E28 Alpina B7 Turbo/1 #0083

[unt0uchable]

Well done. This thing is going to need one very large shelf to keep all of these trophies standing tall.

Congrats! Will the act of winning trophies ever get old? Ha

[GaAlpinaOwner]

Very nice congrats Chris!

[Scuderia VA]

Chris,

Much respect to your revitalization of an iconic BMW!

Great Car!!! Can't wait to see it someday.

Richard P.

[wkohler]

It's been a long time since there was any update to this thread, but I thought I'd just throw a post in here because there is an article about the car in the May 2016 issue of Bimmer, which should be on newsstands March 22. Here's a photo of the first couple pages:

[86GT635]

That's really special. Congratulations on a well earned achievement!

[hubble1953]

Congrates Chris: Such a nice car!
jm

[Mark 88/M5 Houston]

Yeah Chris!!

[1st 5er]

[Adam W in MN]

I got a ride in it, smooth, sweet powaaah.

[delvin]

That's rad as hell man, congratulations

[hugh1850]

Wow! Awesome!

[Matthias]

Great 1st photo on the spread. Congrats man!

-Matthias

[CSBM5]

Hey Chris,

I came across this while pursuing old Roundels today. This was from the Oct 1988 issue.

Regards,
Chuck

[tschultz]

Very cool find^^

[white chocolate]

Very cool find^^

SERIOUSLY cool find!

[wkohler]

Holy crap! That's awesome Chuck. Thanks for sharing!

[muleskinner]

It's been a long time since there was any update to this thread, but I thought I'd just throw a post in here because there is an article about the car in the May 2016 issue of Bimmer, which should be on newsstands March 22.

You mean to tell me they still make magazines? Dayum.

[leadphut]

like a boss.

[wkohler]

It's been a long time since there was any update to this thread, but I thought I'd just throw a post in here because there is an article about the car in the May 2016 issue of Bimmer, which should be on newsstands March 22.

You mean to tell me they still make magazines? Dayum.

Well they did at the time I posted that. Now, they don't. :/

[CSBM5]

Holy crap! That's awesome Chuck. Thanks for sharing!

You're welcome! I find myself thinking back to the position I was in at the time and whether I could have bought one or two, and I easily could have...just would have needed to sell my Bavaria and E21 I had at the time. My wife was driving our '85 535 6MT through that time, so that wouldn't have gone anywhere. I recall my thinking was always a comparison to my much modified Bavaria and just as much modified E21, so many of these cars I thought of as slower and poorer handling than what I already had unless I modified them also -- just like my test drive in 1987 of the E30 M3 and E28 M5 where I came away not so impressed like I expected I would be. Oh well, fun to dream a bit.

Here's a few more from Sept 1988 issue:

1980 M535, last 7 of VIN 4885780, white w/gray-beige interior, etc, garaged, 61k miles, excellent condition, $12,500.
1980 M535, last 7 of VIN 4145210, gray/gray, triple webers, Hartge head and headers, Schrick 292, new M535 engine 30k miles ago, must sell, $12,000

[Adam W in MN]

Thanks for posting those e12 M535i's as well. I don't think I know either of those cars and a quick scan of the BMWMregistry didn't list them either. The 780 vin sounds like an '81, not an '80 by production.

[wkohler]

4885780 is not an E12 M535i. It's a 525, which would indicate that it very well was one of the prototype cars. All series production E12 M535i had VINs ending in 414****.

Back to the B7. I was poking around on the internet trying to find something and ran across this in a Google Image Search.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WfiozPL80s

[cddallara]

4885780 is not an E12 M535i. It's a 525, which would indicate that it very well was one of the prototype cars. All series production E12 M535i had VINs ending in 414****.

Back to the B7. I was poking around on the internet trying to find something and ran across this in a Google Image Search.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WfiozPL80s

Is that from your painter? Seems like a lot of behind the scenes shots. You weren't aware that this video existed? Kind of creepy.

Edit: found some other 'restoration videos' from the same person. Neat to see but still creepy.

[wkohler]

He just took all of the photos from the thread and put them in a jar, hit Ken Burns effect and then mowed his lawn. Or something.

[tig]

He just took all of the photos from the thread and put them in a jar, hit Ken Burns effect and then mowed his lawn. Or something.

Da fuq? I've watched that guy's videos before (of a Datsun Roadster build). I assumed Cheral Auto was the shop that did the work. Deceptive.