Just thought you might want to see some pictures of my Group 2 CSL replica. Based on the more afford able 3.0 csi but with the right bits to make it light and competitive
Got the shell back from the media blasters yesterday and am very happy with the result the RH side floor is not too good but I will be raising this anyway to enable a side exit exhaust with silencers. roof skin is coming off and I have a replacement ready to go back on bar bracket removal and cutting back the metal wings to allow larger tyres there is not much welding required, bar fitting the roll cage and seam welding in the right areas.
I will have set of good steel wheel arches after the dreaded cutting as all the wings were replaced a couple of years ago. I also have a spare CSL roof and A and B pillars
the pictures show the shell with the 1973 factory style bodykit on for some trial fitting. The body was stripped back to the bare metal then primed with a zink etch in white. Next job is to remove all the excess media and grit and finish the conversion to LH drive, just missing the LHD manual steering box - if anyone has one out there, or if anyone knows which LHD rack was used in the later conversion for the racers, or more about this modification I will be very interested.
As things progress I plan to post more pictures, plus the usual wants etc..
To help fund this project I am breaking a beyond salvage 72 3.0 csi with a good interior and also have spare engines, transmission, including a Getrag 265 and standard rear diffs
http://s623.photobucket.com/albums/tt313/sprintevo/bmw csl/
Got the shell back from the media blasters yesterday and am very happy with the result the RH side floor is not too good but I will be raising this anyway to enable a side exit exhaust with silencers. roof skin is coming off and I have a replacement ready to go back on bar bracket removal and cutting back the metal wings to allow larger tyres there is not much welding required, bar fitting the roll cage and seam welding in the right areas.
I will have set of good steel wheel arches after the dreaded cutting as all the wings were replaced a couple of years ago. I also have a spare CSL roof and A and B pillars
the pictures show the shell with the 1973 factory style bodykit on for some trial fitting. The body was stripped back to the bare metal then primed with a zink etch in white. Next job is to remove all the excess media and grit and finish the conversion to LH drive, just missing the LHD manual steering box - if anyone has one out there, or if anyone knows which LHD rack was used in the later conversion for the racers, or more about this modification I will be very interested.
As things progress I plan to post more pictures, plus the usual wants etc..
To help fund this project I am breaking a beyond salvage 72 3.0 csi with a good interior and also have spare engines, transmission, including a Getrag 265 and standard rear diffs
http://s623.photobucket.com/albums/tt313/sprintevo/bmw csl/