Country houses and ’80s GT cars. I had it all.
I’m still not sure if it’s a good or bad thing, but the 924 has changed hands twice since I sold it and it now lives with a guy I work with; I see it EVERY day.
Posts Tagged ‘Euro
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Project 924: Like a BOSS
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Various Brown
So, this weekend I chucked the KP out the garage and got the Beemer in. I got a quote from the body shop to do the arch and lets just say it was erm, steep. So I took it on myself and cleared the weekend to do it!
The splitter cam back from the shop too, so I had 2 days and everything I needed to get it back to as good as new/ before I slammed it and drove it through a ton of snow.
I re-shaped the arch and rolled the lip while I was there. I got 95% of it out so I only had to use a tiny skim of filler. I hate filler.
Primer and Paint and left to bake…
Quick flat/ blend/ polish/ mop/ luck
I put the splitter back and supplemented BMW’s own c-clip mounting system with some good-old zipties.
I also completed my ICE install…
Yeah boi; old skool Sony walkman and in-car tape kit. I couldn’t bring myself to pull that sweet head unit out. Retro chic or a step too ’90s? Well, pretty much both and that’s why I love it.
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White Out
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Tech One
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Project MK1 Cavalier: SOLD.
I was really looking forward to rocking around in this car over summer; Hittin’ up shows and having something I could actually get some camping gear in. It’s a full-blown windows down, steering with one hand mobile. Alas, I had to let it go; I really need to get a place!
The good news is I still have the banded steels as the new owner took it without them…I might have to throw them under the Roadster for a giggle.
Remember this?
Well, after many hours of cruising (and scraping) I decided it was time for a tune and an electric fan to help the old girl into the 30+ mpg club.
Out with the old fixed original fan…
and in with the new… I’m not the most savvy when it comes to wiring and electrics, so wiring in a fan and it actually working was a result!
With that done it was tune-up time; old-skool style!
Gas tester plugged in the back
Color tune up front
If you’ve not seen one before, it’s a spark plug with a viewing window in it so you can see the colour of the combustion: White-ish = lean, Rich Blue = Stoich, Rich = Orange. This is retro tuning at its best!
Here’s a pic of it running looking down the viewing tube:
Runs much better now! Should be less juicy too.
Here’s a couple of lame pics from today:
I’m all about this interior:
The truth according to 8380 Labs:
Future plans? Well, I’m just going to enjoy cruising round in it. When it settles I’ll probably drop it a bit more, but beyond that I’ve no real plans. There is a kinda perverse side to me that would love to see it tucking Bentleys but….
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