The World's First Two-Door E30 M3 Wagon with V8 Power! Griot's Garage Detail Wagen
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
- One man's disdain of a simple B pillar snowballed into the building of The Detail Wagen. Griot's garage first SEMA build and the World's Fastest Detail Wagen!
A huge thank you to Griot's Motors and J-Rod & Custom for sharing the story of this epic car build.
This film is in tribute to Ray Porthen, an employee of J-Rod & Custom, who passed away suddenly while in the shop during the process of making this video. Ray was an integral part of The Detail Wagen build, as well as the entire J-Rod family. There is a link below to a GoFundMe page to help support his 8 month old son, Remi. please consider donating.
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The Shooting Brake is one of the most beautiful body shapes, and rare.
totally!! I think there are only 5 models ever produced by a manufacturer in all of automotive history.
i like the look of the "Wagon" so much - its nice to see also E30-lovers ;D
Wow! BMW can learn a thing or two from this build! You guys nailed it, well done
Love the production values on this video, and would love to see more Griot's Motors content on this channel. Many thanks for sharing this with us. :)
Thank you, we're planning more of these!
Now that I know there's a Griot's Motors I wanna see anything and everything! Richard has great taste and whether it's his own, something from a family member or even a friend, I'll consume those videos❗
This is, to me, what car customizing is all about. Great video guys, more like it!
Thank you! We're incredibly proud of the end result and love how much you guys love it too.
dont mind me im just hating cause my pockets aint deep, but thanks for the motivation dudes !
I love seeing all of the Tacoma (and south King County) locations. Great job Forrest, Bunker, and everyone else. Good video :)
Thanks Joel, glad you enjoyed it!
Simply amazing.. I hope to see this creation in person some day.
Thank you!
Wow stunning E30 M3 wagon so much love has gone into this car so unique
Thank you!
Hands down the coolest touring e30 to date.
Thank you!
Beautiful, beautiful car man. Props to you for the amazing work and detail to such fine work. I really love to see the work and beauty put into such a fine car.
Thank you, much appreciated!
@@GriotsGarage Of course, you deserve the recognition.
Absolutely gorgeous build, I just bought a Hot wheels scale model of this car! An e30 2 door M3 wagon. I'm pretty sure the designers at hot wheels were inspired by your build.
Great minds think alike ;)
Great built! Respect
Much appreciated
Can't wait to see it on Carfection and some of my other favorite RUclips channels for a full on review!
Congrats to everyone on this build, looks OEM sans the rims but given how those HRE's look, no harm...no foul🔥🔥🔥
Thank you!
What a lot of $$$$ and hard work can produce. Not a shot, just facts.
Ahh... good to see a very unique E30... motivation to finish mine..
Wow guys. My favourite BMW and looks just amazing
Thank you!
A work of art. Well done.
Thank you very much!
Why is it virtually all SEMA builds seem to be built with an almost impossible deadline to meet?!
That's a great question! Haha
Next on Unsolved Mysteries - why is the SEMA show always the NEXT DAY? LOL. Fantastic job on the wagon! Truly one of the most unique and tasteful resto-mods I have seen in a long time, and I happen to be a card-carrying BMW CCA BMW car owner. Two thumbs up on this one. This is a car I wouldn't mind at all seeing get imitated (but never duplicated) elsewhere!
Everything about this car I like...
Wagon - check
Unique build - check
80s-90s box arches - check
restomod - check
two-door conversion - check
I like that you got bigger front doors. I've seen many custom jobs where a four door had been converted to two door without pushing back the b pillar, which makes the short front doors look odd.
Thanks for the love!
Outstanding in any way...the Rims🙏👍
Thanks 👍
That’s a sensational level of detail and perfection 👏👏 there’s also the possibility of previous burnouts in that car park
Thank you!
Don’t worry about haters, great work!!!
Thank you!
It will never be an Audi b5 rs4 no matter how hard it tries
We need more videos like this!
