Sreten would more than likely to be open to any questions you may have, as he’s passionate about saving old BMWs. Plus a collaboration with Salvage Rest and M539 Rest would probably break the Internet.
Guys, just for your information, Alpinas were and still are imported by Sytner of Nottingham. Frank Sytner was a racing driver and had a BMW dealership in Nottingham City centre and still is the only official importer of Alpinas. The B10 you have bought is a Nottingham registered car and will have come from Sytner of Nottingham. I'm looking forward to seeing it finished. It will be one hell of a car. Good luck lads, enjoy it.
Please restore it guys, this is the holy grail of BMW's, it's a classic now and the value will only one way. Can't wait for the next vid, you've hit the UA-cam jackpot chaps, so chuffed for ya.👍
Rob: I'm an old bloke and started with 6v Pos earth cars. It was really important, when jump starting, to use the engine as the earth so the current had the shortest route to complete the circuit. If you connect to the body then every connection in between resists the passage of current. Love watching the vids and am learning about modern cars.
@@sruk All cars have to have an earth to the body otherwise nothing else on the car would work. I'm just saying that the shorter the distance for the current to go the better.
you two crack me up.......man maths,,,, "its heavy"..."your legs are a bit longer than mine Johnny". I was feeling miserable til you three took us through the full recovery process. best channel on youtube. Thank You lads
Of all the potential restoration projects you've had on the channel, this one is well worth the job, the money and the time. These are big collectors items now boys, worth an absolute mint. The E39 B10 V8 was severely underrated in its day, but is is classed as one of the best Alpina ever made and with only 277 made, this could be one of the last of it type in the country. And, Alpina announced in 2022 that they were reopening Alpina parts production to keep all classic Alpinas serviced and on the road. 👍
Rob iv got 2 B10's, one the same colour that I use and I have a black one that I have for spares. If you need any parts you are welcome to help yourself mate because it's going to the scrap yard soon!!!
I know you have to take whatever is available and that you are a business before a UA-cam channel. But I do love it when you get something special like this!
Nice find Rob and Chris......I'd lubricate the bores and turn it over with plugs out before starting it, get some oil pumping to top....especially after not running for all those years.
No.371 was assembled in 02.98, first registered in 05.98. It is 356 Vermontgrün (super rare colour on E39 chassis) with leather Nappa Englischgrün (also rare). Seems to be in pretty good nick being outside such long time. Usually at least the headliner comes down. These engines don't tend to size. Just the typical low battery clicking from the V8 - the lump just needs just lots of power to crank over. No idea for the locked doors though - looks like a mechanical fault and / or someone messed with it. Unusual defect... Last time seen one? Oh right, yesterday night in the garage... 😅🙈
You know what’s coming - rob will do the valet / cleaning, Chris will get it running, do a service, then rob will do discs and pads, and then it’ll be on insta.
Looking forward to hearing it run and a cheeky wash and brush up . Don’t recall seeing one of these. He’s a good lad Dan must of saved hours of time. Cheers for the on going excellent entertainment
The E39 is one of my favourite older BMW shapes regardless, but something as special as this is just MEGA! Proper saloon car! It makes me sad to think of it sat there for so many years but happy now it's on to pastures new 👌🏼 I'd love to turn those headlights around haha!
Now that's a piece of machinery right there I had an old 520i on a B reg many years ago I'd put my kuros aftershave on and go cruising hoping to get lucky 👌👌👌
Looking forward to this transformation, praying you get this one restored, awesome car. Why would you leave this beast for 12 years, such a shame. Great content as usual guys.
This is making me miss my old (also a 1998) 540i. Lovely car, brilliant at everything. Bit costly to keep maintained bit well worth it. Had mine for 16 years before selling and still miss it.
Great classic Beemer, but really needs a good clean in the next video, cue some Jennychem products and maybe Claire's friend is available to assist you again Rob?!
Pretty sure it's just the E60 M5 V10 and M3 4.0 V8 that have rod bearing issues - these v8's are mega reliable but have other issues like valve stem seals etc.
Thanks for Dan the digger man. Rob as usual so full of enthusiasm, love it , right up my street . It’s amazing the treasure-troves you can find habituating away waiting to be woken .
