Somehow, i got my wife to believe she needed an e30 convertible. My good freind Ray was parting out a 1989 e30 convertible, and I figured this one is as good as any other. I got Ray to sell it to me and now it is time for me to bring this poor car back from the dead. It had hit a deer and the hood, rad support, etc was all bent up. The car is missing the diff and axles, exhaust, head/intake, etc. Its an auto, which sucks, but since she can't drive a stick its good. Its got 144k on it and doesnt look too bad. Well except for the no hood, front bumper, thing. Oh yeah, and the dash is all apart. I'm gunna do the craziest thing to this project that I've ever done to any project before..... I'm gunna leave it stock. Wow, thats gunna be hard for me to do, but I got strict orders from the boss on this one. Here are some pics from when i first got it:
Exterior:
Where'd the diff go?
Interior(check it out, the back seat has a vagina):
It came with the window sticker and purchase order! Look how much this dude paid for this car!
So I got a little bit done yesterday, not as much as I wanted to. I picked up a headgasket set, head bolts, water pump, belts, etc, everything i needed to get it running. Basically I was starting with a bare bottom end. I bolted on the oil cooler and new oil filter, then the waterpump and tensioner. I put the head/intake assembly on the block, when I found out that new head bolts didn't come with washers. You are supposed to use your old ones. Well this was a parts car, and there are no old ones anymore! The automotive equivilent of a cock-block. So I put the hood on and called it a day. My buddy has a set of head bolt washers for me, so I'll got get those today and hopefully torque down the head. On another note, what do you think of my hood :) My freind James gave it to me. I'm not sure if it will be a temp hood or If I will do the body work and repaint the hood. I bought a zinno front valance and bumper surrounds off ebay, so the hood is the only other painted peice I need to worry about. Hopefully I'll have another update soon! Oh by the way, you can tell i used to be into vw's cause my first mod was a euro-plate?
Exterior:
Where'd the diff go?
Interior(check it out, the back seat has a vagina):
It came with the window sticker and purchase order! Look how much this dude paid for this car!
So I got a little bit done yesterday, not as much as I wanted to. I picked up a headgasket set, head bolts, water pump, belts, etc, everything i needed to get it running. Basically I was starting with a bare bottom end. I bolted on the oil cooler and new oil filter, then the waterpump and tensioner. I put the head/intake assembly on the block, when I found out that new head bolts didn't come with washers. You are supposed to use your old ones. Well this was a parts car, and there are no old ones anymore! The automotive equivilent of a cock-block. So I put the hood on and called it a day. My buddy has a set of head bolt washers for me, so I'll got get those today and hopefully torque down the head. On another note, what do you think of my hood :) My freind James gave it to me. I'm not sure if it will be a temp hood or If I will do the body work and repaint the hood. I bought a zinno front valance and bumper surrounds off ebay, so the hood is the only other painted peice I need to worry about. Hopefully I'll have another update soon! Oh by the way, you can tell i used to be into vw's cause my first mod was a euro-plate?
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