85 325e cleanup

[Chanceoneill]

get to that timing belt soon... following. sent from hell using Tapatalk

Will do!

Nice work so far, the trunk trim panels came out looking especially good. Will have to do the same to mine prior to reinstalling

Appreciate it! I think the trunk is the only thing I’m happy with so far 😅 Again, haven’t done much lately. Funds for parts have been low and my motivation to work on the car has diminished a bit as well. I did however grab a euro clock today, as well as the rear seatbelt I was missing and the little ac button. Also, not going to be making it into this car, but I’ve been really wanting to get into reupholstering steering wheels. I collect them and want to stop passing up on rare wheels just because of bad leather condition. I picked up this absolutely disgusting nardi for 20 bucks. Leather was already stripped off and the center was painted glitter pink. Definitely not perfect but pretty pleased for my first go. Probably going redo it as I’ve learned a lot already but yeah, some of you may or may not care lol

[paynemw]

that's pretty good if you ask me.

[cheffy30]

that wheel looks great! Sent from my SM-G981U using Tapatalk

[Chanceoneill]

Thanks guys! Took a drive up to San Francisco this last weekend to meet up with my internet friend Kacey who had some parts for me. (Thanks again Kacey ur the best) Her car is also SO GOOD She got me hooked up with an almost complete tool kit She gave me both ash trays (although I forgot to take a pic of the other one lol) As well as this center console Still need to put that passenger door panel in, but this thing is almost looking like an interior lol She also had this super mint under dash panel for me. Pretty hyped about it, even has the sound deadening. She gave me a couple other little odds and ends I didn’t get pictures of today but overall I’m super happy with the interior progress. Still looking for a glovebox and the door sill trim that goes over the carpet, but in time it’ll happen. While I was visiting we were discussing the recent hype on these cars with rappers and clout chasers. Later on in the trip, my girlfriend and I made our way to Monterey. During our visit we stumbled across this random hype beast store and you’ll never guess what was sitting in the middle of it 😒

[Chanceoneill]

Saw this e30 posted in a junkyard about an hour from me today. Drove out early and was able to grab some things Grabbed another one of these because it doesn’t have the little holes in it for heated seats Actually looking like an interior! Got all the missing pieces for the hvac panel and got the euro clock in.

[Chanceoneill]

So my driver door would not stay open. Went to adjust it and realized the top bolt on the hinge had ripped the metal and pulled through the door. Upon removal I realized it’d actually broken in half. I went back to the yard that had the e30 and grabbed the door hinge off of it. When I got home I realized it was missing the little rod piece from it. I robbed it off of the one and made one functional latch lol Side note, huge pain to disassemble and reassemble a door latch I put a big washer over the hole so the bolt can’t pull through again. It was infuriating having the door slam closed on me while I was working on the interior. Door stays open on its own now! Grabbed a couple things for the doors Both doors are totally complete which is a relief. Interior is really looking like an interior. Super excited to get this all wrapped up so I can start on the mechanical stuff. Also this last weekend I attended renntober fest in big bear. Some tidy e30s there! Even had an e30 house haha