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Back in another bimmer - e21 build
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Today I picked up a parts car, 82 320is. Looks decent from a far but has quite a bit of rust starting and sat for 10 yrs so I'm going to use it to make mine even better. Already pulled the recaro seats which need cleaned pretty bad but hopefully I can get them looking good, also got the front spoiler off as well but it needs some work.
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Originally posted by foxtrot wagon View PostThe Mercedes!! Ahhhhh
Is that a Ponton??
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So today I started on pulling the parts car apart mainly pulling the interior out and see what all I had. The recaros I got pulled out last night but were in need of major cleaning. The rear seat ended up being trash as the sun had ruined it. But the black door panels, recaros and oem floor mats were all good enough. I'll also be swapping over the carpet but that will be down the road when I replace my driver floor pan.
The Before
The After (They still need to be cleaned even more or I might just have them redone)
Now to the interior
For now I'll be running my blue rear seat until I find one in good condition in either black or grey cloth. I also have a hood to put on mine (after its painted) and some other things in better shape. Eventually the motor will be going in mine as well and the tranny in the parts car will be going in my dad's which he picked up a couple days ago.
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Well, planned on doing more today since I finally had a free day but of course... I woke up not feeling good lol. So I just did a few easy things and washed the car but I have some updates! Will be doing LCA's on monday finally so the car should be good to start road tripping to some local stuff before the end of the show season. Now on to pretty pictures.
First up, I put in a accordion style boot from an early e21 just because I think they look better.
Then I changed out the tail light lenses and also the rear sidemarker lenses. Mine were cracked so I swiped the nicer ones off my parts car.
Then this showed up in the mail!
Also went back to chrome kidneys because after looking at the car more I started ****** the black ones lol. Also cleaned it up and took some crappy shots lol.
Also one of the fleet, the green one is actually my dad's who bought one after driving mine haha, the white car is our donor and we are buying a fourth tomorrow... just hoarding them all lol.
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Originally posted by DannyE32 View Postnice E21 collection lol.
why the E21s didnt come out with the 2.0 in-line 6 carbd in the US? I had a german e21 with the I-6 carburator and alpina gearbox, and it was such a fun thingto drive.. how is that 4 cyl in comparison?
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So since my last update, we picked up a 4th e21 haha. My dad already tucked the bumper on it and I swapped over my blue interior to it since his driver seat was trashed. Its more of a beater to experiment on but my bumper will be getting tucked soon as well.
So since we pulled the interior out of the new one and it was black I took the back seat for mine so I finally have full black interior. Also did lower control arms on monday which really tightened up the car.
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Originally posted by C-Hutch View PostYou should snag the diff out of the is car. It's an lsd. Lots of fun. Looks like a nice (bunch of) E21 project(s)
So Update on my weekend lol. Broke down on Friday night, ended up being the wiring that goes to the alternator being destroyed some how. Rewired it sunday and got it back running. Today made a big to-do list as I need to get ready for Sowo... that's right already getting ready lol.
Plans include a rebuilt motor, new hood, fender, rad support, interior work (more) and deleting the A/C plus some more stuff lol. Winter will see some change for the car.
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