few teaser shots of the upcoming project

[vlad]

I wanted to wait until it's all done and completed but I am just 2 excited to hold the news any longer ! The project has finally started and should be completed by the end of March. I am not going to bore you with what it looked like before (plane Jane e30 cabrio), here is how it looks now ;)

excuse the quality, most of the pics taken with cell phone camera

old m20 motor out



engine bay shaved and prepped







car partially disassembled



engine Bay painted Ferrari Red (the car will be painted the same color)







Rear conversion to 5 lug completed (waiting for new cross drilled rotors)



Bilstein's own version of 'racing suspension'



next step is Engine swap (waiting for few more parts)



then the body work, enterior work, etc...

it's going to be a long way from how it looked before to what I want it to look like...

this is how it's all started -

[Erick]

M3 cabrio replica?!

[Ray Smoodiver]

looks like a cool project - i love shaved engine bays

[golde30]

ooOoOo, m3 cabby time. i saw those 1/4 panel flares on top of the car... gonna put a hardtop on it?? would be titties.

[MikeK]

goddamn you work fast Vlad... i didnt know Azevedo had a paint shop inside? or is it behind the building?

anyways keep us updated :)

[Digitalwave]

Do you ever turn your own wrenches or is this all "just sign your name here..." work? Just curious.

[iflytii]

Progress! Did you find any more front fenders? More importantly, remember keep them away from FedEx???

[euroshark]

Who needs to turn wrenches when they can sign their name? lol

Just kidding Vlad...

Looks kick ass! I can't wait to see it finished!

[madjurgen]

Do you ever turn your own wrenches or is this all "just sign your name here..." work? Just curious.

I always think the same thing.

[vlad]

goddamn you work fast Vlad... i didnt know Azevedo had a paint shop inside? or is it behind the building?

anyways keep us updated :)

yeah, Rui had the paint shop since day 1 in that building, it's at the end of the shop, a lot of interesting projects had come out of that spray booth.
They just finished Le Mans M5 blue 4 door widebody Jetta with R32 conversion, sick !

Progress! Did you find any more front fenders? More importantly, remember keep them away from FedEx???

sure did, found them locally, thanks for the rest of the parts !

ooOoOo, m3 cabby time. i saw those 1/4 panel flares on top of the car... gonna put a hardtop on it?? would be titties.

good eye !

Do you ever turn your own wrenches or is this all "just sign your name here..." work? Just curious.

I used to... but with 3 project cars, 3 motorcycles, 3 family cars, boat, wife, kid, 2 cats, house and 1 day a week off - a project like this would take me years to complete, no matter how optimistic I would be. Such is life, I realize, regret and cherish it, everyday !

[sdcabrio]

Looks like it will be pretty sweet when it's done.

Keep us posted, dude.

[Digitalwave]

I used to... but with 3 project cars, 3 motorcycles, 3 family cars, boat, wife, kid, 2 cats, house and 1 day a week off - a project like this would take me years to complete, no matter how optimistic I would be. Such is life, I realize, regret and cherish it, everyday !

Thanks for the honest answer. Respek!

[RCWells]

I guess I'll be the only one to say that I don't care for M3 cabs to begin with, but much less a repro/copy.

[Mastrcruse]

What is the heart of this lion going to be?

[Ray Smoodiver]

I guess I'll be the only one to say that I don't care for M3 cabs to begin with, but much less a repro/copy.

and thats all you've got to say about that