E30 Touring resto - Pic heavy

[M.Knight]

I love these E30 Tourings!

[ape101]

Well, as far as I know and how it's said in other german forums, in a sedan they route the cable through the front arch, there is a hole. Then it goes down before the speaker right in the skird, there should be a cable guide or something like that. Then there is a hole below the back seat at the most outer and lowest edge where it should go right through the back seat. I think there is a hole below the fuel pipe as I remember.

I hope what I wrote makes sense somehow. Anyway the sedan and the touring shouldn't be so different.
Good luck

[Jozi]

That makes sense alright and it's what I've done so far but the touring is quite different from the rear seat back. Instead of a bulkhead there's additional reinforcement around the rear strut towers and over the boot floor.

I'll figure it out as I go along!

[Pazi88]

This plug is close to the fuel tank under the rear bench, driver side, I've not got a clue what it plugged into anymore?

That's connector for fueltank wires (fuel meter and pump). That connector and cable should be zip-tied to that tube under seat for fuel tank breather hose. But otherwise i don't know about wire routing in touring.

[Jozi]

Not much to update really, have kinda lost a bit of interest for different reasons. Forgot I had these photo's on my camera.



The white stuff is just carpet underlay which I'll be using as a decoupling layer between the car body and the sound deadening I'm using. I'm not sure if I'll be covering everything but at least I'll be doing behind the dash, under the rear seats and the boot area.



I also had a few parts from the engine vapour blasted, they look as good as new if not better! I have them all well soaked in ACF50 which should keep them from getting corroded again!



Anyone looking to use/buy reinforcement plates for on a touring, they need a little modification to be made fit.

[E.Three.0]

This is so amazing, 2nd time reading all the way through it, and i cannot wait to see the finished product.

[Burner]

This build is awesome! Keep it up! I hope to see it in real on one of the shows soon...

[Jozi]

Thanks guys. I think I might have missed this years show but I'll be ready for next year for sure!

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Things have been quiet on the touring front for the last while. After a few setbacks and holdups I finally got bolting up some of the vapour blasted parts. While those were being done I also had what ever brackets and nuts/bolts I could find sent of for powder coating and zinc plating (the later being one of the holdups...)

Still piecing things back together bit by bit, loom is just loosely sitting on the engine


Never mind the grubby bolts for the damper thing, they will be replaced with shorter ones after it gets a clean up.


All the alloy bits came up like new


I thought the PS pump was black it was that dirty when I got it


New water pump and stat housing also got a quick clean as they had gone white from sitting up the last year


Replated studs



Some of the other bits I had plated




Also undersealed the front crossmember with Bilthamber UB. I previously used this in the arches and brushed it on, for what ever reason I didn't think of it at the time but using a roller gives it a slightly nice looking finish.



Anyone know where these two studs belong?

[e30boy]

more updates plz!!!! i love this build

[Pazi88]

Gotta love those plated bolts and other pieces. I was planing to that also in my build, but I just bought new bolts. Too bad that some of the bolts from BMW weren't anymore with yellow zinc plating....

[Jozi]

This thread is long over due an update! Not much has happened this year between it being to cold, no interest/motivation and not going home most weekends to work on the touring not a lot has happened!

The good news is the touring now looks like this:


Few bits stored inside for transport:


An E30 equipped Alfa 147:



A few weeks ago myself and a member e30owners got ourselves a shed, it's only about 15-30mins drive depending on traffic from where I live in Dublin. The past two weekends I've (with a lot of help from the brother) done a bit of tidying up around and gathered parts and so far done two runs with the Alfa stashed full of E30 parts. I still need to get the E30 trailered down (proving to be expensive or difficult) which I hope to sort this week or asap so I can get cracking on.


"Storage room" is slowly turning back into a spare bedroom:


Few pics I found which I hadn't up loaded yet from last December, some other little bits and pieces have been done but nothing major.

E30 323i (I think) flywheel I got a few years ago, had it skimmed ages ago, needed a little cleaning with a wirebrush.




There isn't much I can do with out the touring being here other than some small bits and pieces in preparation. Started polishing the glass this evening, plan is to get them nice and clean and then treat them with some sort of rain repellent on the outside and anti fog on the inside.


Once the glass is all polished and coated my first priority is to get it all fitted and wash her cause it looks nasty!

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You could ship your bolts of to a company who do electro plating. Theres a few in Ireland that do it and had I known how cheap it was I would have done this at the start! It's still handy though to be able to do my own bolts or brackets when ever suits me

[Jozi]

Not much of an update but have started unpacking all the boxes and sorting through everything and trying to keep it organised on the rack or in boxes. I might get it all put away over the weekend and then I can get back at working on the touring again.

[FowlerE30]

Pretty crazy restoration man, thats a lot of work! This last pic makes me shutter though, thats a full on dungeon. Take a sledge hammer to that rock wall and knock some windows haha

[ELLeon]

This is definitely a clean build man, makes me want to do the same to my build. I just need the space to tear the car completely apart. Nice work man.

[Jozi]

Thanks guys, it's a lot of work but looks like it will pay off.

The picture makes it look a lot darker than it is, not that it's a bright place but there's enough light. I don't think the landlord would be to happy with a new window