Chump Car - John Allen Special USFail1 Race Team Build

[dinanm3atl]

We will be there!

[Nygdup]

So, like.. the one e30 team there we DIDN'T already know.

[dinanm3atl]

Repair time! This is what we started with... and how we finished.








We slowly pulled out the panels and the minor bend in the rear frame rail. Coming along...






Lined up to the basic shape of an E30 rear end. Now the scary part...








Then we started with fine tuning the new tail light panel and our current rear end. Cutting. Massaging. Cutting again. Prepping. Sanding. Welding.











Tail light bolts in. Bumper bolts on. Coming together.







Finished. Lined up. All lights in and running!









Fun problem. One of our teammates who shall remain nameless(RichE30) installed the lock cylinder we took off the new tail light panel. Then we shut trunk to confirm operation and get it dialed in... guess what? It's NOT the correct setup. So we had to really pry our way in...








And time to roll home! We will do some sanding and a little filler here/there to really clean it up. Everything lines up, opens, closes and works! Spent ~48 hours of epic work days to finish it. Two days including time to and from Nashville from Atlanta! New livery coming soon!

[kingston]

Wow, dudes...great work!!!!!

[dinanm3atl]

Thank you :)

[Nygdup]

We're humbled each and every time the JAS runs into problem by the amount of support the BMW community gives us. We set a $1500 goal to get the car fix, and raised over $1k of it the first night... as well as got contacted by Steven to bring the car up to Nashville to get it fixed for the price of a couple of dinners.

Seriously... thank you guys for keeping JAS relevant!

[dinanm3atl]

2014 Update!

CLICK HERE - http://www.racemsm.com/?p=3405



Livery Update and work. Just enjoy the photos. Explains everything along with the link.



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John Allen Special BMW MP4 E30 ChumpCar Livery Update 04 by Halston Pitman | MotorSportMedia, on Flickr

[kingston]

Why do I feel like having a smoke right now?


Good looking car!! Hope to see you out there this year! You guys doing VIR?

[dinanm3atl]

One or two of them probably.

[Nygdup]

We're talking about the end of the year VIR. I think if we're at VIR for the 24hr event, it'll be in someone else's car.

[Rdreas]

New paint job looks dope! Any chance you know someone in the atl area that might let me rent their tig welder?? I'm doing a full stainless exhaust and have been trying to figure out how I'm going to get it tigged up.

[MokinWeet]

I really thought that there would be a Malboro related joke once I saw the first couple coats. Nice repair, looks like fun.

[Nygdup]

The no smoking signs in the rear windows count, don't they?

[MokinWeet]

The no smoking signs in the rear windows count, don't they?

They sure do haha

[silence]

How'd you guys do this weekend? I came by to say hi, but you all seemed in the middle of something with the car all jacked up, I meant to come by later and introduce myself, but we blew our motor so we took off early.