The complete repair, rebuild, repaint, and v8 swap of my early model sedan

[OoPEZoO]

yeah, that was some batshit crazy weather yesterday. We were eating dinner and it just cut loose out of nowhere. The sun was still shining bright, but it was raining cats and dogs. At one point it was dumping in my front yard and barely sprinkling in my back yard. Then the winds came and knocked over my recycling bin full of empty beer cans from Memorial day and moved my gas grill about 10ft across the back deck. Weird stuff.

[evandael]

dude, i was gonna head out yesterday but that same balls-crazy weather hit me around noon or so. my basement is swimming right now. ugh.


i hope your fenders and hood are alright, that's a bummer. god speed with the paint.

[JGood]

Finally. We got finished at 1am last night, which made my 6am alarm rather unwelcome this morning. But, it's finished! It's got a bit of orange peel, but not very much dirt, so a bit of wet sanding and this will probably look like a professional paint job.

[BUDNUNTA]

crazy color

looks awesome

[JGood]

Thanks! The indoor lighting really makes it look dull, especially through the 3mil plastic sheeting. I'll get it outside tonight and take pics if it's sunny.

Here's the rear bumper:

[FredK]

Ill.

[ZM Blue Devil]

Limey! A lot

[drumad]

Looking good.

[MR 325]

Oh yeah, I'm Vlad you chose this color.

[8380 Labs]

gonna look great all buttoned up!

hope to see it at bimmerfest - makes my to-do list look like a joke. :p

[JGood]

Thanks guys!

hope to see it at bimmerfest - makes my to-do list look like a joke. :p

I will be there. My to do list is as follows:

1. Build a v8 e30 from scratch, starting with the bare shell tomorrow.
2. Drive to Bimmerfest.

Haha, it's not so bad, everything *should* mostly bolt together, I've got most of the fitment issues worked out, all brackets fabbed up, brake lines made, the wiring is all figured out, etc... It would be a lot easier if I wasn't away from the garage for 50+ hrs/week for work!

[evandael]

damn that looks great. pardon me if i missed it, but what wheels are you running? i feel like white would go well with that color..

[JGood]

These guys. Not sure how it will look, but I think it will be decent. 17x8 with 215/40/17 front, 17x9 with 235/40/17 rear.

[White325is]

Love love loooovvvveeeee!!!!

[CHIF8008]

Love the progress man :) keep up the work and get it done!