E21 323i - ex315 from Croatia

ac/dennis · Post by **ac/dennis** » Sat May 17, 2008 5:34 pm

Good job Mihaljo,

I have almost the same pics with the same rotness from when i was restoring my e21

Mihajlo · Post by **Mihajlo** » Wed May 21, 2008 7:51 pm

some progress is made again....

I'm very disapionted with previous owner's mechanic's work.
He glued parts with sylicone kit and make no protection on "new" parts he puted on, so after one winter everything came to surface....

I have no pictures at present of my new green tinted rear window, but I'll get them this weekend.

Mihajlo · Post by **Mihajlo** » Mon May 26, 2008 10:32 pm

here is green tinted window...

does anybody knows if rear spoiler from M535i came with some other model unstead? (I think that someone on forum have that spoiler)

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Tue May 27, 2008 6:06 am

I think it was available as an option for any e12. I had a 528i that had 5 speed, rear spoiler, LSD and Recaros from new. Why the original owner didn't just buy an M535i I don't know!

Mihajlo · Post by **Mihajlo** » Tue May 27, 2008 2:40 pm

RetroBeemer wrote:Why the original owner didn't just buy an M535i I don't know!

probably because of the neighbors so they don't say he's wealthy...

Mihajlo · Post by **Mihajlo** » Tue May 27, 2008 8:20 pm

again some progress

--ALPINA-- · Post by **--ALPINA--** » Tue May 27, 2008 9:45 pm

Good clean progress, i like that.

j

Mihajlo · Post by **Mihajlo** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 12:13 am

today we remowed:
exhaust system, mufler is asso (all brand new)
fuel tank
complete rear axle including driveshaft
rear suspension also band new
rear glass (unfortunatley we broke plastics pieces that have to be remowed before remowing glass)
I have no pics of done job.

maybe tomorow or other day.

gerrit323 · Post by **gerrit323** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 8:19 pm

Keep up the good work ... like to see the finished car already ... will look great ... any idea about the color yet??

Gerrit

Mihajlo · Post by **Mihajlo** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 9:47 pm

gerrit323 wrote:Keep up the good work ... like to see the finished car already ... will look great ... any idea about the color yet??

Gerrit

Thanx for good wishes!
I hope it'll be M.O.T ready at end of july.
I'm thinking for color but it will definitley be red.
what do you think about Veteiks car colour? it's from Škoda Superb or BMW Imola Red 2.

Mihajlo · Post by **Mihajlo** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 9:56 am

hello!
this is what has been done in last 2 or 3 days...

rear wheel arch has been cut off and rusty part remowed.
inner arch is like new now, and on top of it's brand new arch.

Mihajlo · Post by **Mihajlo** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:55 pm

f****n rust!

I'm sick of it!

we found out that left panel was replaced probably 20 years ago when the car was still "new", but it was a pro who was doing it.

rear lights almost fall apart when we tried to remove them.

Mihajlo · Post by **Mihajlo** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:21 pm

some holes have been fixed in past fiew days...

and right side will be like new again very soon...

ac/dennis · Post by **ac/dennis** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:29 pm

Youre doing a great job!
Remember to save the pictures, because when youre all done and have painted the car again, nobody will know all the work you have done. Wich means you did a great job

Mihajlo · Post by **Mihajlo** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:39 pm

all pics are on hdd.

my brother did the same when he was doing his corolla ae86.