My '73 Roundie Revival [BMW 2002]

[CubbyChowder]

Thanks guys! I appreciate the kind words, although I feel tinkwithanr's build is on a whole different level than mine haha.

[JCarp90]

Thanks guys! I appreciate the kind words, although I feel tinkwithanr's build is on a whole different level than mine haha.

Regardless, you both have more balls than I do and I have a ton of respect for those who bring these things back to life. They're just too cool.

[CubbyChowder]

Quarter panel work, here we go.

I started out by shaving the areas that still needed it, first being the blinker holes:



Cut out some filler metal:



Welded up:



And smooth:



Next were the lower trim holes, filled and smoothed:



Then I proceeded to take everything down to bare metal. It took me several hours, as I'm not exactly using the most efficient and timely method (DA sander and 60 grit pads). A sandblaster is kind of out the question right now, so I gotta use the resources I have. Whatever, it's therapeutic, I guess haha.




And then it was filler time. I'm learning that filler work really just isn't my forte. It's proven to be very difficult to make things look perfect, but I'm doing as good as I can:



Then I laid down some primer. Like the rest of the body, I'd say it's about 90% there. I'm not sure if I've mentioned this yet, but I'm planning on doing all the body work as good as I can, and then taking it to a professional to have them finish up the body work so it's perfect and ready for paint. Then I will paint it myself. As much as I'd like to do everything on my own, I want the body to look good once it's painted:







And just a few random shots of my daily e30 looking rough and grungy after installing an IS lip and splitter. I love it haha:




More to come next week!

[SkiFree]

What is pretty cool about this build is that I can literally see your improving as the project progresses. Very fun to watch.

[AsharC]

Very nice. I want a roundie sooo bad lol. You just make me want one even more!

[pacmanE30]

it's coming along very nice, and your worksmanship is improving as well. keep it up man. very excited to see the end result.

[Kevinl]

awesome work

[deutschman]

What Skifree said

[dishwab]

Inspiring.

I've convinced myself that starting next summer I'm going to strip my E30 down and address all of the rust and imperfections. I've never done any body work but I'm going to force myself to learn, and do as much as I possibly can on my own.

[CubbyChowder]

Thanks dudes, the comments are always appreciated.

Inspiring.

I've convinced myself that starting next summer I'm going to strip my E30 down and address all of the rust and imperfections. I've never done any body work but I'm going to force myself to learn, and do as much as I possibly can on my own.

Do it! I didn't know what I was doing when I first started, but it all came in time. It's a great learning experience and a lot of fun, I say go for it!

[Anthony B]

Builds like this is the exact reason why I want to find a 2002 to rebuild, you say filler work isn't your forte yet the final product looks pretty damn good

[MC Hammered]

The work you are doing is fantastic and one can see that your skills are getting better at each phase of the project.

[e30abe89]

Love it! Great work. Can't wait to see it finished

[oliver.r]

i like your flares, they look oe.
good work

[keefy6]

the type of story everyone enjoys,

great, great job man