yesterday was an amazing f'ing bmw day!!!!

[ANDRÜ]

I like

[McGyver]

I'm impressed! I plan to do something like this with my kid whenever i get around to one. Basically buy a straight e30 that needs work when they're 15, then trade chores for parts and teach them how to wrench. I'm hoping that after spending so much time/effort building it, the kid will be less inclined to go hoon and wreck the car.

[flyboyx]

Upper, or lower.

Gotta specify. E30 guys up here in the U.P. are few, and FAAAARRR inbetween. I swear there's probably less than 10 E30's in the entire U.P.
And only one S12... Mine :D
And two good colleges.....

Also, make ABSOLUTELY sure he gets a beater for winter, or seriously treats that thing. Michigan (Upper or lower) will eat that into nothingness post haste.

lower peninsula actually. he is planning to study something aviation related at western michigan in kalamazoo.

yes, we are concerned about the rust. i sprayed oil inside the doors and cavity inside the quarter panels. when we take it to michigan, my dad has an oil spray rig that he uses to coat the underside of his cars every couple of years or so. i wish he would go to college here in texas so we wouldn't have to worry about this.

a few years ago, he moved down here to live for a while. i bought him an ix that we restored. it was pretty much rust free. when he decided to go back up north, i didn't want that car in the salt because of its rarity. i guess if this one gets rusty, we will just redo another one.

Cool father/son project! You must have lots of e30s at your local jy. Its slim pickins close to me. :(

our junk yards are amazing here. we went yesterday. we scored a full set of bilsteins, a minty white hood, a momo steering hub, and a crack free minty dash. this is the same conversation we were having. my thoughts are that in many places cars rust and rusty cars have been scrapped long ago.

[Matt341]

Great work love it!

[cbake82]

The car turned out really nice Brian. I can't wait to see what my old ix looks like when you're done with her. Please take lots of pics, and do a build thread on here for me.

[flyboyx]

will do!