I picked up the motor and got the suspension completed. Front and rear are completely rebuilt with all new bushings and components.
I also got the body work a bit more cleaned up and ready for paint. There are a few little spots that need some attention but it should be ready for primer. I think the roof has come a long way since the tree fell on it a while back. That was probably the most time consuming part of the
Got it pretty much done. Turned out pretty good I think.
I'm just kidding. These are from my trip to the BMW Museum in Munich. It was full of everything BMW and was all finished to the most perfect of levels.
So where I am actually at is that I have gotten more of the trim delete closer to being done.
I got my paint in for down the road. I am still debating about trying to tackle it myself or to try and have som
I spent some more time trying to remove some of the paint and extra trim. The wire brush method was working well but it is still quite a bit of effort to handle. I tried some paint stripper which worked well on getting the paint up fast but it only worked on one layer and didn't get the bondo. I found depending on the area that there are at least 4 different paint jobs on this car from various prior owners. So I switched back to the wire brush grinder.
To take a bit
I had a decent size dent in the front driver side fender. Did some bodywork to get it straight again. Used a combination of hammers, blandishing hammer, English wheel and torch heating to get it to come back together. There is still a bit more to do on it but it's pretty close.
The tree that fell onto the roof knocked a pretty good dent into it but that is also coming out pretty well. I removed the support bars and pounded the roof back up as best as I could then
So I started a build thread a while back. It's here... Old Build
I've had a chance to start working on it again and hopefully will be getting it finished this time.
Pulling back more paint and clearing out the interior.
