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MOVING... It's never fun... |
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We've lost our lease, everything must go... And I was so
tired I only took this one shot of us dragging out the last load with the
parts car in tow. Other people always had bigger toys than us at that
place... |
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OK, so things are in boxes and starting to be unloaded, but
uh, it's not organized except for two categories - stuff I'm using, stuff
I'm selling. |
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This is the "using this stuff" pile... most of about 2 years
of collecting parts for a tii restoration. |
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One of the crown jewels of the project... a New-Old-Stock E21
3:91 LSD with zero miles... |
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for the fun stuff... |
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Plating research... As I took the car apart during the summer
I saved everything that was reusable. The bolts, nuts and fasteners and
other items I thought would look cool re-plated. The folks who can help you
with doing this a company called J and L Plating (313-564-6143) in Hazel
Park, Michigan. (NOTE: Ask for Nancy or Lynn and tell them I referred you
to them... they understand what a BMW 2002 is now) They can do small
runs for reasonable prices. This box ran about $100 + shipping both ways. It
was over 30 lbs of parts. The majority of the labor is in the bead blasting
of the parts before plating. If you can do it yourself you can save that
cost. Some or most of these parts are getting very hard to find or look
different when you buy the new ones. |
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Here's a sample of the things... door parts, kugelfisher
linkage, sway bar clamps, air box snaps, |
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MORE FUN STUFF... |
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The world-wide fans to this web site have really helped this
Stella project! I've been able to locate hard to find stuff for others, like
radios and steering wheels. Here's a couple of Euro radios from the 70s that
have AM, FM and Shortwave. Real cool stuff. If you need either of
these two radios, drop me a line.... |
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FENDER WORK |
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Driver's side wheel well, front... The fenders went on to the
new core support just like the factory intended them to go. |
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The driver's side wheel well shows the stainless steel
fasteners. We used chip guard on the inside of the fenders to repel rocks
and debris also. |
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The frame rail, prior to under coating the wheel wells. |
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ONE LAST SHOT... A shot of the bottom after treating, welding
and sealing the floor drains that you hear so much about being rust traps.
This was before we made changes to the transmission tunnel for the 5 speed
conversion. |
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