan 🤙

[@larrypeake2693]

I worked on those back in the 80s, quick old lump back in the day. Exhaust manifolds were prone to crack, and the cam-shaft oil feed pipe tend to clog which if not caught quick enough will screw the camshaft and rockers.

[@Tiggerlooker]

I'll be honest I Love your vision for the cars you fix up. because you always put alittle of "you" when you repair it, by adding alittle aftermarket parts to give it that OEM plus and then some. With that being said I'm beyond excited to see what you do with this E24!!!!! I have faith its going to be very worth it! cheers MATE!

[@lewisbain8602]

Such an underrated channel!! Love these series! You do an amazing job..I can’t get enough!! Thanks matt!!

[@rs4reid]

You can make an absolute beast with this Matt... this is a ride where you can easily blend old with new... eg air ride, 3 piece wheels etc.. drop an M6 Engine in

[@Dhgsfgdc15665]

Lol

[@xxnormskixx]

Very clever Mat! I love the change in content type! Love a bit of retro rebuild!

[@bobrose513]

Hi matt. Well I have to say.. you always say you don't know what your doing...I can say mate you do very well. It seems you do your research and try every thing.. so we'll done mate.... I was an engine builder from cosworth .. in Northampton.. and you sure impress me ... I build engine yes but Im Not great with electrics.. but you definitely get stuck in...brilliant mate.. Regards Bob...

[@paulosullivan116]

Love what you do mat ,I'm 58 great channel,, give top gear presenters a good run,,I think you should have your own series on one of the main channels,, great for us who can only afford to fix up I own dreams,, well done

[@MrJoelerjoeler]

is the project still going????????????????

[@simon924]

What’s happened to this car Matt

[@Djdaza1987]

It's gone for body work an new 🎨 work

[@thecarguychannel]

Weird! Rocky has just purchased a Dolphin Grey one as well from the Rocky and Buzz show 😂😂😂. I’m loving the content Matt. Wicked 👍👍👍

[@walterlopez4839]

Yess.. I hope you fix it good..! I own a 1986 635csi (red) US SPEC.. for the last 20+ yrs.. and still going..! Hope to watch a lot a videos of this one.! Keep the good work.!! Forgot my is a manual 5 speed.!!

[@stuartgranito4166]

Mate your face !! I love it … so happy !! You’re like a top mechanic , but not a mechanic!! You’re amazing!!

[@PetSKi67]

That used to be a lux GT, I honestly think an automatic gearbox is fair due. Rather than making a restomod, I’d be keen to see a restoration. But is that something MA does, I’m not sure.

[@UlrichGertingBojko]

Ohhh Yes.. Please do a full restore of that car. I would love to see you work on the rust-fixing yourself. Maybe tear the engine apart. This looks like it's going to be an epic rebuild.

[@Durbanite2010]

I'm a newer subscriber but I've always loved those E24s. It is so 1980s. You might be able to get that old ECU rebuilt - it's always handy to have that as a spare on the shelf, should the eBay find one give up, as it is a 30+ year-old part! You'd be surprised the amount of 1980s electronics that can be rebuilt.

[@xbgtfella]

Oh, them Schnitzer boys used to drag them Beemers down to Bathurst NSW Australia back in the day. A few locals ran them touring car 635 Csi too. Jimmy Richards had a beautiful black n gold one that shoulda been at a car show, not the track, it was so stunning. Won the touring car championship one year too. All class and im a local Ford nut..

[@rashaadkhan9164]

Watching this video again now in 2025 and seeing how far you guys have come since here to now the 2 RR's and and fresh start on the porsche is insane, and thats not including the video quality and the growth of the team. Big ups Brother.

[@muttley523]

Now we’re talking Matt working on proper cars always wanted you to work on classics I love watching your fantastic skills and endeavour I also like watching Davide Cirone looking for an old Italian car restoring it modifying it then racing it you could have loads of fun and make more money selling them when finished good luck keep it up brilliant stuff 👍🏻✊🏻

[@dimensionshift83]

Strip the car, get rid of all rust, replace with all new parts or as many as needed,take the engine & gearbox out & rebuild them & repaint them,a few awesome mods, stiffen up the suspension, make it fast n loud & paint the car in a nice black with some refurbed black n silver wheels & a nice new interior from an M3 or something & it'll be bangin. Proper gangsterise it👍🏻

[@davidchapman7451]

Hi Mat I ran a 635csi Highline for many years and found that the Motronic or ECU was a specific unit to the Highline model ! brown label ?? others for models 5 / 7 with the 3.5 straight six would run the engine, at idle and some power but not as it should be, call Fritz Bits he'll talk ya lug off but he knows his stuff.

[@pauldavey422]

a friend of mine's dad designed this car - paul Bracq - it is a thing of beauty - glad you took on this project

[@tobym5]

Great cars! I owned a 635 CSI 30 years ago now, one of my favourites out of all the cars I’ve had since. Even back then they suffered rust after a few years and I had gearbox (4 speed switchable auto) problems, one issue was a speed sensor on the output of the gearbox, it’d put the car in to a limp mode. It wasn’t a bad auto and when these are running correctly they are quite a quick car. I had mine on a rolling road and it made the numbers ok.

[@glenndaly3975]

Absolutely great to see an older car repair. Similar challenges but the need to take a diff approach as no OBD and getting the books out. Moreover if parts not available and needing to think outside of the normal..such as creating bodywork templates etc.

