Uwbuurman: 1978 323i polaris: almost done

[uwbuurman]

Inner side of the A pillar. This is where the roof is welded on. No one will ever see it again, but I want it like it should be.



Boot corner under the rear window



Which brings us to the boot. One of the two places with old welds that I kept is the toweye (or whats it called). It was solid but not clean. Now it is.

[uwbuurman]

from the boot to the enginebay.



i did some heavy welding here, like where the brake lines are fitted in the front wheelhouses.



or the bulkhead



and of course below the fusebox.

[uwbuurman]

Back to some loose parts, the wings. Those where not in to good a shape. I had them blasted to clear out the rust and crap on the inside. That revealed some bad spots.

Left





and right





So I repaired it





Fitted on the car:

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As it sat on the car, we saw the next thing…



This hole is needed to fit the not standard but original radioantenna. Nice to see that back in 1978, an antenna was no standard feature. But the hole is not very refined… Besides that, I have the optional electric antenna next tot he bootlid, so this hole can be closed…



We also made an adjustment.The hose that drains the water from the sunroofcassette, goes into the sill thru the A pillar. I don’t want that anymore, so I drilled out the holes in the A pillar, and no we cut out a piece of the front wing, so the hose can go there.

[Duracel79]

Nice looking shell you have there now sir

[BuschBertl]

Nice work like everthing you did before -

[uwbuurman]

Thanks!

@ Ben: your project is also very cool to follow!!
@ Herbert: How is your Edition comming along?

[BuschBertl]

At the Moment i have no time for anything! My son is 13 weeks old and i began to study at friday evening and the hole saturday. In June i am ready with studying - so i hope i can start again with my 323i

[uwbuurman]

Oh ok, congrats on the birth of your son!!!!

[uwbuurman]

One part we’d forgotten on the attic, Improtant part aswell, because it’s the reason I transplanted my roof! The sunroofplate. The car I took this from, was totally rotten, but the roofplate was like new. I also found some partsstickers on the other sunroof parts, so I think they had a new one installed a few years back. Which I have now!





Some more spots on the shell have been sorted

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Those and other spots are sprayed with epoxyprimer.













And onto the roof and valance

[uwbuurman]

The front wings are ready for the first layers of paint





To start with epoxyprimer



Then it was time to sand the complete inside of the loose parts.

The doors:



The bootlid



And the bonnet



The spots where the old seal was removed due to rust on the bootlid and left door are sealed again.

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