My 1977 E21 the story so far............

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 7:45 pm

M15KYY wrote:very nice motor mate im very jealous! any plans to modify or are you going to keep this one in original condition??? either way i thinky your onto a winner!

Good question! I'm torn between original and a few mods. If I do anything it will be slightly lower ride and a set of 15' BMW rims, BUT I will probably keep it standard as I recon the car would be worth more totally standard than tricked up. For now getting the mechanical probs sorted is my priority, the rocker gasket has been ordered today and the rest should be done by next week. I will then get some juicy pictures, you will have to ignore the odd looking white/cream colour on the steelies tho

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:18 pm

I'm back on the road now after a failed clutch slave cylinder. I still need to give the car a full valet and take some sexy pictures but I have no time what with our 11 week old baby

The Topasbraun metallic from the 70's is trying to make a comeback on this Honda Civic I spotted yesterday, I had to park close and take a quick pic with the camera phone.

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:25 pm

Looks nice.

M15KYY · Post by **M15KYY** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 11:08 pm

i know which one i prefer

mr edd · Post by **mr edd** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 12:31 am

excellent!!!...edd..

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 8:04 pm

I took my car into work today as it was a nice morning. I dug her out of the garage and braved the 7 mile journey with the GEN light illuminated.

The purpose? To finally get some decent ish pictures of it and an update on the progress.

I have still not managed to do anything with the bodywork, only wash (once) and dust down. It still needs a few products on the paintwork and obviously some areas need attention, I will wait until winter when its taken off the road and garaged.

Anyway I hope you enjoy the pictures. The MIMS are a tempory measure while I get the original STEELIES refurbed, although I do like them but it would need dropping a little

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I still want the car totally standard as its only done 40.000 miles it would be a shame to chav it up! I'm sure it would good tho!!

Comments welcome.

Al.

D Farrell · Post by **D Farrell** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 8:41 pm

That looks really nice, if i were you id keep it original but maybe put some 13inch bbs mahles on it.

tommi_e21 · Post by **tommi_e21** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 9:23 am

plastic still on the back seats.................... minter

Jeroen · Post by **Jeroen** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 9:26 am

She looks great, pity of that rear quarter!

Pho21_girl · Post by **Pho21_girl** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 1:08 pm

Love the colour and defo keep it standard, she's looking great. Nice clean garage too! lol

Peter V. · Post by **Peter V.** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 1:19 pm

Very very nice car indeed.

MadMax · Post by **MadMax** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 7:40 pm

That is NICE! Love the riveted plates, and the seatbelt set-up. Seems to be sitting quite high though, what size tyres are on there? I'd go for some clean steelies to complete that low-spec look (which I mean in a good way).

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 9:14 am

MadMax wrote:That is NICE! Love the riveted plates, and the seatbelt set-up. Seems to be sitting quite high though, what size tyres are on there? I'd go for some clean steelies to complete that low-spec look (which I mean in a good way).

I love the 'poverty' spec of the car

The original steelies will be back on as soon as they have been refurbed. I'm not sure which way to go with them, I was thinking of powder coat as the price isnt much different from the usual bodyshop prepping and spraying. I did a set myself a couple of years back on my E30 which turned out pretty good. I could be tempted to do them again but time is against me.

The rear quarter that Jeroen pointed out will be sorted soon along with a few other bodywork issues, I'm avoiding the rain and damp weather at the moment

In Primer

Last coat

Finished product

tommi_e21 · Post by **tommi_e21** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 9:43 am

eagle tyres...... now i havent seen those in a while, retro cool all the way. and i much prefer the steels

E21meister · Post by **E21meister** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 12:42 pm

E30 steels are nice, got a set squirreled away somewhere.
Tommi - how about banded E30 steels on the Gruppe 2? Would look similar to the Wellers and the stud pattern will fit so you can sling your adaptors.