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Thu Jan 09, 2014 8:35 pm

Moving to a bigger garage so there will be updates on both cars as theres room at the back for these...watch this space
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Thu Jan 09, 2014 8:39 pm

Is that the car I saw in Southampton, Pete?
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Thu Jan 09, 2014 8:46 pm

Love those wheels 8) Wish I could find a pair :(
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Thu Jan 09, 2014 8:53 pm

TPS wrote:Is that the car I saw in Southampton, Pete?
Thats the one.
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Fri Jan 10, 2014 8:58 am

Loving that calypso gem...
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Fri Jan 10, 2014 9:03 am

I love Calypso, best colour E30 imo
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Fri Jan 10, 2014 9:08 am

sweep wrote:yes mate i have spent a lot of money on them getting them upto scratch.
How did you get those seat belt buttons looking like that? If they've been restored I'm super-impressed! 8O
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Fri Jan 10, 2014 9:08 am

TPS wrote:I love Calypso, best colour E30 imo
Is my current flavour too.. Looks great on all shapes of E30..
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Fri Jan 10, 2014 5:56 pm

sweep wrote:Just a quick one of the seats fitted
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WHERE did you get seats that nice from?!!! :)
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Fri Jan 10, 2014 6:51 pm

Coventry gert...then spent some money getting them upto scratch
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Fri Jan 10, 2014 6:53 pm

sweep wrote:Coventry gert...then spent some money getting them upto scratch
What did you have to do. They like pristine :)
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Fri Jan 10, 2014 7:03 pm

replace a bolster,and reconelised them
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Fri Jan 10, 2014 7:07 pm

sweep wrote:replace a bolster,and reconelised them
You did that yourself? How difficult was it? :)
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Fri Jan 10, 2014 7:14 pm

Time consuming thats all
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Fri Jan 10, 2014 7:17 pm

What tools you use?
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Fri Jan 10, 2014 7:18 pm

Great colour calypso and those seats look mint. Like this car alot keep up the good work :cool:
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Fri Jan 10, 2014 7:22 pm

Fastroad wrote:What tools you use?
And where did you buy the new leather from.

Start a tread for the wiki. :)
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Fri Jan 10, 2014 7:23 pm

leather was from another seat and i used a ammer a jizel.
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Fri Jan 10, 2014 7:25 pm

sweep wrote:leather was from another seat and i used a ammer a jizel.
Cowboy!! :)
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Fri Jan 10, 2014 7:26 pm

If only i knew as much as some on this forum i would run my own garage.
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Mon Feb 17, 2014 7:01 pm

A quick update on the garage ...its getting there.

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Mon Feb 17, 2014 11:52 pm

Nice use of garage space :D
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Mon Feb 17, 2014 11:59 pm

oomz1975 wrote:Nice use of garage space :D
He could move those carlos fandango seats and get another e30 in there.

Looking good, Sweep.

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Tue Feb 18, 2014 12:08 am

it's getting there Pete :D

why didn't ken do that so he could work inside :D
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Tue Feb 18, 2014 6:06 pm

Ken was only waiting for a telegram from the queen...
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Thu Feb 20, 2014 11:58 pm

Very cool indeed :cool:
M20B25 actually :)
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Fri Feb 21, 2014 4:10 pm

I could only dream that the E30 Shell I got from you will one day look half as good as this. Great effort looks spot on.

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Fri Feb 21, 2014 8:43 pm

Nice new garage you have there, is it far away from the old place?
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Fri Feb 21, 2014 8:58 pm

Same yard but im in the big garage at the bottom,we now have the whole yard and slowly weather permitting doing it all up.
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Sat Jul 12, 2014 8:54 pm

Managed to get 2 minutes to have a tinker with this today ..its now sporting working headlight wash wipe :)

New washer fluid tank to fit and e46 rack next.
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Tue Jul 15, 2014 6:48 am

Those are the wheels I'm looking for! Looks great
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Tue Jul 15, 2014 7:01 am

Next step washer tank cap refurbishment..

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Thu Jul 31, 2014 8:20 pm

Well since more or less taking over the yard i rented a unit in i have bought several more e30's for breaking , i also have plenty of work involving e30's for repairs etc aswell as parts orders coming out of my ears to wrap and courier out , so my updates really have been poor on this car so i have been trying to have a few hours here and there - normally saturday dinner times,
so here goes..Had the odd smell of fuel whilst been in and around the car so decided to replace bulkhead to engine fuel pipes..

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Imported a complete set of minty fresh premium speakers and fitted them also...fronts to be
fitted soon :)

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Mon Sep 15, 2014 6:44 pm

15 horses?!...maybe

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Mon Sep 15, 2014 8:11 pm

That's a pretty collection of metal..
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