Barney’s Baikal Blue coupe refresh

[HB Chris]

Since you have a/c I hope there is enough room to clear the a/c Pulley.

 

[BarneyT]

Tuesday finished up anti sway bars with needed new bolts and new SS break lines…

 

[BarneyT]

Wednesday worked a couple of hours in shop way to cold today…

here, installed wiper motor with cover I made and test fit heater intake cover..

 

[BarneyT]

Finished my Ceylon Gold 2002tii, it’s all on to finish the coupe now…

 

[Stevehose]

Finished my Ceylon Gold 2002tii, it all on to finish the coupe now…

Now that it's done, may I have it?

 

[BarneyT]

Another big Saturday, placed the engine in the coupe today…waiting on a few shifter/transmission parts.

 

[BarneyT]

Tuesday I’m continuing on with the engine bay mounted the power steering pump, alternator and installed the Sanden AC compressor…

 

[BarneyT]

Fuel pump, fuel line and carbs today…

 

[BarneyT]

Fit the air filter housing / installed oil filter today, I’m about finished in the engine bay. I need to run into Austin and pick up some fittings and start the air conditioner hosing next before finishing up the fan, radiator and hosing in engine bay..

 

[Peter Coomaraswamy]

After having had a BMW 2002 for the last 46 years and refreshing six over the last seven years I decided to start looking for a E9 coupe project. After a few months of talking with friends my buddy Mike Pugh told me about a dry 71 2800 Baikal Blue With white interior that had been sitting for fifteen years in North Carolina that was coming up for sale, After reviewing pictures and working up a tentative price on April 7 My wife and I loaded up the car trailer and headed to North Carolina give it a look over in person…pleased with what I saw we went ahead and made the purchase.
The start to getting it going again started as We removed the fuel tank Packed it up and send it to company In Houston that specializes and fuel tank renovation, They cut two holes in the tank to sandblast the interior /resealed it and coated the inside… after receiving it back and reinstalling the fuel tank in the car it ran like a champ With a few issues to be addressed, we replaced the differential hanger/replaced rubber boots of half shafts/adjusted the valves/repaired oil leak at valve cover caused by two striped out bolt holes…
after driving the car a few months and over three thousand miles I decided to start the refresh…

the goal to refresh and be finished in a year are less…started to disassemble first week of November going to glass bead blast to metal December 13 / remove & fill in holes at side reflectors and repaint Bailak blue / change the interior to red leather and install a rebuilt 3.5 engine / a five speed

Can’t wait to swing by and see the progress. Still working on the caboose in the backyard… in between diaper changes and feedings

 

[BarneyT]

A few more parts bolted on the coupe on Tuesday…headlights/taillights/front turn lights.

 

[BarneyT]

Getting the five parts together tonight, hoping to get transmission assembled and installed with the next couple days…called me today to
say the cut down driveshaft is ready for picku.

using the Hal Boyles five speed platform.

IE five speed support bracket

 

[rsporsche]

Finished my Ceylon Gold 2002tii, it’s all on to finish the coupe now…View attachment 156835

what paint did you use?

 

[BarneyT]

what paint did you use?

we used BASF paint on the Ceylon gold Tii…

 

[BarneyT]

Dry fit transmission parts together today before install, using the five speed shifter platform that @halboyles produces.

Per Hal’s suggestion I fabricated two alignment bolts, long enough for me to set the transmission on them, and then slide it into place.

Maybe Saturday install…

 

[BarneyT]

Five speed installed today…

 

[Ohmess]

Hal makes a nice looking part.

 

[mulberryworks]

Five speed installed today…View attachment 158526

That right corner looks pretty close to the transmission tunnel. Do you think there's a chance that the transmission would shift enough under load to contact the wall creating noise and wear? With new rubber mounts, it might not be an issue but the yet to be replaced transmission mounts on my 2800CS are so old and squishy the motor moves a lot under normal loads.

 

[BarneyT]

Slow progress, but 5 speed transmission /shifter and rest of drive train installed and Fritz bits exhaust mostly…
Last a/c hose to install and that’s complete.

I’m gonna button up the radiator and the front of the engine and hopefully be running in a week or so…

 

[Stevehose]

How are you anchoring the exhaust support bracket to the transmisson?