so i have been looking for just a shell to swap in my motors and drive around. this was it. body is near perfect minus some real light rust and the front valance. the rust i will be getting rid of very soon. the headlights and grills and some near mint fogs were all in the trunk so i can slap those on. i already have everything else here to get it to perfect condition except the front plastic. the car came with 2 rear bumpers .. so now i have 3 rear bumpers and 0 front bumpers.
mint dash, knee panel and a bunch of other stuff were a plus. most of the interior was in pieces on the back seat, most of its still there
the tool kit was mint .. so i will be selling it as i have no need for it.
first thing i did was remove all the trunk tar and all the carpeting to access all the bare body metal.
next was to replace the front valance .. that is clearly not my leg/foot/shoe/socks
as you can see below i decided i liked the fogs better then the deletes. i also put on the headlights and grills that came with the car.
next was to put on one of my lights to replace the missing one. i had to open one of my many boxes of new parts.
im not sure what im going to do tomorrow. maybe a emblem/sticker shave and some euro plate filler .. or motor swap .. who knows ... i will post pictures.
Do you know if that black "protector" strip on the bumper is replaceable? Mine has a crack/hole in it from the previous owner, and I want to replace it prior to getting it painted.
i dont know for sure yet. his truck is still too close for me to see what more he could have damaged .. but green paint on the hitch was a rather obviuos giveaway that he hit my car. i should have left it parked at the street blocking the driveway.
well i cleaned the seats .. not that they are even staying in the car. but i just wanted them clean for the time bieng. i think its pretty obvious where i started to clean and where i didnt.
then i was doing misc. small stuff on the interior:
german check panel.
OEM keyless glove box handle.
and the nice blurry pic of the insides beieng removed
it all will be replaced with new stuff soon.
i cant start the motor swap till the motor mounts and throttle cable get here. once thats all here it will get interesting .. as long as my kidneys dont fail in the mean time.
both of these consoles are the same part number .. who would have guessed ? one is from germany with the cassette stock, from an automativc car. the other is from a stock US 325i with no cassette or anything.
but i cut out the tray and put the cassette holders in the mint console. i also put on the rare OEM e30 leather brake handle . all in mint condition of course
i will be buying a new console from the dealer thats made for the cassette. you can see in the corners there is 2 little slits .. thats not up to par.
The E-break handle is not rare, you can swap them out of any bmw older than a 93. I have moie out of a 525, and my buddy has his out of a 750Li that I sold him.
spent the day digging through doors to find premium sound wiring for the tweeters and such. got that done then was going to retrofit the power rear shade and came to the conclusion that i dont want it. pretty simple to install, but not worth the time to me. so im going to use the factory euro deck i have that has the built in shade so its all 100% OEM.
..im an OEM whore
FEDEX says my mounts will be here this coming friday
i spent the day gutting the entire car and preparingthe car for the 5 speed swap ... air-bag cars are way too much BS. i spent a good part of the day removing all the wiring and control units. dont have any pics uploaded yet as i am not at my house.
motor mounts are supposed to come monday. fedex scheduled delivery for yesterday but they never showed up then the item was listed as delayed till monday. FTL
thanks. the turbo is going on one of my non-vanos engines. im thinking about buying another shell for that so i still have a car to drive around while i build it :dunno:
casettes bring back memories of when I first got my e30. That was when kids were making mix tapes and giving them to each other, and I had a couple. Aah 2001.
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