BrettD

Fenders on.

Prepping for fender install.

Rust repair, panel replacement. Quite a few more spots had to be patched, but I didn't get pictures of all of them. These were the worst. Got pretty lucky, not to many surprises.

Getting down to metal..

Starting disassembly.

Getting a late start to this build thread that was started at the end of December 2018. I will post a bunch of items now to catch up, and then it will possibly slow down a little (hopefully not to much). I am hoping to have it on the road this summer.

This is what it looked like when I brought it home Dec 10th.

What are the two silver round things in the console? My car doesn't have those;)

Stunning interior...

Disassembled  the front sub frame, cut out some metal for some re-enforcement, boxed the control arms, de-greased some of the parts for paint. While the pressure washer was out, got the dust off of the motor and transmission. Can't wait for Jake to send me the motor mounts.   

Great day!

Thanks G. The color shifting quality is not necessarily a must, I just like the overall look of the paint. Perhaps I could go for something like this model toy paint, but it really starts to look like just a light blue.

Good call Jimmy. Maybe the secret M2 paint is a mix of Fjod and Bristol.

Great point Seth. I had an e21 323i in sikkens pearl years ago. The wife pulled it in too far in a parking space and smashed the air dam. It took a painter 3 tries to get it pretty darn close in color. Beautiful paint though.

Thanks Zinz, Might have to go with Fjord. It has definitely been on my short list, but damn I love that Space Race...

Here is all the official info I could find on the paint. "The body has been drenched in Space Race Metal paintwork that changes in appearance from a brightly fluorescent blue to grey, depending on the light". Probably going to be very tough to try to match:(

Hey everybody, I an getting close to paint on my 74. I have been all over the map on color ideas. I have recently decided I would love to try to match the color of the M2 concept car. I think it is a very unique color, and would look great on a classic 02. What do you guys think? Can anyone help me with ideas of how to match this color? It looks to be a 3 stage job to me, maybe a base white with a blue/grey flake and a little blue pearl in the clear??? In some pics it looks to be more white, in some it looks more silver and in others the blue really sticks out. I doubt BMW is going to release the paint code for this one.

PS. I love this sight. I have been reading it daily for over a year while restoring the 74. So many people have added priceless information here. It's incredible, Thank you everyone for all the great content. 

I plan to get a build thread up soon.

Thanks B.