Steve750
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I bought this last year unseen and unheard. Bit of a gamble but it paid off. It certainly made Christmas exciting!
Always wanted a v12 7 series and at the time this was the highest spec one on the market
Registered in 94 the last year of the e32, this one was sold by Paragon House, hence the PARAGON sticker on the back window. It was serviced by them and cotswolds BMW until 2009 where independent specialists have been servicing it since. So the it has a full service history, every detail noted in the service book which is great
Spec is:
Model: GC82 750IAL
Colour: 252 Calypso Red
Upholstery: 0458 Silver Grey Full Leather
Extras:
240 * Drivers Airbag
302 * Remote Control Anti-Theft
428 * Triangle+First Aid Kit
489 * Passenger Lumbar Support
496 * Rear Seat Heating
672 * BMW Bavaria 6 CD Changer
865 * Tables + Footrests
293 * TD Alloy Wheels+Tyres
401 * Electric Sliding Roof
488 * Driver Lumbar Support
494 * Front Seat Heating
662 * BMW Bavaria Professional Radi
812 * GB Specification
676 * BMW Hi - Fi Speaker System
Some general specs that are taken for granted on a 750iL are:
Full leather option, full leather door cards as opposed to just the handles, leather centre console & lower dash
Front and Rear electric seats
Double glazed windows
Rear sun blind
Inlaid wood trim
Front sport splitter
Wider v12 front grilles
Pics of it being picked up
Bit of a funny story with it.. I bought it when I was a student having no job and at the time 3 other old bms, a couple being v8s. You can imagine the nonsense I would have had to listen to if I landed home in another 'old' car from my parents .. so I hid it at an empty house my uncle had. You know that uncle thats into cars and gets your madness? Yeh him, everyone has that uncle. I hid it there until I got a low key shed cleared out at the farm that I could hide it in
Pic of it in hiding
After hiding for a couple of weeks it came home
Quick wash
Tucked away
So its been 14 months roughly since then and the car has remained in the shed being started every now and then. I hadn't really time to work on it with doing a masters but I did get the odd job fitted in during study leave. I'll add those in a bit
I decided to take it out 2 weeks ago to start working on it
So what does it need?
Well it needed nothing when I bought it apart from some bodywork. It was even mot'd. But sitting in the shed blessed it with a miss fire and rough idle. Not sure what the main cause is but I imagine it needs a good service from not having a proper drive in so long. M70s are prone to intake gasket leaks, cracked vac hoses, cracked fuel lines etc everything you'd expect from an old car I guess, so that will get sorted. Brakes need an overhaul too.
So theres much planned for it over the coming weeks which is why I have started this thread as a log for what I've done to it and the massive parts bill I'm going to accumulate
Thanks for looking,
Steve
Always wanted a v12 7 series and at the time this was the highest spec one on the market
Registered in 94 the last year of the e32, this one was sold by Paragon House, hence the PARAGON sticker on the back window. It was serviced by them and cotswolds BMW until 2009 where independent specialists have been servicing it since. So the it has a full service history, every detail noted in the service book which is great
Spec is:
Model: GC82 750IAL
Colour: 252 Calypso Red
Upholstery: 0458 Silver Grey Full Leather
Extras:
240 * Drivers Airbag
302 * Remote Control Anti-Theft
428 * Triangle+First Aid Kit
489 * Passenger Lumbar Support
496 * Rear Seat Heating
672 * BMW Bavaria 6 CD Changer
865 * Tables + Footrests
293 * TD Alloy Wheels+Tyres
401 * Electric Sliding Roof
488 * Driver Lumbar Support
494 * Front Seat Heating
662 * BMW Bavaria Professional Radi
812 * GB Specification
676 * BMW Hi - Fi Speaker System
Some general specs that are taken for granted on a 750iL are:
Full leather option, full leather door cards as opposed to just the handles, leather centre console & lower dash
Front and Rear electric seats
Double glazed windows
Rear sun blind
Inlaid wood trim
Front sport splitter
Wider v12 front grilles
Pics of it being picked up
Bit of a funny story with it.. I bought it when I was a student having no job and at the time 3 other old bms, a couple being v8s. You can imagine the nonsense I would have had to listen to if I landed home in another 'old' car from my parents .. so I hid it at an empty house my uncle had. You know that uncle thats into cars and gets your madness? Yeh him, everyone has that uncle. I hid it there until I got a low key shed cleared out at the farm that I could hide it in
Pic of it in hiding
After hiding for a couple of weeks it came home
Quick wash
Tucked away
So its been 14 months roughly since then and the car has remained in the shed being started every now and then. I hadn't really time to work on it with doing a masters but I did get the odd job fitted in during study leave. I'll add those in a bit
I decided to take it out 2 weeks ago to start working on it
So what does it need?
Well it needed nothing when I bought it apart from some bodywork. It was even mot'd. But sitting in the shed blessed it with a miss fire and rough idle. Not sure what the main cause is but I imagine it needs a good service from not having a proper drive in so long. M70s are prone to intake gasket leaks, cracked vac hoses, cracked fuel lines etc everything you'd expect from an old car I guess, so that will get sorted. Brakes need an overhaul too.
So theres much planned for it over the coming weeks which is why I have started this thread as a log for what I've done to it and the massive parts bill I'm going to accumulate
Thanks for looking,
Steve
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