Beemerlad's M52 Chromie

[Jhonno]

front jacking points are solid

The car is costing me £100 so I don't have issue with having some rear arches to sort out

and rear panel..

If you want it, go for it!

[Alex]

Glad you have a car sorted now lee

[clarko74]

My first e30 was a diamond schwartz chromie, very .

[gareth]

front jacking points are solid

The car is costing me £100 so I don't have issue with having some rear arches to sort out

not too bad then, and a that price i can't argue
the spec of the machine is irellevant too, but it's shame there's little fragging potential as it'll be pretty much morsel free, but a damn good home for all of your morsels

[E30BeemerLad]

Yeah most of the running gear etc will be bin fodder as it is not upgrade material for anyone. I plan on keeping the car bone stock including the keep fit windows etc so visually the only difference will be sitting lower and on my 15" cup alloys.

Are the inner arches different on pre-facelift cars to say the ones on my touring?

Reason I ask is that the touring is utterly rock solid under there and I could always cut out some decent sized sections from that before the shell gets weighed in. I don't think I can be arsed with a full on resto at the moment, I'll probably just crash it straight after anyway

[DanThe]

Rear arches are slightly different, nothing a hammer wouldnt modify though

24v chromie club

[E30BeemerLad]

Do you reckon I'm farting in the breeze going for an E36 rack with my exhaust manifold?

[DanThe]

E36 rack will move the linkage over by approx 50mm

[E30BeemerLad]

towards or away from the engine mate? I'm assuming away

[Dezzy]

Dan will one of the 'steering linkages in progress' help lee get a e36 rack in the chromie.

How many are in the 24v chrome club?

[DanThe]

towards or away from the engine mate? I'm assuming away

Closer to the engine

[Andyboy]

I would roll the rear arches anyway - a bit of P38 and a rattle can to mint them up. Inner arches - cardboard from inside the car and a skim of P38 on the outside - all it has to do is keep the rain out. Bollocks to trying to patch it with a welder.

I'm an expert at this, ask Pete............

If you convert it to lecky windows, you'll need the glass and motors etc from that blue 2 door at U Pull It - for £10 each, but the whole doors! I'll have the old manual winders and door glasses from you.

Don't bin the M10 just yet, might have a victim for it.

[E30BeemerLad]

roger that

[nickso]

whats going on in that far corner? looks nasty and an unusual place for rot. mine certainly never had any there and it had it everywhere else.

[E30Gheko]

Good work Lee. It looks like it could be a nice car with all your nice morsels fitted.

[E30BeemerLad]

whats going on in that far corner? looks nasty and an unusual place for rot. mine certainly never had any there and it had it everywhere else.

I think it was actually just crap from the boot floor and from the carpet when I took it out, sure it had no rot down there

[nickso]

whats going on in that far corner? looks nasty and an unusual place for rot. mine certainly never had any there and it had it everywhere else.

I think it was actually just crap from the boot floor and from the carpet when I took it out, sure it had no rot down there

fair enough, didnt think you would have missed it.

[E30BeemerLad]

if you click on the photo is opens it up and you can see it is just bum fluff and general crap, you had me worried for a few seconds though

[Daf318is]

What's the plan now then Lee? Have you taken delivey of it yet? Is it going to be a zone meet to get it done in a weekend

[Bob_S]

What's the plan now then Lee? Have you taken delivey of it yet? Is it going to be a zone meet to get it done in a weekend

in a day mate

[E30BeemerLad]

hope to get it home in the next couple of weeks.

The immediate plan is I need to gut the garage as you can barely walk in there at the mo. Then turn my attention to the touring. With the garage cleared I hope to remove as much stuff for transplanting as possible. I'm thinking of just undoing the strut tops and subframe and lifting the shell complete off the front end and engine etc.

Really need shot of the touring shell before getting the chromie home but I can see some overlap

[daimlerman]

Be a good idea to get the chromie running and let a bodyman loose on it,perhaps £300 per side to sort the rear arches,sounds a lot,but that gives you a rock solid base car for £700,not too bad at current rates.
If you can,hang on to the touring for as long as possible,if you can put the two side by side,even better,make the build much easier...and there is always something you forget to rob before the thing goes to the crusher,if it's still there you can grab it!

[Daf318is]

Be a good idea to get the chromie running and let a bodyman loose on it,perhaps £300 per side to sort the rear arches,sounds a lot,but that gives you a rock solid base car for £700,not too bad at current rates.
If you can,hang on to the touring for as long as possible,if you can put the two side by side,even better,make the build much easier...and there is always something you forget to rob before the thing goes to the crusher,if it's still there you can grab it!

+1, it is easier to swap stuff staight over - you don't miss things or lose things that way and you know exactly how it fits.

I was discussing it with Bob a couple of days ago and we reckon if you have enough man power - the shell(s) could be lifted off their running gear and swapped over very easily!

[scott180gtb]

I am game for a bit of shell lifting lee.

Give me a bell if you want a trailer for the chromie.

[Dezzy]

Don't think Lee will worry where things go the amount of times he's took it in and out

[E30BeemerLad]

Struggling with enthusiasm for this mo fo at the moment, have done nothing to the touring since it got home. Am sorting with Dezzy to get the chromie to his work for a bit of welding & an MOT and will then get it back home. Am hoping with that on the driveway I may get the motivation to get stuck in.

Such a bummer this happened just as winter is setting in, done nothing but pish it down and blow a gale here today.

Thanks for your help Dezzy, really appreciated mate

[gareth]

with the evenings drawing in, it's hard to rustle up the enthusiasm for projects at the best of times. probably worse in your case.

even if you do it bit by bit, you'll get it sorted and all the bugs ironed out before long i'm sure

[Dezzy]

If I had got a 2 year project finished and on the road for 1 month. Then had the accident you had mate toys and pram would spring to mind.
You have help me out more than once lee so happy to help dude. It's not like I hate messing about with rusty german steal. Remember the golf middle.

[DanThe]

Oh FFS not again!!

At least get it jacked up on axle stands?

Best way is to get the chromie MOT'd first though, no ABS means you can have a proper airbox too!

Get some pics of that steering linkage/manifold clearance up

[E30BeemerLad]

Lol, I got a new box for that mate and fitted it, just needs some fine tuning as it is blowing ever so slightly where the slit is on the pipe (just need to belt the rear box inwards with the rubber mallet). I'm just so sick of jacking up cars on the driveway, which reminds me, I'm going to buy a bigger trolley jack as mine is crap and also so higher axle stands

[d6dph]

Come on Lee, Remove finger from poo-hole and get on with it mate.

[E30BeemerLad]

no ABS means you can have a proper airbox too!

Get some pics of that steering linkage/manifold clearance up

Aye, I found the M52 airbox from the E36 when clearing up the garage the other night.

[DanThe]

Might just get an E36 rack in there! Maybe a bit of manifold fettling but it will be used to it by now

[Dezzy]

There can't be many jobs your not set up for now lee.

[E30BeemerLad]

I'm going to pull a rack off a dirty-six next time I'm at U-pull-it and have a trial fit I think