An e30 race car is born

[M3GTR]

Looks like you're going to have a very nice track car there mate... makes me wish I still had my E30s!!

[JimmyC]

Todays Update!!

Rear cage seamed in, cage gussets made & welded in, front floor - o/s repaired & exhaust heat shield stud replaced, o/s/r arch & rear sill repaired, n/s front scuttle panel repaired & bonnet washer jets welded up.

The rear arches have both been rolled and I've seam welded the arch lip to the inner arch bowl all the way round - but couldn't get a decent pic of this!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think it's just the underside of the boot floor to tie into the rear panel & the front valence blanking plates & the welding's done.

[Jamese30]

Great work Jimmy, very impressive stuff!! It's nice to see a job doing done well and properly.

[northloop]

Jimmy what have you dont with the brackets which hold the front bumper in place. The ones with the gas spring in them?

[JimmyC]

Ah this is where the benefits of a chromie comes in mate ;)

Light little brackets, and light bumpers

Drop a PM to Niggy he's done all that can be done in this area, he races a 2.7 in pre 93

[northloop]

Cheers Jimmy

[JimmyC]

Just had my new electrical FX arrive, anyone looking at FXs and racing look no further than FEV the do all the F1 cars and offer MASSIVE discounts to BARC members

Filler work and seam sealing has started now all the welding has been done

Pics to follow

[JimmyC]

[M3GTR]

Just had my new electrical FX arrive, anyone looking at FXs and racing look no further than FEV the do all the F1 cars and offer MASSIVE discounts to BARC members

Filler work and seam sealing has started now all the welding has been done

Pics to follow

Do you have a link for them mate? I need a new FX for my Kumho car.

[northloop]

Jimmy those door bars look high. It's going to be hard to get in and out of there

[JimmyC]

No worries on the hieght of the door bars, I was out in it like that last year and all the race cars with custom cages I've seen are exacly the same.

If they are too low its far to easy for a car to get over them in a big T bone

FEV's website is http://www.f-e-v.co.uk/

More pics tomorrow its come on ALOT this weekend

[JimmyC]

[MW]

Dude, massive amount of work gone in here and the pics are good. I am new to this and have just paid ┚¬300 for an E30 that has seen better days. I am living about an hour north of the Nordschleife so plan to visit a good deal but now swallowing hard at the prospect of what could lie in wait if I want to make this car serious fun. Looking forward to more pics.

[MW]

Dude, massive amount of work gone in here and the pics are good. I am new to this and have just paid ┚¬300 for an E30 that has seen better days. I am living about an hour north of the Nordschleife so plan to visit a good deal but now swallowing hard at the prospect of what could lie in wait if I want to make this car serious fun. Looking forward to more pics.

[JimmyC]

Right next update chaps, still in primer but trial fitting has begun and pins put in on bonnet and boot

Also a sneak preview of one of the 2 tone colours

[northloop]

Looking good Jimmy

Your car is at exactly the stage mine is. The problem is I am 70 miles away from it so I cant pop round to take pics while it's being done

I assume you are going for a 'race car finish' rather than a show finish?

[JimmyC]

70 miles pah! mines 350 miles from me!! The pictures are all emailed to me by the guy doing it, he's in south wales and i'm in Southend, Essex

I'm "popping" over tomorrow though, 5am leave should be home by 7pm!!

I would be quite happy with a "race car finish" but the guy doing it is a car restourer by trade and a total perfectionist so I reckon it may well turn out at the other end of the scale

Cant wait til next Thursday when she comes home

Sorted all the dash with new warninhg lights, start buttons, elec cut off and FX buttons (mission control!!) and a nice shift light put into the instrument cluster where the check light was

[1an]

nice work Jimmy,

is this going to be road legal for a while then? if it is i think you should bring it down to a lakeside meet

[JimmyC]

Yeh, once back in one piece it will be MOT'd and on the road to run the new engine in

and yep once done i'll get along to the lakey meet

[northloop]

I assume the spray job is inside and out. What about under the bonnet? Mine isn't being done there. The hard bit with the spray job is the inside, getting in to do it with all the angle iron is one thing. Trying to actually spray round the cage is another

I was going to ask the kind of money it's costing you but perhaps it's not the sort of question I should ask

[JimmyC]

Yeh spray job is inside and out, the inside is going to be satin black for easy of keeping it clean, Al wanted to do it white, but with the cage in there and spending its life at dusty circuits it would just look messy.