Lovely. A few years ago a retired doctor and his wife had one each, she had the green he had a white one in the village where we lived! Is Chris still in the car and did he find any loose change??? Very good video thanks guys 👍
I want it (once sorted). Unfortunately my wife saw this and very firmly said "NO". Good luck to you guys with it, it is gorgeous and I'll be very jealous of the new owner.
Last time i saw one of these was Friday, will also see it again Monday when i get into work. We have had one on the ramp for many years awaiting new chain and guides. Got half way through it and we have all the parts, but just not had time to finish it as customers cars come first.
I second that. Have a look at his channel. You may have Chris. He’s been doing BMWs for years. He will have come across any issues you might have. I bet.
Absolutely adore an E39, genuinely believe this is the best a car has ever been even now. BMW got it so right with these. Funny doing a job at a gym in chigwell someone was driving a really beat up Alpina identical to that to the gym daily, Was sad to see it so rough. But nice to see it still being a work horse. Good luck fella looking forward to how this turns out
Don't need to you 2 fellas these are the days when BMW were bullet proof great video again fellas I hope that you are going to do it justice and get her back to her former glory it would be mint to see 👀 take care and stay lucky and healthy 👍 looking forward to Sundays video 📹 already 😊❤
I love an E39, I’ve had mine for 15 years! I hope you find a workaround for the front doors not opening, my drivers door wouldn’t open a few weeks back and I had to damage my door card to get access to the latch to open the door, it was a nightmare. They fail internally and I’ve since fitted a replacement secondhand latch and it’s working fine again.
What a lovely barn find, some motor back in it's day and even better in today's market, very rare ...I must say that van looked like it didn't have any give left in the suspension 😅
Sreton on M539 Restorations would be all over that. He did a full recommission of one on his channel. I think it was Project somewhere in the US. His is another great watch.
Is there no end to your talents guys, skip removal, gardens tidied, driveways cleared , Chris doing a bit of Spielberg and directing the film, brilliant stuff guys 😊, don’t worry about a little bit of industrial language doing a job like that one, when I worked in Germany one of the agents I was friendly with had an alpina and it was a screamer , not the same model from memory his was the 2 door one
Awesome! Very exited about seeing the progress of this! Are you going to be doing full restoration? There is a blue B10 near me that has been off the road for years. Such a waste!
Great Find! But stop faffing around with jump pack/ jump cables Just put a decent battery in. I find it saves on time and you don't blow any modules. If you jumped a 90's SL you would blow the roof module etc
Hello Rob and Chris,this is a very nice motor, thankfully it rolled down the drive.with the battery and starter I thought it might have started.cant wait for the progress on this one.
Brilliant find lads how lucky are you guys your in for a right pay day with this beauty....Its a proper bit of kit in this day and age never mind back in the day ...
M539 restorations on UA-cam if you need to know anything as he nut and bolted one of these even the engine was done and he’s kept it
Yeah, Sreten is a top fella when it comes to the Bimma.
Sreten would more than likely to be open to any questions you may have, as he’s passionate about saving old BMWs. Plus a collaboration with Salvage Rest and M539 Rest would probably break the Internet.
@@simonbailey2151 100%
Immediately when I saw the thumbnail,I thought "Sreten at M539 restorations,he's the man!"
@@simonbailey2151This would be great content.
Guys, just for your information, Alpinas were and still are imported by Sytner of Nottingham. Frank Sytner was a racing driver and had a BMW dealership in Nottingham City centre and still is the only official importer of Alpinas. The B10 you have bought is a Nottingham registered car and will have come from Sytner of Nottingham. I'm looking forward to seeing it finished. It will be one hell of a car. Good luck lads, enjoy it.
There’s only one person to get this car right
M539 restorations he knows this car inside and out
Everyone needs a mate like Dan👍🏻😆
Please restore it guys, this is the holy grail of BMW's, it's a classic now and the value will only one way. Can't wait for the next vid, you've hit the UA-cam jackpot chaps, so chuffed for ya.👍
A collab with M539 restorations would bé insane!
