dang

Painted the underside of the hood and decklid.  I need to get more paint for the rest of the car and want it to be all the same "mix".

22 minutes ago, AustinOski said:

It looks Colorado until you get something that's Colorado next to it.  In this photo I'd say the closest thing to Inka is the heater cover and the hood in the sun looks close to Colorado.  Your color looks like a faded Inka to me, but it looks good IMO.

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This one would need to be seen in person.  Low res photos, not enough photos, blah blah.  Copart has sales guys that hit up shops and try to get them to sell cars through them.  I would guess that's the case here, or if the shop is familiar enough with it they may be trying to get to the overseas market using Copart.  Could be a nice car but either way I think the high bidder will have to negotiate a deal with a high reserve.

More patching....  Almost done with sheet metal work.  I'll glaze this before finish sanding and the hood is almost ready for paint.

Since a lot of the car is taken apart I've decided to keep going on the body and paint until I'm done.  The suspension will be last now. 

I did my first ever metal patch on the quarter panel and I'm actually okay with it.  I'm not super proud but I think it was work good over the years to come.  I did realize I should've cut a little lower in the metal since it was a little thin and blew through in that area.  Still have a ways to go on this quarter panel but the rest of the car is almost ready for paint.

In the first photo, that part that looks like rust is actually the seam sealer that was put in from the trunk side.  All that got cleaned out before welding and it's probably the reason it rusted in that area in the first place.  The wheel arch to the right of the photo has been welded and is solid.  The "pin holes" are low spots between welds.

Making a pass at the body work to "rough it out" I guess.  Hammer and dolly, filler, power sanding with 80 grit and some primer.  I'll come back to the final body work when I'm ready to paint and do it all at the same time.  I got the suspension pieces out and will start figuring out the adapters for the struts first.  Should be fun...

@rceldib

I noticed you're in L.A.  Do you happen to know the guys building E9 coupes with Tesla running gear?  Might be good to meet them....

https://e9coupe.com/forum/threads/1974-bmw-cse.29796/

https://e9coupe.com/forum/threads/blue-ev-build.32416/

Dan

Starting some body work.  I suck at it.  The photos make it look better than it is but I'll be patient and keep trying...

A friend got some E46 leather covers from lseat.com ("L" seat) and was very happy with them.  He does upholstery and liked their quality.  They show covers for 320i sport seats and I'll probably use them for mine when I get around to it.

High bid was $5750.  Not sure it sold though.

It's a 76 so maybe it won't go as high in CA.

https://www.iaai.com/VehicleDetails?itemid=35714961&RowNumber=1&similarVehicleItemId=&isNext=&loadRecent=true

Huge milestone over the weekend.  I moved the car out of the garage and back in under it's own power!  It's been at least 25 years since the last time it was driven.  I need to bleed the brakes and clutch a little more before driving it on the street.  Oh yeah, and I need to find the damn license plate.  ?

From what you can see it doesn't look that scary.  About 20 more photos would be nice, then it's just a matter of price.

5 hours ago, Conserv said:

Damn lacquer! ?

That's what I was thinking.  I'm never using lacquer again!  Maybe the barn it was parked in didn't have a roof.

Welcome!

Gazz did it the right way guys, he started his 02 experience with one of the nicest cars around.  Buy it, drive it, enjoy it!  Bravo!  I'm on the other side, four 2002's right now and none on the road.

Regular caulking for the sealer and those are the torx head flat bolts that come on later BMW's used to secure headlights, fenders, etc. and they use the clip style nut on the sheet metal side.  I walk through the yard occasionally and fill my pockets full of Metric nuts, bolts, grommets, fasteners...  Always needed.

Filler plate done and tank installed.  Engine is getting its fuel from the tank now!  Yee haa!  Back to brake and clutch hydraulics...

Got the driveshaft in with an M5 guibo and new center bearing.  Next is making a filler plate for the newer fuel tank.  The later version of E3 tanks are taller but not as wide so it leaves a gap in the floor.  A flat plate with some mounting holes should do the trick.

When struggling with getting the motor to run good.  First it popped and hesitated really badly so I went through the systems to check for obvious problems.  I had all new plugs, wires, cap, etc. on the ignition side so I concentrated on my carbs.  I had them on my coupe for years and when I swapped Webers on the coupe I put the Zeniths on the shelf.  I bolted them on and the motor ran like crap.

Did a smoke test and found leaks where I'd taken the choke assemblies off, years ago, but I created my own problem by doing it.  Plugged those and now the motor ran with a bad misfire but didn't pop anymore.

Hours later after taking the carbs apart several times, messing with timing over and over, we discovered that TWO of the new Bosch spark plugs were bad.  Damn!  Wasted time, but now it's fixed so I can move on...

Garage doors and siding is now done, except for paint which I'll do later.  Finally back to working on the E3!

2 hours ago, RichenFamous said:

Looking good! Did you sell the pickup? 
 

Rich

Yes, last summer.  I pushed this car in the garage right afterwards but I have to look at this thread to figure out when.  LOL

It's been a minute!  The kitchen work has been done for a while waiting for backsplash tile to arrive from Italy.  Not very good timing there, but they say it's suppose to be here soon so I can finish it up.

In the meantime, I managed to install a roll up door for the paint garage along with a man door so I can lock the roll ups from the inside now.  Putting siding up now and will paint soon.

Also managed to get the M30B35 3.5L long block in the car last night with the help of my son.  Back to assembling everything AGAIN!  Sure is getting easier the more I do it.  LOL

Interesting to see the responses here.  I announced that I was removing Tapatalk from e9coupe.com a while ago and had enough people speak up that we left it alone even thought I think it should be removed.  Tapatalk was born because the forums of the past were designed for desktop use and not mobile, so Tapatalk filled a need and was very highly accepted.  Recent forum software programs are designed for mobile, some even being "mobile first" so Tapatalk type apps are more redundant than before and most of the time existing users don't want the change because, well, it's a change.

Steve forcing the issue is probably what I should do.  It really is moving the site forward from an administrative point of view even though it doesn't feel like it from a Tapatalk users point of view.

Man, I just saw this.  If you're reading this Harry we wish you the best!  My dad has had stage four prostate cancer for two years now and the doctors really seem to have a handle on this type of cancer, hoping that you have the same positive progress.

For those of you who don't know Harry I can tell you he's the type of guy that sends you a "hello" just to say hello.  He's just a really nice guy who thinks of others.  Unfortunately that seems to be more and more rare these days.

Best regards Harry,

Dan

Well, I haven't made any updates lately because I've been consumed with a kitchen remodel/update.  I have used the paint garage though.  ?  New cabinet doors and drawers, custom range hood...