1972 BMW 2002 Build

[DeltaAlpha9]

Holy shit that paint looks damn good after only a polish.

[Nagah]

Black is not a good mesh color for BBS RS. You dont see anything of the wheels which means you could run any other wheel too. Give them some shine!

[Gurv ///M]

coming along nicely!

[lmerani]

that o2 is turning out beautifully!

[mini67]

Just finished up some rust work in the trunk and rockers so may as well show progress. The strut towers on these cars rust from the inside out so I had to cut out way more than it looked like but the inner tower was super solid so I did not touch it! I fabricated the patch from the roof of a scrap car and am pleased with the results.







I also got all the nuts and bolts zinc dichromate plated which I highly recommend to anyone else dealing with rusty bolts!


Also notice that hideous steering wheel? It was necessary to replace it with the legendary Momo Prototipo. This car actually would originally have had a thin three spoke wheel but it was long gone!




When everything was nicely apart I decided it would be a good idea to polish the paint. It would have been repainted 20+ years ago but it looks amazing! Heres where it sits as of today. I still have to get the BBS RM's redone. I'm thinking of going with a gun-metal metallic. What do you guys think? Should I stick with the black?

[MrViicc]

Love a good 2002 project! I'd love to find one that clean in Ontario that won't break the bank.

[mini67]

Hey everyone,

I am a long time lurker and have now decided to finally do a build thread on my 72 BMW 2002. Up in Canada clean 2002’s are not easy to find so I consider myself very lucky for ending up with this particular car. The previous owner’s uncle bought it new and it remained in the family until I took ownership. It came with the original keys, manuals, and is a factory air conditioned car. Needless to say I am quite pleased! When I first came out to look at the car, it had been sitting, unrunning, for 15 years in a garage. It looked a little sad. Since its a 2002 it does come with rust, but overall its a very straight unmolested car! Exaclty what I wanted. My goal for this car is too have a more powerful, reliable, cruising car that I can drive the wheels off of. This is how it was sitting for the last 15 years..





Cleaned the engine up and put a new fuel pump in and it runs beautifully! So needless to say I had to drive her around.




Here is some of the rust issues. Although old, the paint is in good condition and after polishing should look awesome. I am grateful that the rust is concealed to areas that aren’t on the the main body panels and therefore I have less bodywork ahead of me!




Picked up some 15'' BBS Rims that I think should look good. More to come....