Woody's New Retro Project 18/12/2011

[woody m3evo]

Thanks guys,i do have 10mm spacers on the rear but they could go wider.

One more.

[woody m3evo]

Right so the Mot was due on the e21 last week & it needed a bit of work doing (which i aready knew about when i bought the car) but also with it be so low i managed to damage the fuel tank in one of its last trips out & it looks like that now needs replacing.

So i spoke to my mate who does my bodywork for me (he did all the work on the e36) & he said bring in then we can see what it needs,after giving a good look over he was surprised to see how good condition it was in for a 30 year old car.

How it looked two days later.





Wings taken off.





Fuel tank dropped.



Damaged drivers side that needs replacing if it cant be repaired.



Then on Saturday morning to speed things up i went in & completly stripped all the interior out so he can crack on with any welding that needs doing without any hassle.

All stripped out.







Now anything can be sorted that needs sorting & any other bits we find will get done all at once to make the car solid underneath & them protected for the future years, alos when all four inner arches have been cleaned up & sorted we have also decided to paint them the original colour Hennarot so it all looks brand new ready for next years shows,also going to get the inside of the boot cleaned up, smoothed out & freshly painted.

Boots pics.







This has now also speeded up the next stage with the interior getting stripped out for some of the work to be carried out which John (Sleeper) & i have been talking about for the last few months by getting the full retrim done sooner tham planned.

Plans for interior are.

New carpet made.
Retrim all seats.
Retrim door cards front & rear.
Retrim parcel shelf,sunvisors & gatiors.

But to keep the retro look & thyme going you all might be shocked as i not going to go for leather lol this time but at the moment im nearly that im going to go with a Brown Vinyl & Cord combination, something like this below.

Some kind of idea of what im going for.



As soon as some of the bodywork gets done i will go in & get some more pictures & post up another update for everyone to see.

[superturbodiesel.com]

Very clean and beautiful

[woody m3evo]

Thanks mate.

Just a small update, went up to the bodyshop tonight to see how things were getting on & i will let the pictures do the talking.

A few i took a week or so ago after they started cleaning/stripping back the holes that needed welding up which did make it look alot worse than it actually was.









From tonight.

Holes plated back up but still need finishing off & cleaning up.






Front inner arch work so far.






Also ive some extra work done on both sills which wasnt planned.









Next stage is for me to clean up around the rear plug holes which im getting also welded up.

Areas i will be cleaning up the weekend.






Hopefully i will have the car back all finished at the end of next week looking a bit better for its self.

Also sorry for the crap pictures,it was dark & they were leaving when i got there tonight.

Next update should be alot better so watch this space.

[MartinsElerts]

Looks like Your car is in good hands.
Can't wait to see more.

[hondarida5]

High res of this one? Amazing car

Nice Build.Whenever you ready to to get rid of them wheels let me know lol

[woody m3evo]

Looks like Your car is in good hands.
Can't wait to see more.

Thanks mate.

Nice Build.Whenever you ready to to get rid of them wheels let me know lol

Cheers & they are not for sale.

[ryanjblajda]

looks really good.

[Wyatt Lay]

Such an awesome build... Looks amazing

[dav3design]

Bro - I am telling you, if you ever bring that thing to London then let me know! I will do you a photoshoot!

[woody m3evo]

Thanks guys.

Another quick small update.

As i said in my last write up that i would be cleaning up around the rear plug holes over the weekend,so i popped up to the bodyshop yesterday morning to get it all ready for them next week.

Areas all cleaned up ready to be welded up.

[woody m3evo]

Another small update,went in to the bodyshop yesterday to see how things were coming along,nothing major has changed but now it is nearly ready for paint.

How the car looked when i got there.



Rear plug holes are now welded up.






Front archs cleaned up ready for paint.






And my job for the afternoon was to clean up the inside of the boot ready to be painted.

Before i started.






Didnt take any pictures of it after as i forgot but it is now all ready (well i think so anyway).

Also this week i had a little surprise in the post from John,a sample of cord which my new carpet is being made from.

Cord sample.

[woody m3evo]

Right after getting a text last night saying the car had been painted i couldnt wait to pop in this afternoon to see the out come.

How the car looked when i walked in.



Front inner arches painted.






Sills with fresh paint.





Rear inner arches with a new coat of paint.






And finally the boot.






Really pleased with how it looks now & looking forward to it being but back together, then the stage will be the interior.

[milano_red]

The inner fenders looks weird all red, but everything else looks awesome!

[scweet14]

i think its come along great, i would agree with milano^ but its your car, and whatever suits you is yours!

good job!