Name is Mike and I'm gonna put up some photo's of my buddy's 86 that he got about a week ago and since I'll be doing most / all the wrenching on it, (till he learns) figured this would be a great place to post it.
So it was March 10, 2011, and Cav calls and says, "what do you know about e30's". Me being a VW guy, say "there solid and timeless". Fasts forward 24 hours later and the car is his. Looked good while we checked it out in the rain!
Yeah it dind't have a front valance, but the pop out rear windows and diving boards made the car. Not to mention the blue leather with Sport seats were classy as hell. The headlights didn't match, but those will get replaced by a new french set later on.
This is a daily driver first and a lesson in car repair second. So on to some more photo's!!
So the interior was gutted to see why the carpet at the petals was wet.
yup that bracket rusted straight through.
Rears looked decent.
Then, the rest of the hidden gems revealed themselves to us.
WARNING: THE BELOW PICTURES ARE GRAPHIC YOU MAY WANT TO LOOK AWAY!
This one is our biggest hurdle as it goes throught the fender / firewall right onto the brake pedal and clutch.
SO we have our work cut out for us. We have a body guy who will be cutrting out and replacing the driverside portion of the firewall and gusseting for strength as well as replacing the accelerator pedal bracket on the floor. This will happen over the next couple of weeks.
In the meantime the sway brackets and bushings have been ordered and some other trim items.
The car whent to Bimmerworks in West Chester, PA and they gave it a good once over and said the motor and drivetrain is solid and all recent service has already been done. So since it's a daily first we'll work with and make it a fun little car.
Plan's:
Repair Rust (hole's) get it water repellant!
replace tail light gaskets as well as passenger side tail light.
Clean up the two exterior rust spots on belt trim passenger side
Polish the diving boards
Front valance (going to Guten on Thursday to see whats available)
H&R Race Cup Kit
Roof Rack
French headlights with smiley's
Wheels, ideally some Alpina reps
Drive it like we stole it!!!
So it was March 10, 2011, and Cav calls and says, "what do you know about e30's". Me being a VW guy, say "there solid and timeless". Fasts forward 24 hours later and the car is his. Looked good while we checked it out in the rain!
Yeah it dind't have a front valance, but the pop out rear windows and diving boards made the car. Not to mention the blue leather with Sport seats were classy as hell. The headlights didn't match, but those will get replaced by a new french set later on.
This is a daily driver first and a lesson in car repair second. So on to some more photo's!!
So the interior was gutted to see why the carpet at the petals was wet.
yup that bracket rusted straight through.
Rears looked decent.
Then, the rest of the hidden gems revealed themselves to us.
WARNING: THE BELOW PICTURES ARE GRAPHIC YOU MAY WANT TO LOOK AWAY!
This one is our biggest hurdle as it goes throught the fender / firewall right onto the brake pedal and clutch.
SO we have our work cut out for us. We have a body guy who will be cutrting out and replacing the driverside portion of the firewall and gusseting for strength as well as replacing the accelerator pedal bracket on the floor. This will happen over the next couple of weeks.
In the meantime the sway brackets and bushings have been ordered and some other trim items.
The car whent to Bimmerworks in West Chester, PA and they gave it a good once over and said the motor and drivetrain is solid and all recent service has already been done. So since it's a daily first we'll work with and make it a fun little car.
Plan's:
Repair Rust (hole's) get it water repellant!
replace tail light gaskets as well as passenger side tail light.
Clean up the two exterior rust spots on belt trim passenger side
Polish the diving boards
Front valance (going to Guten on Thursday to see whats available)
H&R Race Cup Kit
Roof Rack
French headlights with smiley's
Wheels, ideally some Alpina reps
Drive it like we stole it!!!
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