Great stuff
Ask and you shall receive! We're planning to share more cover car stories like this moving forward
I drive a z3 coupe, and this car is clearly my dream!!😍
Well done, perfect job!!👌🏻👍🏻
Thanks a lot!
Beautiful machine, love it
Wish I could like more than once. AMAZING
Thanks for the love!
My dream car ❤️ hope to have an m3 e30 sport Evo one day.
Thank you! We hope you make the dream come true!
Wide body wagon is always a win.
This guy gets it!
My god that thing is a beauty
Thank you!
This is absolutely beautiful. Great job
Glad you like it!
Stunning the stuff car dreams made of 💯👊🏿
Thank you!
This bmw is a masterpiece , like singer porsche 💞
Thank you!
This was absolutely incredible!
Thanks, John!
Dude, amazing vision and work.
Thank you so much!
Congratulations on your products and projects!
Thank you so much!
Great video! I'd like to see more of these vehicles in Richard s collection!
Thank you! Check out some of our older videos, we have quite a few on some of the more notable cars in the collection.
LOVE. THIS. CAR. Awesome job!!!
Thanks for the love, Dino!
Cant wait to see it at this years e30 picnic if it happens!
LOOKS AMAZING GUYS! IM ALSO A BMW FAN i have an imola red zhp bmw 06 330ci 1 of 92 in 6 speed vert, and 07 335i and i use GRIOTS GARAGE compund and polish love the quick wipe formula that doesnt get stuck like meguiars, you guys killed it with the m3 wagon!
Amazing project congratulations!!
Thank you!
It's been done tastefully 🔥
Interesting, not quite My style; but excellent idea and workmanship!!! 👌
Thank you!
What a beauty!
Thank you!
Stunning.
Thank you!
it would have been way cooler to delete the c pillar and make 2 long rear windows
There is a guy in Germany building it exactly that way :)
Agree... that would be awesome
Naaaaah
Would look odd
Yeah indeed, just doesn't work for me currently.
What an incredible job, congrats y'all
Thank you!
Well, this is incredible
Thank you!
Beautiful build...great video!
Thank you so much and glad you enjoyed the video!
Awesome build 👌🏾
Glad you like it!
The body reminds me of the VW Fox (shooting brake) Wagon!
Was this car the inspiration for the launch of hot whells?
Congratulations!
Thank you!
perfect !
It’s a work of art
Thanks!
Spiritual predecessor to the Z3 M Coupe?
Successive predecessor or Predecessive successor?
More like spiritual predecessor to the Ferrari FF or even more so Aston Martin Zagato Shooting Brake.
Cool Car Pcnw Griot's Car Guys,💯🌲🚦⛽🏎️
That's why I want to make an M3 sedan.
Amazing, would love to hear how you addressed the front subframe and suspension from the awd system
yes, suspension geometry is very different to M3, caster 1.5deg on iX, 9deg on M3
@@mannine99 it’s an amazing build! Might have to send you my ix
That is a helluva impressive build. That had better be a BMW V8 in it. I didn't even know Performance BMW still existed,who buys car magazines anymore?
Thank you! And you know we couldn't put anything but a BMW motor in it! It has a M60 under the hood.
If the E30 Picnic happens this year will the car be there?
okay i wasn't going crazy when i saw this thing drivng down the street and realized it was a coupe
Magnificent
Thank you!
Saw the thumbnail, read the title and I had what Jeremy Clarkson would refer to as 'a crisis' .
Cool idea but man you had to chop a mint e30 wagon?
I _do_ like it but... *"full M3 wagon"* how exactly - because of some bodywork (yeah, 'cos that's all they changed)? Does it have M3 suspension, brakes (both different to regular E30)? Any part of the drivetrain - certainly not the engine: _which_ V8 - is it even a BMW, let alone a (later) M? For something called the detail wagen, you don't seem to go into any...
Yeah I agree. It's a modified E30 wagon that has SOME M3 parts. Full M3 wagon is so misleading.
