70 - 2800CS - 2270111 restoration - ode to the past

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All in all... Probably about 5 plus hours to remove all of that stuff. Of course a big learning curve when you have not done this before.

A couple of interesting things I found.

The dash frame around the defroster vents is painted black just around the area. Found this neat that they would be concerned about this. See picture.

 

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Not without some problems of course.

The ignition switch fell apart when I touched it. It is obvious that people had been in here before as a few things looked a little hinkey.

So what do I do about the switch?

Also... It appears someone has "made" a wiring harness for the rear defrost. There were some tapes up wires that I have no idea what they went to but I am guessing it may be they?

 

[autokunst]

I am loving watching this, having taken my coupe apart and finding many items in similar condition. All I can say is, enjoy the work. Keep forging ahead. Things often look better/different the next morning.

 

[Jim Stone]

Man-oh-man, can I ever relate to this rip out.
Good luck and once it becomes work, stop. Restart the fun again later.️

 

[Fritzie]

All in all... Probably about 5 plus hours to remove all of that stuff. Of course a big learning curve when you have not done this before.

A couple of interesting things I found.

The dash frame around the defroster vents is painted black just around the area. Found this neat that they would be concerned about this. See picture.

Same as my 3.0 CSi. And including the “Swiss” evidence I found under the dashboard. It was a Swiss delivered car.

 

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lol… some money back for you Fritzie!

 

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Played hooky today... Well sort of as much as I ever can.

Everything but the headliner is out.

The wiring harness was a freaking nightmare. Why didn't you all warn me about that. JK. Knew it was going to be bad... Kept putting it off.

All in all it's in decent shape. Of course will need much further scrutiny.

Again the things I find interesting. There was obviously a lot of hand work taping etc after it was put in place. No way to remove things after some of it was put on. Hence the cutting of the perished rubber bits in the trunk so it can go through that tiny little hole.

 

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Uncovered some more rust today... Someone cutely put on a new rocker cover... Over a big hole. Nice... I hate people that do stupid shit like that.

Anyway. Another day of cleaning up and I have to build a dolly for it's transport to the media blaster on Friday.

Trunk looks good... Tank looks good now that it is out.

Oh ya... Gotta take that gas flap off... Ugh

 

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So far the rust list is....

New front floors
Patches in the back floors
Radiator support is toasty
Rockers... Extent yet to be determined
Firewall right in front of heater... Now that will be an interesting patch to make
And of course... The package shelf.

The list will grow after blasting.

 

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Took this afternoon off to take the body it the media blaster.

Went well. I love my two post lift... Put it on a dolly I built yesterday. Then lowered the strapped on dolly and body onto my trailer. 12 foot trailer and 15 foot body... Little overhang but it was fine.

And off it went. See it again in a few weeks.

They are gonna put it in primer for me as we are in that time of the year here in Ohio. Cold, snowy and in general yucky.

Now to get the engine and trans ready for it's trip to north Carolina. And get the shop cleaned up... What a mess.

Oh... And yes... I forgot to remove the bumper piece... Got it before I left

 

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Well the victims are ready to be loaded on the trailer to make the trip to Greensboro. It's about a 7 hour drive for me. No biggie.

Oh... No the front end is not going.... Waiting to be ripped down.

 

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Found this interesting.

I'm assuming a period piece and not stock but I found it cool. Appears to be genuine BMW

 

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And all of these as survived intact and in decent shape. Pleased about that.

 

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Dropped off the engine, trans and differential today at Korman BMW.

What looked to be a nice day several days ago turned into a nightmare.... Snow from the get go in Ohio... Followed by several white outs in West Virginia, Virginia and even north Carolina until I crossed some mountains.... Okay for you people in the Pacific NW... Hills...

Carl at Korman couldn't have been a nicer guy... Showed me around the shop. Obviously a lot of BMWs... Duh .


A 2000 CS, a CSL, multiple 2002's, 3 series, a couple of special M's and Jays race car amount many other in the place. Obviously, not allowed to take pictures of the customer cars but they had a pretty sweet yellow baby that was begging me to take it home in the showroom... I resisted.

The place was spotless, people could not have been nicer.

Now.. let's see who can beat who... Me with the body or them with the go bits ...

 

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So the shell is still out at the blaster... The engine etc down in NC so I took some time off garage stuff.

Back to it. Decided to move the all the wood up to my other workshop and work on it up at the house.

Got everything apart. It's a mess to be sure. Amazing it did not look this horrible but it is.

Bottom is just roasted. I'll make a new one. Back is soft in both corners. Everything will obviously need new veneer.

 

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Decided to attack the right side first.

Laid everything out... Got out the glue, made some French wedges and gathered clamps
We will see how it looks in the morning.

Gluing laminate back together can be dicey work. But looks good so far

 

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Work continues on the wood.

Major amounts of delaminated stuff. Hours of squeezing in glue and clamping.

Have the main dash parts glued up with new veneer... Still working on the door pieces. Lots of filling etc on those.

Again... The things I find interesting... Notice the differences in the makeup of the pieces... Definitely not done ala mass production

 

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Couple tidbits. For those who want to know how the instrument cluster attached. Bunch of screws

Also.... Those corners where they get screwed in via that nice long screw... Have to always be a mess. I filled the front with epoxy so I could redrill the hole and have some strength.

 

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Much progress .. finished all the veneer and repair.

That was a lot of repair. Had to remake some corners and fill some broken pieces of laminate

Happy it's to this point though.

 

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Everything is in dye right now and drying. My wife just rolled her eyes that I was using my car as a drying rack... Hey it's in the path of the heat.