It dawned on me today that, once again, have failed to update a build thread. A fair amount has happened over the last five months or so. It has changed locations in the driveway in order to make a clearer access path in/out of the garage as well as protect it from a particularly annoying black walnut tree. Within the last couple of months, I did sand off and prime over where most of the surface rust was left from the PO's bodywork endeavors. (I guarantee nothing as far as photo quality... these were taken mainly for documentary purposes vs presentation)
Untitled by Jonathan Martin, on Flickr
Untitled by Jonathan Martin, on Flickr
The donor is also no longer with us (not that we're missing much.....), I stripped it out this summer. While the shell is gone, I kept anything that could possibly be of use in addition to all of the items that will be necessary.
Untitled by Jonathan Martin, on Flickr
Untitled by Jonathan Martin, on Flickr
Untitled by Jonathan Martin, on Flickr
Note the test fit of the late valence and bumper in the background..... while I am not big on late tail lights, I seem to have come around to plastic bumpers. Having another car with euros, while nice, made no sense considering I have a complete set of plastics.
Untitled by Jonathan Martin, on Flickr
The shell did donate some usable body pieces, notably the rust-free battery tray (and part of the firewall) which is now in a 325i touring!
Untitled by Jonathan Martin, on Flickr
Untitled by Jonathan Martin, on Flickr
Onto a new life as a dishwasher. For perspective, the shell weighed roughly 650lbs when scrapped, there was not much left at all.
Untitled by Jonathan Martin, on Flickr
I then did the right thing after finally clearing out some space.... I bought yet another parts car! This particular example is a 1991 318is slicktop with some...... questionable collision repair. While I like early model tails a lot, this is not a recommended repair method. The right quarter panel wasn't even welded on straight and both of them have 1/4-3/8" of filler in them to make up for the differences in early to late quarters.
Untitled by Jonathan Martin, on Flickr
Untitled by Jonathan Martin, on Flickr
The C4 corvette in the background here is currently at a local body shop... pending the results of that, I should now have a place to send the shell to be painted. I'd like to do it, but the lack of a booth makes it essentially impossible.
Untitled by Jonathan Martin, on Flickr
Untitled by Jonathan Martin, on Flickr
Untitled by Jonathan Martin, on Flickr
I mainly bought this in order to get all of the A/C components for the above mentioned touring (customer car), it was originally a non-A/C example and needs everything in order to have A/C. As it was a sight - unseen purchase, I had no idea if anything else would be useful to me at all. Finding a completely intact (minus front seats and some carpet stains) tan interior was a major score!
Untitled by Jonathan Martin, on Flickr
Untitled by Jonathan Martin, on Flickr
Though it has come unglued in a few spots, I'm optimistic that the headliner is saveable. A non-sunroof headliner would be immensely useful for the m50 (eventually m54) coupe.
Untitled by Jonathan Martin, on Flickr
The roof is already spoken for, its worth noting.
Untitled by Jonathan Martin, on Flickr
That essentially brings the thread up to date.
Untitled by Jonathan Martin, on Flickr
Untitled by Jonathan Martin, on Flickr
The donor is also no longer with us (not that we're missing much.....), I stripped it out this summer. While the shell is gone, I kept anything that could possibly be of use in addition to all of the items that will be necessary.
Untitled by Jonathan Martin, on Flickr
Untitled by Jonathan Martin, on Flickr
Untitled by Jonathan Martin, on Flickr
Note the test fit of the late valence and bumper in the background..... while I am not big on late tail lights, I seem to have come around to plastic bumpers. Having another car with euros, while nice, made no sense considering I have a complete set of plastics.
Untitled by Jonathan Martin, on Flickr
The shell did donate some usable body pieces, notably the rust-free battery tray (and part of the firewall) which is now in a 325i touring!
Untitled by Jonathan Martin, on Flickr
Untitled by Jonathan Martin, on Flickr
Onto a new life as a dishwasher. For perspective, the shell weighed roughly 650lbs when scrapped, there was not much left at all.
Untitled by Jonathan Martin, on Flickr
I then did the right thing after finally clearing out some space.... I bought yet another parts car! This particular example is a 1991 318is slicktop with some...... questionable collision repair. While I like early model tails a lot, this is not a recommended repair method. The right quarter panel wasn't even welded on straight and both of them have 1/4-3/8" of filler in them to make up for the differences in early to late quarters.
Untitled by Jonathan Martin, on Flickr
Untitled by Jonathan Martin, on Flickr
The C4 corvette in the background here is currently at a local body shop... pending the results of that, I should now have a place to send the shell to be painted. I'd like to do it, but the lack of a booth makes it essentially impossible.
Untitled by Jonathan Martin, on Flickr
Untitled by Jonathan Martin, on Flickr
Untitled by Jonathan Martin, on Flickr
I mainly bought this in order to get all of the A/C components for the above mentioned touring (customer car), it was originally a non-A/C example and needs everything in order to have A/C. As it was a sight - unseen purchase, I had no idea if anything else would be useful to me at all. Finding a completely intact (minus front seats and some carpet stains) tan interior was a major score!
Untitled by Jonathan Martin, on Flickr
Untitled by Jonathan Martin, on Flickr
Though it has come unglued in a few spots, I'm optimistic that the headliner is saveable. A non-sunroof headliner would be immensely useful for the m50 (eventually m54) coupe.
Untitled by Jonathan Martin, on Flickr
The roof is already spoken for, its worth noting.
Untitled by Jonathan Martin, on Flickr
That essentially brings the thread up to date.
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