Re-body project for my 24V e30

[bimmer630]

I got the tunnel piece out of a rusty donor car which is getting cut up for parts for another project which I will also share later. Obviously the tunnel sections that I needed were not rusty, but the game plan changed halfway through the job hence the extra cuts horizontally on the tunnel parts Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[bimmer630]

Some progress on my transmission tunnel, which was damaged by the previous owner when the Guibo came apart... but made even worse by me, when I towed the car on a two wheel dolly with the transmission still installed in the car, and the transmission crossmember vibrated loose and fell down and caused the driveshaft to blow apart Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[bimmer630]

After a long time of doing nothing with this project, I finally dragged the car over to the shop I work at and started getting this frame rail situation sorted out.
Lots of spot weld drilling, hammer and dolly work, and then after measuring the rails on a spare e30 body out back, I realized the frame rails were too close together, also.
So some work with portapower straightened that out...

[2mAn]

I was actually trying from a desktop, but the phone app is wayyy better anyway


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Now you just need to go into your settings and remove that annoying signature

[bimmer630]

oh didnt even realize you were trying to post from a phone, my bad. Flickr is a huge pain in the ass on a phone. Definitely recommend the tapatalk app for phone uploads for sure.

I was actually trying from a desktop, but the phone app is wayyy better anyway


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[bimmer630]

I ain’t skeered, lol


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[bimmer630]

The tunnel on the drivers side.

(I got this Tapatalk app working.. I had password issues with r3v I couldn’t figure out)


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[wworm]

RE: Your pic posting issue...

Go download tapatalk and its a much better forum browsing tool. Spend a few bucks and get the ad free version and life will be good. Flickr is good but you need a desktop to properly host the pics here

oh didnt even realize you were trying to post from a phone, my bad. Flickr is a huge pain in the ass on a phone. Definitely recommend the tapatalk app for phone uploads for sure.

[2mAn]

RE: Your pic posting issue...

Go download tapatalk and its a much better forum browsing tool. Spend a few bucks and get the ad free version and life will be good. Flickr is good but you need a desktop to properly host the pics here

[bimmer630]

Ha, small world. I drove 10 hours round trip to get that car, only to find out about all the damage as a surprise. I was planning to put an s52 and m3 5lug in it as well. He described it as a nice car with good paint, the front of the car had been painted poorly, same with a-pillars, and the hit went so far back the pass fender hit the a-pillar and the pass door didn't fit properly. Glad he was at least slightly more honest with you




(my comment about the hit was about his old touring he'd sent me a photo of).

Glad you're working it out, hope it comes together well. GL

That’s funny, But that sucks that you drove all that Way for nothing. I was only an hour away from them and I didn’t want to give up the car because of all the trouble I went through to get there and rent a trailer etc. etc., ha ha. But yeah I was hoping he would be a little bit more upfront with how tweaked the front of the car was. I just assume that his standards were a little different than everybody else’s and he was actually being honest with me and the car is nice enough for what I want to do. Way for nothing. I was only an hour away from them and I didn’t want to give up the car because of all the trouble I went through to get there and rent a trailer etc. etc., ha ha. But yeah I was hoping he would be a little bit more upfront with how tweaked the front of the car was. I just assume that his standards were a little different than everybody else’s and he was actually being honest with me and the car is nice enough for what I want to do

[ColdAccord]

Ha, small world. I drove 10 hours round trip to get that car, only to find out about all the damage as a surprise. I was planning to put an s52 and m3 5lug in it as well. He described it as a nice car with good paint, the front of the car had been painted poorly, same with a-pillars, and the hit went so far back the pass fender hit the a-pillar and the pass door didn't fit properly. Glad he was at least slightly more honest with you




(my comment about the hit was about his old touring he'd sent me a photo of).

Glad you're working it out, hope it comes together well. GL

[bimmer630]

...and the drivers side which is more thrashed

EDIT: goddam pics wont load. BTW flikr is more of a hassle than loading photos with R3v

[bimmer630]

Heres the floor on the passengers side. Not as bad as the drivers side

[bimmer630]

Stripped the dash, carpet, and heater box out of the white one this past weekend, And found that the damage on the trans tunnel is a bit worse than I thought
I knew the Guibo came apart and thrashed the tunnel, but I didnt know that it actually sliced through the sheetmetal in places. that will be some work.

also It looks like the motor was pushed back into the firewall in the accident, and dented up the firewall below the heater box

[bimmer630]

the sports seats are trashed as usual, but I plan on recovering them