In late 2007 I got myself a 1987 320 chromie in zinnober red with 132,000 miles on it. I'd heard that the 320 is a little lacking in power but I was unprepared for how slow it was compared to the 325. This was put right by swapping the engine from the (now sorn) 325 into it.
m20b25 engine on it's way out:
and here it is:
ready to go in here:
It hammered it down with rain on the final day of the swap and it wasn't fun so I didn't take any pictures. It did start first time though, which was nice.
After that I swapped the front struts and arb. Then I got rid of the bottletops and fitted a set of mims:
The bodywork is in pretty good condition but needed a little sorting. The wheelarch lips are starting to go:
And once I'd summoned up enough courage I took the rear cards out to see how the inner arches looked. The drivers side looked good, confidence was growing:
And then dissappeared again when I saw the passenger side inner arch:
It is only a small hole though and it didn't look as if too much filth had got through into the car. It can be seen here from the outside. The rest of the passenger side inner arch looks ok:
The front section of the inner drivers side dosesn't look too good though, I can move the bottom bit with my hand!
Although it's going to cost more than I paid for it I thought that for a chromie it's in pretty good nick and well worth saving. So I found myself a bodyshop and booked it in.
The bodyshop are going to take photos as the work progresses so hopefully I'll have a few of the work being done in the next few days...
