1990 BMW M3

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UPDATE. Car was sold and then re listed due to unpaying buyer in Texas. Original post below. ---------- Hi there! I am selling a ready to rock E30 M3 Euro Convertible Tribute car which I just had built-up this winter. I'll be as descriptive as possible below to give you guys the best picture of the car. history: It started life as a 1990 325is and came into my possession last fall with a e36 m3 motor swap done and needing some work. Many owners of the car over the last 25+ years...so I wanted a brand new paint job, a full mechanical service and walk through, new convertible top, interior spruce up, and rebuilt wheels (among many other things). So this is precisely what I had done, by the best people I could find, regionally in NJ. On inspection the car/chassis had 196,xxx miles on the ODO (which has stopped since the motor swap) and I was told the motor had 80,xxxx. I am traveling and do not have exact current mileage in front of me. reason for selling:My real reason for selling so soon is I don't have a garage. It has been in my (awesome) neighbors garage since the spring when I got it back from everyone who worked on it. My neighbor is now selling his house and I don't want to be without a shelter for this thing in the middle of this coming winter all of a sudden. Right now someone can take it and enjoy the rest of summer and fall with it. Car is amazing. (My own garage currently has a 1950s roadster project awaiting some attention right now). paint job:The car had the m3 body / coil overs / etc on when I got it. I had the entire car stripped bare (photo attached), anything needing attention repaired, the rear trunk tail light deleted, and repainted BMW alpine white. The car has probably less than 500 miles on it with the new paint and mechanical work. A couple other nice added touches were installed - like touring emblems, m3 black trim around the front and rear bumper, etc. mechanical work:After paint (I did it backwards out of convenience for myself) I had the car completely gone over and worked on by Guten parts / Left lane cars in South Orange, NJ. I was referred to guten parts and reached out to Levent there to have the car tuned up over the winter. While 95% of my communication with the project was with Levent @ Guten (as I reached out to Guten originally), I handed Levent @ Guten money, and Levent posted multiple photos of the car through the process on his instagram/facebook (the photos on ebay are at his place) - now that I reached out regarding selling the car Levent told me to bring it back up there to have the car checked out so I can say it was a "guten car" (even though this is what he told me originally, word for word, when I first brought the car there). I just don't have time to do this again. While left lane cars produced the invoice - I did everything here with Levent and, furthermore, the guys Michael and Joel who worked on the car still work for Levent in the same building. I just wanted to have full disclosure and transparency about the work done and who did it for any interested parties. I am not selling this car with any type of warranty so it shouldn't really matter. I have a 6+ page bill totaling over $5k+ worth of work done this winter on the car up there - basically having whatever needed to be replaced replaced, custom exhaust put on, wheel refinishing, and so on and so forth. interior:The interior is a 8-9/10 - and thats just in general. Not even saying that in the light of it being a 22+ year old car. It was one of the reasons I bought this particular vehicle. It just looks awesome and its one of the first things people comment on. There are a few pieces of trim which could be tightened down more and some odd ball things like a small piece of trim in the drivers seatbelt deck area which is broken (and I have a brand new one in trunk ready). Some small stuff like that. All the lights outside work. The dash lights up. Obviously the controls as far as OBDII communication and all that (showing average MPH and all that) do not work. Also the "check engine" and maybe one other light is always on. None of this ever bothered me and was like this when I got it...so I didn't do anything about it. sound system is OK - If I kept the car I would have done something a little louder due to the convertible top + engine sound. I did put a brand new head unit in car with bluetooth / auxiliary so I could use my iPhone. convertible top:I had a *brand new* convertible top made and installed by J.Critchlaw (Awesome, awesome guy. did great work). it is black and I have put it up I think two times when I had the car out. wheels:wheels were completely re done and are beautiful. I don't know the model of these. Also we put brand new tires on here when we did the wheels @ guten. (not for snow / ice ). Tires are: 215/40R17 DUNLOP DIREZZA ZII STAR SPEC BLACKWALL in summary:I am not an e30/bmw geek so I apologize if this post is not too descriptive. I left it to the experts. I owned an e36 m3 in the late 90s/early 2000s and I loved it. When I started looking at e30 M3s and saw people spending $30k+ on drivers with the original 4 cylinder, worn paint, worn interior, needing work and 150k+ miles...I wasn't going for it. Then I thought how awesome would it be to have a convertible (since I would only be driving in the summer) and was even more shocked to see the $75K+ price tag of the european imported convertibles - IF you could even find one now that the DOT 25 year import rule has lifted on these. This car has given me 0 issues since I picked it up. Starts right up, sounds great, and is a blast to drive. Fast. Here is what is essentially an impossible to find euro convertible version with more powerful engine and all brand new exterior (wheels, paint, convertible top) and mint interior. Ultimately I wanted a beautiful fun car to drive in summer months and that is exactly what I got. I hope this gives you guys an idea what this car is and whats been done. The price is right considering not only what these cars are going for but if you do the math (motor swap, body panels, brand new top to bottom paint job, mechanical work, and new convertible top) you would easily spend this or more starting with a donor car. The car is being sold as is, where is, with no liens or incumbencies. I require a $500 deposit within 24 hours of the auction close. Any questions txt message is best: 732-784-7951. I am in a titanium welding course in Oregon M-F and tied up from 8-5 PST with periodic breaks. Weekends I am traveling out here. Thanks