E9 3.0csi Restoration - Duracel79
Re: E9 3.0csi Restoration - Duracel79
The non jacking pads for shell painting, which include the fuel pipe protection guard:
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1983 316 (Taiga Thunder - The refined S54 Race car)
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Re: E9 3.0csi Restoration - Duracel79
Great!!! I cut out those big round holes to fit the original caps in the center of the floorboards. This looks ok, but original is better looking car won't see any snow or rain again, so it shouldn't be a problem.
What tool do you use to bend that sheetmetal?
What tool do you use to bend that sheetmetal?
Re: E9 3.0csi Restoration - Duracel79
Yes we will be cutting out the holes to fit the floor plugs, the holes are needed for draining during dip-coating.uwbuurman wrote:Great!!! I cut out those big round holes to fit the original caps in the center of the floorboards. This looks ok, but original is better looking car won't see any snow or rain again, so it shouldn't be a problem.
What tool do you use to bend that sheetmetal?
As for tools, mostly normal hand tools, vices, lengths of bar stock (round / box section etc) etc.
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1983 316 (Taiga Thunder - The refined S54 Race car)
1982 635csiA (New project)
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2004 330d Touring (The Daily Hack / Tow Car / Load lugger)
1983 316 (Taiga Thunder - The refined S54 Race car)
1982 635csiA (New project)
1985 728iA (For Sale)
2004 330d Touring (The Daily Hack / Tow Car / Load lugger)
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Re: E9 3.0csi Restoration - Duracel79
WOW what a mammoth build so glad i found this can't wait for the next instalment
thE E9 is my fav of all time, great work Ben
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thE E9 is my fav of all time, great work Ben
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Re: E9 3.0csi Restoration - Duracel79
my friend had the same experience with his E9, car looked normal when he bought it in italy, then...all hell went loose when he started to chisel the filler from the car.
hats off sir !
hats off sir !
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Re: E9 3.0csi Restoration - Duracel79
These E9s and to a lesser exetnt the 2002s are now becoming rare and valuable enough to restore- why doesn't someone make the entire body - as they do for Jeeps:
http://mdjuan.com.ph/civilian/?model=cj7
and you can even buy an entire Camaro bodyshell:
http://dynacornbodies.com/body-shells/camaro/
ps Wish Dynacorn could make an E9 bodyshell for you!
http://mdjuan.com.ph/civilian/?model=cj7
and you can even buy an entire Camaro bodyshell:
http://dynacornbodies.com/body-shells/camaro/
ps Wish Dynacorn could make an E9 bodyshell for you!
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Re: E9 3.0csi Restoration - Duracel79
Hmmmm nothing you see for any BMW huh?
Regards/groeten, Jeroen
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Re: E9 3.0csi Restoration - Duracel79
not yet- but perhaps someone should contact them?
Regards
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Re: E9 3.0csi Restoration - Duracel79
Sorry its been a little while, still been busy working away.
Trial fitted the pedal box to get the throttle pedal position and welded the mount in:
Started work on the strut tops, first we made a brace to retain the location:
The cracked on with removing the bad metal to see what was needed, I was a bit slack with taking photos so things may jump about a bit:
After that was all back together we removed the whole front panel to replace the splash guards and do lots more repairs on the front panel:
Cheers
Ben
Trial fitted the pedal box to get the throttle pedal position and welded the mount in:
Started work on the strut tops, first we made a brace to retain the location:
The cracked on with removing the bad metal to see what was needed, I was a bit slack with taking photos so things may jump about a bit:
After that was all back together we removed the whole front panel to replace the splash guards and do lots more repairs on the front panel:
Cheers
Ben
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1982 323i (S54 "Test Mule" - to be rebuilt into M20 powered track car)
1983 316 (Taiga Thunder - The refined S54 Race car)
1982 635csiA (New project)
1985 728iA (For Sale)
2004 330d Touring (The Daily Hack / Tow Car / Load lugger)
1983 316 (Taiga Thunder - The refined S54 Race car)
1982 635csiA (New project)
1985 728iA (For Sale)
2004 330d Touring (The Daily Hack / Tow Car / Load lugger)
Re: E9 3.0csi Restoration - Duracel79
Well, just realised we missed taking pics of quite a bit (was busy with the E21 - must update that as well).
The front panel went back on and we repaired the front wings before getting them back on.
First pic was a coffee break before the second wing went on:
We also went round the rest of the shell fixing bits and bobs like this extra hole in the rear panel:
Cheers
Ben
The front panel went back on and we repaired the front wings before getting them back on.
First pic was a coffee break before the second wing went on:
We also went round the rest of the shell fixing bits and bobs like this extra hole in the rear panel:
Cheers
Ben
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1982 323i (S54 "Test Mule" - to be rebuilt into M20 powered track car)
1983 316 (Taiga Thunder - The refined S54 Race car)
1982 635csiA (New project)
1985 728iA (For Sale)
2004 330d Touring (The Daily Hack / Tow Car / Load lugger)
1983 316 (Taiga Thunder - The refined S54 Race car)
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2004 330d Touring (The Daily Hack / Tow Car / Load lugger)
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Re: E9 3.0csi Restoration - Duracel79
Pretty drastic steps, but this e9 is already much better than when you started! Keep up this great work!!
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Re: E9 3.0csi Restoration - Duracel79
What a lot of work you already have done.
Gr Peter V.
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.Some say he eats nuts and bolts for breakfast, all we know is he is called the carburetorman.
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Re: E9 3.0csi Restoration - Duracel79
F... rust
You don't know how much you have to cut off until you start scratching... And there is more and more and MORE of it..
Nice to see you know the job and you are not afraid of do it as it should be done.
I'm looking forward to see it back on the wheels and with 0% of rust on it.
You don't know how much you have to cut off until you start scratching... And there is more and more and MORE of it..
Nice to see you know the job and you are not afraid of do it as it should be done.
I'm looking forward to see it back on the wheels and with 0% of rust on it.
Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car. Oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car.
Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall. Torque is how far you take the wall with you.
Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall. Torque is how far you take the wall with you.
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Re: E9 3.0csi Restoration - Duracel79
legends
looking forward to you nx instalments...
atb Ayds
looking forward to you nx instalments...
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