Ad from the Sale of My 635
Pictures of My 635 when I bought it
Story of this Car
The History of My 635
I bought this car in 1999 in Plano, Texas from Norm Grills. Norm is a longtime BMW motorcycle and car enthusiast, and started a national club for the 6-series, called The Big Coupe Group. He was actually the 3rd owner, but the first owner only kept the car for a month, and the second owner put about 30k miles on it. It had 125k when I got it, and after several trips to New York, New Orleans, Seattle, Los Angeles, and Arizona, it is up to 165k miles now. Still runs like a top, and the whole body is tight.
In addition to the 5-series wing and custom wheels, the car has a short-throw shifter, front strut-brace, and of course a Dinan performance chip. The '85 models came with anti-lock brakes. The windows are tinted silver, and the whole car was repainted by a BMW shop in 1997.
It has all the option, and everything works and is in excellent condition. This is primary car most of the year, though I keep it in the garage through the winter just to keep the salt off of it (and most of the summer is spent on motorcycles!). It spent its whole life in Texas before I owned it, so I could not let myself be the one to expose it to evils of salt and snow. It isn't really a restoration project so much as a maintenence project.
The BMW 6-series
The BMW 6-series, designated E24, is one of the rarer BMW model series, and includes the 628, 630, 633, 635, L6 and M6 (the last two numbers indicate engine displacement, L is the luxury version, M the legendary racing version). They were produced from 1976 up to 1989. There were 3725 635s made for the US market in 1985, only 1457 of those were 5-speeds, and about 9626 6-series were made for the entire world market in 1985. A total of 86216 E24 cars where produced between 1976 and 1989.
There have been rumors for several years about a re-introduction, and there are even some pictures of the prototype out now. It original 6-series as a redesign of the large coupes of the 1970s, the 3.0 and 3.5 CS, CSi, and CSL. These all had the same basic straight-six, 3.0 liter engine with carburation (except the CSi with mechanical fuel injection). The 80s 6-series used the same engine block, bored to 3.3 and 3.5 liters for the 633 and 635 respectively, and added electronic fuel injection. The stock 635 engine produces around 200hp, and with the Dinan chip around 220hp. The M6 uses an M-tech enigine, and generates a stock 285hp, but is otherwise identical.
More info:
http://www.bmwworld.com/driving/iceland.htm