E34 Touring build

[Uber Soldat]

Tis been a hot minute since I last posted here.

Onto the fun stuff.

Have wanted one for quite some time. Only 48 in total made it down here (24 Manuals and 24 Automatics - all 525i). They're pretty darn scarce.

So...found the below. Parking by touch didn't work that day.

After taking the front bits off...yeah, quite bad.

Got some quotes to do the repair, good thing I was sitting down.
Around a month later, while talking to the previous owner of the first touring, he mentioned that he knew of another project car...

Well yeah.

Stripped out the interior to find that 80% of the wiring harness had been cut out.

Took out the entire harness from the first touring and put it in this one.

Yeah...needing some throwing star covers.

Dyed the carpeting and seats black.

The plan was to swap in a V8. Enter 1 x parts car.

Transferring some brackets from the donor 540. The previous owner had swapped in an M5 drivetrain.

Wiring harness is mostly in:

 

[Kyle]

Well done, nice to see one of these resurrections again!   raise:

 

[FiRi@Rennzport]

Welcome back.

That's a proper project going on here.

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[Uber Soldat]

Thank you kind sirs.

Installed the fuel return line. V8 cars have this running down the right hand side whereas the inline 6 cars, the line runs down the left hand side. Strangely enough, the attachment points for the brackets that hold the line in place were already on the touring.

The rear seat had some pretty rubbish leather. Managed to get some grey leather off a seat in Latvia, swapped it and dyed it black. (Thanks Tom and Benji )

Had to cut some holes in order to run the V8 fuel and brake lines. The inline 6 cars have the lines run on the inside of the left fender rail. If they stayed there with the V8 in place...much boiling will take place. The V8 cars have them running on the outside and through the body as seen below:

Removed the autofail and engine from the donor car.

The rear cross member needs to be swapped as well. The V8 gearbox would interfere with the inline 6 crossmember.

Touring:

Donor:

Sanded the engine bay and prepped it for paint.

Rear seats looking pretty damn good.

 

[KPM3_30]

Welcome back bud!

Awesome to see some E34 content, especially in wagon guise.. Looking forward to the updates!

P.S - Let's see more of the E32 and E36 :smilebounce:

 

[Yulz9081]

Welcome back bud!

Can't wait for more updates  raise:

 

[TurboLlew]

Love it! Can't wait to see more of these projects!

 

[boost3d]

Absolutely love this build, and the OEM M5 front bumper on the Touring is just the icing on the cake!

 

[Captain_Stealth]

awesome stuff keen for more updates

 

[individj]

great stuff....so refreshing to see something rare and special

 

[cOlDFuSiOn]

Made my day Sir! This looks exciting, the Touring is so cool! Keep the build pics coming

 

[MARK M3]

Awesome stuff I really admire you guys that take on these projects..well done so far.

 

[Danny2]

Welcome back to the forum, Keep them build pics coming

 

[rodga]

awesome stuff man

what dye did you use for the carpets and seats?

 

[Ga-3M]

Awesome to see you back bud! Looking forward to further updates!

 

[Sibonelo]

dope build! loving it.

my wondering eye couldn't help but see that E28 peeking there? is that fixable and if so is it for sale..

 

[Wes]

You've been busy.

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[sash]

Great work, i also love these kind of projects, takes alot of time, effort and not to mention $$$

 

[KingKalie]

Cool project, good work thus far :thumbs: , the green e36 has me very curious..

 

[Rammlied]

Awesome build