Nut and Bolt Ground Up Restoration e30 333i

[Claudio]

Good luckraise:

This will be good:bravo:

 

[Peter@AEW]

Stripped the right front door as it will be replaced due to excessive rust.



Car was running on standalone with piggyback. Boggles the mind

 

[Peter@AEW]

I wonder as to what kind of stupid would stick an M5 door sill decorative strip on a classic. ( and no it was not the current owner)

 

[Jeremy.d]

I wonder as to what kind of stupid would stick an M5 floor sill decorative strip on a classic. ( and no it was not the current owner)

It takes a special type of mampara to do this.:dunnoanymore:

 

[Clint@MMS AUTO]

its in the right hands, now waiting to see the magic happen

 

[Nikhil]

Mooi man:bravoom Piet is this an ex Namibia car?

 

[Peter@AEW]

Mooi man:bravoom Piet is this an ex Namibia car?

I do not think so Nikhil.

 

[PLV]

Awesome! Looking forward to seeing the progress Peter! Thanks for sharing!

:thumbs::thumbs:

 

[Sankekur]

Car was running on standalone with piggyback. Boggles the mind

Brilliant. :biglol:

 

[Heinrich]

that is a very old piggy back.

 

[Nikhil]

that is a very old piggy back.

basically aged pork

 

[Peter@AEW]

Previously painted by a shop who truly believed in giving the client their money's worth in paint



Originally this was an aircon and manual steering car. The condenser for the aircon is in the pod.







The lower part of the cradle either was damaged or rusted away. Angle iron was used as a substitute.
New cradle on order

 

[Peter@AEW]

Old bonnet will be going up for sale as well as right front fender.
If anyone is interested shout

 

[Fordkoppie]

Oil cooler should be efficient....

Well done on the progress so far. Still a lot of work ahead.

 

[yush1]

Well done on rescuing a legend. :thumbs:

 

[SMN325]

Can't wait to see the finished product.
:skit:

 

[KiLLRoYza]

This is the perfect candidate for a restoration, and in good hands as well. Good luck.

 

[Dewald Basson]

:fencelook:

 

[Peter@AEW]

Got the engine ready for removal
I typically pull them out from the bottom however given that the cradle will be replaced due to previous damage I took a grinder to it



Some random pics of the engine bay follow

 

[Ram3on]

the 'angle iron' replacement still does not beat my 'chipboard' cradle :bravo: