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BMTHUG

1980 E23 735i round 2

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As some of you may know. I owned this car about 3 years ago and selling it was my absolute biggest regret in life so I contacted the guy I sold it to and asked to buy it back and thankfully he said yes, at twice what he paid for it! I couldn't say no though as I couldn't put a price on it. So I finally have it back in my care. It isn't running at the moment as the engine loom is off but that will be sorted in due time. Also there has been quite a bit of rust developing which I intend to sort out.  On the cards are the following things :

* Panel and paint

* Rust repairs

* Interior change or retrim

* Suspension rebuild

* Manual Conversion - planning to convert to the later motronic engine managment too, this 3 speed automatic isn't doing anyone any favors 

* Lowering

* Recondition exterior trims

* Dry ice blast undercarriage

* Some Period correct wheels 

* Ceramic coating of exterior 

I am beyond excited for this undertaking. 

 

 

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13 hours ago, Tobias01 said:

Who do you get to do the dry ice blast?

I will be doing it in house in a couple of months, in the process of buying and sourcing equipment to do it bro. Going to offer it as a service to client's etc 

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On 11/18/2024 at 5:38 PM, Tobias01 said:

Sweet. Will be needing mine done

will sort you out buddy :D keep in touch

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On 11/18/2024 at 10:58 AM, BMTHUG said:

I will be doing it in house in a couple of months, in the process of buying and sourcing equipment to do it bro. Going to offer it as a service to client's etc 

Add me to the list !

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18 hours ago, Twistee said:

Add me to the list !

Cool Colin! will do! going to be exciting times ahead :D

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18 hours ago, cleanish_e46 said:

YES

yeahhh buddy!!! 

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have found a commercial dry ice blaster! not cheap but it's going to be great once it arrives. ETA Jan 25. Will be setting up a dedicated hoist for all dry ice blasting and restoration work at my shop. :D let the good times roll. Dry ice blasting is the most satisfying thing ever. I met with 3 local companies to test their machines and found they weren't as powerful as what I was after. There was a Karcher C02 based dry ice blaster on offer through Karcher NZ but it wasn't as high powered as what I was after at 22k plus GST. 

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