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And So The Saga Continues...

Well, it's been a while, but I'm back! Due to life getting in the way (and having lost my workshop...) I had to put Gretchen into storage for an extended period, but the good news is she's back! I'm still sorting the new workshop (which is unfortuantley no where near as spacious as the last) and I will begin the last parts of the metal work later this week. I'm hoping I can have it all done in 4 weeks, then she'll be off to be dipped again, and rust treated, and then the next day I'll hit the

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The Build Part 1

I suspected Gretchen was bent from the clearly very big accident she had been in early in her life, so I thought it best to build an alignment jig to check the diags. I was amazed to find the alignment data for the chassis from a google search! It turned out I was right. The left rail was 10mm out of alignment. Nothing a bit of brute force cant fix. ________________________________________________________________ After the alignment was sorted I welded in a heap of br

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Controversial

There are a few other SR20 powered '02's out there. FAQ memeber staunch2002 has a laser cutting facility. While both of our projects are a million miles away from worrying about details such as custom badges, staunch has had a few proto's made. The first attempt was this. Good, but much room for improvement... Second attempt is much closer, but still not right. So far staunch has done all the hard work on this, but, a friend of mine has a 3D printer, so, it'll be my turn soon..

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The Blog Begins All Over Again...

Hi all, I'm slowly transferring from the old blog system to the new one. This will take some time, so, bear with me... Ad ________________________________________________________________ Hi, After 6 years in storage I've finally re-started my project; Gretchen, an SR20 powered 2002 Touring. This is a full ground up restoration with a bit of a difference as I am not restoring to concours, rather, to my own personal taste. I'll use BMW parts wherever I can but if another manufacturers produc

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