'The Old Hound' 1986 Tech 1

[bab-91]

I would like to learn to weld but this won't be my guinea pig

I have a friend who does body work for Lindsey Ford, So this will cost me more than money. I'll be in his debt for life. He fitted coilovers to my first car and I still hear about it

[snakebrain]

He fitted coilovers to my first car

Bab's shameful past gradually begins to emerge..

[bab-91]

You don't know the half of it. Captain OEM used to drive a blacked out astra with angel eyes and hella rear lights + bangin konig rimz to boot.

Ah the folly of youth!

[e30topless]

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Apart from that 50p sized scab on the inner arch, it's actually in pretty decent order.

once a grinder is fired up to clean that area looking for good metal, I doubt it will be 50p sized..

[snakebrain]

I was exaggerating about the 50p. It's more like a 10p I think..

You don't know the half of it. Captain OEM used to drive a blacked out astra with angel eyes and hella rear lights + bangin konig rimz to boot.

Ah the folly of youth! Smile

Brave. I'd probably rather admit to putting minced kittens in horsemeat burgers..

[snakebrain]

The wrong is strong with this one....

[bab-91]

I've channeled my wrongness away from raping kittens into my houndstooth fetish.

Being a wrong'un.... its a process

[polsta]

have you not even trated them inners yet then bab ? get a load of fertan etc and just cake it in the stuff, at least it will halt it a bit

[bab-91]

I haven't had time to do much. Dyed my parcel shelf with autogylm fabric dye. After many coats I'm on my third tin and it's not staying black. Going to give suede dye a go....

But to make up for the lack of progress I bought myself a prezzie to cheer myself up

(spot the dog!)



Mr Dave also sold me a new interior, recaro LS's + replacement houndstooth covers!



The passenger side seat base seemed bent when I unwrapped them. It wasn't until I put the seat in the car that I realised how bad it was. The back of the seat is riding 6 inches higher than the front. That will teach me for not forking out for insurance

So I will be rebuilding both seats in the near future. Kos has been a complete hero with the recaro's and did alot of the running work for me.

have you not even trated them inners yet then bab ? get a load of fertan etc and just cake it in the stuff, at least it will halt it a bit

Not yet chap. Car is in a nice warm garage and the rust can eat into that arch as much as it pleases as I'm warming to the idea of getting it seen to rather soon.

[maggspower]

Nice chairs

bab-91. You will have a pm in a minute.

[bab-91]

Nice chairs

bab-91. You will have a pm in a minute.

Cheers, I love them!

[Rav335uk]

Did you get my PM about the seats?

[bab-91]

Did you get my PM about the seats?

I did Rav, Cheers!

I seen the length of the thread and bookmarked it for a day I could sit down and go through it. I went though the first link 'capital seating' and I couldn't see recaro LS's.

[jimbom30cab]

After many coats I'm on my third tin and it's not staying black. Going to give suede dye a go....

funny that as i tried to dye my shelf today and it wont go black eigher, i used the valeters pride stuff which was brilliant on the carpets. Be interested to see how you suade dye goes

cheers

[snakebrain]

Mr Dave also sold me a new interior, recaro LS's + replacement houndstooth covers!

I shouldn't encourage it, but those will be epic with the houndstooth..

[bab-91]

I doubt the fetish could get worse with encouragement...

Although a houndstooth suit would be b!tching

I bought the heated seat elements for the sports seats.

They will be fine going into the recaro's?

[snakebrain]

Something like this?



Heated houndstooth Recaros?! You swanky bastard. I'm guessing it'll work, but don't quote me on that when your suit gets scorched..

[bab-91]

No a suit made out of the actual bmw-oem-rightness houndstooth cloth!


The heated seat elements where for cloth sport seats so it shouldn't light me up like a burning effigy.

The above suit is rather

[Kos]

Something like this?



Heated houndstooth Recaros?! You swanky bastard. I'm guessing it'll work, but don't quote me on that when your suit gets scorched..

Looks like a Swiss Tony suit

[maggspower]

Something like this?



Heated houndstooth Recaros?! You swanky bastard. I'm guessing it'll work, but don't quote me on that when your suit gets scorched..

Looks like a Swiss Tony suit

"Sliding into a Recaro LS, clad in the finest german hounstooth, is alot like making love to a beautiful woman"

[Kos]

A bmw tech one sport is much like a beautiful woman, you stand back and admire and lust after great lines from the outside but on the inside, she hides her rough dirty side which all e30 peados love

[snakebrain]

Houndstooth hat?

[Kedge]

The passenger side seat base seemed bent when I unwrapped them. It wasn't until I put the seat in the car that I realised how bad it was. The back of the seat is riding 6 inches higher than the front. That will teach me for not forking out for insurance

They that bad?!?!?

I've been told of someone that might have some Recaro frames knocking about, PM me if you want some more info.

[bab-91]

Unfortunately so! Although it gives me an excuse to rebuilt the seats!!

I'm going to price recaro parts through bm but they could be extortionate, you will have PM shortly!

[Duke137]

Unfortunately so! Although it gives me an excuse to rebuilt the seats!!

I'm going to price recaro parts through bm but they could be extortionate, you will have PM shortly!

Alot of the parts are NLA Robert

[Kedge]

Like Ferg says, there isn't much available. Just a couple of handles and the cover I chucked in.

[bab-91]

Are the frames and seat rails still not available?? seem to be on realoem.

[Rav335uk]

Nla

[bab-91]

[maggspower]

What parts are bent? One of my seats had seen some serious pie eater action and had broke the suport wings on the back, but this is a relitively easy repair.

You got any pics of where and how bent it is. Whilst not ideal, with a bit perserverence metal can be put back to its original shape.

[bab-91]

The rails. How they managed it..... I don't know. Also one of the support wings but I was expecting them to be broke from reading the recaro thread.

I'll try to get some pictures up Byron. I had considered just bending them back but for the severity of the bend it will never be straight.

I'm sitting making my parts list at the moment. So I'll get in touch with bmw tomorrow and make sure all parts are NLA.

[snakebrain]

I cast an eye over the fabled Tech I yesterday and can report it is a lovely thing indeed. The stash of houndstooth is an eye-opener too!

On the seats, my best guess is that a hydraulic tail lift or something similar was lowered onto the left hand side of one of them during transit. That whole side of the base is crushed/distorted, from the bolster through to the rail below - definitely not just a bit of casual rough handling...

[Gert_8]

So Bab, you were the lucky buyer of that sweet looking car?! I recall seeing the ad and thought it looked stunning.

Good work so far. subscribed to your thread..!

[polsta]

I cast an eye over the fabled Tech I yesterday and can report it is a lovely thing indeed. The stash of houndstooth is an eye-opener too!

what stash

[snakebrain]

I cast an eye over the fabled Tech I yesterday and can report it is a lovely thing indeed. The stash of houndstooth is an eye-opener too!

what stash

Well, I didn't want to get too close as there were some dubious stains in the vicinity...