A couple of photos before parting out/swapping shells :(

[Beavy_OZ]

I bought a lemon which blew a head gasket and turned out to have un-fixable rust it it... but I love it sooo much! Here are a few pics to share before I part her out and search for a new 318i shell to strip and fit the good bits into:



















No doubt I will be spending hours looking through the galleries for inspiration!

Cheers,

Beavy (Melbourne, AUS)

ps. If anyone can tell me what the hell type of motronic system I have that would be great!
'85 325i ECU # 0 261 200 073 (078), "powerchip 2933"...

[josh-hocking]

looks like youve got a job on your hands here

[Beavy_OZ]

Picked up my new shell today





Engine + Loom swap is the order of the day!

[Beavy_OZ]

Old and new:

[whipsey]

let the fun commence

[shedrool83]

Good luck

[franco90]

keep it original cut a piece off new body and welded it into the old body

[spikuzi]

hey mate looks like u will have a lot of fun.

where about are u in melbourne ?? pm me if u need any help or parts

[Beavy_OZ]

France, the entire section of the car would have to be swapped/welded and it's a bit above me for now. The rust runs from the fuse box all the way to the fuel pump so I think it would be futile to say the least as it would only come back.

Spikuzi, I'm in brunswick but the cars are in mulgrave at my work. I will keep a list of things I break or need, are you a collector as well? Depending on how long it takes I might need some help swapping things over one weekend if you are near mulgrave? Should be fine for now, thanks for the offer

[spikuzi]

i am in Carrum Downs in the weekends, not far from ur work. i might stop by one weekend and see how u going.
anyway i am not a collector, i work for asv euro car parts in campellfield, we do spare parts mainly for bmws and mercs and the rest of the europian cars.

[AlpineAde]

I know Mulgrave well, Beavy. Where's your work?

Shell looks excellent.

Best of luck with your project.

[Beavy_OZ]

BM OZ, in the workshop. Storing the car u the back with all the demo cars

Project is going slowly due to christmas/holidays etc.

A few pics of progress so far:

Wiring loom coming out:


Fixing some surface rust in the footwell:


Battery acid has eaten a hole, prepping for fixing next week:


Engine removal, will be kept for parts:

[spikuzi]

good job man, are u planing to respray the engine bay and the car ??? its a good time to do it while u have everything out of the car.i just finished fixing and spraying my engine bay. it looked worse than yours but looks much better now

[Beavy_OZ]

No moneyz for the respray, spent it all finding a decent shell with a few bonus goodies (rad/lsd/stereo).







Things going well, both cars are stripped and waiting for the engine & loom swap next weekend. Floor/body all done on the golden car, very happy with my progress, however slow it may seem! For the guys hoping to drop by I work at the headquarters in mulgrave and they're kind of anal with security so maybe we should organise a meet once the car's done? Are there any aussie forums like this one?

Thanks for the supportive comments guys

[goosiegander]

Good work there looking forward to seeing the finished article!

[spikuzi]

Yes defiantly we should meet and maybe go out on a cruse. My car should be ready at the end of next month.

Where did u get the lsd from ?

[Beavy_OZ]

LSD was a factory option, very weird as it has the small case! 3.45 fyi. I'm hoping to get the car done by my birthday (1st march), registered a little later, so I would definitely be up for a cruise or just so I can check out someone else's e30! Are they 17's spikuzi?





Engine + Body Wiring loom are across, just have to re-plug everything and do the interior, cooling system, fuel pump and lines, clutch slave, re-wire check control (didn't want to cut the interior to swap), swap the racks (to manual), install an immobiliser, ...the list goes on!

[spikuzi]

they are 17's Beavy.

defiantly we need a cruise sometime in march before the summer ends

why u changing to a manual rack ??

and happy birthday in advance

[AlpineAde]

Things going well, both cars are stripped and waiting for the engine & loom swap next weekend. Floor/body all done on the golden car, very happy with my progress, however slow it may seem! For the guys hoping to drop by I work at the headquarters in mulgrave and they're kind of anal with security so maybe we should organise a meet once the car's done? Are there any aussie forums like this one?

Thanks for the supportive comments guys

http://www.eurocca.net/forums/cmps_index.php

You'll find most of the guys on here.

Good to see it all coming along, man. Keep up the good work.

[Beavy_OZ]

Cheers mate, I'll check it out.

Fuel pump, shifter and dash installed today. Coming along well, even a positive comment or two from the boss

[AlpineAde]

Good to see the progress, mate. Keep at it! Looking good!