Will you try for it, at least? Sreten IS the BMW ‘s wizard!
M539 Restorations is the the go to channel for anything BMW related 👍
Baffles me every time how something like this gets left out, glad she’s in your hands guys!
Rob: I'm an old bloke and started with 6v Pos earth cars. It was really important, when jump starting, to use the engine as the earth so the current had the shortest route to complete the circuit.
If you connect to the body then every connection in between resists the passage of current.
Love watching the vids and am learning about modern cars.
Modern cars are fitted with a earth to the body
@@sruk All cars have to have an earth to the body otherwise nothing else on the car would work. I'm just saying that the shorter the distance for the current to go the better.
@@peterhendry2154you misunderstand the all have a live and earth jump point under the bonnet
Tragic to see such a beautiful car wasting away for so long. Definitely, Sreten at. M539 Restorations is your main man. Very decent he is too.
Sreten is definitely a great call. You beat me to it 😂
you two crack me up.......man maths,,,, "its heavy"..."your legs are a bit longer than mine Johnny". I was feeling miserable til you three took us through the full recovery process. best channel on youtube. Thank You lads
Of all the potential restoration projects you've had on the channel, this one is well worth the job, the money and the time. These are big collectors items now boys, worth an absolute mint. The E39 B10 V8 was severely underrated in its day, but is is classed as one of the best Alpina ever made and with only 277 made, this could be one of the last of it type in the country. And, Alpina announced in 2022 that they were reopening Alpina parts production to keep all classic Alpinas serviced and on the road. 👍
Rob iv got 2 B10's, one the same colour that I use and I have a black one that I have for spares. If you need any parts you are welcome to help yourself mate because it's going to the scrap yard soon!!!
why would you scrap an alpina? is the engine bad? or is it too rusted to save it?
@@Financmajster accident damage
@@In_memory_of_Dad ah got it, you scrapped it already? i would be interested in some parts
It’s really enjoyable to see Chris on a recovery 😊
I know you have to take whatever is available and that you are a business before a UA-cam channel. But I do love it when you get something special like this!
Nice find Rob and Chris......I'd lubricate the bores and turn it over with plugs out before starting it, get some oil pumping to top....especially after not running for all those years.
Old Taylor hetherington will be crying in his cornflakes they missed this one 😂😂
🤣🤣 just came to say the same thing but it would be great to see Alex,Taylor and SRUK do afew videos together with it
God no!!! They would cheapen the channel! Chris and Rob are all business and a bit of banter. Alex and alike are lots of sponsors and vibes
@johnedwards3198 Strongly Agree ☑
Got too much money anyway.
Not really hes already owned one and he's probably owned a few of these
No.371 was assembled in 02.98, first registered in 05.98.
It is 356 Vermontgrün (super rare colour on E39 chassis) with leather Nappa Englischgrün (also rare).
Seems to be in pretty good nick being outside such long time. Usually at least the headliner comes down. These engines don't tend to size. Just the typical low battery clicking from the V8 - the lump just needs just lots of power to crank over.
No idea for the locked doors though - looks like a mechanical fault and / or someone messed with it.
Unusual defect...
Last time seen one?
Oh right, yesterday night in the garage... 😅🙈
Yea,like my M5 they need a lot of juice to turn over and a large battery
You know what’s coming - rob will do the valet / cleaning, Chris will get it running, do a service, then rob will do discs and pads, and then it’ll be on insta.
Oh I'm here for this! Stunning car, deserves to be back on the road.
This needs to go to m539 restorations for his special attention would love to see its fully restored. lovey car
Good morning Rob and Chris. Great find and this will be a great project. Thank you for taking the time to upload another video. Ged.
Absolutely love this era of BMW's.. beautiful looking cars
Another vintage car.This is a beast and very rare these days.
Looking forward to hearing it run and a cheeky wash and brush up . Don’t recall seeing one of these. He’s a good lad Dan must of saved hours of time. Cheers for the on going excellent entertainment
The E39 is one of my favourite older BMW shapes regardless, but something as special as this is just MEGA! Proper saloon car! It makes me sad to think of it sat there for so many years but happy now it's on to pastures new 👌🏼 I'd love to turn those headlights around haha!
