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Restoring a 1976 BMW 2002... when I didn't know a restoration was in order.

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Nice Progress & Nasty Surprises

Day 14 and beyond (like ~7 full days total work) – Getting some welding and other things done (Gas Tank + Metal work) – May 2nd to June 7th I found a welder (student) to come do work at my place, he’s not too expensive but the project is getting very expensive. If i would have known about all this i wouldn't have started but now I'm a never quit kinda guy. My buddy Ernest came by to give me a hand with some stuff, so while the welder was working on the floor pan patches, Ernest
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...and it just drags on.

Day 11 to 13 and a little beyond (~3 days total work) – Getting some welding and other things done (steering box, carbs, tail lights) - March 28th - April 24th, 2015 Well, things are starting to feel really dragged-on, I want to get the car out and to paint but there’s not much I can do, I can’t weld. I figured while I’m waiting for someone to come help with welding, I would start working on some things which I’d like to tackle before reassembling the car. I’m really good at “while I’m here
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Some Fixins'

Day 9 (continued) - Repairing driver side floor pan (March 20th, 2015) Kosta and Ernest showed up as I was finishing the pans, they gave me a hand to push the shell back in to the previously warm garage. Before the welder arrived (as a precaution), we decided to reinforce the shell by welding temporary bars between the A & B pillars. We also tried our hands at repairing a patch behind the driver seat, I think it went pretty well given our lack of experience and Mastercraft welder. Ernes
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"Minor Rust"

There was some rust I knew about before purchasing the car, driver floor and a little around the shock towers. I discovered more than expected during the disassembly. Had I known what I was getting myself in to, I think I would have just driven the car this summer and put it for sale. Unfortunately now that I'm in to it, I'm in for the long haul. Here are photos of the worst parts which require welding. I hope they make you feel better about your 2002, because i feel pretty shitty.
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Disassembly starts - The easy part

About 2 months ago my buddy Kosta and I started the disassembly, Ernest was conveniently on his “honeymoon” in Asia. Day 1 Compression Test + prepping the Engine/sub-frame for removal (January 24th) I wanted to do a compression test before removing the motor to know where I stood with it but I f’ed that up because didn’t know you had to have the throttle fully open while cranking. I realized this after adding oil to do the "wet" part. Everything went pretty smoothly no bad surpris
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Introduction - Joining the 2002 family.

Suffering from the departure (sale) of my 2002 Big Turbo Jetta in 2012, which wasn’t really anything special to anyone other than myself. I decided I needed to replace it with something.   In 2013 I started looking around for something fun. I started off by researching late 70s 911s (side note: it seems the prices of vintage Porsches have really shot up in the past year or so), it just didn’t make sense to spend that much money on a toy, I then redirected my attention to the Alfa
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