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Hi everybody!

I think it's about time to show You guys my project, The 323i from 1980. The restoratioon began in 2005 and I wish to finish it for the summer 2009.

Everybody who wishes to see more pics please visit my gallery here:

http://beemka-klub.pl/forum/viewtopic.php?t=32948

It's started like this



Cuting and welding















Sandblasting uderbody



Before painting





Puting it all together













Insulation









New hood (oryginal BMW)





and



just before painting







and the final result (086 schwarz - colour from 1980 BMW E21)







Mercedes can bring "Freude am Fahren"















More pics will follow.

That has been a whole lot of work. Result is very nice.

Hope you can drive in it very soon.

Greetings Peter V.

Hey Mcinek i wish you also much fun with your BABY!! *Paint it black* Looks nice!!

Cool!!

Work in progress





















I made a litlle mistake when restoring the padlbox. Gas pedal frame is painted black. It should be galwanized and latelly I took it out from the car and corrected it. Now everything is like it was when the car was new.









Front lamps before



and after



Tail lamps (New OEM)



on it's place

very very nice!

how long did it took to sandblast whole car? and did you before blasting removed undercoat?

J.K.jr.bad. wrote:very very nice!

how long did it took to sandblast whole car? and did you before blasting removed undercoat?

The car was sandblasted to remove the undercoat. After sandblasting we discovered holes that were not noticable before. So it was very usefull. And we removed the rust completly. We also sanblasted the trunk, engine bay and the interior. The rust is gone

Very nice work

Wow amazing work!!!!!

Wish someday for mine to be as quality as yours.

wonderful aboslutley faultless work! i will be watching this thread very closely!

New toys:) Still waiting for H&R springs.

hi mate, glad to see your still with us keep the pics coming fantastic resto
can't wait to see it finished. have you got an idea of how much it cost so far...




....ayds

Spy shots from my garage:)

New OEM headliner















Glazing

fantastic job you've made of the headlining there!! well done!! keep up the good work! i think this ones gonna be quite beautiful when its finished, not far away now!