2002 Touring '74 from Belgium, full restoration project (Lots of pictures)

[D.martijn]

Thanks guys! Another small update on the Touring. Not a whole has happened over the last few months though.

 

However I did order some more parts. Got new door seals, front and rear window seals as well as a NOS fuel tank cap, NOS Autoflug seatbelts, NOS Pierburg fuel pump & original metal oil cap

And probably some other Touring specific parts I can't remember

 

 

 

 

 

I don't know why but I like the blue stiches in the middle 

 

 

This weekend we started on the front left corner again, still need to get some more adjustment done to get the drivers door fully fitted. Still  need to figure a couple things out so push the hinges a bit more forwards as they are sitting 5mm more to the rear as the passenger side..

 

However, when I adjusted the angle on the black replacement inner A panel so the fit was better to the original one. my borther started making a panel for the firewall where it was rusted through.

 

Fits alot better than before!

 

 

and the patch he made, looks great!

 

We also had a look at fabricating a new piece for flanges at the heaterbox opening.

 

After trying to make due with what we had at our workshop, we went to my work and use some of the equipment we have there. 

With the help of a old school shear, bender and a small press and some tubing/angle iron we were able to replicate the original profile.

 

After some more trimming

 

[D.martijn]

Got the panels welded in we made 2 weeks ago, turned out pretty good.

 

 

 

Also welded up some of the holes that were present when drilling the spotwelds out to remove the shuttle panel.

 

Trail fitting the new panel, after some careful trimming I got it to fit very nice.

 

 

Welded and ground down. A lot better than before!

 

 

 

I also bought some more tools, I already had a small power file (10x330 belts) but decided to also get a it's bigger brother (20x520)

And finally a proper portable spotwelder as well, it still needs to arrive though.

 

Comparision of both

 

Edited March 17, 2019 by D.martijn

[D.martijn]

Got some more tinkering done on the floor and drivers side door.

We were able to finally get it to fit good with still more room to adjust it front to rear if we have to. 

 

Also trail fitted the nose and front fenders, fitment seems to be pretty good at first sight

 

 

I also welded in the piece of the firewall that connects the firewall to the inner rocker panel. This way it's positioned in place. only thing left is making a new lower piece that connects to the floor pan. Than we can finally weld in the floor itself.

[TNan]

I can't get enough of your restoration!!   Embarrassing to say that everytime I get a new email notification that says "2002 Touring '74 from Belgium, full restoration project (Lots of pictures)" I get excited!!  You always have a fan here in Toronto!!!

[D.martijn]

 

12 hours ago, TNan said:

I can't get enough of your restoration!!   Embarrassing to say that everytime I get a new email notification that says "2002 Touring '74 from Belgium, full restoration project (Lots of pictures)" I get excited!!  You always have a fan here in Toronto!!!

 

Thanks man! Genuinely made me smile when I read your comment! 

 

I do have another small update for today.

I got myself a new toy.... ?

 

 

[TNan]

You're killing me!!  Looking forward to seeing the install!!

 

[D.martijn]

This week after work, we finally tested out the spot welder.

After fiddling with the settings and electrodes a bit, we got it pretty dailed in. 

 

This is how the spots look  

 

Today we did some more work on the front left corner of the 02. I already made a firewall patch but needed to tweak it some more to get it to fit right now.

Here's a picture that shows both pieces I've made

 

Spotwelded into place,

 

 

The longer shafts already came in handy for this.

 

And fully welded in, still need to grind the welds down some more and planish the sheet

 

Oh wow, it's been a very long time this car has seen a front left floorpan lol

 

Next weekend I'll finish up this repair, hopefully get started welding in the floor and then it's off to the A post

[D.martijn]

Finally got the interior back from out upholsterer.

I'm rally happy with the out come. Only thing that's left is to get the hinges painted and finished with the same splatter design.

And getting some of the hardware sorted before we can assemble the seats themselves. 

 

I'm glad I took the time to sandblast and paint the frames. Our upholsterer also added some extra padding to the inside of the seat covers.

This week our carpet set I ordered from a guy in Germany should also arrive shortly. 

 

Savely stored at home

 

Headrests, the side pads are not installed yet.

 

And a close up.

Edited April 11, 2019 by D.martijn

[D.martijn]

Yesterday the carpet set for the Touring arrived, I'm impressed with the quality Looks great!

I found this guy (Arnold t auto teppich) http://www.carnold.de/ via an German 02 forum, there were a lot of other people who had purchased a set from him and they all had a great experience with him. He was als the only one that could deliver the coarse bouchlé fabric and the grey side boarding as original. Although sometimes contact was a bit slow via mail, I would buy again.

 

Where ever is a  hole needed in the carpet is nicily marked out on the underside. Nice touch.

 

A couple of pictures,

 

 

 

After work this Friday I cleaned up the welds some more of the firewall patch panel I've made previously. I also welded in the inner rocker panel at the rear and started preparing the section where the floor plugwelds on to. We might be able to use the spotwelder to spot the floor to the rocker. Frame rails I'll plug weld

 

[D.martijn]

Another update! 

 

Today I fitted the floor several times again, each time trimming it more and more until it fitted just right.

 

After getting it tacked in place and plugwelded ot the chassis rail and firewall, I used the spotwelder to spot the flange of the flloor to the inner rocker.

In only 1-2 minutes is was spotwelded. Oh man, do I love this thing!

 

 

 

Completely welded and ground down, turned out great!

 

There is however a small hole where the metal was too thin to weld to. I'll have to make a small patch panel next time

It's hard to see, but it's at the upper corner, where the pedal box hole and transmission tunnel meet.

 

And covered in paint.

 

 

Underside also looked very good, still need to clean up the welds but that'll be for when the car is on it's side.

Nice and thight against the frame rail.

[D.martijn]

It's been a while!!

If been busy for the last couple of months with refreshing the suspension & driveline of my E30 325iX Touring ?

 

Since I have a 2 week holiday now, it's full attention on the 02 Touring!

Today we started fitting the driverside door again before starting to weld in the replacement panel for the A pillar.

Noting how much adjustment we have in the mounting holes of the door etc, we were pretty satisfied with the initial fitment.

 

We first started with repairing the upper corner of the inner A pillar panel as there was still some rust. We first sandblasted the panel but decided it was best to replace a small section. 

First time using the pneumatic sawzall to remove the pitted panel in this tight area, pretty handy tool although if used for too long your hands start getting numb by all of the vibrations this thing makes! ?

 

I also finished welding the new section of the inner panel in completely as I hadn't done that yet

 

And fixed! We used the remaining piece we had from the inner A pillar panel

 

Also reused the little wiring clip and spotwelded it back into place, looks great

 

That's it for now, more to come soon!

[Toga]

Wow! What a job! Congratulations. I'm busy on a 2002 Tii since 3 years now, and the body is gone to the bodyshop for preparation and painting what I cannot do myself.
...a day later... I took another hour to finish reading your thread...it's an encyclopedia on "how to" on a 2002! Fantastic work you've done there.
I'll follow this thread closely and will probably have a few questions

if you don't mind...

JP

Edited August 6, 2019 by Toga
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[D.martijn]

On 8/5/2019 at 10:48 PM, Toga said:

Wow! What a job! Congratulations. I'm busy on a 2002 Tii since 3 years now, and the body is gone to the bodyshop for preparation and painting what I cannot do myself.
...a day later... I took another hour to finish reading your thread...it's an encyclopedia on "how to" on a 2002! Fantastic work you've done there.
I'll follow this thread closely and will probably have a few questions

if you don't mind...

JP

 

Thanks man! I appreciate your great comment.

I can't wait till the bodywork is done, still a lot of work left to do..

[D.martijn]

After the last time we worked on the 2002, adjusting the drivers side door fitment and the a pillar, it got so very hot for a couple of days so no progress was made on the 2002. Finally when it cooled down again, I finished up some work on my uncles E30 325iX Touring.

 

Last weekend we again test fitted the door a couple of time and tinkered with a couple of spacers as the lower rear section of the door sticked out a couple of millimeters from the quarter panel. Also the fitment of the new W&N panel wasn't that great compared to the other side

 

This weekend, I made some more adjustments to the W&N a post panel and got it pretty close, after clamping it and adding a few tack welds, we test fitted the door again, without any spacers/shims.

 

 

 

Fitment is pretty good, nice even gap of 4mm and there is still  some more adjustment left at the hinges if the door needs to move.

It does still stick out at the lower corner but significantly less then before

 

After this we started welding the a post panel fully in place.

 

We were able to reach all the way to the front of the panel with our spotwelder, however just to be sure, I did add a couple of regular plug welds with the MIG.

 

 

Corner section also cleaned up

 

And one final fitment of the door, we added a 1,8mm shim to the lower hinge, this brings the door more to the inside on the car and caused the door to sit flush with the quarter panel. I'll have to make a proper shim at work since we now used some washers.

 

 

And in some Corroless paint, I'm really liking this paint, applies very nice and is very scratch resistant, much better than the regular zinc spray. although it's not weldable.

 

Also the inside got an extra coating of zinc spray, I used the tube that come with a can of hollow wax to spray the inside.

 

Next up is repairing the flange at the end of the firewall/ inner a post panel, we already removed the shock reinforcement panel and removed a couple of dents

[D.martijn]

Last time we removed the strut brace piece, since then I sandblasted it at work and coated it in Corroles.

 

Nice top piece for the inner wheel well, still need to clean up the hole for the hood latch. I need to get one of those sanding drums

 

Was able to use the spotwelder to weld the new piece to the flange

 

Using the shrinker, we made a new flange for the lower section as well. Turned out pretty good

Tacked in place

 

Still need to trim some of the extra material of the flange to match the original width