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Little history:
1 x 740i with a bad body. Had been hit in the rear and the repairs done were quite bad. The whole car was resprayed in a dark grey and used by a funeral parlour, but it drove great. Another 740i with a buggered engine but a much better body. Decided to swap engines etc and make one good car.
We took the engine out
Front engine is buggered. We suspect it dropped a valve. Rear engine is perfect.
The previous owner managed to fry the wiring in the fuse box. Replaced the whole engine harness and most of the body harness.
Put some different wheels on:
Had found this Hartge kit quite some time ago (Thanks Luis).
Did a little test fitting. The kit came off a long wheel base so will have to trim the side skirts:
The interior has been like this for ages:
Stripped out the rest of the carpet.
Stripped the grey dash and dyed it black:
Installed a grey carpet and put the dashboard in:
Dyed some more stuff black:
Installed:
Installed an engine:
Epic 4x4 mode:
Tearing down the engine for a good cleaning:
Engine ready to go in:
More interior bits done.
Engine finally in:
Installing an autofail:
Dying some bits for sport seats:
Installed:
Doesn't look too bad.
Dyed the carpet black:
Swapped to some E34 mirrors:
The Hartge kit being painted:
Hartge kit fitted.
Put the chrome bumper trim back including some headlight washers. Also added a rear licence plate holder thingy.
And a little bit of lowering
Little history:
1 x 740i with a bad body. Had been hit in the rear and the repairs done were quite bad. The whole car was resprayed in a dark grey and used by a funeral parlour, but it drove great. Another 740i with a buggered engine but a much better body. Decided to swap engines etc and make one good car.
We took the engine out
Front engine is buggered. We suspect it dropped a valve. Rear engine is perfect.
The previous owner managed to fry the wiring in the fuse box. Replaced the whole engine harness and most of the body harness.
Put some different wheels on:
Had found this Hartge kit quite some time ago (Thanks Luis).
Did a little test fitting. The kit came off a long wheel base so will have to trim the side skirts:
The interior has been like this for ages:
Stripped out the rest of the carpet.
Stripped the grey dash and dyed it black:
Installed a grey carpet and put the dashboard in:
Dyed some more stuff black:
Installed:
Installed an engine:
Epic 4x4 mode:
Tearing down the engine for a good cleaning:
Engine ready to go in:
More interior bits done.
Engine finally in:
Installing an autofail:
Dying some bits for sport seats:
Installed:
Doesn't look too bad.
Dyed the carpet black:
Swapped to some E34 mirrors:
The Hartge kit being painted:
Hartge kit fitted.
Put the chrome bumper trim back including some headlight washers. Also added a rear licence plate holder thingy.
And a little bit of lowering
