Re-body project for my 24V e30

[rcsoundn1]

Nice project. I read some of your other threads, It can be hard to stay motivated, but see this through you will enjoy it in the end.

[bimmer630]

Schmeidmann lists a Klokkerholm rad support for under $200, but shipping makes it almost not worth it. However, if you could find the part through a US distributor you could save a few bucks.

Thanks! It doesn’t seem like they have any US sources.. but I found an aftermarket one on www.classiceuroparts.com I wonder if it’s the same part

https://www.classiceuroparts.com/product/bmw-e30-euro-radiator-support-front-panel-for-late-model-316-318-320-324-325/

[roguetoaster]

Schmeidmann lists a Klokkerholm rad support for under $200, but shipping makes it almost not worth it. However, if you could find the part through a US distributor you could save a few bucks.

[bimmer630]

By the way, does anybody have a clean rust free radiator core support for An e30? My original plan was to steal one off of one of these parts cars but they’re both a little too rusty. I can get one through Bmw Parts and it’s gonna be about 300 or 400 bucks… But I figured I’d check on the forum here before I did that Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[bimmer630]

Here’s some more Pics of the tunnel repair. I’m not super enthusiastic about how boogered the welds ended up looking on some of that, but cutting the donor patch pieces in with all these complex curves was a little bit tricky and I got the gaps way too fat so I had to build structure in between the gaps with Mig wire LOL. If I was doing a repair on a quarter panel or anything else that was going to be visible on the exterior, I would never let the Welding go down like it did here. But even still I’m going to smooth out that floor to the point where you won’t even be able to tell anything happened and it’s all going to get painted white and covered in dynamat on the top and undercoating on the bottom I still need to get the car up in the air and burn in those braces that hold the seat rail mounting studs. I included some pictures of the work I’ve done so far with cutting those sections out of the donor vehicle though Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[bimmer630]

The rear clip replacement on the black race car honestly makes no sense at all, but Jeff has owned that car since he was 17 or 18 or something and it has sentimental value to him, and we had the gray parts car with no title and we are both just sitting there looking at it and we were like why don’t we try and do this Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[bimmer630]

An amazing amount of work there to bring the car back to life! Well done. I guess as e30s get more expensive we'll see more of these sorts of rebuilds - traditionally you'd just trash the shell and get another good one, and drop your 24v swap into it.

That’s what I thought I was doing when I picked up the white car, LOL. And truthfully I could’ve just slapped the engine in there and the exterior appearance of the car would’ve been just fine… But I’m a little bit anal I guess and just at this point in my life wanted something that was “correct“. And yeah these cars are getting old and I’m seeing their prices go up on bring a trailer and other sites like that so it makes sense for me to make this car nice Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[lukeADE335i]

An amazing amount of work there to bring the car back to life! Well done.

I guess as e30s get more expensive we'll see more of these sorts of rebuilds - traditionally you'd just trash the shell and get another good one, and drop your 24v swap into it.

[bimmer630]

Some more shots of the race car. The worst part of all of this work is getting the seam sealer and undercoating out of the way. We had to get one of those “crud thugs” Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[roguetoaster]

Yikes, that's one heck of a project, but I bet you wrap it up considering the progress thus far.

[bimmer630]

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[Codym42]

Man, you guys are doing great work! I didn't expect all the frame work and a full rear end swap when I opened this thread. Very impressive.

[bimmer630]

And here’s what the rest of that parts e30 is being used for. The black e30 was used on the track and hit so many times, the rear quarters were a mess. Jeff (he owns that car) decided to section the rear half of the car. We aren’t a body shop but decided it would be a fun learning exercise. He’s working on that e30 while I fix mine, and we are both helping each other out along the way. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[bimmer630]

More frame rail shots . This app is really a pain. Tried to change my profile pic, keep getting upload errors.. for some reason the last post uploaded two or three times... tried to delete the duplicates and the forum wants me to enter password, which I forgot again.. yet when I log out it’ll let me log back in automatically without needing a password lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[bimmer630]

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

Every time I try to upload a photo I get this... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk