BMW Pickup Produced in Alabama

[2002#3]

The project, a 2001 Toyota Tacoma that sports the front end of a 1987 BMW 325i, is the culmination of three years of work by automotive technology students at Columbiana’s Career Technical Education Center.

 

Comment:  Maybe there is hope for the yutes of today.

Edited March 5, 2021 by 2002#3
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[conkitchen]

39 minutes ago, 2002#3 said:

The project, a 2001 Toyota Tacoma that sports the front end of a 1987 BMW 325i, is the culmination of three years of work by automotive technology students at Columbiana’s Career Technical Education Center.

 

Comment:  Maybe there is hope for the yutes of today.

Today's equivalent of putting an El Camino on a C10 chassis. Have to ask though is this the right educational experience for a lucrative career? 

[m42002]

2 hours ago, 2002#3 said:

Comment:  Maybe there is hope for the yutes of today.

Gives me some hope. I’d drive that. Any creative that gets them working as a unit?

[2002iii]

4 hours ago, 2002#3 said:

The project, a 2001 Toyota Tacoma that sports the front end of a 1987 BMW 325i, is the culmination of three years of work by automotive technology students at Columbiana’s Career Technical Education Center.

 

Comment:  Maybe there is hope for the yutes of today.

Damn it they beat me to it lol. I have a 1991 Toyota pickup with BMW wheels, kidney grills and badges. I've often thought of grafting a e30 fron clip onto it.

[Son of Marty]

It's nice to see a voc program that lets the kids build real skills, so many of programs now days just teach to industry standards of just take the fender off and bolt a new one on, they'll get plenty of that on the job when their done.

[visionaut]

Couldn’t read this topic title without thinking of Andy Stuckey’s 02 pickup truck conversion...built in Alabama.

 

 

Before he sold it to Esty, who put her personal touches on it with a two-tone paint job, and then passed it along again... a most unique 02.

 

Tom

[AndyS]

it was a fast, fast pick up!

[esty]

[visionaut]

Esty, your re-paint and that interior conversion/recoloring was SO good...

 

For myself, I liked that black hot rod truck look best... but I have a thing for black.

 

Tom

Edited May 3, 2021 by visionaut

[1972_Targa]

Attempting to keep the love alive. Here's how it's currently doing on Orcas Island, WA.

 

Gathering parts to replace the entire exhaust system. Kudos to Andy and Esty...

Edited May 3, 2021 by 1972_Targa

[1972_Targa]

As an aside, one of the smartest things Andy did when building this pickup was to remove about a foot of the roof, slide the c-pillar/rear window forward and maintain the Hofmeister kink. Most conversations slice and add a flat panel as the back window, losing the look of a BMW 2002.