1987 BMW 5-Series

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WBADC7401H1716257

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I purchased this car early this year from the fourth owner who is a doctor in New York. The second owner of this vehicle was a BMW master mechanic who basically did most of the modifications and repairs on this car about 7 years /36k miles ago. The third owner was a BMW collector in Florida who has many older vintage bmws so he sold this one. The chassis and body have somewhere around 200k miles on it from what the carfax shows me, but there has been a lot of work done to the car before I purchased it, and they follow here:Engine: Rebuilt 36k miles/ 8-9 years ago by 2nd owner who was the bmw master tech, I have most the parts purchased receipts for thisComplete head rework with aftermarket valve springs, valve retainers, and schrick camsNew piston rings, rod and crank bearings, head gasket, engine seals, alternator Converted to MAF with miller motorsports maf and WAR chipExhaust: Full Supersprint exhaust and headersAdditional Parts:clutch and flywheelfan clutch and radiatordriveshaftfuel pump and regulatorslave and master cylinderFront End:upper and lower control arms sway and steering bar linksSuspensionH&R Springs with Bilstein damperBody:Diamond black metallic paint job about 9 years (Car was Sapphire blue metallic originally I think)New door and trunk rubber sealsEuropean Front valanceEuropean Spec front and rear bumperEuro headlights and fog lightsE28 M5 shadowline door trimInterior:Euro M5 leather dashboard (I think its started to crack under the leather)Reupholstered leather front power sport and back seatsNew alcantra headlinerM dash clusterM metal pedal box and shift knobKenwood headunit with bluetooth and new front speakersNew front driver window motorNow the cons that the local BMW shop informed me of: Some rust on the shocks and front thrust arms of the car, power steering hoses and filters will need to be changed in the near futureDiff gasket, Oil pan and filter gasket will be need replacement in the near future (gasket is saturating a little, not dripping yet). Will need new tires (current tires are bald and dry rotting), New A/C switch and A/C recharge, blows cool air not cold, and witch only stays on sometimesInterior trim under steering wheel is drooping Missing clips to hold in trunk liner Finally passenger window is not workingI did many reliability repairs when I purchased the car because I originally planned to daily drive it. I had the following replaced early this year and only drove a few hundred miles since:battery spark plugsnew distributor cap and rotornew water pump, new belts and new hosesnew coolant temperature sensor new shift link seal new valve cover gasket and valve adjustmentChanged almost all the lights and put in new sealsInstalled a refurbished computer board for the dash. Finally got a new tune from Markert Motorwerks for the WAR chip. All the work I got done was done by Market which is a local BMW specialist shop. I have all the paperwork for this recent work and some for work done by the previous owners. Car currently has about 38K miles and about 9 years on most the rebuild. I am selling because plans changed, I need to drive further and more for work and school now. So I purchased a newer automatic car to daily drive, and I do not wish to insure and drive 2 cars so I am selling this one. The car mechanically runs and drives great now, except for the bads but everything else should last a long time. The interior id say is a 7-8/10 condition for a 25yr old car due to the some of the buttons having wear, carpets have wear. Exterior Id say is 6/10. Looks great from 5-10feet away but upon closer inspection there are some small scratches, dents and micro scratches. Probably could be a 7-8/10 with a good polish job. Please let me know if you are interested or have any more questions or if you would like more photos because I have many more.On Feb-05-18 at 18:41:51 PST, seller added the following information: I am not sure why the condition is stated as new in listing, but it is USED with 36419 on the odometer.