Goosie's S50 Moredoor, 'Ring action

[pukar]

looking shiny as heck! the paintwork looks bootiful!

[goosiegander]

looking shiny as heck! the paintwork looks bootiful!

Thanks Atul!

I did get a couple of shots of the decals in the preceeding pictures feel free to add them to your thread

[retroboyo]

It's nice to see an E30 getting so much love, good job you didnt sell it before

[goosiegander]

It's nice to see an E30 getting so much love, good job you didnt sell it before

Yes indeed Dude,

Must say i've been a lot happier since the fresh bbs' went on.

The S50 is pretty good as well

[goosiegander]

A few pictures of hibernation:






And one without all the crap with another pass of the bonnet and drivers wing with the polisher

[retroboyo]

I wish my red E30 looked as red as yours

Are those seats M3 jobbies

[goosiegander]

I wish my red E30 looked as red as yours

Are those seats M3 jobbies

Similar to but not the same as sport evo recaros dude,

The upper outer bolster shape is slightly more rounded,

These are now wired in with the factory seat heating loom as well

[goosiegander]

Well the new wing wasn't going to put itself on so up on axle stand and an opportunity to go all anal on the front inner arches


A quick blast with my new favourite homo toy the steamer revealed a very nice original finish,


Sans rust




Factory finish for Brilliant red cars was satin black in the arches and everything else body/underseal colour from the assembly plant pictures i've seen...

Now i'll need to clean the bay again but fu*k it...


And now well coated in Bilt hamber's finest clear drying corrosion wax


just the wing to coat now and once its on it can be polished up,

Further pictures to follow

[spook]

Nice engine

[goosiegander]

Thanks Chris!

I've made some bad calls with BMW ownership in the past,

...the S50 was not one of them

[goosiegander]

Well turns out it needs patching for the MOT...

Oh Dear...

[The_Diddler]

Well turns out it needs patching for the MOT...

Oh Dear...

Real your pain buddy, being there, sucks don't it.....

[goosiegander]

Well turns out it needs patching for the MOT...

Oh Dear...

Real your pain buddy, being there, sucks don't it.....

Yep its a bitch, so I invested in some MIG kit and started learning...


Titanic spec...

Cutting and pasting,




Etchweld applied




Spot and seam welding


And slightly more solid/tidy


More to do but i'm getting better with each section, very satisfying

[retroboyo]

Good effort there getting it sorted yourself

[Andy325i]

Looking great dude Can you tell us more about the etch weld? Guessing you apply it then can still weld it?

[scott180gtb]

Goosie

Are you putting the pad back on ???

From the pics you look like you have caught it before the grot spreads right down the inner sill.

Grind it, Cut it, Burn it, Weld it.

Skills!

[retroboyo]

What is that pipe that runs down the chassis rail you can see in the pics, mine looks very rusty

[goosiegander]

Looking great dude Can you tell us more about the etch weld? Guessing you apply it then can still weld it?

Cheers Retroboyo!

Thanks Andy

Check out the bilt hamber laboratories webpage, its an anti corrosive etch primer that can still be welded on top of without conductivity issues, I've brushed back the outer face in the last picture above for a coat of electrox zinc primer...

[goosiegander]

What is that pipe that runs down the chassis rail you can see in the pics, mine looks very rusty

That should be the fuel tank breather pipe dude

[goosiegander]

Goosie

Are you putting the pad back on ???

From the pics you look like you have caught it before the grot spreads right down the inner sill.

Grind it, Cut it, Burn it, Weld it.

Skills!

Indeed Scott,

The fucking pad was incubating...

Cut out the spot welds and brushed it back and it was untouched so it can go back up albeit with proper protection this time!

Wish it hadn't taken as much of the rest of the car with it as it did!

[retroboyo]

What is that pipe that runs down the chassis rail you can see in the pics, mine looks very rusty

That should be the fuel tank breather pipe dude

Thanks. It can look a bit daunting after cutting it out, but you'll get a great sense of satisfaction once you have put it back with clean steel

[goosiegander]

What is that pipe that runs down the chassis rail you can see in the pics, mine looks very rusty

That should be the fuel tank breather pipe dude

Thanks. It can look a bit daunting after cutting it out, but you'll get a great sense of satisfaction once you have put it back with clean steel

And with the wave of a MIG:








Birdshit welds but it withstood the sledgehammer test,

Nearly done

[retroboyo]

Pics no working for me Goose

[BenHar]

That should be the fuel tank breather pipe dude

Thanks. It can look a bit daunting after cutting it out, but you'll get a great sense of satisfaction once you have put it back with clean steel

And with the wave of a MIG:










Birdshit welds but it withstood the sledgehammer test,

Nearly done

[retroboyo]

Thanks BenHar

Looking good and 1000% better than that rust. You've definitely got natural talent with that magic wand you have bought.

this guy did a really good write up on welding and grinding if you are interested

http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.c ... 35&page=11

[goosiegander]

Thanks!

Zinc and seam sealer this morning, more pictures shortly

[tomislav]

Just out of interest, why 5 patches?

[goosiegander]

Just out of interest, why 5 patches?

Because my fabrication skills are sh*t Sir!

[goosiegander]

Getting there...

[Rav335uk]

I take it you didn't want to grind the welds back then

[pacerpete]

I take it you didn't want to grind the welds back then

Foook that. Lumpy = more weight !

[goosiegander]

I take it you didn't want to grind the welds back then

Foook that. Leave them lumpy = more weight !

It was never going to be pretty, in a couple of years and after far more practice i'll dig it all out and make it look nice, for now its strong enough and wont rust unlike the repair offered by the local MOT bandits, Lowestoft is the fooking wild west, check the news!

[retroboyo]

I found some MOT welding on the weekend in the drivers foot well. Shocking work, Im going to have to cut it all out just to find some good metal to weld to

[goosiegander]

Jobbed... sh*t, but solid sh*t

[tomislav]

Just out of interest, why 5 patches?

Because my fabrication skills are sh*t Sir!

Thats a fair point i suppose lol.

Just done the exact same to mine on the drivers side, got a much bigger hole than you tho and gonna need more patches!!