YAP (yet another project)

[hakhawk]

yep,the time has come for me to buy another car, and this time, something different, a 1980 e21 318i bmw

ok, so its not really gonna be another project... just yet.

for now, i will get it registered and dad will drive it to work and such, as a daily, and i can rehone my manual driving skill in it, as none of the commodores in the house are manual.

just going to clean it up, fresh lick of factory red paint on it and maybe some nice wheels. still undecided on lowering it, as its irs and the wheels already sit on a fair angle, and well, it looked quite good on the road at its current height.

will drop a different motor into it next year, turbo,unsure what yet, i have a few ideas though.

update, some brighter pics in the sun.






now for the bad, the rust









cracked dash, doesnt worry me, but ill replace it if i find a cheap good one, and not too bad interior, need new seats though.




stone chips galore, will give it a fresh lick of the factory red later on



dash and wheel, the wheel had a red pad on it, looked crap. gotta change the wheel anyway, grips getting loose



engine, 1.8ltr bmw m10 i think, mechanical injection, dodgy pod filter, extractors fitted at some stage!!
i whacked a new dizzy cap, rotor, leads and plugs in, runs 10 times better than when we picked it up. will drop some fresh oil and filters in it next week

[greenfoam]

Ohh, it's the boy from Toorak :P

[1991_Vn2nV]

Ahh nice to see pics

But man, real men drive subaru daily's

[greenfoam]

I don't know anyone non female that drives a subaru

[minux]

Originally Posted by greenfoam

I don't know anyone non female that drives a subaru

With you on that, maybe real women drive subaru dailies (Joke)

Anyways, i am really looking forward to seeing this come along.

[greenfoam]

Yeah I've got a little BMW fetish myself, very sensible light and good handling base car for a track/fun car which I think is what Troy wants to do with it

[1991_Vn2nV]

Nothing wrong with having a feminine side

Can't wait to see what you end up doing with the engine man, should be another top project.

[minux]

Originally Posted by 1991_Vn2nV

Nothing wrong with having a feminine side

Can't wait to see what you end up doing with the engine man, should be another top project.

I dont think there is anything right with it either

Sorry for hijacking your thread troy, you can always clean it up if need be

[hakhawk]

haha, i sure can, its all good tho, dont needto be serious about everything!!

[hakhawk]

update, new pics on first post. lots of work, but it might turn out a decent little car

[ephect]

MG this thread is full of Mod's

*crawls back under shell*

good luck with it haks, i'll be seeing this one in person for sure, just give me a month!

engine shots?

[greenfoam]

Ah common man, all this crying you made over the rust, I expected it to be bad not that pussy little bit. My VP will be rusted worse than that in another 5 years :P, you need to hang out with some vintage car guys that rebuild a whole car from half a door