Everything's comeplete, save for the rear section of rain gutter that is impossible to find. I've a guy taking some 320i front sections and bending them to fit so hopefully those will be installed before too much time goes by.
Behind it is the now deceased 535 turbo. While it looks just fine, picture what can happen when the driveshaft self destructs at 70mph under full boost. The floor looks as if a bomb went off under it and it is now a total wreck. The whole right side was pushed up at least 8" and is not fixable. Thankfully an unmolested and completely original chassis has been procured so all of the goodies will get transferred to it over the winter.
taken from the front door opening. It's hard to see but the floor is pushed up a good 8 to 10 inches
The small divot in the tar is where the rear section dug into the pavement and "pogosticked" the car. Then the rear locked up with the resulting skid marks. Thank GOD, for some reason I knew what was happening, didn't panic. Notice the bridge??? We could have easily gone over
The e28's motor is pretty built up. It's running a TCD S2 turbo and a bunch of other mods on top of that. My wife was driving it to work every day so I pulled the boost back to 10psi from 15 (she's got a lead foot). I'm guessing it was in the 325whp range when it blew, down from an estimated 380-400 or thereabouts. It throws out gobs and gobs of torque and that was what killed the driveshft.
The BAUR however looks great! If I remember correctly it's Henna, right? I read somewhere that due to enviromental issues painters could no longer reproduce the non-clearcoat colors - is that right?
My car will get at "ground-up" restoration and I'm contemplating wether to go with Henna or change to another E21 color...
It was difficult finding anything other than base/clear.
What I don't like about the base/clear is that touching up a scratch or ding turns into redoing an entire panel or any many cases, the entire side. Feathering anything in is almost impossible. I'm told there are now some clearcoats that are designed to be feathered in, meaning spot repairs may be possible.
The small divot in the tar is where the rear section dug into the pavement and "pogosticked" the car. Then the rear locked up with the resulting skid marks. Thank GOD, for some reason I knew what was happening, didn't panic. Notice the bridge??? We could have easily gone over
