Saved an e30

[91Saleen#15]

Couldn't stand letting this one die.

[noid]

Your a good man.

[Ray Smoodiver]

Jesus really?

[freeride53]

Wow dude, you really are quite a dedicated person. That's pretty fucking major. Tremendous props to you. What's the story behind the car? Why did it mean so much to you?

[dashboardmonkey]

good man, buuuuuut you should have went wide body with it...

[Ryan...]

jesus really?

+10000000

[Philo]

Umm. . .That is quite a bit of work for a frankencar E30.

[MR 325]

Kudos but that was so not worth the trouble.

Could have come to SoCal and picked up a clean original body for $1000 or less.

[91Saleen#15]

Wow dude, you really are quite a dedicated person. That's pretty fucking major. Tremendous props to you. What's the story behind the car? Why did it mean so much to you?

I bought the car at an insurance auction for a couple hundred bucks. Was just planning to part it out, but it was so clean in the interior and low miles (just over a 100k), that I couldn't bring myself to scrap it out. It was a vegas car, so it had very little rust..... plus, since it was hit in the rear end, there was no damage to the suspension or drive line. Finally, since I'd never replaced a rear quarter panel before, I decided to do it just to see how much work it was. It wasn't actually that bad. Cleaning up the parts off of the gold car was a big part of the work. If I had had an aftermarket quarter panel it would have been a lot easier.

Replacing the rear frame rail was probably the trickiest part.

[Bimmerista]

Is that the same car as in your sig?

[91Saleen#15]

Kudos but that was so not worth the trouble.

Could have come to SoCal and picked up a clean original body for $1000 or less.

A friend once said to me "anything NOT worth doing, is NOT worth doing well". I think that applies in this case.

[91Saleen#15]

Is that the same car as in your sig?

no. the car in the sig is a black 90 325is with a complete Ireland competition suspension. The other car is a stock 91 laserblue 325i.

[Jean]

You have too much free time on your hands my friend! Kudos though!

[sonnyqm3]

great work on the frame and body..

[Unearth078]

jaw dropping. good work man. more before during and afters.