1978 318 Pastellblau - Norway

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Yeah maybe :)

In the meantime:

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Oh man.... Nice!!!
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Porn!
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Those seats look stunning. Great quality leather too by the looks,of,it.
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WOW love the seats
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Thanks. They are very nice. Can't wait to get them in.

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OEM recaro brackets make it sit a little high, so will see if I use some of polov8 ideas on DIY brackets.

It's going to be a while though, currently car is looking a little shabby

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Update coming. It involves rust.
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Re: 1978 318 Pastellblau - Norway

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Oops, you ran into a rusty floor pan then? Bummer! On a lighter note, then you don't need these wonderful seats so you can leave them with me :wink:
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E21noob wrote: Image
They look really special. Like them a lot.

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So........who ordered RUST?! e_surprised e_surprised

Lets take a look at the right corner first. As you know I knew there was something there from the state of the corner of the wing, so no suprises when the carpet came out:

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Not too bad at all really, but needs to be taken care of before it gets out of hand. I have already had the rear subframe of and everything under there looked in really good shape. A few small brown patches that I will take a look at, but that was it.

Looks like someone liked the idea of jacking it up here..

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Always more then you want to believe - once you start looking you shall find:

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Only a few small patches that need to be looked at under the wing though, so thats good news.

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Cutting out the bad, trying to think smart and not cut too much:

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I'm way out of my depth here and learing a ton - luckly MortenM has offered me some help and guidance!
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You made a good start on repairing! Keep it up! Just take a look in my 323 topic, under 6cilinder.
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uwbuurman wrote:You made a good start on repairing! Keep it up! Just take a look in my 323 topic, under 6cilinder.
Man - I can tell you you are my mentor - you just didn't know it :)
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Wha, always ready for questions mate!
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Re: 1978 318 Pastellblau - Norway

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Good luck man, even though these are the known E21 rust spots it means there's work to be done.
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Re: 1978 318 Pastellblau - Norway

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Thanks guys :)

Been making plenty of progress, and Morten has been showing of his welding skills.

Got the right side cut out and cleaned up:
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Draining holes or whatever they are before and after. Luckily only superficial rust!
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Abit of the sill around the jacking point coming out:

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Over to the left side, which doesn't look too bad at all around the corner...well at least most of it is still there:

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Looks grim:

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A little more damage inside the wheel arch:

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Changed the plans for the seats.......................................got something real special...

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Got check into a warm hospital room:

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Re: 1978 318 Pastellblau - Norway

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Will you sell the leather seats?
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