BMW 325i sport 1989 tech 2

[M-sport325]

Hi all posted not so long ago on the introduction page of my 325i sport thought i would start a thread to show you all how my resto is going etc I picked this car up two years ago for the princely sum of .... Nothing it was free !! but not complete with all the kit she's missing a few bits of the interior door cards etc has been sat in a yard in machester for 13 years & the body work is showing its age any way I will let the pictures do zee talking

The night we picked her up





Started to strip her down


& treat the " surface rust "


This turned into



This


Which eventually turned into


& how it ended today



Hopeing to get down there tommrow & start welding in the new pieces if not it will be next Friday before I can get back onto it

[twofivecab]

Wow thats some bad rust... is this car from marple stockport by any chance?

[M-sport325]

Two five cab ye it's from marple , rust is pretty bad trying to source new panels for it , have got the outer sills

[Speedtouch]

Lucky you, getting a free Tech 2 Sport. My 1989 one also had similar rust, along with gaping holes in the outer sills below the A-posts and even holes behind the rear number plate.

[M-sport325]

cheers , hopefully this is the worst of the rust famous last words i know but ive not come across any more serious rust . it needs new inner rear wheel arches as this is the current state on the drivers rear inner arch



a friend has told me of a company to get in touch with regarding the panels i need so fingers crossed they will stock the inner rear arches & possibly the rear quarters

[M-sport325]

Wow thats some bad rust... is this car from marple stockport by any chance?

have you had work done at the garage before two five cab ?

[twofivecab]

I knoe the owner abraham, he was telling me to take it lol i was tempted but one rusty e30 is enough lol.... its been sat there for a longgg while. Good project tho!

[G-Bear]

Good work get stuck in and don't let the burnt orange patches/holes deter you..

[M-sport325]

Some more progress on this got a few more plates made up ready to weld in , BUT no gas left for welding so can't weld them in : /

[Idol]

Inner rear arches are BMW only mate, and inner outer is about £100 a side

[M-sport325]

Some progress managed to finish work early today & get one of the panels tacked into place , going to have to have a flick through some of the resto threads on here & get some idea of how you boys have repaired the floor Areas , might invest in a sheet metal bender to try get a similar line of the orginal floor panel , as there isn't much left of the passengers footwell to sill area , bought a load more dremel cutting discs so working in the tighter areas of the car should be a little easier now that I don't have to struggle with the angle grinder in there , got a load more 10mm sanding belts coming as well to dress the welds up , also using 3m weld through primer

First repair of many to come !

[M-sport325]

Inner rear arches are BMW only mate, and inner outer is about £100 a side

Thought they might be ! Will have to do one side at time a time got qouted £300 a quarter & £170 for the passengers side inner arch , & £190 for drivers side

[M-sport325]

Alas more progress ! Had my brother come over & give me a lift with the welding between us we managed to get the floor welded & the wheel well patched up as well grabbed a couple pictures of the work

[Cypriotgeeza]

Most people would look at that amount of rust and think breakerrrr! Especially when the didnt cost you anything so it would be 100% profit!

So i respect you for saving it! good luck!

[jimbom30cab]

Great work there, proper resto thread, love it

[lyricalnut02]

good work on saving this.

[M-sport325]

Cheers for the kind words guys gives you a lot of support in getting on with doing it there have been a few times when I've been sat there with the grinder thinking " this is foooooooked "

Anyway not much of a update but I went down today & did a couple more bits on it

Got the U pol etching primer out to cover up the new steel & welds , this will all be getting seam sealer on it & then stone chip , going to strip the full floor pan & re apply seam sealer & fresh stone chip





The infection has spread doctor time to operate this week



How have some of you guys gone about repairing the jackin points ?







Sanded a bit of the paint off the outer sill so it's easier to see where the spot welds are / were so my thinking is to take the outer sill off between the door & quarter panel , then clean up as much steel as I can , redo the jackin points & maybe weld some 20 gauge thin angle iron on the floor pan so that it re creates the lip for the outer sill to join to ?

[M-sport325]

More progress well not so much progress but I found a LOT more rust yeee haaarr !

Lobbed the outer sill off for a closer inspection & clean up




Then gave it a quick lick with the wire brush to remove the flakey rust





Have ordered a SHIIIIT load of 20 gauge steel sheet & angle section should arrive in the morning will be easier to work with being using 18 gauge steel for the last lot of work was like trying to weld a gurder to tissue paper

Will need to eat some more corn flakes as well as I'm running out of template material

Cheers Steve

[suchy]

Fairly heroic ventilation you have! Kudos for the save