1985 325e | M60b40 | Fifty Shades of Bronzit

[ArtFoodBMW]

Love this thread, can't wait to clean my carpets now haha, your car has come a long way, can't wait to see more of this progress!!:D

Thanks Shark! It's about to go a lot farther than I was thinking.

Put the CCA badge on


Took my turn signals off and now I want clear markers.

Restored the signals, what a difference it made!



Started a front license plate delete.

Cutting out the slots for where the license plate tabs were



Left side tab cut, right not cut



Mock up of where to cut


Power tools are awesome


Gettin there


MMMMMM





Also,







































I found an engine.




An awesome deal came up locally. The owner thought it was an M60b30, and then he dropped it off this morning, and my brother started thinking the throttle body was too big. I looked up the difference between 3.0L and 4.0L intake manifold. Turns out, its an m60b40 and the numbers on the block confirmed it. It was sitting in the owners garage for 1 1/2 years after being removed from a "530i" that got wrecked. My guess is, the owner was confused, or the engine got replaced by BMW in it's early ages.


We don't have an engine hoist, so I had the seller drop it off at my house which was like 5 minutes away from his, and then we had to figure out how to get the engine on the engine stand. Ended up sliding lots of wood underneath and prying up in various spots to get the engine high enough to where we could slide the jack underneath.



And then we got it in the air and realized the bolts we had for our engine stand didn't fit in the m60 bell housing spots. It sat like this while I went to get bolts that fit. I was slightly terrified



Stay tuned while I rebuild the engine and continue my search for related parts.

[GnarShark]

Love this thread, can't wait to clean my carpets now haha, your car has come a long way, can't wait to see more of this progress!!:D

[ST1G]

Are they installed yet? It's been an hour since we got out of accounting, if they aren't on you're slacking.

EDIT: What a waste of a 4000th post. I was trying to save myself for Slammin's circle jerk.

[ArtFoodBMW]

ummm.. what is that mannequin in the garage for? Is it a lamp??

Hahahah, I'm surprised you caught that. It was $1, and makes for great target practice!

[gome123]

ummm.. what is that mannequin in the garage for? Is it a lamp??

[ArtFoodBMW]

[ArtFoodBMW]

Tomorrow....

[ArtFoodBMW]

Wait.. WHAT???
Actually, if you do need help let me know. I have some tools for bodywork/painting. I am also going to paint my ghetto '83 Motor Home this spring. So I will have more practice.

Yeah, I'll probably take help with sanding down the whole car (or at least the bottom half because the top has no paint) and I'll find a way to pay you back :)

The fun part will be fixing my dented rear fender arch

[gome123]

Didn't I mention you're helping with the painting too?

Wait.. WHAT???
Actually, if you do need help let me know. I have some tools for bodywork/painting. I am also going to paint my ghetto '83 Motor Home this spring. So I will have more practice.

[ST1G]

It is a good idea, but it won't happen. The door arm rests are the part that bothered me the most because they'd always show dirt. I was considering finding a black armrest for the middle of the rear seat. Or just all black. I don't know

Yeah, I feel this way too. I almost just grabbed the arm rests for my car, but I figured you'd want those.

Black on tan works, but not the other way around in my opinion.

[ArtFoodBMW]

I like that 2 color interior. You should change your arm rests on the doors back to the tan, it will incorporate some of the tan back in Just an idea. Can't wait for you to paint!

It is a good idea, but it won't happen. The door arm rests are the part that bothered me the most because they'd always show dirt. I was considering finding a black armrest for the middle of the rear seat. Or just all black. I don't know

Didn't I mention you're helping with the painting too?

Love the progress. When I first saw the car I thought it was long gone.

Thanks! I think I've watched all your vids on youtube btw

[Matt341]

This car has come a long way great job and I love that color!

[E30NJ]

Love the progress. When I first saw the car I thought it was long gone.

[gome123]

I like that 2 color interior. You should change your arm rests on the doors back to the tan, it will incorporate some of the tan back in Just an idea. Can't wait for you to paint!

[ArtFoodBMW]

That's an amazing color

Hence the reason it's going on my e30.:)

Edit: red also matches the tan bronzit is, so I won't be bothered as much if there is bronzit I can still see after it's painted. If that makes sense