Hi Guys, just bought myself a 1997 318ti from the local auctions here in Brisbane Australia (cost me $500AUD which is about $400USD currently). Below are the images from the auction site (the car was listed as a repairable write off and because it is over 16 years old there is no record of a written off vehicle so I can register it without a proper inspection)
all it needs is a bonnet (no damage from the actual accident - its was pre-existing), nose piece and the front bar needs paint as the nose piece was pressed down into it.
As it sits now while I wait on the nose and front bar to be painted this weekend:
I bought this compact as a daily to replace my currently for sale E30:
But who knows, maybe the compact will get the S50 out of my other E30...