Cool car, could have watched another hour of tinkering on that one, can't wait for the next video
Now that's a piece of machinery right there I had an old 520i on a B reg many years ago I'd put my kuros aftershave on and go cruising hoping to get lucky 👌👌👌
I love videos like this, what a great find. Alpina BM’s are the dogs danglies.
Looking forward to this transformation, praying you get this one restored, awesome car. Why would you leave this beast for 12 years, such a shame. Great content as usual guys.
This is making me miss my old (also a 1998) 540i. Lovely car, brilliant at everything. Bit costly to keep maintained bit well worth it. Had mine for 16 years before selling and still miss it.
What a Glorious find !
Amazing car back when BMW made quality motors.
Proper barn find guys !! Rare as hens teeth now !!
Great classic Beemer, but really needs a good clean in the next video, cue some Jennychem products and maybe Claire's friend is available to assist you again Rob?!
Great find ,I have had E39 for last 26 years I still have one Oxford green I'm second owner 77,000 great car
The E39 is one of the best cars BMW have ever made. Watch out for those rod bearings.
Pretty sure it's just the E60 M5 V10 and M3 4.0 V8 that have rod bearing issues - these v8's are mega reliable but have other issues like valve stem seals etc.
no such issues with the alpina 4.6
Fantastic. Everyone subscribes to everyone. I immediately thought about M539 restorations. A cross over would be amazing. Outstanding!!!!!
Sreten is the man you want to talk to! That man is a living bmw repair legend.
We got Chris 👍
Should do more abandoned cars that are left seeing them up and running on the road again, if they are worth doing 😊
Lovely motor…coolest car you’ve had so far
M539…this one’s for you
Thanks for Dan the digger man. Rob as usual so full of enthusiasm, love it , right up my street . It’s amazing the treasure-troves you can find habituating away waiting to be woken .
Lovely. A few years ago a retired doctor and his wife had one each, she had the green he had a white one in the village where we lived! Is Chris still in the car and did he find any loose change??? Very good video thanks guys 👍
Chris will be checking every orifice for change 😂
@@howardlake6178👍 😲
What a car. We need to see this brought back to life chaps 👌🏻
What a stunning car, can't wait for more episodes on this and see what you do with it, keep up the great work!
Nice like seeing the older stuff aswell
I want it (once sorted). Unfortunately my wife saw this and very firmly said "NO". Good luck to you guys with it, it is gorgeous and I'll be very jealous of the new owner.
Last time i saw one of these was Friday, will also see it again Monday when i get into work. We have had one on the ramp for many years awaiting new chain and guides. Got half way through it and we have all the parts, but just not had time to finish it as customers cars come first.
M539 Restorations
Sreten
The man with the knowledge in regards to BMW's 👍
We got Chris 👍
I second that. Have a look at his channel. You may have Chris. He’s been doing BMWs for years. He will have come across any issues you might have. I bet.
Absolutely adore an E39, genuinely believe this is the best a car has ever been even now. BMW got it so right with these.
Funny doing a job at a gym in chigwell someone was driving a really beat up Alpina identical to that to the gym daily,
Was sad to see it so rough. But nice to see it still being a work horse.
Good luck fella looking forward to how this turns out
A lovely car Rob and Chris brilliant video guys
Don't need to you 2 fellas these are the days when BMW were bullet proof great video again fellas I hope that you are going to do it justice and get her back to her former glory it would be mint to see 👀 take care and stay lucky and healthy 👍 looking forward to Sundays video 📹 already 😊❤
Hope to see this one rescued! One of the best BMW chassis ever produced the old E39's!
What a motor, my dad had a e39 535i in silver, manual v8 awesome car, the e39 is one of the best if not the best BMWs ever
Great project but what happened to the end of the video? Abrupt end midway a conversation? Did it crash?
Get m539 on too it full information on these great cars hopefully you guys can restore it back love channel keep up great work
Yes, Sreten at M539 Restorations produces excellent (and entertaining) videos. Lots of great BMW stuff.
More videos on this please, a classic that needs reviving ASAP!
