Buying an E30 requires homework and patience, and it doesn't hurt to have wrenching skills and good contacts. A nice place to start looking is an '89-or-later 325i. A 325is would be even better.

In fact, whereas BMW built more than 17,000 E30 M3 Coupes, it only produced 781 Convertible variants. This particular example is finished in Diamond Black and appears to have been very well cared ...