Glad he is recovering. A welder and some new steel as always good to have.
Dont forget to prep inside frame rail with antirust.

any pics of the POR15 going on?

Thanks for posting those!

Thanks for posting those!

You are very welcome! 

Wow,  it look like this will be a very extensive restoration.  I had a 73tii that was rusted just like that and I always feared it would just give away someday going over a rough bump in the road.  I certainly hope it makes it to the swap and show this May

Wow,  it look like this will be a very extensive restoration.  I had a 73tii that was rusted just like that and I always feared it would just give away someday going over a rough bump in the road.  I certainly hope it makes it to the swap and show this May

Thank you so much! Yes.. this project has my hands full... but I'm enjoying every bit of it! I too hope it makes it to Brisbane! ;-)

Great job on the frame rail.  I too have to fix or replace mine on my 72'. But with this Canadian weather - its so damn cold to tackle it right now. So i'm spending my time researching how I'm going to approach it. 

I'm just trying to figure out how I'm going to keep my car up when I remove my frame rail (since I always used to hold up my front with jacks on my frame rail).  Hopefully someone may offer some advice.

Hello. Iam new here and apreciate The work. I have The same problem in my 1602 but in both sides. The floor rusted and The rail too and i want to know The measure of last part of rail to rebuild. If you have measures and if u can post i will apreciate it. Best regards Miguel Silva

Hello. Iam new here and apreciate The work. I have The same problem in my 1602 but in both sides. The floor rusted and The rail too and i want to know The measure of last part of rail to rebuild. If you have measures and if u can post i will apreciate it. Best regards Miguel Silva

Hey there Miguel! I unfortunately do not have the measurements of the frame rail, however, if yours are rusted out, the frame rails are still available through BMW. In this way, you can replace the frame rails without having to do all the work like I did. It would probably save you a little money by just replacing them too! Hope this can give you some insight. Throw up some pics of your frame rail on the 02 thread! It would be great to see the work on your 1602! 

Sorry for The late reply... Iam unassembly The Car just need to take ou The engine and transmission. Iam going it in home and i havent much time to work on it... But i will try to take some pictures to show you. Can u say me The tickness of sheet metal that u use.