e21 318i turbo build

[jlaffo91]

havent done much lately. will try and get more done tomorrow. i cleaned up the parcel shelf and primed it with some building primer i had so i can sand out any scratches. it will be covbered anyway. took out the gearbox and got cleaning it. photobucket wont let me upload the photo for some wierd reason. ill snap another tomorrow.





cleaned the rest of the deadener off the back seat. just got to get rid of some remaining glue and then i can prime the rest of the the inside. i have 2 holes still to weld up on each footwell. ill try do it tomorrow.

[willis]

When I first saw this thread I thought it was a lost cause, but you're doing a great job restoring it and I've changed my mind. Good job so far!

[jlaffo91]

tried to get something done in the past few days.but i have some tests at the moment. cleaned and primed part of the back of the interior and the wheel wells. just gotta do a bit more and then i can spray the interior one colour. it will be white. also got a shot of the super dirty gearbox.







ALSO chasing some info/advice from the americans on here. i know its not really the right place to ask but, we wanna go spring break cos we have nothing like it over here in straya. wheres the best place to go next year?

[jlaffo91]

So today i pulled the rear subframe, drive shaft, fuel tank and the rest of the exhaust. I had to cut the exhaust apart because someone had welded every piece togather and tried to repair it a million times. There was soooo much gunk on the diff. I gave it a quick once over with a wire brush. Anyone know any brands that sell urethane subframe mounts for e21's? I want some. Car is basically a shell now.







make shift loudness. probably the main reason the car was defected.

[C-Hutch]

You can fill your existing mounts with poly to stiffen them up, or there's Eurometric. He sells the whole poly setup for like 600 usd. And for spring break, can't go wrong with Pensacola Beach, Florida

[jlaffo91]

sweet as. cheers mate. will prob end up filling my original mounts with poly as you suggested and then just buying all the other bushings. florida sounds good. we looked at panama but it falls on the starting date of uni for us

[jlaffo91]

finished a test early today so i raced home to get working on her. I figured that if im going to be painting the interior soon i might want to have some interior panels for it. so i went through the boot and dug out all the old stuff. Carpet got thrown out long ago as it was absolutely fucked. unfortunately it rained alot lately and it would seem that the boot does not even come close to being sealed. Door cards got wet and went out of shape. I'm still deciding wether to fix them or to just make new ones, but i really like the rear arm rests. seats are in deep storage so ill pull them out tomorrow. they too are stuffed. I will be starting to repair the tail panel soon. if all fails ill just have to bite the bullet and spend large amounts of money of having a new panel posted over here.

wanted to see what it looked like with windows. they are the pop out ones


some bits that didnt go too wobbly


the last surviving piece of carpet


i slapped on the cut out rusted piece (kept it as a template) and the plastic cover just to remember what it once looked like


needs a clean but my grill got painted black a while back


i had forgoten i kept these. still wondeing wether to use them or just weld up the holes it mounts to


the dusty cluster.


i think the reason for the bad rust in the rear was that it had a towball when i git it. i cut it off but it was rusted to parts of the car. not looking forward to the battle of the boot

[jlaffo91]

did something i was not looking forward to. i pulled the whole wiring loom and removed all the old dirty tape, and then gave it a wash in the bath with some hot water and washing machiine detergent. the amount of crap that came out was amazing. i had a whole handful of grime stuck in the drain filter, and the water was dark brown.

[Ruststang]

lookes like a hell of a project, like where it is goin so far. keep it up.

[atkins]

Sweet wires you have there, sir. Keep an eye on them!

[jlaffo91]

this build will be hibernating for 2 weeks from now. i have exams. i have to do some flying time as well (i do aviation at uni) so ill try get some pics of some cool planes. last time i went there was a guy flying a nanchang. was sweet.

[jlaffo91]

i have done a bit more lately because i have been on holidays. i spent ages getting rid of the rest of the glue on the back support. got out the spray gun and hit it with primer. interior is 95% primed now. just need to finish up a few more welds on panels tomorrow and then i can prime and paint the rest. unfortunately it rained as on a night it wasnt meant to (35 celsius through the day i thought i was safe), and it has some watermarks on it now, but they will get recovered and at least i know that the primer is doing a good job at keeping the rust away.



yes im aware of the gaping holes in this photo








ill update again soon as ive been busy making lots of panel repair pieces.

[airkooled]

Woah loving the progress in such a short amount of time!

[99sil-teg]

Man you got to work haha

[Zach!]

Great work man!