So before I tell the back story up until now, I just want to preface with, this is nothing groundbreaking, nothing that hasn't been done before, but I set a goal to build a car the way I've always wanted to using minimal help from shops etc, but rather learn from my previous mistakes and enlist the labor of friends.
The platform for this build is a 1972 BMW 2002, always liked the look of an 02, i think its really the root for most of the success BMW has had in the automotive industry.
I picked this car up for a great deal in San Antonio 2 years ago, in the middle of a road trip between my wife's father's in Florida to LA. She got herself a model A chasis and engine, and we packed that up into a penske truck and drove across the country via San Antonio to pick up the 02.
Heres a couple more pictures from the trip
Got all the parts loaded up
The poor little m10 was completely trashed, and ready to go to the graveyard
For the power train I decided to keep it in the family, the m20 seemed like the perfect candidate. It maintained the look and originality I wanted. Originally i had intended on building a 2.8 turbo but after finding a really solid eta block decided it would be better to spend my time on the car and not so much on the motor at this point, afterall I could always build the 2.8 later and swap it out.
Test fitting the turbo manifold to get some measurement and make sure it'll fit in the car
Got it painted up gold, because who doesnt love a gold engine
Got some parts in the mail
And painted them gold too!
Then obviosuly eventually i had to start putting everything together
Sent out the manifold to get ceramic coated, probably over kill but I like overkill
Motor pretty much all assembled
The extensive amount of work on the body had to take a back seat to a few projects that I had already started prior to the 02
My wifes 66 c10 needed a mild rebuild so we pulled that out and addressed that
My wife wanted to keep the original patina on the engine (who can blame her) so we cleaned the engine all the way down to the bare metal and paint, then cleared it
And then , my motorcycle which I've had forever and just begged to be finished
This build started years ago in my kitchen before I had a garage to work in
My first attempt at machining something, these are carb spacers / mounts
Also spent some time building this bike for jfarhanbod
And this slammed wagon
And from time to time im always having to work on my favorite truck in the whole world, lynn!
So then in February i got married, and that consumed my life for the last 6 months, but finally a month ago was able to get back to it
To fit the intercooler and radiator in front of the m20 i cut out the front area,
I hope to make roughly 350hp to 375hp, and with that much power in such a light car im gonna need all the rubber I can get, so mk1 rabbit flares it is
This past weekend i started tackling the interior, and started by melting off the rubber shit in the drivers side
In doing so i found a lot of rust, so out came the floor pan
And mocked up a new floorpan and got it welded into place, took a little bit of hammering to get it to match the contours
Started the pedal box
Tomorrow I am going to try and atleast get the trans tunnel tacked into place
So this brings us to now, two years of not a whole lot of anything, but now I am fully dedicated to getting this done, the immediate plans are to get the fabrication and rust repair finished, then get the car to jmp autowerkz for a full cage to be welded in
To help vision where i want this build to end I mocked up a few renders. i dont think I will go black with the color, still trying to decide on color, something that was originally a bmw color or a 70s porsche, or audi color may work too
So here is my build thread I figured I could start one officially to show my progress now that I am full into it, also make sure to check out my Instagram @semaj4712 for more pictures of everything up to now
The platform for this build is a 1972 BMW 2002, always liked the look of an 02, i think its really the root for most of the success BMW has had in the automotive industry.
I picked this car up for a great deal in San Antonio 2 years ago, in the middle of a road trip between my wife's father's in Florida to LA. She got herself a model A chasis and engine, and we packed that up into a penske truck and drove across the country via San Antonio to pick up the 02.
Heres a couple more pictures from the trip
Got all the parts loaded up
The poor little m10 was completely trashed, and ready to go to the graveyard
For the power train I decided to keep it in the family, the m20 seemed like the perfect candidate. It maintained the look and originality I wanted. Originally i had intended on building a 2.8 turbo but after finding a really solid eta block decided it would be better to spend my time on the car and not so much on the motor at this point, afterall I could always build the 2.8 later and swap it out.
Test fitting the turbo manifold to get some measurement and make sure it'll fit in the car
Got it painted up gold, because who doesnt love a gold engine
Got some parts in the mail
And painted them gold too!
Then obviosuly eventually i had to start putting everything together
Sent out the manifold to get ceramic coated, probably over kill but I like overkill
Motor pretty much all assembled
The extensive amount of work on the body had to take a back seat to a few projects that I had already started prior to the 02
My wifes 66 c10 needed a mild rebuild so we pulled that out and addressed that
My wife wanted to keep the original patina on the engine (who can blame her) so we cleaned the engine all the way down to the bare metal and paint, then cleared it
And then , my motorcycle which I've had forever and just begged to be finished
This build started years ago in my kitchen before I had a garage to work in
My first attempt at machining something, these are carb spacers / mounts
Also spent some time building this bike for jfarhanbod
And this slammed wagon
And from time to time im always having to work on my favorite truck in the whole world, lynn!
So then in February i got married, and that consumed my life for the last 6 months, but finally a month ago was able to get back to it
To fit the intercooler and radiator in front of the m20 i cut out the front area,
I hope to make roughly 350hp to 375hp, and with that much power in such a light car im gonna need all the rubber I can get, so mk1 rabbit flares it is
This past weekend i started tackling the interior, and started by melting off the rubber shit in the drivers side
In doing so i found a lot of rust, so out came the floor pan
And mocked up a new floorpan and got it welded into place, took a little bit of hammering to get it to match the contours
Started the pedal box
Tomorrow I am going to try and atleast get the trans tunnel tacked into place
So this brings us to now, two years of not a whole lot of anything, but now I am fully dedicated to getting this done, the immediate plans are to get the fabrication and rust repair finished, then get the car to jmp autowerkz for a full cage to be welded in
To help vision where i want this build to end I mocked up a few renders. i dont think I will go black with the color, still trying to decide on color, something that was originally a bmw color or a 70s porsche, or audi color may work too
So here is my build thread I figured I could start one officially to show my progress now that I am full into it, also make sure to check out my Instagram @semaj4712 for more pictures of everything up to now
Comment