No worries, Todd. As long as you post your finished product, I will be happy. I trust your judgement. :thumbup
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No worries, Todd. As long as you post your finished product, I will be happy. I trust your judgement. :thumbup
^ My judgement is probably the biggest of my worries.
LOL well we're here if your gut is sending you mixed signals :)
nice!
I'm glad you were able to fix the "new" E30. It's such a gorgeous car!
I'd strip every single part of the donor car that you have space for. Glad it didn't take long to find a donor and get it fixed, good job.
OK, I need to put a wrap on this, at least this phase of the stablemate's journey.
Before the donor rolled away essentially as a chassis (w/suspension,steering,open-diff) Stripped the car and found someone who wanted the engine, another the tranny and one other wanted the chassis. Everything else, I either kept for me or to sell or it is getting trashed. It rolled away on 6/24. The pics below some good shots of the previous weekend efforts.
Most of this happened 2-3 weeks ago.
- Funny thing is I need that motor now. Don't know if I dare tell another e30 story here.
First - out comes the power train :
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Thought I got the order of those photos right....darn. Anyway, for those keeping score, with everything disconnected, the actual motor pull took 38 minutes once the straps were attached; the only casualty was the rear tranny mount. Had a great team.
A week later I finished grabbing most of what I wanted from the donor. I made a commitment to have it ready on a date and got what I thought I desired most given the time I have.
Anyway - here are some of the final pics Sarah took of the donor (she was responsible for alot of the camera work). The donor was good to me and will live on in many ways.
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To recap :
5/26 Bought 318is
5/28 Broken Belts
6/4 Wreck 318 is - 3K + estimate
6/10 Call on Ad for donr
6/11 Donor home and stripped of parts to repair 318is
6/13 318is complete (well okay - i do need to go realign the bumper and a couple other loose ends, but I'll be back).
6/23 Motor pull and sale
6/24 Donor bye bye
Wasn't exactly the first month I had in mind for her, though it turned out to be one heck of a good experience, and we know each other pretty well now. And I made some friends along the way...
OK, well that puts a wrap on that chapter of these e30's lives. We'll see if the next chapter for the 318is is worthy of more posts.
Though I will leave you with this thought and photo.
We had so much fun with a car for less than 750.00, we decided to do it again.....330.00 towed home....
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Just churning through these things aren't ya? Can't wait to hear the story.