E39 Touring M5

[Peter@AEW]

I recently bought an E39 M5 which had been involved in a serious fight with a Caterpillar Grader.
To say that it was badly repaired would be an understatement so my thinking was to find an M5 donor body that I could transplant the engine and gearbox.

Whilst searching for said body I saw a touring was posted by @evnmopwr so I made contact with the owner and arranged for the car to be shipped to me.

The white iS is not for sale btw.

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[Peter@AEW]

My thinking is to get it as close if not identical in terms of finish to the one Touring build as an M5 by the factory.

Any assistance with an Alcantara supplier at a reasonable price would be most welcome.

 

[Bugger]

Is the white iS in the background for sale?

 

[NBN]

My thinking is to get it as close if not identical in terms of finish to the one Touring build as an M5 by the factory.

Any assistance with an Alcantara supplier at a reasonable price would be most welcome.

Lookup the contact details of Medwyn at MC auto trimmers in Stridjom Park or Abdool at Autosound Gezina. I am not sure if they sell just the skins but both are very competent in Alcantara retrofits should you choose to outsource.

 

[Sibonelo]

this will be a dope project.. there is a YouTube channel I follow called speed academy. they did an M5 touring. very detailed episodes on the transplant

 

[Peter@AEW]

this will be a dope project.. there is a YouTube channel I follow called speed academy. they did an M5 touring. very detailed episodes on the transplant

I have seen their build however I shall not be following their methodology as the project is compromised.

 

[Gordvisr]

interesting project.

 

[Gordvisr]

Ohh and how on earth did it came in a fight with the said CAT Grader ?

 

[Peter@AEW]

Ohh and how on earth did it came in a fight with the said CAT Grader ?

I have no idea as to whether it was a grader a car crusher or a bulldozer what I know is that not one panel is untouched and the car is not worth repairing.

 

[Gordvisr]

Eina

 

[Benji]

This is going to be awesome, cant wait for updates!

Would be interesting to see details of the M5 as well

 

[922-ZN]

Is the white iS in the background for sale?

Damn, you beat me to it

 

[evnmopwr]

So this is what you have Planned... SUBSCRIBED!!!

 

[Tinuva]

I also want to see what this existing M5 looks like. We need to know how bad it is. But very excited to follow this project.

 

[rodga]

My thinking is to get it as close if not identical in terms of finish to the one Touring build as an M5 by the factory.

Any assistance with an Alcantara supplier at a reasonable price would be most welcome.

Get intouch with autogezina
He also recently acquired an e39 touring and doing a restore so im sure he would like to be involved in this project as well

if you happen to have a b30 lying in your way, im happy to dispose of it for you

 

[Peter@AEW]

Get intouch with autogezina
He also recently acquired an e39 touring and doing a restore so im sure he would like to be involved in this project as well

if you happen to have a b30 lying in your way, im happy to dispose of it for you

Sorry my man this was a motorless 525.

 

[modocrat]

@Peter@AEW we need some pics of the M5..

 

[individj]

lovely project

 

[AdiS]

Very cool project, Peter!

 

[individj]

do they come out with air suspension at the back that one replaces with a coilover?