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Ive been sidetracked! My long term project is on hold while i try to finish off someone elses unfinished project. The attraction was it needed alot less welding than the 72, it will need alot less paperwork to get it back on the road and it has a few enhancements that i like but didnt want to do to the 72 as i want to keep that 'factory'. The plan is to get it on the road asap, leave it alone cosmetically, do what is necessary mechanicaly, not cut too many corners but not worry about origionality - and to end up with a reliable beater with a bit of hot rodding thrown in A few pics to get the ball rolling How all good projects arrive! Megasquirt relay board Megasquirt Brain Inside Megasquirt V3.0 with MSII Board Ford EDIS (came with coilpack, VR sensor and crankshaft toothed wheel) Wiring nightmare faded but untorn and complete moulded carpet Honda Integra Seats - match the blue interior nicely Carpets lifted to reveal floopan rust (sand is from PO sandblasting engine bay!) Chassis rails are OK Repair begins New frost plug and flywheel skim on the 'to do' list 80 amp alternator Engine and chassis numbers match Distributor blocked off Damage to Heater box Wiring clean up begins I plan to rewire keeping the origional loom intact and adding the Megasquirt/EDIS/FI wiring totally separate in its own loom Spent most of last week seperating the looms and wire tracing and continuity checks on the original loom, good news is it hasnt been badly hacked and has all the original color coded wiring intact More to follow!!

My name is Chris and I'm a 2002oholic! Spotted a '73 2002 for sale last week, i had viewed it a few months ago and took the plunge. Photos and justification on my blog! http://2002bmwinnz.blogspot.co.nz/2012/09/sidetracked.html Definately haven't given up on the Roundie, just wanted another one that i could use as a beater, hot rod a bit and get the 2002 driving experience as soon as possible. Im oldschool - carbs and points so the whole Megasquirt?Edis/EFI thing will be a steep learning curve, i am keen to go with it though, so forum members be prepared for lots of dumb questions!!

Fantastic, price sounds good. Could you email me at chris_gibbs@ymail.com and i will send you my shipping details. This is going to be a huge help to finish the rebuild, many thanks. Chris

I admit defeat - the rust damage to the C Pillar areas on my project is beyond my mediocre metalworking skills - i need a couple of rust cuts. The rusted area can be seen on my blog http://2002bmwinnz.blogspot.co.nz/2012/08/hofmeister-kink-rust.html and the cuts i am after can be seen on the fantastic 2002tii-restoration.org site http://www.2002tii-restoration.org/images/quarter_driver_41.jpg As 2002s are like hens teeth here in NZ im hoping someone would be prepared to send something over here Thanks Guys

Yep its a NZ new car, i dont know the owner or where its shot but the rego is still live, vin is 1655083 (found using carjam!). If the owner is lurking on the forum it would be cool to make contact - not too many 2002s in Enzed so always good to find fellow addicts! Nice vid BTW

This thread is worth a read http://www.bmw2002faq.com/component/option,com_forum/Itemid,0/page,viewtopic/t,293361/highlight,/sid,6b1f01027ac8112588c14e21bf12c5f3/ im looking at the megajolt option but i have lots of time to think about it!

If you are down to bare metal with the engine out i wouldnt waste the opportunity to epoxy primer and then topcoat with the same color as you are painting the exterior. IMHO the overall effect of a matching engine bay and body color cant be beat - it shows the thoroughness of the restoration/rebuild

Wanted to commemorate this auspicious milestone with fellow addicts, shes undergoing some major surgury atm, but hope to see her out and about again by her 42nd!

Walloth and Nesch in Germany do a nice patch panel for this area http://www.wallothnesch.com/e/frameparts.htm look under Bodywork. Pricy though esp when freight is added

DO NOT DRILL THE FRAME. Just reread the advice from Bill Williams, Mike and others. Its the Head of the special carriage type bolts that slide into the slots on the frame (the threads face outwards from the frame). Then the bumper bracket and the nut are put on. Good luck

Nice job on Cyrils windscreen, good skills! Have you considered learning to weld, it looks like this project will need a fair bit of rust repair work and it may be worth considering. It was the best thing i ever did to help with my car projects. Cheers Chris

Thanks for the input,the dolly is now built and works well after a minor disaster! Wrote about the saga in my blog - http://2002bmwinnz.blogspot.co.nz/ The dolly will make life a whole lot easier, next on the to do list is a rotisserie!

This may help with your confusion, apparently you dont realize you are the upside downer!!

I want to build a car dolly to enable me to turn the car around in the garage both with and without the subframes attached. The inner sills and floors are in good condition, outer sills good apart from the last 3 inches on either end. I will support the sills along their whole length with 4x2 timber mounted on a steel frame, i will also put carpet on top of the 4x2s to help spread the load evenly. My question is if the sills are in good condition are they man enough for the job?

Could someone identify where this part from the Walloth catalogue goes on the car? https://picasaweb.google.com/105528953083937093443/Walloth#5740271703551559378 Part im looking to ID is 41/6/1 I just can't work it out!

http://www.bmw2002faq.com/component/option,com_forum/Itemid,57/page,viewtopic/t,278563/highlight,upper+dash+removal/ With vids - check it out.

Awesome work - very neat welding on the quarter panel, looks like you managed to avoid distortion, i like looking at this blog for my inspiration!

While repairing (replacing!) the firewall i noticed there some sort of sealant actually between the firewall and transmission tunnel seam, my questions are a)can i replace this sealant with something when i plug weld the new steel on? and is that why there is a bead rolled in the firewall where it joins the trans tunnel - to hold the sealant? http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OKdMCILG6qo/T08jBNQUOSI/AAAAAAAAAqo/aicqCaLJFeY/s1600/IMG_0778.JPG

Love it - the car and the vineyard look like they belong together, both a bit weathered but beautiful! Nice photography as well.

Thanks for all the replies, i scratch tested both paints, the BMW genuine panels were hard to scrach off and the Walloth panels scratched very easily, so ill be stripping the Walloth panels completly and applying epoxy primer, the BMW panels ill leave and apply an additional coat of epoxy primer. BTW apart from the indifferent paint quality the Walloth panels look good, decent gauge steel and nice stampings - happy with them

I've just received panels from Walloth and Nesch, a mixture of genuine BMW painted black and some Walloth repair panels painted a light grey. Should i strip off this paint and then epoxy primer, or scuff and epoxy primer over the supplied panel paint? In other words is the quality of the BMW/Walloth paint good enough to retain or is it poor quality and will compromise the subsequent paint coatings?

Looks great and love that colour. IMHO i like the look of the old 1K paints that you have to cut and polish, the downside is their not as tough as the newer 2k epoxys. Still undecided which to use on my project!

Thanks for all the replies guys, will be getting a quote from the dealer here in NZ. My car is being stripped down to the shell for rust repairs and the sills are bad, fortunately the inners look good!

Can anyone confirm that this is the right part number for the left outer sill - 41 35 6 440 140 ? (1972 2002 Saloon) Its not very clear on the online parts catalogue and is described as 'covering left', this is my first batch of parts im ordering and dont want the wrong parts to ship to NZ! Its number 3 on this diagram http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=ST13&mospid=47129&btnr=41_1144&hg=41&fg=20

Hi Guys, I used dry ice yesterday to remove soundproofing, did a post on my blog http://2002bmwinnz.blogspot.com/ if anyone else is thinking of doing it this way i'd recommend it