This is Alice.

[DanThe]

I hope you have some hard springs on the shopping list, or non

[Baz666]

Lookin good fella hard work pays off

[Ze-German]

always wanted to do this.

does the 2.8 have the restrictive manifold on the 46s??? i know the old e36s have massive manifold issues and with the simple addition of a 325/525 e36/e34 manifold you can see an extra 20bhp

i just dont know if the 46s have this restrictive manifold issue? anyone know?

[blitz877]

impressive build this mate

[Dirty6]

Not so much an update, more of an 'I'm still here'.

[e30-EVN]

wow, im amazed pal , puts my m50 conversion to shame , keep up the good work mate, thats going to be 1 hell of a desirable e30!!!!

[Dirty6]

1/2 decent updates this time.

[Dirty6]

Very early mock up of the front air-dam.










Checking angles, thickness of lip etc.
Long ways to go.

[Mikey_Boy]

Holy cr*p!! What a fantastic build! Real out of the box thinking... Excellent stuff!

Well done so far - can't wait to see the rest of the build...!

Cheers,
Mike

[Dirty6]

I tried to convince her the lounge was the best place to store a bed till it's thrown out. No one ever listens to me.

As for my upside down welding, ever seen the Waitomo caves?

[suchy]

This is gonna be tough

[Dezzy]

I have just seen this. Very

[Topblag]

Get the templates made into a mould, get them made up and sell them on. I'll have a set !

[SHAKEELE30]

wow your a fukin legend mate!!!

speechless.... apart from the above

the design of them arches and the way the body looks, is what ive always wanted to do mine like... but dont have the skills like you... love the way the car looks

[shazE30]

Serious admiration for your skills, keep it up

[Cully325]

A seriously interesting read. Look forward to more.

[Dirty6]

I'm baaaack...
But I only have;

A tidy(ish) garage


A bit of steel


And a ruddy great hole


But at least I'm doing something ha.

[DanThe]

Rear frame for the diff?

[deanocool]

wow amazing thread. top effort mate. i was ripping my hair out on my m50 conversion, brakes, suspension, and respray etc.... but thats less than half the job youve taken on lol - inspiration for myself methinks! great work will watch this thread for progress. arches look bad-ass btw

[Dirty6]

Thanks chaps.

Rear frame for the diff?

Support frame for fuel tank.

[Dirty6]

Painfully slow progress






In other news, I have now a set of these to refurb.

[Dirty6]

Well, well. Two days, two updates.

First side came together reallly slowly but the other side was much better.






Still some trimming to do and not quite sure if the size of the hole is right yet, but showing some potential.
To spotlight or not to spotlight, that is the question.

[DanThe]

Cut outs for brake ducts would be better IMO, looking good

[Jim320i]

This is a chromie isnt it? Are you putting the chrome bumpers back on if it is? Looks

[Dirty6]

Glad to see the back of that to be honest.








Now, bumpers.

[Dirty6]

ave been working on these.






A little tricky to see the detail so here's a close might help.

[pac1982]

cant wait to see this finished could well be in my top ten E30's of all time when its done

its crazy but subtle at the same time

[deanocool]

looks better every time!

[Dirty6]

Mucking around with a few things lately.

Painted and polished the front bumpers so should be ready to get a mould off them.


Working on the rear bumper buck.




Filled some more holes


Finally got the gearbox back in after replacing the input shaft bearing


And pissed about with this for a while


Also bits and pieces like fuel lines, proper brackets for the front end blah blah.

[TamTom]

looks awesome

[mabz]

cant wait to see the finished product.seriously kool car my mate will love this when i show him

[Hoobs]

Lovely work fella.

[cougar]

a lot of hard work very

[Dirty6]

So, enough of the shithouse updates, here's something decent.











It aint perfect, but it is red and shiny!