Loving the new style hair cut rob 😂😂
Hi Rob and Chris, now this is interesting, a classic find..! Will be a great series of video's guy's, looking forward to this journey. Alex.
No mention of a series bud please don’t get your hopes up 👍
@@sruk
Hi Rob and Chris,
I think you've misunderstood me, I meant a series of video's on what's done to this car.. Alex.
Good find lads hopefully a simple fix .beemers from this era looked amazing , sudden ending lol
I love an E39, I’ve had mine for 15 years! I hope you find a workaround for the front doors not opening, my drivers door wouldn’t open a few weeks back and I had to damage my door card to get access to the latch to open the door, it was a nightmare. They fail internally and I’ve since fitted a replacement secondhand latch and it’s working fine again.
Put an actual new battery on the car first please ….. that battery is a decade old doesn’t matter how many jump packs you have ….it ain’t going to
Brilliant buy guys, look forward to this one 👍👍👍👍😊
Great vlog guys,i have an E39 525i Sport myself so looking forward for the rebuild of the Alpina.
What a lovely barn find, some motor back in it's day and even better in today's market, very rare ...I must say that van looked like it didn't have any give left in the suspension 😅
Found one for sale in Cardiff 14k , very rare. I think the £415 road tax would be enough to put me off! Looking forward to see what you do with it.
This is one very special BMW, well done guys you did well extracting it ❤.
Sreton on M539 Restorations would be all over that. He did a full recommission of one on his channel. I think it was Project somewhere in the US. His is another great watch.
I think Streten @M539 restorations would love this! ❤
Yorkshire restorations. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Love the older cars with more issues. No smash damage.
Is there no end to your talents guys, skip removal, gardens tidied, driveways cleared , Chris doing a bit of Spielberg and directing the film, brilliant stuff guys 😊, don’t worry about a little bit of industrial language doing a job like that one, when I worked in Germany one of the agents I was friendly with had an alpina and it was a screamer , not the same model from memory his was the 2 door one
A great classic car glad you guys have saved it
I hope you get this one back on the road, it really deserves to be restored to its former glory.
YOU BEAUTY !! I cant believe you found this. Please tell me your not going to sell on. Please restore it.???
We sell everything bud we’re car dealers 👍
Really Lovely Car, look forward to this Guys.
nice find, proper piece of kit. If you get it running and serviced it needs a Autobahn test drive. the thing is build for it and nothing less.
Great car and content guys keep up the good work
Need more on this one. Be good to see it rebuilt.
Awesome! Very exited about seeing the progress of this! Are you going to be doing full restoration?
There is a blue B10 near me that has been off the road for years. Such a waste!
Looking forward to this one. Recent M539 resto, as I'm sure you know.
Careful with the skip and the Vauxhall on SORN. Most important vehicle there! 😄
Great Find! But stop faffing around with jump pack/ jump cables
Just put a decent battery in. I find it saves on time and you don't blow any modules.
If you jumped a 90's SL you would blow the roof module etc
Can’t wait for the next episode! Keep up the good work! Greetings from Milan, Italy!
Great find chaps looking forward to watching your progress👍
A lovely car that’s going to be nice after a full detail , can’t wait , good luck guys 👍👍
This will be one of the most watched series on this channel I reckon
Absolutely no mention of any series bud lol you’ll start a Chinese whisper 👍
Robs face during that reversing, hilarious 😂
That car is amazing...one car I wanted...in my younger years...
Brilliant video, Rob Chris and Dan 👍
Well done rob and chris
Old yer arms aut. Love it, this'll be a good one lads.
A collaboration with Yorkshire car restoration on this car would be awesome.
вот это вы откоапали красавицу,таких не найти!жду следующее видео по данном авто
Hello Rob and Chris,this is a very nice motor, thankfully it rolled down the drive.with the battery and starter I thought it might have started.cant wait for the progress on this one.
Brilliant find lads how lucky are you guys your in for a right pay day with this beauty....Its a proper bit of kit in this day and age never mind back in the day ...
What a beauty! Can’t wait to see it done boys!!
love to hear it start
Well that was a sudden ending to the video.
We'll see them again....in the next one!!
Great find there guys
Let's get involved!
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