BMW 325i 1989 restoration

[Rickysnickers]

Looking good.

[MrFinland]

Originally Posted by Rickysnickers

Looking good.

Thank you very much!

[LS short box]

It won't be long before the fun begins. That is bolting on parts that will stay on the car.

[MrFinland]

Originally Posted by LS short box

It won't be long before the fun begins. That is bolting on parts that will stay on the car.

I still have to weld the rest of the bottom (back) and prime and install the SIKA 529AT. After that I can put the parts in place. Then the fun can begin.

[MrFinland]

A few pictures of the rear spring attachment point.

[MrFinland]

Here are two pictures of the bottom. Not much visible mark, but there are many small repair points.

[MrFinland]

After half a year's break, some small progress. the wheel housings (hopefully the correct word) are now welded.

[Rickysnickers]

Coming along nicely. Keep going

[MrFinland]

Originally Posted by Rickysnickers

Coming along nicely. Keep going

Thanks a lot! I try to do my best.

[Tempest67]

very nice work, and I like the rotisserie. I saw a guy on Youtube tip his Camaro and it seemed to work well.

keep up the great work, and keep the pics coming

[MrFinland]

Originally Posted by Tempest67

very nice work, and I like the rotisserie. I saw a guy on Youtube tip his Camaro and it seemed to work well.

keep up the great work, and keep the pics coming

Thanks a lot Tempest67! I have been satisfied with the rotisserie, it is sturdy and does not take up much space.

[LT7A]

Hi Ilkka, I was thinking about your projects and was glad to find this again. I was not on the website for about a year. You have made great progress and the car is looking good. What are you using to make the replacement pieces? They are very precise.

[MrFinland]

Originally Posted by LT7A

Hi Ilkka, I was thinking about your projects and was glad to find this again. I was not on the website for about a year. You have made great progress and the car is looking good. What are you using to make the replacement pieces? They are very precise.

Hello LT7A! Thank you for your kind words! I also didn't get around to restoring this car for half a year, but now the restoration continues little by little.
I use normal sheet metal and basic tools and anything what I can find in my garage. I have a Dremel multi tool and I like it a lot. I don't have any fancy tools, for example an English wheel, a bordering machnine.

[MrFinland]

More rust repairs...

[LS short box]

Looks like good progress. Better get it done. The days are getting longer. LOL.

[Tempest67]

Nice work

I agree with LT7A, your patches are so accurate, well done

Thanks for sharing your progress

[MrFinland]

Originally Posted by Tempest67

Nice work

I agree with LT7A, your patches are so accurate, well done

Thanks for sharing your progress

Thank you very much Tempest67! I try to do my best.

[LT7A]

Originally Posted by MrFinland

Thank you very much Tempest67! I try to do my best.

Well, you took time out to build one for your wife, right? So I think you can take your time on this one and enjoy it ; )

How is your truck? Are you and your brother having fun with it?

[MrFinland]

Originally Posted by LT7A

Well, you took time out to build one for your wife, right? So I think you can take your time on this one and enjoy it ; )

How is your truck? Are you and your brother having fun with it?

Hello LT7A! Yes, I built a similar car for my wife, but it had a different engine than this one. Last summer we sold it because it was a bit extra. My wife wanted a camper van, so we bought one last summer.

Our Chevy is doing well. Last summer we drove it quite a bit because there were so many rainy days here. Now the Chevy has been in the garage all winter (about 7 months). A year ago, we were with Chevy at Finland's biggest car show in Helsinki. There was no trophy.

How are you?

[MrFinland]

Originally Posted by LS short box

Looks like good progress. Better get it done. The days are getting longer. LOL.

Thank you very much LS short box! Yes, the day are much longer now.

[Rickysnickers]

Funny, I was thinking that I hadn't seen any progress on this. Got to it

[MrFinland]

Originally Posted by Rickysnickers

Funny, I was thinking that I hadn't seen any progress on this. Got to it

Hello!
Nice to hear that someone is interested in such an old BMW. Restoring this is just so slow as every little part has to be restored in some way.
Have a nice spring to you.

[MrFinland]

Update again after a long time.

The engine block is now painted and the aluminum parts are glass bead blasted.

[MrFinland]

I ported the cylinder head many years ago, but now I aligned the intake manifold to the cylinder head.

[LS short box]

Looks like you getting to the point where you can bolt parts on and not take them off again! Good for you. And the days are getting longer but having said that we live in west central MN and we just got 8"-10" (200mm-250MM)LOL of wet heavy snow. And I just last week I took the plow off my LS swap Wrangler. I jinxed the whole upper mid-west snow wise!