bigred's newly aquired shell

Post Mon Mar 28, 2011 1:33 pm

kkkkk cheers old man ...............

oh btw peeps ave took the big site stickers off it now

Post Mon Mar 28, 2011 4:03 pm

bigredbmw wrote:
oh btw peeps ave took the big SHITE stickers off it now

Post Tue Mar 29, 2011 5:26 pm

Post Wed Mar 30, 2011 3:42 pm

just spent 234 quid on engine bits for the 318i m40 lump that will be goin in at end of month ....

purchased .....

head gasket set ....... 46 quid ...

head bolts 11.17

timing belt kit ..... 64 quid

clutch kit .... 73 quid and the rest be in vat ...............

picking the bits up tomorrow then time to start rebuilding engine ..and hopefully get engine out of red one this weekend so i can replace all brake pipes and check bulkhead and other bits and clean the engine bay up a bit

Post Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:53 pm

Seems a lot of expense for an M40 dude, you not fancy going M42 or 6 pot for a bit more poke?

Post Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:18 pm

na cant be chewed with the aggro plus aint got the money for a new engine a had the engine in me garden in the gold one m8

Post Thu Mar 31, 2011 8:57 am

Fair enough dude, plenty of pics when its out

Post Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:43 pm

oh yeh am takin me cam along at weekend ...but gold one goin on saturday ........

Post Tue Apr 05, 2011 3:32 pm

well bought the new bigend bearings and piston rings and few other bits n bobs .... engine should be built at weekend

Post Wed Apr 13, 2011 3:01 pm

gonna get engine built next week after my weekend away then its down to business has to be ready by end of june

Post Mon Apr 25, 2011 11:29 pm

white bm gone now ....... engine out of red one now took it out today al post pics up tomorrow

Post Sat Apr 30, 2011 7:43 pm

well thought it was about time i put pics up on here as i normally poet them on facebook

Post Sat Apr 30, 2011 8:10 pm

Bit of grot under where the washer bottle sits there Paul, mine is showing some crustyness down there....

Cool pics though mate, are you doing a write up of what you've done recently etc

Post Sat Apr 30, 2011 8:16 pm

yeh al do it now ...... thats gettin welded durin the week m8.....

well update on engine we started puttin the bottom end together yesterday , put all the new bearings in the bottom end .
just need to buy new sump gasket and crankshaft oil seal as well may as well do it all properly while the engine is out of the car thats why am goin to change all brake pipes as well

Post Sat May 07, 2011 8:53 am

update ............

changed rear windows last night to the pop outs .... was quite easy once suses how to get old windows out me n lilred found that out lol

i also undersealed the underneath of the car last night the back end is now covered in the stuff looks much cleaner under there now

need to change the headlining and sunroof motor then its put engine in and paint bootlid for scotland

Post Sun May 08, 2011 6:56 pm

tallied up total spend since 2007 ............... 1218.36 on parts lol

Post Sun May 08, 2011 9:39 pm

looking good, should be reliable with all the new bits and bobs, power isnt everything

Post Mon May 09, 2011 3:48 pm

iiiiiii ....... it will all be worth it in the end

Post Sat May 21, 2011 8:08 am

well i took the passenger door off last night need to strip it down and put all the bits on to the new door

Post Thu May 26, 2011 12:18 pm

well engine is nearly finished but i have decided to give the engine a bit of a paint nothing bright just something to make it look cleaner . i will post pics up over the weekend as thats when al be next along there

Post Sun May 29, 2011 1:15 am

painted engine today .........

will get better pics tomorro

Post Sun May 29, 2011 7:26 pm

well here are the pics i said i would put up

Post Tue May 31, 2011 1:21 am

The engine looks champion mate, canny size lock-up you got there too!!

Post Wed Jun 01, 2011 7:20 pm

iiii its spot on for tenna a week ...... its getting alarmed tomorro

Post Sat Jun 04, 2011 6:59 pm

bit of an update .... been along this afternoon and done this to it

found couple holes

Post Thu Jun 09, 2011 9:40 am

more pics

also changing the front valance , rear valance and the sills

Post Sat Jun 11, 2011 11:42 pm

more progress today .......

Post Tue Jun 21, 2011 3:07 pm

more pics

ordered a new brake cylinder thingy that is situated in the middle of the car then its time to buy all the pipes and pipe ends

Post Mon Sep 19, 2011 12:40 pm

i have more pics to put up will upload them tonight once been to garage to get on with it

Post Fri Sep 23, 2011 9:53 pm

the shell i bought off mr magpie

Post Sat Nov 05, 2011 10:01 pm

well i havent posted on here for a while so i thought i would update ........

couple new things in garage

now the fun begins ........

Post Sun Nov 06, 2011 12:43 pm

Epic work so far Paul

Post Mon Nov 07, 2011 4:29 pm

cheers

Post Fri Nov 11, 2011 9:54 pm

Dont suppose that white shells still kicking about is it?

Whats the rear boot pocket like -driver side

Post Fri Nov 11, 2011 11:44 pm

choppa7 wrote:Dont suppose that white shells still kicking about is it?

Whats the rear boot pocket like -driver side

it's weighed .