@@SteezyG Don't get me wrong, this _is_ as cool AF (the two door estate is a body style sadly long since out of fashion) but can't believe the only M3 parts referenced (rear arches) were critical into making it the legend it is, so why go there? If you really must, call it an M3 tribute / homage / phantom
Great car, the factory built a prototype E30? M3 estate car-wagon, in 5 door form, never made it to production. They recently announced an estate on the new M3 platform.
Looks great but is more of an M3 Style wagon with what looks like an LS motor?
It’s a BMW M60 engine
@@GriotsGarage well that makes it a bit better then
So you have made the movie about 8 cylinder motor and I can't hear the pure sound of the engine?? 🙃
God's Chariot! ✌️
Please tell me it has the 6 speed trans.
RIP Ray Porthen!
Does it use the V8’s steering box?
This filled in many questions that I took for granted when viewed that car back in 2018.
We're so glad to hear you got a lot of your questions answered from the video!
Well, ok that exists.
I think I might like it.
A e39 wagon would be a good build like this. M6 doors, M52 engine with Dinan supercharger. Just a idea
great build, where did you purchase the M3 kit
They’re OEM BMW parts, anything that was still available new we purchased from BMW. A few parts that were no longer available were purchased used.
Definitely not the world's first, I Saw an M3 2 door touring built 20 years ago here in Leicester England.
I've seen that too bro
Pics or it didn't happen.
The Guy that Built it is on Facebook, Mark Williams, his profile picture is him in a white Porsche Convertible, pretty sure he would have some pictures still, he did the whole build himself.
The Guy that Built it is on Facebook, Mark Williams, his profile picture is him in a white Porsche Convertible, pretty sure he would have some pictures still, he did the whole build himself.
@@houseofno the builder is on Facebook, Mark Williams, profile picture is him in a white Porsche Convertible. Ask him he may have pictures.
How are there ONLY 21.8K subscribers 😲🙄🤔
I would love to see this car in person.. and photos and mini walk around video
From coupe puzzle to wagon
OMG YOU NEED A S54 IN THAT ....... BEAUTIFUL .
Said no one ever
Why an AWD chassis?
What engine does this car have?
BMW M60 V8
@@GriotsGarage just a Masterpiece , one of those cars which every bmw lover wants
looks really odd to me, it looks like they were trying to do a clownshoe but added an extra set pillar at the back
how mutch does this tipe of custom job cost? not including the engine..
Of man, it will very greatly depending on a lot of variables but if you're planning to pay someone for all the fabrication, paint work, etc. then the labor can add up quickly.
juste one thing to say. my dream
what engine?
BMW M60 V8!
nothing on the drivetrain?
It’s a BMW M60 V8 with a 6 speed manual
Do a 97 es Lexus
its not the first in Germany is also one, but yours looks bether and Can drife on the street and the One from Germany is a Show car!!!!!!!
It's nice but it has been done with the v10 which imo is way nicer and more difficult to do seeing the engine bay is pretty snug.
In a two-door E30 Touring (station wagon body) style? Pics or it didn't happen - seriously.
And then you stick an LS in it, come on man! The body is stunning though.
It’s a BMW M60 V8
@@GriotsGarage wow with a different intake then? Apologies!
Why not the enginge from the E90?! 🤔
Custom cars are super cool, but I would be so afraid to drive it, because if someone hits the car you can't just replace the fender, you have to MAKE a new one
Fortunately all the body panels on this car are original M3 parts, even the rear quarters.
@@GriotsGarage oh I thought they were stretched
Who knows guys... Maybe your project gave BMW the FINAL push to build an M3 G81 wagon
Well done. Dislike the c pillar though.
MERAVIGLIA
A dream conversion. Madness. But the rims don't fit this car at all. You need 3-piece BBS RS rims with gold spokes. Then it's perfect!
Well there had to be at least ONE indicator that this was a build and not from the factory!!😂😋
whats the engine?
BMW M60
hey i know that trans am in the back