It's a rescue!

[e30austin]

dude the dust and spider issue at my dad's house is nuts. even in the garage a fat layer of dust builds up in just a few days.

The struggle is real. My silver car gets dumped on in storage. I feel your pain.

[poopin04]

That M3 wire cover makes everything look soo neat. I might have to do it as well.

[Cabriolet]

That M3 wire cover makes everything look soo neat. I might have to do it as well.

very worth while upgrade. the is a snag tho. the back of the M20 intake manifold rubs on the lower corner.
if you get the 318is air box cover it requires no cutting of studs.

[TFJR]

Absolutely phenomenal build. I have spent the past hour going through every page of your hard work. You should feel proud of that piece of art. I'm sure your wife couldn't be happier. That is the nicest 4 door I've ever seen. The interior came out really nice. I can't wait to see it go down the road.

[Cabriolet]

Well it's been a while and i do have some small updates.
My aunt won the pedals at Archie's fest and i traded her our winnings for them. so finally some nice pedals to add to the interior.
my man todd scored me a steering wheel so i threw that on.


so as you can see, there is a lot of work ahead of me but I hope it will go smoothly.

then some more stuff showed up in bubble rap. Dave and Renewed Finishes did me up a nice valve cover to top off the engine bay.



the fuel pump is here and going in this weekend, so now we can start her up.
but i have a ton of people asking me to work on their cars and this car will have to get side lined while i keep more e30s on the road.

[bradnic]

soooooo close.

[squidmaster]

unf, that interior is looking so good

[oddis]

Awesome work! I remember your comment on page 1 "this will be a quick build", and now like 2600 man hours... Like your definition of quick :P

Every E30 restoration should be with this level of detail. Very seldom I see these build, taken to the gates of perfection.

I envy you hot climate guys, no rust at all.

Now, all it needs is a turbo ;)

[G-Man the Visionary]

Wish my wife was as enthused as yours... The only reason she wants me working on that thing is to get it out of the garage so she can park in there...

[bradnic]

Wish my wife was as enthused as yours... The only reason she wants me working on that thing is to get it out of the garage so she can park in there...

OMG. So much truth there. I plan my build around how much time I can get away with before the wife boils over :-)

Eric you are seriously lucky. Hope you're feeling better bud.

[ebox86]

very nice build man!

[Cabriolet]

Thx for all the kind words. yes im lucky she likes driving these cars. she loves our PS delete no drills GC coilover eta and complains about having to drive her jetta on the off days.

[I remember your comment on page 1 "this will be a quick build", and now like 2600 man hours... Like your definition of quick

i know right. our plan was like 3 months light restore. 1.5 years later and it's almost a new car.

this week as been crazy cold for CA and i needed to attend to my other cars and finishing my bronchitis medication. so i thew the valve cover on and snapped a few shots.



With 2 week off work coming at Christmas we all should see a running driving 4th e30 in my family.

[thatphysicsguy]

wow, this is on par with some of the greatest builds on r3v: I can't wait to see this car in person!

Keep up the good work!

[stanhayward]

In for this ;)

[Cabriolet]

I swapped manual trannies for a guy and have to fix another guys seat tomorrow so nothing with happen this week