Bringing back an E9.

[mpower5266]

oooohhhh that wood work... how thin was the veneer to get it to bend over those tight forms...

Thin. Maybe a 1/16".

A few more pics of the e9 wood after the final coat of poly. I think they are done.

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Quick test fit to make sure the main dash piece doesn't interfere with the speakers.

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Then started gluing the headliner in.

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More updates soon.

[theseeker411]

Man that is some good stuff.

I need to come down and visit sometime.

[bwwaaaa]

Looks like it’s cleaning up really nicely, should look amazing when it’s all together!

[mpower5266]

My garage was very German last night. I cleaned the E9 door panels in my garage full of BMW's and BMW memorabilia, while hanging with my dog Hofmeister and drinking a Hofbrau. Anyway... pics.

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My dad has also been busy. I think the cluster bezel is done, not sure how many tries we are on now.

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[heeter_33]

Awesome work!

[mpower5266]

Another small update but we glued down some vinyl and wood pieces on the flat dash area.

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Its really looking good.

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[hinrichs]

Cant wait to see that installed, I love watching the progress on this one.

[mpower5266]

Up next was replacement of these small strips on the door.

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My dad stopped by the interior shop down the street. The owner is becoming a good friend and pulled some material off the roll, ran it through the sewing machine and gave it to my dad.

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It worked out great.

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And of course the often over looked vapor seal. The backs of the door card were pretty moldy and water had gotten in at some point, which is typical of anything of this vintage.

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After that was the marriage of the wood and trim.

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And a little test of how it will look with the door card. Needless to say, I am stoked.

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[Allen.]

Always loved the older BMWs. This thing is seriously awesome.

[mpower5266]

I had a busy weekend so I didn't work on the E9, but my dad got some work done. When we removed the carpet from the passenger side, we found this foam form in the footwell. It was in bad shape and of course its NLA so it needed repair.

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I grabbed some fiberglass cloth from work, and he laid it up. He also painted it, not sure why but its fixed.

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He also starting putting the door cards back together. The wood came out so nice.

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He also started on the gauges. The bezel came out so nice, it was worth doing 5 times. Haha

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[mpower5266]

The clock works now, as shown in the video below.


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We plan on going through all the instruments before putting them back in.

My dad also assembled a few more of the panels.

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I have to find some trim bits, and I didnt notice the door handles were wrong(the should be tan) but its really coming together.

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[gnmzl]

That last shot makes me dream about how it would look assembled from the driver's POV.
Good work, very happy it's coming along nicely.

[mpower5266]

That last shot makes me dream about how it would look assembled from the driver's POV.
Good work, very happy it's coming along nicely.

I cant wait to get it all buttoned back up and take it out for a drive.

I cleaned some more of the E9 interior parts up last night. It doesnt really show in the photos but they were pretty dirty. They are now clean and very soft, they don't make leather like this anymore, its so nice when its right.

Dirty.

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Cleaned up.

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Both sides. Its hard to see but they way the rear window switches are mounted in these are pretty cool. Bonus dog butt shot.

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And then I cleaned up the center piece that mounts between the rear buckets. Here is the dirty shot.

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And clean soft leather.. I think one of the panels on this has been replaced, the color seems off. I am going to order a colourlock (or similar) kit for this car when its gets to the final detailing stage.

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[mpower5266]

Cleaned up the speedo, tested the lighting with the stock 2w bulbs.

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And then swapped the bulbs for 4w ones.

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Now we have to do the rest.

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Test fit in the bezel.

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Here are some gratuitous wood pics just because.

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[mpower5266]

Did some more cleaning on the gauges this weekend. I love the faces on these, they remind me of a vintage watch.

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Just waiting on some special solder to fix the fuse on the clock. After that we can start putting the dash back together.

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