BMW E12/28 535i 1973

Peter_P · Post by **Peter_P** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 9:39 am

A E12 subforum ... the perfect place to present one of my previous projects.

It was 1997 when I got the idea to hide a complete E28 M535i inside the shell of a 1973 E12.
So I went to buy 2 cars.

Took them both apart and made all the necessary changes to the E12 body to fit the e28 internals, which was a lot.

Peter_P · Post by **Peter_P** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 9:50 am

After all the changes and restoration, the e12 shell was ready for some paint, titan silver:

Reassembly with all the e28 parts including engine, gearbox,diff, suspension, ABS breakes, complete sport interior ... everything.

Peter_P · Post by **Peter_P** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 10:04 am

Prepping for the exterior paint, E28 doors...

Back from the paint shop ...

And finally ... result...

Hope you enjoyed .

Peter

Jeroen · Post by **Jeroen** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 10:52 am

Nice conversion and attention to detail! So where's the car today?

Peter_P · Post by **Peter_P** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 10:58 am

I drove it from 2002 (the day it was finished) until 2011. Then I decided to pass it on to a German guy. Don't know if he still has it.

I passed it on, mainly because it was not completely legal to drive a car with these conversions, in Belgium. That worried me more every time I drove it. So it seemed like a good idea to sell it, but it wasn't.

Peter_P · Post by **Peter_P** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 11:13 am

In 2011 I visited the sharknose meeting

323baur · Post by **323baur** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 1:43 pm

Nice!

uwbuurman · Post by **uwbuurman** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 7:08 pm

Great project it was Peter!

loentje · Post by **loentje** » Mon Jun 22, 2015 4:51 pm

Very nice restauration, great look!

Peter_P · Post by **Peter_P** » Sun Oct 11, 2015 1:00 pm

Wondering what happened to my E21, considering bying it back should it just be sitting somewhere, I've contacted the buyer.
He's still taking very good care of the car. It had small accident damage on the front, and he did a good repair. New hood (fl), new wings, a complete respray and all chrome new. New mirrors, bumpers front and rear etc.
This is how it looks now. I would have choses different wheels though.

uwbuurman · Post by **uwbuurman** » Sun Oct 11, 2015 6:56 pm

Nice to see it is in good hands, but it doesn't look like iTS comming back soon though.

bmw e12 e21 · Post by **bmw e12 e21** » Mon Oct 12, 2015 7:56 pm

It's a very nice car, but the rims are not my style.
It even had a 250ps engine in it.

Peter E12 525 · Post by **Peter E12 525** » Mon Oct 12, 2015 8:18 pm

is it the same car? now it has a type 2 nose on it ???

Peter_P · Post by **Peter_P** » Mon Oct 12, 2015 9:34 pm

Yes, definitely the same car. I received other pic's of the interior from the guy I sold it to.
Don't know why he chose to use a type 2 nose after his accident. Maybe type 1 is nla

uwbuurman · Post by **uwbuurman** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 8:03 pm

whats the difference between typ I and II?

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