BarneyT

The rubber grommets that the cross bars go into in the frame are ripped and the crossbars are not under upward pressure from the bow in cross bar…

Do you have the old seats? Do these strips come off?   30 minutes before it closed I didn’t think it would make $70k…

6 hours ago, Devilish_02 said:

Leak is where the arrow is pointing in the photo, thanks BMW! Not on side that would be easier to replace the hose. 
 

Read up on removing the entire heating unit but checking here if anyone has advice on how to replace or seal the hose on the side coming from the heater to valve? 
 

If it takes pulling the entire heating valve out any tips will be appreciated. 

Jake I do not think it can be fixed without removing the heater box, you can cap off the hoses and roll without a heater until you are ready… not sure how many book hours the job is but it takes a full day to r&r…

The two answers above pretty much answer this question…

Drove almost a hundred miles today with four of my friends and then stopped for BBQ, it was a good day… we followed the shores of the Colorado river today drove on lime Creek Road/fm1431/cow creek…

last picture by Greg Resa

Its just not an attractive car / color combo to me, with the stripes / the air dam w/stripes, and those seats not to my taste…sounds great, lets see the power.

Today we attended c&c in Austin pretty good turn out on a really cold brisk day…

Today we took another ride, finishing the week with 475 miles on the Ceylon tii…so far so good!

I’m now working on my e9 coupe You can follow that on the e9 site.

4 hours ago, Doug Riparetti said:

If things go as planned, me and the family will be joining the ranks of the “Nashville BMW Club” at the end of this year. 

Doug when you get there that’s when the “Scene” will start, will put you lot closer to the scene in Texas / Arkansas  and North Carolina…

My friend Mike Dube is in maryville right outside of Knoxville in his Florida green touring…

Sunday changed out the first oil in Ceylon tii at a 125 miles and took a 65 mile ride that afternoon…today went a little farther from home a 125 loop to turkey bend park on the Colorado river and then back down my favorite cow creek Road ( 14 miles next to creek) but in the opposite direction it seemed like a different road. 310 miles on car to date.

another giant day, installed door cards with needed clips from BLUNTTECT this morning and took the street legal 72 Ceylon Tii for a drive on my favorite Cow Creek 60 mile loop…no parts fell off that I noticed.

Today was successful …Nine hours over three days to get the title / plates to a car off the road for 34 years. 75 miles on the car getting state and VIN inspections taking it for a legal  ride tomorrow morning.

1 hour ago, Fortlauderdalian said:

Nice work, how did you do the spot welding along the bottom?

I drill through one one piece/side and weld Thur that hole to tie them together…it’s a tack at a time, I hide the holes on the back/bottom of that little ridge on bottom 

33 minutes ago, Beantown said:

I will be attempting this soon myself.  I have seen someone on this site just cutting off the bottom section(see image) and weld that on.  It seems like the best option for me.  I have also seen someone cut a "V" shape below the kidney.  This keeps your original kidney that matches your original chrome. 

This above picture is my work, i cut out the rust behind and primed before final welding…below i also did one like this to save center…

I have used dynaPad which comes in a roll 30”x60” or something like that it is different from dyanmat, the dynaPad works great on tunnel/firewall for sound I contact cement it on…240 in driver seat not worried about the weight.

16 hours ago, SydneyTii said:

Love it, great looking car, the bus wheel looks good to!

A couple of questions Barney, Is that an Ireland exhaust? And what do you think of the rear battery holder? I need somewhere to tie my scuba tank off to, it’s going to wreck my side panels if I’m not careful, I don’t fancy floor tie downs as the tanks are just to heavy,  I think the holder would be quite study especially tied into the rear shock mount? I assume you can just make sure the mounting holes are well painted and a quick spray of cavity wax up inside the mount from underneath would negate any rust issues

 

 

The exhaust system is from Walloth and Nesch I’m very happy with the sound… I also installed the rear brace to secure things from sliding around in the trunk.

my dad was a commercial fisherman on the gulf coast, I grew up diving the oil rigs off the Texas coast, as well as the flower garden…

I have waiting along time for this day, first ten miles on the Ceylon tii around the neighborhood today. Plan to get inspected and texas plates on Monday…down to door cards and a few other items.

18 hours ago, Littleeagle28 said:

Thanks, already done this and emery clothed the contact areas.  Howevr John76 suggested the ground in the fuel sender may be the issue.  It was and.sorted the problem😊

You can add a ground wire from clean metal behind the turn light to light fixture that will fix it…

do you know the Bradshaw’s in Lincolnshire? Adult children  Ann/Tim…Ann lives in Austin and is a good friend….

Looks great, very rewarding.

Got it back from the painter, he fixing a few scratches that I caused along the way.
Today i Started final trim out of 72 Ceylon tii …with any luck inspection new week.

2 hours ago, tech71 said:

Wow, I suggest they stock up on liability insurance.

If this is rebar that has been  rolled, formed, heat treated and tempered to some metallurgical semblance of sway bar steel.. maybe.

But then again I have no idea if that’s even possible

This is the correct answer…

Welcome Ed,  

not sure where you are located but well know 2002er Paul Huber lives on Orcas Island in the eastsound area…

start with walloth and nesch for most body / parts in general…Barney

12 hours ago, larry_in_socal said:

Barney T ...I'm digging that color!!! what color is it ??

It’s Baikal blue metallic, the original color…