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Hi! I thought i might share my build with you guys. A few months ago while i was building a track only drift car out of my old loved e36 coupé it hit me. Why build a car that i can drive a few times a year when i can build a car that i can drive the whole summer on the streets? So i sold my old loved car to start a new build! Before and after my old build:
Then i started planning this thing. I wanted another e28 but in mint condition. But still i wanted a convertible car. I could´nt manage to decide so i thought to myself.. An e28 2 door convertible must look kind of strange? right? Then i started looking for builds and i found like 2 pics of beat up e28s that they just cut the roof of. Then i made some stuff in photoshop and then i fell in love!
So. As my 518 was parked in a lamp post last winter it will be my parts car. I managed to find a 520 chassis that had been sitting stripped out in the Swedish weather for a few years. I went to take a look and there was not to much rust and after a few days and 50 dollars it was mine!
I stripped the car and then i did build a frame around the car so it can stand on the side so i can weld under the car. I have made a shortened rear door, I starded cutting up the sides for reinforcements and to move the b-pillar 200mm backwards. I found a bit of rust on some places but it´s not to bad!
So what i expect from this build is in short terms:
Reinforce the whole chassis (i leave it to my father that works as a constructor)
Make a 2 door convertible (200mm longer front doors)
Move the rear fender flare up a bit to flater stance without tuck
custom air suspension
working softtop and a hardtop
custom interior
get it legal here in Sweden as a custom built vehicle
make it look like it was a convertible from the factory.
total restoration
cleaned out engine bay
I think this will be a really cool car that will be like no other e28! if you have any questions feel free to post here or pm!
Then i started planning this thing. I wanted another e28 but in mint condition. But still i wanted a convertible car. I could´nt manage to decide so i thought to myself.. An e28 2 door convertible must look kind of strange? right? Then i started looking for builds and i found like 2 pics of beat up e28s that they just cut the roof of. Then i made some stuff in photoshop and then i fell in love!
So. As my 518 was parked in a lamp post last winter it will be my parts car. I managed to find a 520 chassis that had been sitting stripped out in the Swedish weather for a few years. I went to take a look and there was not to much rust and after a few days and 50 dollars it was mine!
I stripped the car and then i did build a frame around the car so it can stand on the side so i can weld under the car. I have made a shortened rear door, I starded cutting up the sides for reinforcements and to move the b-pillar 200mm backwards. I found a bit of rust on some places but it´s not to bad!
So what i expect from this build is in short terms:
Reinforce the whole chassis (i leave it to my father that works as a constructor)
Make a 2 door convertible (200mm longer front doors)
Move the rear fender flare up a bit to flater stance without tuck
custom air suspension
working softtop and a hardtop
custom interior
get it legal here in Sweden as a custom built vehicle
make it look like it was a convertible from the factory.
total restoration
cleaned out engine bay
I think this will be a really cool car that will be like no other e28! if you have any questions feel free to post here or pm!
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