Sams' small restoration............

[dips346]

on another level ,

[bmandy68]

fooking hell, top work Sam that looks really

[ajay]

Iv'e seen this build progress from day1, been a pasenger and drove it too, (160mph and still pulling strong)
Cornering and handling on this thing is just stupid, i still can't work out what impreses me most after driving and being a pasenger, the raw power, how tight it feels and the handling, the gut wrenching brakes or the ludicrous howl this turd emmits as the power comes on, its an epic chariot belive me..!
Its a pity i can't post up the vid clip of this turd in action for obvious reasons.
C'mon stop teasing Sam.. More pictures please......

[ImysE30]

Someone pass the tissues

[jon-m42]

Fantastic restoration build there. 100% quality..

Would this ever effect the strength of the vehicle having the front end chopped of n welded back ?

great build actually the best one so far that i have seen on the zone

[M3SAM]

Come on mate do you think I would drive a car that was unsafe?
The car was unstitched by drilling out all the spot welds and brazing then was all blasted and weld through primed before it was all put on a Celeste jig. Remember the shell is like new 99% rust free how many turds are rust free.........

[DanThe]

Im sure Sam has refitted the 'new' front end panels at the original factory joints and not done a drift fix cut 'n' shut style resto

[87mtech27]

Solid Restoration

[jimbom30cab]

I take my hat off to you Sir,

Just amazing....I'm lost for words

Well done that man !!!!

[Fastroad]

No way would it be a half a job on the front as Sam has put 500+ Horses in the beast.

What's the fitment on your wheels?

[M3SAM]

Custom built AST coilovers with true inverted rear coilovers DTM style to help with the rear tyre clearance.



500+ BHP needs serious brakes

[Andy325i]

Awesome is an understatement What management are you running on the S54? The rear of the 316 would make an awesome trailer with some fabrication

I take my hat off to you, this is the best build thread I've seen by far in a long time!

Respect

[M3SAM]

My interior is just as slick as the car......
Recaro LSs'

My interior is 95% complete just waiting for my gaiters and handbrake handle.

[Fastroad]

That's no messing around with that set up, think you need to show the width of your rear wheels that helping to put that power down to the road

[M3SAM]

Standard management MSS54 with EWS and a working sport button..........

[M3SAM]

Rear tyres are 255 40 17 same width as a standard E46 M3

[Fastroad]

10j a‘a

[M3SAM]

20 Inches of black rubber..........

[LondonTom]

Seriously cool

[BrianBimmerHead]

Your my hero

[spook]

How long has all this taken?

Never seen anything like this before

[maxfield]

20 Inches of black rubber..........

Not something you want to post on here

[M-Sport]

This has got to be x-works twin Lol

Serious amount of work gone into it and to a very good standard too so well done.

[M3SAM]

Yes a bit like Brians' (X-works) just a lot more powerful and surprisingly better on fuel!
Brian is a great guy who has helped me out with some parts for my custom loom.

[bss325i]

It's better than I imagined now I've seen the pics after our chat up at the Ace.

Acid dip and E-coat is the only way forward to truly get an E30 or any old turd rust free!

[Sanchez]

This thread is a nice birthday present to me. Good work chap.

[rich318i]

can't wait to see it in the flesh fella

[M3SAM]

Thanks for all the kind words and a big thank you to all my friends who have helped out through the problems and low points! I owe a lot of thanks to so many of you guys who will all get mentioned in due course over the next week without these people this car would still be in bits!

So a big THANK YOU to ALL OF YOU!!!

[brettski]

Looks fantastic!

[Gert_8]

Has hat wearing come back into fashion....? Seems to be a lot of doffing lately.

[jon-m42]

Come on mate do you think I would drive a car that was unsafe?

i hope not.

The car was unstitched by drilling out all the spot welds and brazing then was all blasted and weld through primed before it was all put on a Celeste jig. Remember the shell is like new 99% rust free how many turds are rust free.........

Great build so far mate good luck with the rest of it looking forward to seeing the finished product

[oomz1975]

This is proper, nice work.

[bmw9818]

you got mad skills!

[G-Bear]

Great solid work there.... excellent to see. Looking forward to more pics and info/updates...

[979-SPORT]

Brilliant mate! ...Well done...very impressed....even more so that you had the balls to convert to RHD!