Hey everyone,
I know it's been a while since I've visited the site in any meaningful way but I've been moving house so no internet. All done now, which is good, except for the fact that there's no garage for my freaking car and I'm not a happy chappy. But that's another story.
The reason for this post is with regards to the M635csi - commonly referred to as the M6. My dad, myself, and my brother are looking at buying an '86 M6 which just makes me drool every time I see it. 286BHP from an S38 will make you do that![[pray]](/images/smilies/icon_smile_pray.gif "Pray [pray]")
. And it's only done 70,000 miles (120,000km) in nearly 20 years.
Anyway, the car was imported form Hong Kong in the late '80s and is one of about 5 examples in Aussie. I've done a bit of reasearch and discovered that there were only about 500-odd right-hand-drive versions of the M6 made globally! About 4,500 more were made in LHD, so it's a pretty rare piece of kit.
I've also discovered that 6ers, in all variants, are quite prone to rear-quarter-panel corrosion but apart from this they seem quite solid. There is also the issue of the Michelin TRX tyres but since the car we're looking at doesn't have those special metric rims there's no real problem. I've cheked the VIN numbers and ot all matches up so that's great. The car is definitely genuine. What we want to do is basically rebuild it since the front suspension is shot anyway (vibration under braking) and bring it up to concourse condition. The mechanicals of the car are fantastic and the engine is just superb. One other thing which worries me slightly is the fact that the original books are lost.
What do you guys reckon? And would you have any rough ideas about the costs involved in rebuilding the car? I realise it's a little-known BMW but any input would be great. Good to be back.
I know it's been a while since I've visited the site in any meaningful way but I've been moving house so no internet. All done now, which is good, except for the fact that there's no garage for my freaking car and I'm not a happy chappy. But that's another story.
The reason for this post is with regards to the M635csi - commonly referred to as the M6. My dad, myself, and my brother are looking at buying an '86 M6 which just makes me drool every time I see it. 286BHP from an S38 will make you do that
. And it's only done 70,000 miles (120,000km) in nearly 20 years.Anyway, the car was imported form Hong Kong in the late '80s and is one of about 5 examples in Aussie. I've done a bit of reasearch and discovered that there were only about 500-odd right-hand-drive versions of the M6 made globally! About 4,500 more were made in LHD, so it's a pretty rare piece of kit.
I've also discovered that 6ers, in all variants, are quite prone to rear-quarter-panel corrosion but apart from this they seem quite solid. There is also the issue of the Michelin TRX tyres but since the car we're looking at doesn't have those special metric rims there's no real problem. I've cheked the VIN numbers and ot all matches up so that's great. The car is definitely genuine. What we want to do is basically rebuild it since the front suspension is shot anyway (vibration under braking) and bring it up to concourse condition. The mechanicals of the car are fantastic and the engine is just superb. One other thing which worries me slightly is the fact that the original books are lost.
What do you guys reckon? And would you have any rough ideas about the costs involved in rebuilding the car? I realise it's a little-known BMW but any input would be great. Good to be back.
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either way, that sounds sweet. i dont' know a thing about the old skool M6, but i'm drooling all the same after hearing you talk about it.
![[hihi]](/images/smilies/icon_smile_hihi.gif "Hi Hi [hihi]"){kind=icon}
very true.