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I have a fairly clean 69 1600 with a nice 2 liter dual 40mm DCOE engine.

Strong points: It runs well and drives, though brakes are poor.

Great body, very little rust. Original floors, nose pa ...

compared to the myriad of stuff we do!

This is really hard to pin down, like asking "How much to build a house?"

Depends on:

Actual car being considered for restoration and its specific problems

Your expectation of end result-sh ...

not to toot my own horn, but my shop, SportsCar Restoration can do them-plus we're not too far away in lovely Connecticut. We can handle straightening, working out curb rash and dings, beadblasting, ...

Understood. Sorry bud.

Just do the fitting as close as you can in the metal, you may have to do some creative work to get them to fit nicely depending on the accident history of the car. Make up ...

This is tough. Fit it nicely. Usually to within 1/3 mm or so offset.

Use enough weld "heat" (voltage) where you do not burn through, but enough so that you have adequate penetration. Do this wit ...

I really like this car a lot. Its built well. One of my favorites.

From my experience, Walloth and Nesch. Maybe someone stateside does it the same, but when I am ordering stuff from them, I always ask for some insulation to ice the cake.

Yes. It should be straight, its a designed-in weak spot crumple zone thing. That tweak is minor though.

Factory method was two mig tack welds, if even that, and then slather on the factory equivalent of bondo, lead.

We prefer fully welding the seam because the business is hazardous enough without l ...

I just did it the week before last.

What you need to do is wash your hands. Then find the center line of the headliner as defined by the stitching on the c pillar drops. Make light marks in penc ...

02 fest is tomorrow.

At Lime Rock Park.

All day, get there early.

Free food.

Free beer.

Great cars, great conversation.

Show up, weather is going to be great, mid 80's and sunny. ...

Harv too bad you're missing 02 fest, we got word that Harpoon is donating 10 cases of fresh, cold beer to 02 fest cause.

Matt

02 fest is going to be great this year!

We'll have 5 or 6 cars up there, some cars are being brought by us and some finished restorations driven up by customers.

We've been working hard on Ja ...

Nice and early. We'll be getting there for 8 or so I think.

I know our fest meister is out for a few days relaxing prior to a big weekend, so here is a linky to the events post for those who do not frequent the event board.

http://www.bmw2002faq.com/compone ...

Here is the latest information that we have we are still waiting on details but the ultimate basic info is to show up at Lime Rock on August 31, Sunday. O2 fest is taking place during the Rolex Vinta ...

Bruce it was nice to meet you in person. Loved your car. So much so that a couple times I was behind you just loving the stance of the car and how you were handling it so I lost concentration!

Hey Joel,

I will be there with customer car(s) and...hopefully...Jack's turbo will be there too-we're working on it to get it done in time.

I think I have 3 other customers bringing cars we've ...

Playing with it here means beating the fender back or forth or out or in, beating the A pillar if needed, (only in rare situations) shaving a quarter inch here or there, rewelding the seam, grinding t ...

Rob what I can tell you is that some cars we've restored have had the hinges bent to tweak the door in as shimming it is a gigantic pain and you can only really shim it inward because of how the hings ...

Basically when the rocker panels are off there is an MG piece that can be slightly modified to add a third member to the inner structure.

Over that, we've built this additinal section to form anoth ...

78 I think or it may be rolling 25 years or something like that. I have bought many cars used a bill of sale from my brother to me then registered it. As much as a pain in the ass CT used to be (qui ...

Funny!

Matt

I had a 75 model year parts car (dont recall VIN) I got from a junk yard in Rhode Island that from what I could tell was a US spec car that was euro delivery or something due to a german language "ca ...

Esty you always seem pretty spot on with your paint advice so I am sure you have some basic knowledge of how the cars are put together. Here is some basic advice I would give a non complete novice: ...

and about that touring...hmm. Pig cheeked wondrous stuff maybe.

anyone? Can pay cash, have cool parts to trade, etc.

860 621 2002

He was mingling about the 72tii we brought and this absolutely stunningly original 30,XXX mile original never painted never been apart 72tii.

It was pretty cool to meet the man who's words did so ...

wish us luck! 4 cars going, an m2, 2 e30's and a bavaria...