Re-body project for my 24V e30

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Facebook photos

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10164636671950634&type=3&mibextid=ykz3hl

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https://youtu.be/khOlPxsJXwM

progress photos of this build ended up just becoming an album over on my FB page.. which I had been sharing with the R3v Fb group.. until I got kicked off and blocked for apparently sharing in appropriate photos of minors (???)
but anyway, I made a quick update video on the car

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https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10164636671950634&type=3

I haven't updated my progress on this car here in a while. Struggling as always to simply post a couple of pics, so I'll just share my FB album. The thing runs and drives now, which is obviously a huge hurdle. Just being able to move it around the shop to work on it, and not push it is a huge help. (It gets stored in the lower level of the shop, and had to be pushed up a ramp to get to my lift, or I would just work on another guys lift and use his tools)

I was planning on seeing this through piece by piece like the rest of the project has been going, but decided to just put the nose together and drive it this summer


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[bimmer630]

Very cool project. I just moved to Norton, OH, so not far from you. My V8 E30 build is currently on a truck heading this way (along with my '19 Miata).

nice! I’m down that way every now and then with my band.. we rehearse in wadsworth. One member is still in high school and goes to Norton

[bimmer630]

Very cool project. I just moved to Norton, OH, so not far from you. My V8 E30 build is currently on a truck heading this way (along with my '19 Miata).

nice! I’m down that way every now and then with my band.. we rehearse in wadsworth. One member is still in high school and goes to Norton

[Elysian]

Very cool project. I just moved to Norton, OH, so not far from you. My V8 E30 build is currently on a truck heading this way (along with my '19 Miata).

[bimmer630]

https://m.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10164636671950634&type=3

it’s way easier to post pics on Facebook.. the project is coming along nicely

[e30austin]

big kudos to you, for sticking with the project. there's a lot of dedication invested there. thanks for sharing.

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Haven’t updated the progress on this in a few weeks... I’ve got the floor grafted in and pretty much looking like stock. I’ve only been able to find black Wurth rubberized undercoating... I was hoping it would lay down a little thicker and look more like the “shutz” that the factory used.. and I would’ve liked to find it in tan... but I’ve been hitting the black with combos of tan and grey paint and getting decent enough results... especially for the part of the car that nobody will see...


Also the rad support is fully welded in. Next step is getting the under hood area fully painted in Alpine white.
5 lug DS1 wheels will be going on her

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I’m happy with the way the cuts worked out on the underside of the floor. The booger stuff is just the welds that came in from above. I need to get it up on the lift and burn this all together, and make it look nice... and then seal/undercoat it. I’ve been looking for 3m or Wurth “body shutz” in tan and it seems that they don’t make it anymore... just white and black...but it’s paintable.. this worked out so much cleaner than my previous attempt which required taking all of the cross member pieces apart separately and welding them in after getting the sheetmetal in. In this version of the repair I simply cut the piece between the frame rails on each side, and didn’t have to mess with any of that Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Some shots of the floor after smoothing out the welds a little. I actually plan on making the transitions almost invisible, even though it’ll all be hidden under the carpet... I don’t know why..I’m just crazy I guess

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Finally got this thing burned in, and it worked so much better this time around (cleaning the metal fully really helps, who knew? Haha)