Restoration website e9

Thanks!
Nice write-up's.
One of these days have to get down to see your car....
 
Really informative site and great work, thanks.

On the advice of a UK restorer, I took the rear pillar drains through the front of the wheel arch, fairly high up, so if you look inside the arch they can be seen protruding an inch or two pointing downwards in front of the wheel. The logic was that they are shortened and follow a fairly straight path, very easy to fit, are less likely to block, and can be easily cleaned with some nylon thread.
 
Very nice site. Great pictures and great work. Any more pictures of the fender after cutout from the body particularly from the front? I would like to know how you cut the front fender at the A pillar without cutting right through the entire pillar and how you separated it from the body line along the top from the pillar to the front. Please keep us posted on your progress. Wish you the best of luck in your restoration. From what I've seen I think you will end up with a beautiful Machine.
Andre
 
Andre, The top of the outer fender overlaps the top of the inner fender. They are not directly attached to each other along the top length of the fender. There are two angle pieces that connect them (a short and long one). The vertical leg of the angle mates up to the vertical leg of the outer fender rain channel (it may be covered by seam sealer). The bottom horizontal let is attached to the top of the inner fender. Just remove the spot welds connecting the angle piece to the two fenders. Carefully drill them out and pry away the angle as you go to. Assume that you will replace these two pieces so do not try and save them.

Removing the fender at the 'A' pillar is trickier. After you remove the lead filler you should see the ground down weld. I used a dremel cut-off wheel (a small one) and cut on the fender side of the weld. At the inside corners I drilled a series of holes (where the cut-off wheel could not reach). I did cut through too deep in a couple of places so be careful. The metal is not a thick as it might look.
 
Hey Sven,
Nice looking CS. Can you tell me anything about your steering wheel? I want to get one like that to replace my one (see it here).

Thanks,
Drew
 
The steering wheel came with the car. It is a Nardi wheel. A lot of coupes have them. They are aftermarket. I do not think the wood ones are available new any more. They come up on eBay, and even on this site, from time to time.
 
Terriffic!

Thank you for publishing your site. The text is very informative and the pictures are brilliant!

I have learned plenty from what you have shared thus far. I hope to undertake a project similar in scope in the near future. With a reference like your site I now believe that I too can accomplish this. I sincerely hope you continue to post your progress.

Thank you,

Ed
 
So interesting to follow your work and progress - many useful pieces of information with which to follow when i start a similar project - many thanks...

Richard


Sven said:
Here is a site I have been working on to document some of my experiences, and hope to update, as I progress through the restoration process. The site and the car are a work in progress....

http://www.larsenarchitect.com/BMW/Restoration.html
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