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It's been a long old road getting it to where it is at the moment. Still not finished, quite a few bits to go.

Before:



The stripping down begins:





Rust around windscreen:



The MadMax look:







Old rusty arches cut out and new ones put in:



Prep work begins:

Painting begins:





By this stage all rust has been cut out, new metal/panels welded in, has been sprayed and has just rolled out of the oven:





Trim, lights etc start going back on:

You must be very excited

What coour is it? Looks a bit like thurmalin grun, or is it?

How it looks now:











I must admit I was blown away when I first saw it! Really really chuffed, the bodyshop guy did an awesome job, really took his time on it but it was definitely worth the wait.

Some of the changes include: smoked front lights, red rear light clusters, colour coded mirrors, chrome door handles, Alpina rear spoiler taken off, fog lights taken off, Alpina stripes taken off and cool new plates.

Ac/dennis the colour is zyprusgrun I believe.. Oh I'm very excited about it!! Been waiting for about 3 months for this!!

Looks really good surfer!
The pics outside are very nice, the way its lowered, the rimms, all of it !!

Love your board

Really lovely looking e21. The colour really suits it and gives it a classy look. You must be well pleased?!

that is real sweet bro! lovin the transformation.
chrome bits, removing the fogs and spoiler and stripes really do the trick on your ride.
are the stripes stayin off or makin a comeback??
hope to pop over tomoro to see it in the flesh.........

p.s are those the same rims!!!???

Mate - That really does look the bollocks, hope to see it in the flesh at the ace. Do you want to sell me your rear spoiler ?

cracking effort, be good to chat at the ace!

wow im lovin it, i loved your car when you 1st showed us but now it looks the nuts you must be really excited about getting it back on the road, when do you recon it will be finished? just one thing i would have the front fogs! but hey, thats my taste

well done mate


......aydin

the front fogs do look good, am thinking of fitting a pair on mine to be honest make it look somewhat different and thats what you need!!


J

Looks fantastic. The stance is ABSOLUTELY PERFECT in my opinion.
Loving the colour too.
A*

Thanks guys for all the kind words, mucho appreciando.

D Farrell I would've sold you the spoiler but I sold it a couple of months ago to a nice bloke from switzerland via this forum. It funded most of this restoration!

Well I'll be driving it from now, next couple of weeks it will be going back in to get the wilwood calipers and Bilsteins fitted. Hopefully before that I'll try to get the rough idle sorted.

Mark, I'm well pleased with the results. It's externally pretty much how I wanted it, just gotta get the mechanics of it sorted and some of the interior. Oldskoolio, they are the same wheels ... just cleaned!

Bought another set of wheels that will be fitted down the line.. but need to get them refurbed and get the lip polished at the moment.

Look forwards to seeing all you lovely chaps at Ace on Monday.

hi good to see the car back to its former glory. Will be good to see it at one of the meets. I will attend with my baur when resto is finished. What rims are you putting on.