He's doing the inside of the boot, but not under the bonnet- i'd not long put the new motor in and there was no way it was coming out for the 5th time in a year :lol

Like I say popping down tomorrow to see how it looks in the flesh, the inside is a PITA with the cage but Al is an expert so I know it will look great

Its not cost a mint TBH, i'll PM you if you really want to know rather than post on here though ;)

[Kos]

you want to do the interior battle ship grey

[Taz]

that a cool project....

[JimmyC]

Yep thats right I went to pick up the car today!! Ii cant tell you how happy I am with it, it looks so much better than I could have hoped for!!

Als done a great job, and as I say it looks fantastic!

Its strange as today is a massive step forward in a 2 year build thats cost me god know how much cash, time, effort and a fair bit of heart ache. And i'm a bit chocked up to see it all coming together at last and the hard work all paying off!!

So whats been going on since my last post??

Well I went down last week to see the car, it was all pre fitted and in primer for me to check I was happy with everything- its alot easier to snag now rather than when its all nice and shiny!!

So what did I see last week then, well the inside had had coat one of satine black, the outside as I said was all primered and dummy fitted, with a cheaky bit of white top coat!!

So heres the pics from last week:









On friday I said to Al not to send me any further pics, as I wanted the full "PIMP MY RIDE" effect when I came to collect it, and my god did I!!!

[1an]

good to see the side trim bits fitted. get soem fina pics up.

[JimmyC]

Right so heres the update pics he has been taking and just sent through to me tonight so it didn't spoil the surprise

Next job on the list to get the second colour down Sunglasses recommended!!









Starting to come together now!!



















Next up the trim:





Then some fitting up:







Then a few shots this morning before I got there:

[agreen]

where did you get that cage what make it it and how much was it i want one for my track car but dont want to opay the earth probally will be out of my leagu but we will see £Â£Ã‚£Ã‚£Ã‚£Ã‚£Ã‚£Ã‚£Ã‚£Ã‚£?????????

[JimmyC]

Some shots I took when I got there out in the sun (sunish):









Tempting fait somewhat but got Al to spray a spare set of wings (just incase)!!!



Few shots once home:








Me being me, couildn't just put the car in the garage despite getting up at 4.30 this morning, oh no!

I had to stick the rear lights in:





annd just had to get one set of the green wheels on:



and my fav shot of all:

[JimmyC]

where did you get that cage what make it it and how much was it i want one for my track car but dont want to opay the earth probally will be out of my leagu but we will see £Â£Ã‚£Ã‚£Ã‚£Ã‚£Ã‚£Ã‚£Ã‚£Ã‚£?????????

Its a custom cages cage, top stuff Think its about £500 but fitting is around another £700.

Mine was fitted by Dave Kear, see my sig he really is the only person worth getting it done by IMO

[Jamese30]

Car looks fantastic Jimmy, I like the colour scheme. What a brilliant job!

[dips346]

that looks sweet

[zaust]

I rellay like fella..

[northloop]

Well done Jimmy, it looks really good. I'm like a big kid waiting to have a look at mine which should be ready about now too

For a profiled cage it's around £540 + VAT from memory.
The guy who fitted mine worked out the hours and it should have cost me £1500

[Jon_Bmw]

Nice only Jimmy, when can we expect to see the 'Asda rollback' stickers?

[JimmyC]

:lol had the same "asda" comment on seloc

Had a very positive weekend on the car

Got the petrol tank back in and all plumbed in,
The prop and exhaust back on
The pedal assembly back in and new clutch master cylinder fitted
The heater box back in and plumbed in
Fitted the wipers
Fitted some trim
Primered up some bits for the inside for painting green: handbrake, rearview mirror, petrol hatch cover, and dash surround

Next big job is the rewire but after that it should be running

Decided to get the dash flocked aswell now, so just waiting to hear from Dips

And also seen some nice carbon door and rear quarter cards- just need to save some cash for them now