My '73 Roundie Revival [BMW 2002]

[CubbyChowder]

Nice work done Youre going to love this thing when done Keep it up

Thanks, I can't wait!

Got back on it today, more tedious paint/rust removal, but it's all part of the process. My goal today was to get all around the front windshield, rain tray area and upper fender areas down to bare metal, rust free and primered. Got most of it done.

During paint/rust removal:



I mainly use an angle grinder with various attachments and an electric drill with wire brushes, etc. I'm sure there are better tools to use, but this is all I got. Gotta work with it, it actually works quite well, just takes forever:



I eventually got everything down to the bare bone looking like this:



Got the front strut assemblies out:



Also got started on this area, the passenger side upper fender area. Took it all down to bare metal and got rid of any rust. I don't have a picture of when it's all bare metal:



Hit all the bare areas with some self-etching primer so it's all sealed and ready for a top coat when the time comes:






Took a random picture of the M10 sitting all lonely haha:



That's all for today. This is kind of random but I want to share it anyway. I was searching craigslist a few days ago and came across this 1973 Mercedes 280SEL. It had suffered a very small fire in the engine bay a few days prior and had burned though a few wires and a gas line. Tranny fluid sprayed onto the exhaust manifold and caught fire. The guy put the fire out very quickly and claimed that it was running perfect before that happened and that he needed to sell it this week because he's going on a 2 month trip to Isreal on Saturday and can't keep it. He was only asking $1000. I called him instantly and luckily I was the first person to call him so he gave me priority. I went and checked it out and brought cash and he started getting all hesitant and wasn't sure if he wanted to sell it that cheap because he had like 30 other people calling on it and realized he was letting it go for next to nothing. Anyways, he finally decided to sell the car! My plan was to just fix whatever was wrong and resell the car for some quick profit, but I ended up letting my dad buy the car off the guy. He's been looking for a cheap fixer upper and he's not good with craigslist so we agreed that when he sells it, he will split the profit with me. Not really my original plan haha but I'm glad to help him out and he's stoked on it so it's all good. We towed it up to my dad's house last night and my dad called me at 10am and already had the car running haha runs perfect! The car is actually in pretty awesome condition. Now we both own '73's :D

[blunttech]

Nice work done Youre going to love this thing when done Keep it up

[CubbyChowder]

Very small update. Went up a few days ago and got a little bit of work done, doing super tedious paint removal stuff.

Mocked up the steering wheel for fun, it's gonna be super sweet:



This is the area that I'm bringing back down to bare metal which is taking FOREVER! All around the front windshield so I can grind away any rust and I'm also doing the whole rain tray area so I can get everything rust free and in primer:



Received a small package from Blunt Tech, new input shaft seal for the tranny (since I broke one the first time around), new center bearing for the driveshaft and new Guibo:

[semaj4712]

Subscribed, this is making me seach around for a beat to shit 2002

[george graves]

wow~~~~!!!!!! sub'ed

[CubbyChowder]

Be wary of those ebay steering wheels - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMxB4RpCDzA

haha wow, that's ridiculous. I hope that doesn't happen with my wheel. It'll be quite a while before I can actually put it to the test. I plan on doing only regular street driving with it so hopefully it can withstand that. This car will never see the track so I don't expect it to be mega durable.

[CoreyZ]

Be wary of those ebay steering wheels - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMxB4RpCDzA

[JasonBates]

This is shaping up to be quite an awesome build.

Keep it up man!

[CubbyChowder]

Alright, finally got back on it today. Today's goal was to replace all the seals on the Getrag 245 and tackle some of the nose section. Got most of it accomplished, however I broke some of the rubber on the input shaft seal because I hammered it a tad too hard. I didn't want to risk it, so I ended up having to order a new one and wait to finish the trans. Was kinda pissed about it at first, but it's a $3 seal, so I had a Jack and Coke with my dad and carried on with my day :)

Rear shaft seal out:




New rear seal in:



I also replaced the shift rod seal, but didn't take a picture. Then I decided to take my shifter apart and clean it up and regrease everything. One of the previous owners rebuilt the whole shifter assembly not too long ago, so everything was good to go. Just needed a cleaning and regreasing:






Then I tackled some of the nose area of the car. It had a lot of rust/paint corrosion and looked like hell:




Got it all down to bare metal, took sooo long to get it completely rust free:



Then primered it:



I also decided to take care of this whole area:



Prepped everything as good as I could and primered it:




Then I whipped out the ol' reliable 50mm and took a couple pics for fun:

[audiquattrot]

Keep it coming!

[amcink]

Great Job! Subscribe

[TrentW]

When you said you found some 80's artifacts I immediately thought bindles of cocaine.

[marines2060]

great work so far! Im loving all of the 2002 builds right now, keep it up.

[e30 gangsta]

^ your doing great man. Keep it up, love the build!

[CubbyChowder]

thanks for all the nice comments guys, I really appreciate it. I definitely have a set vision of what I want this car to look like, it's just a matter of actually making it happen. This project is a huge learning process for me, and it's really my first time doing any sort of custom fab work and taking a car apart. It's been a great learning experience so far, and I definitely get a bit nervous sometimes because I don't always really know what I'm doing. Just gotta go for it sometimes haha