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Title: Modir93's 91 Alpine..... good news and bad news..
Post by: alpine on December 20, 2012, 11:22:04 AM

Hey guys!
Picked up a 91 alpine coupe a few weeks back. Car looked great. 2200 dollars later!

Good news:
-BBS RK's
-Mason Strut Braces (Front and Rear)
-H&R and Bilstein Set up
-Uncracked Dash
-Perfect Interior (Tan...)
-Magnaflow Exhaust (ehh)
-Z3 Short Shifter
-Z3 Steering Rack
-Euro Grilles
-Bosch Smileys

Bad news:
-Seized M42

So I picked up a spare m42 with 170k miles. Starting to prep this engine (new gaskets, seals, etc) to put in the car and DD her!

Hopefully saved another from a wrecking yard!


(http://i.imgur.com/kalOG.jpg)

Title: Modir93's 91 Alpine..... good news and bad news..
Post by: sfinsf on December 22, 2012, 09:37:47 AM

Best of luck with your project, Thanks for saving another beauty. Keep us posted on how it goes.

Title: Modir93's 91 Alpine..... good news and bad news..
Post by: DesktopDave on December 22, 2012, 10:14:39 AM

That's a great candidate for restoration - I'll bet it's really nice not to have to tackle a lot of body and interior issues right off the bat.  I prefer mechanical work maybe 10x more than appearance stuff!

Keep us posted on upgrades...