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And with the rubbers back on.



I had 1 rustspot, which needed attention.

Took out the seats and mouldings



The rust is between the panels





Took it out





And some rustconverter applied.

Almost end of March 2015, some not much time left. I need to have it running before April 11th, the e21 springdrive.

Made me a donorplate





All the rust is gone. I could open up more material, but I’m affraid in no time I have two projects on my hands… So I cleaned it as good as possible and coated it with epoxy.



Also the donor material



When it was dry, welded it in..

sanded



Again epoxy.







Next week paint..

Man, I love the Alpina's!!

on April 2015 we had the BMWe21.net Springdrive and Meet. She was up for it!

Fast forward to August 2015

Somewhere in 2014 I impregnated the top. At my family vacationhome, where we stayed over in the summer, we had a couple of rainy days. Nice to see how the roof reacts to that
Besides that, the boot takes on water. My guess it it runs behind the rear lights.

So I changed out the seals on the rear lights.




goner!





alsmost goner:



New is better!

And the, October 13... (tuesday, not Friday). It was not a good day. It passed the MOT, but with lots of remarks. 1 shockabsorber leaks, a couple of bad balljoints, some torn rubbers. No more delay, I have to take care of the undercarriage this winter.

I ordered:
- Eibach anti roll kit
- Hartge style front strutbar
- Bilstein B6 front and rear
- Front swingarms, all rubbers, new steering rods
- New stabi links, front and rear
- New rear axle round rubbers
- Front and rear top mount rubbers
- E36 swingarm rubbers (more solid, see pic)

You see: Nice one piece strutbar, model Hartge. A set of Eibach stabi’s with rubbers, a set Bilstein B6 shocks, topmounts, rubbers.



beside that some nee swingarms front, new streeringrods, an other subframe front and a reinforceent kit for that subframe from Turner Motorsport in de good ol' US of A.



I up for the task now, I will try to fit it in de Christmas holidays...

Oh, and I bought a new sandblaster!!

The places where I'm gonna weld I blasted.



I grinded down the plates.



And welded it in



Also a long weld on the backside.



And the reinforcement welded in.