[@denzilbromfield2053]

This car was my dream car in the 80's. Had a picture on my wall. Just loved it. Hope you get it up and running

[@JoeBob79569]

This was great. I really like the _"do whatever you have to do to get it working"_ method, because once you have it running you have a much better idea of what you do, and don't, have to do in the future. Looking forward to more videos on this one..

[@arjunmahendran1704]

This is literally my dream build I've been looking at them for over 10 years and the prices have sky rocketed. What could get you a great condition example now will buy you a rolling shell! Can't wait to see what you do to this. It has to be bagged on BBS's there is no other way!

[@2philly7venz]

Great car! I've owned my 1986 635csi 5 speed for over 10 years now. I absolutely love my car! Folks love to see it coming down the road & thumbs up abound everywhere I drive it!

[@Yogomashi]

I love you’ve come back to a more achievable goal for us wanting to follow in your footsteps! 🙏🏼

[@Elmantukas]

Ohh man! This is probably one of the most iconic bmw shapes, well done on getting this beauty, knowing your style, this will be an amazing build, cant wait!

[@handyward7559]

my dad had 635csi from brand new , used to love going out in it , was one of the best looking cars on the road , i used to have E12 m535i was a quike car with dog leg manual gear box .... always wanted m635i with the 24 valve engine ...

[@neilhoward6528]

i had one of these as my 1st car late 80s, had engine work done, over 300 bhp it would sit at 150mph all day, loved this car,

[@alexandergreenfield91]

Properly nailed the theme music there my man. For just a second I thought I was back in the 80s. A little disappointed you didn't don your best 80s style gear for the piece but maybe next time. 😉

[@stevenking2946]

We just put a 1986 D reg xr4x4 sierra back on the road that had been sitting in our garage for the past 20 years. Much Easier to work on than new cars and needed very little....We are having the aircon on the sierra converted to run on the new gas....I'd keep anything of that age standard be worth more in the long run

[@danielbeckett845]

Omg yes! By far my fave car you’ve ever had on your channel!! I’m so excited to see what you do with it

[@glynmoore3730]

I used to have one of these and it was fantastic, reg. no SEC111M, but recent searches suggest it too is now scrapped. But in in 1987 the RS500 came out and I p/ex the BMW, the Ford was an incredible beast at the time, put it never had the quality of the CSI. My 635 was manual with 1st on the dog leg, but for me (and we're all different), I think the auto would be my choice, so I'd only consider a gearbox swap if the auto proved to be faulty.

[@johnchadbone]

Best car so far in my opinion, dont get me wrong, I love all you other cars, but bmw is where it all started for me, I love bmws big time so cant wait to watch this series 👌👌👌

[@blocko0780]

Hi Mat, with the OBD 1 port, in your Autel maxicom box there should be adaptors. In the top right corner of the right side you should see an adaptor that has a little sticker on it that says BMW and that might be the adapter you were looking for

[@AudioFlat]

Yeah, I think your theory is bang on - that kill switch should be on the positive and the wiring to it is definitely brown (live) - someone will definitely have wired the battery the wrong way round.

[@maxbrown853]

Hey, i would fill your cooling fluid system,. The pump is running dry now. Don’t think that that is really good for it. And check the distributer cap and rotor inside for corrosion or wear. Nice job so far, you have a great car to repare! Keep up the work!

[@stephenkayll5241]

I have had two E28, 528i's from the early to mid 80's, the fuel pump relay was an big issue. There was a Vauxhall relay supplied by Lucas that was an identical match. Then on the 2nd car I bought the Bosch relay from the dealer and that lasted 5 months, they said it was a faulty batch!! you can hardwire the contacts, but that's so wrong as the fuel pump will always be running, got me home in a fix though!!

[@onesikm3]

Some time these cars might have an EWS issue preventing them from starting but glad you figured out the cranking issue and spark

[@eugenedeklerk7367]

We need an update on this please Mat. Like most of these comments, this is the one I look forward to seeing brought back to it's former glory.

[@MatArmstrongbmx]

plenty of updates on yorkshire car restoration channel

[@alexibrowable]

​@@MatArmstrongbmx It's gone very quiet Matt...

[@ITSARAPPTTRS]

You were right when I met you at Gravity, this thing really was found in a shed. Looking forward to this big time!!!!!

[@scottcarse6844]

Mat.. you know what would make a brilliant video... you doing up my 61 plate astra estate, the body is fine, its silvery gray but I'm open to the thought of you giving it a respray, perhaps in a deep metallic cherry red, but if you think it would look better in a different colour then I'm open to that, I'm sure it would get you loads of views, looking forward to meeting you, 🤞 😁

[@whispjohn]

Well done young man, you are good with these problems and now the beast is alive. When it is finished I would love to get a ride in it because I had a heap of fun in those cars when they first came out. Whenever we got a new model in we always liked to find out how fast they were, so we found a good piece of tarmac and went for it, I really can't remember how fast that thing went out of the box, I have a feeling it was in the 145, 150 mph area. My Renault 10 Gordini was the car that I loved, it was light and quick and pissed all over RS Escorts in the day!

[@woesteloepi.]

Yes, when it's done it's a nice oldtimer! I own a E23 735i US edition.

[@mugishagenchanger]

You're so creative man... I like the music, you are taking us completely to the 1980s. Great content.