E30 Minor car restoration work needed for MOT

Doing a minor build / restoration or an epic one, post it here

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Post Thu Apr 23, 2026 9:15 am

Glad to see progress on this. Keep up the good work.
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Post Mon May 25, 2026 4:38 pm

Trying to post up pictures and the website fails to load up and I lose the website. I'll try again as I have ton of pics to put up.
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Post Mon May 25, 2026 7:22 pm

Does this help: viewtopic.php?f=114&t=277018

May be out of date now.

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Post Mon May 25, 2026 7:26 pm

Your previous images are being blocked for me.

I can see them if I use a non UK VPN.

Very odd.

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Post Fri Jun 05, 2026 5:24 pm

Hi,

A few pics showing the extent of the work done. I have to post very litle in one post otherwise it crashes.
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Post Sat Jun 06, 2026 1:55 pm

Both sides of the inner wheel arch was corroded.
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Post Sun Jun 07, 2026 3:03 pm

Both inner and outer sill had gone.
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Post Sun Jun 07, 2026 3:24 pm

The front has rust patches around frame where the radiator sits.
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Post Sun Jun 07, 2026 6:01 pm

Both wings I bought from Valcas Garage in Nroway. Brian cut the bottoms of the them to use on the original wings as they are a better fit than the Valcas wings.
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