E30 Zone

Well its about time this one was pulled out of the den and seen some light.

Picked this low owner Tech 1 sport up in early 2012, was bit of a sad story behind it. Previous owner parked it up outside his house for a year and within that year someone had pinched silly things of it, owner did not notice until the front seats went missing .

Then for the next 12 years it was laid up in a lock up, and that's when I got it!

Plan is to make it as new and original as possible

Where it was hiding for 12 years



Coming out of hibernation









So after almost two years in my ownership its finally getting the attention it deserves.








And the pulling it apart started

Nice clean tech 1 kit, rot free bumpers, all the correct tech under shields and ducts




After inspecting it properly last week with a sharp object was pretty pleased with it.

All the front half of the car is pretty much solid, floors are good but jacking points need cleaning up, bulkhead, scuttle, chassis, roof are all fine.










Engine bay looking a bit messy




The rusty bits are rear inner arches, back panel needs some attention, boot battery tray and rear arches, and rear half of the sills.

rear arhes













Back panel





Battery tray



Sill dented



So after a long discussion with Sytner this lot turned up yesterday.





Brand new quarters, Inner arches, back panel and some other seals etc

On order is a hole load of other trims, clips etc to get this project moving.

Will update with more pics and progress this week

Watching this one

At least you have easy access to plenty of spares !!

Looking forward to this thread very much

There's clearly not enough rust

New BMW panels FTW

Another one saved!

About time boys, definitely worth saving!!

Glad your putting one back on the road

Another Tech1 saved

Another Tech1 saved

Another one saved from the car to toaster merchants!


Watching this

So a bit of a update

back panel removed and areas all cleaned

After that was done the battery tray was removed and a replacement was welded in.



Once the tray was done the d/s quarter was drilled/picked out along with the inner arch.




Temporarily holding the inner arch in place



As long as there are no distractions hopefully by the end of the week should have one side done and the other side started

pacerpete wrote:

Pete we know your jealous

Nice ... all new parts a˜Š

Strong work going on here!

How much did brand new inners & outer panels cost you?

Great project. Nice Land-Rover too - is it a proper Military-sepc one?

Haven't got as much done as wanted

But a Bit more progress

Inner arch spot welded on





Some more new Items received from the dealers

Filler neck rubbers



And a Ebay bargain

Complete front bumper mounting kit for a Tech 1 Brand New Old Stock



Will update a bit more this week hopefully

SteSE wrote:Strong work going on here!

How much did brand new inners & outer panels cost you?

Not to sure as my brother ordered it all, Plus I have ordered two of each item and a whole load of other new parts.

Speedtouch wrote:Great project. Nice Land-Rover too - is it a proper Military-sepc one?

No Idea about the land rover was the previous owners car when I picked the Tech 1

wow!! looks like you guys got stuck in to that one!
looks awesome boys keep it up

Good luck!

its been slow progress since last week so not much progress

The driver side quarter, inner arch and battery tray is all welded up and looks great

I know the pics are crap!

Battery tray meeting the quarter



Quarter all in place and welded up

Nice work. What's the turd lurking in the background?

Speedtouch wrote:Nice work. What's the turd lurking in the background?

Thanks

Turd in the back is a low owner E9 3.0 CSi will be up for sale very soon!

Nice save on this one!

Nice work lads

Bit of an update

Not much as hoped but have to put it on hold when work comes in!

Interior has been stripped, roof lining out, sunroof out and inspected and well happy with no rust issues there.

Drivers quarter is done just needs sealing but will do that all together once the whole back end is done.

The passenger quarter and inner arch has all been picked off and areas all cleaned.

Bit more rust was found on the sill up to the door so its all been picked off ready for a new sill section.

A couple of pics

Hero!

What a superb thread

Thanks for the comments guys always appreciated

I wont take the credit for the work though My brothers the welder!

Pete is jealous of the commitment

Well done for fixing it

Good stuff pal, always good to see one getting done properly!

bmw-mad wrote:
And a Ebay bargain

Complete front bumper mounting kit for a Tech 1 Brand New Old Stock

Bugger, could've done with that myself

Kedge wrote:Good stuff pal, always good to see one getting done properly!

bmw-mad wrote:
And a Ebay bargain

Complete front bumper mounting kit for a Tech 1 Brand New Old Stock

Bugger, could've done with that myself

Just got lucky right place at the right time

Passenger side is not far off from being done

Some pictures

The sill section was cleaned up and spot welded on






Then the inner arch was spot welded on







And the quarter is half way done





Back panel temporarily hanged on



Hopefully side will all be complete tomorrow and enough time back panel might be on

Nice work boys,is that another quarter panel all boxed up?

l16ydl wrote:Nice work boys,is that another quarter panel all boxed up?

It is indeed, all the panels have been ordered twice one set for this sport and the other set for the C1 Alpina

Not much done today as we was waiting for some bits to turn up for the welder as its playing up.

So decided to get the inside stripped

So dash carpet has all come out well happy with results

some more pics

passenger foot well area





Driver side foot well area





And the bulkhead



No ROT