Rescuing a Rare Forgotten BMW M Car – Will it Run? One of 786 ever made, Jonny Smith visits this classic BMW survivor garaged for 20 years in Oxford. He brings his expert friend Tony BMW (the inventor of the sacred Can of Hope fuel tank) to find out the back story, try to fire up this homologation special and give it the first clean in decades.
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:55 Meet Tony BMW
1:35 Meet the owner Ali
2:11 Opening garage door
2:35 786 ever made
3:00 E30 race car
4:10 Buying cheaper in Germany
5:06 Autotrader bargain?
6:50 The plan
7:30 Emptying garage
7:50 First look
8:30 M Sport S14 2.3 engine
10:02 Flat tyres
10:43 Lancia Delta Integrale
11:39 Pulling out of garage
12:16 ENGINE FIRST LOOK
12:40 ENGINE SPEC
13:14 Mystery alarm!
13:45 Last used in 2006
14:40 Nearly sold it twice
16:18 Diamond Black metallic
17:07 Inside Boot
17:41 RARE M spark plug spanner
20:20 Working on engine
22:45 Will it run?
30:20 Out of garage
30:30 FIRST CLEAN
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What a nice guy. Amazing looking BMW and a great story. Hope Ali gets to take his son out for a run. 😎👍
well an interesting 15 minutes watching the work on the car (after 19 minutes of waffle…) – then another fascinating hour reading the true story emerging in the comments – thanks guys!
Shame it was mostly BS. I've built a lot of S14 engines in my day. I have been working on these since they were new. Got one sat in my garage that is used for trackdays only.
Barn find innit
Played you big time Jonny……very clean MOT history…..you were just played to fix that injector fault 😡
I wouldn't trust that bloke as far as i could throw him. Dodgy AF. Just wanted his car started and washed.
C55 amg is one of the cars thats rare but nobody cares. one day they will care.
As soon as I saw this guys lips move and jaw swing I knew he was chatting rubbish, shame on him.
What an absolute gem! Ali seems like a cool dude! He's definately got great taste in cars, with that and an Integrale!
I love that Ali is wearing period correct trainers!
Nice bmw guys very nice m3
Come on the garage isn’t even 10 years old lol.
And please, stop calling every BMW a Homologation special because it simply isn’t.
The owner is a perfect actor and storyteller lol. Everything he days needs to be looked at with a kilo of salt lol.
Cheers.
Great 👍👍
This guy Ali is a waffler, nice car but guy wouldn't stop talking, and the fact lied about it not being driven.
Jonny, i recently sold my E36 convertible due to it having a lot of electrical issues from a roof leak being outside for 4 years, it was my pride and joy, and it nearly killed me having to part part with it, I'd owned it for 20 year's it needed a bit of work but im afraid i just couldn't afford to repair it! What im getting at is they get under your skin them cars and no matter what people say on here about him being fake, hes a hell of a lucky guy to own that car.
He's gonna go in with his watering can trying to start it. Would be interesting if you actually changed a few parts and got them started.
Sad to read about the discrepancies in the back story here and Jonny apparently being taken in. As one of my German business contacts used to say: "Vertrauen ist gut, Kontrolle ist besser". (Trust is good, checking is better.)
Best thing to do now is take the video down to deny this faker the exposure. That or go back and demand an explanation.
Well that is slightly awkward. Not a barn find. That Ali character is such a bs!ttər😳🥴🫣
I agree MOT was done on and off over a few years
And here we have some delicious food for the algorithm ;-)
Let me know if it’s for sale as is I would be interested.
This presenter's name is John Smith? I bet he gets weird looks signing into hotels.
What a looker , I had the 2.0 six cylinder version in Red , also soft top……Shame its been sat but its saved it probably ..
As if this bloke has lied about the whole thing! Embarrassing 😂😂😂
Yep the E30 the best
What a great story behind this BMW M great video.
Not only has it been MOT'd, those MOT's never had a single advisory despite supposedly sitting for a few years in between.
If he was such a knowledgeable person on cars he could have started that him self. Seemed an easy fix.
I didn't know BMW made one !
I bought my 1st Golf Rallye in 1998 for £6700 from independent motor co in stocks barn near Reading
He had a literal sea of Lancia Deltas and E30 M3’s when i picked it up
In 1990 I was heartbroken to have to sell my 1986 RS500 Cosworth due to astronomical unaffordable insurance for a 19 year old
I went to the cauliflower pub in Ilford to watch my mate playing in his band and on the way out I walked past a car dealer next-door and there was a 1986 M535I in white in the window – I was mesmerised & I went back the next day and bought it ~ only had the car for 6 months, but what a car
Wish I was in a position and had the hindsight to keep some of the cars I’ve had – I would be a millionaire now!
What a con artist!!!
Gorgeous car 😍
Seen them all Jonny ……..❤
Bad Man’s Wheels – Cheeky sod getting them to wash it as well, ready for next MOT.
If I hadn't seen the video title I'd swear this guy was about to open the garage and show a 2.2 Honda Prelude in all its glory.
Brilliant 🤩
In 2007 I bought an e30 M3 Europameister for £7200 and sold it a year later for £8k..!! I was chuffed that I'd made money on a car!
Talk about the one that got away!
Seems a sham to me. Last MOT'd in 2019 as others here have pointed out.
what a nice car
Those wheels are awful
Cool car. Nonsense story. (You could tell the other guy was sensing bullshit)
Good video