My 75' BMW 1602 project

[DeanR32]

That's a shame. Would have been a good day.

Pop me a mail what time you going there and I'll pop up too.

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[DeanR32]

Evening all

I thought I'd best get this thread started. I haven't had the time to work on the car since the last post on here, due to work and home life. But now I'm renting a property with a garage whilst work is done on my flat, I can crack on with this

Today I've been cleaning up the near side sill. It was put on new in 98, but started to show a bit of corrosion. I thought I best do this before it got any worse





You can see the pitting, but I'm sure I've cleaned it up enough. Gave it some time with some acid gel stuff, which is supposed to neutralise anything in the pitting. Worked it in over and over with a small wire brush. I then gave it a coat with some etching primer.

Does anyone know, when it finally comes to prepping for paint, can the etching primer be filled over the top, or does the filler have to go on bare metal?

I'll probably have an update with this most days I work on it.

Thanks for any interest. Any hints or tips, please don't hold back. I'm winging it as it is!!

Cheers

[e21Mark]

Once cleaned back to bare steel you can probably put a light skim of stopper across. I'd pop down to Pristine and get a bit of advice to be sure though.

[Ruskie]

Looking forward to seeing this progress.

As an aside is there a decent forum dedicated to older BM's 2002 etc?

[Brite spark]

DeanR32 said:

I'll probably have an update with this most days I work on it.

Thanks for any interest. Any hints or tips, please don't hold back. I'm winging it as it is!!

Cheers

Have you watched anything similar on YouTube or forums to give you pointers.
Project blinky on YouTube might give you some insight.

[DeanR32]

Thanks for the replies.

I've got plenty of time today so I'll pop down Pristine a bit later. He must be the most knowledgable bloke round close to me!

I'll have to look on YouTube. I do have a little gander on there sometimes. I'll check that channel out now.

Plenty to do on it. There's an area of rot on the roof which made me st my pants! It seems (and I'm praying!) it's only this area though, where you'd mount a roof rack. Bloody hope so too!

[Mermaid]

what a good looking & distinctive car

[DeanR32]

Not in the state this one is in!! Hopefully one day though Mermaid.

Although fairly quiet, compared to more known forums, www.02forum.co.uk is a knowledgable site.

Popped down to Pristine to see what they've got going on. Some nice cars down there (including yours Mark!). Very knowledgable, and work looks second to none. I'm sure he'll be doing bits on mine at some point.

I've decided to go Turbo arches on this car, as there's a rust hole in one of the rear arches.

Updates as and when I do a bit

Cheers

[Figgle]

Watching this thread with interest (bookmarked). I have an E9 in need of serious work so please post up all the details of what you do/learn/use etc as I'm sure i'll need that info too soon. It's looking good so far and I like where you're planning on going with it

[DeanR32]

The E9 is the one I'll go for after this E10. Is yours a recent purchase? Would love to see a couple pictures of it!

[Strawman]

DeanR32 said:

I've decided to go Turbo arches on this car, as there's a rust hole in one of the rear arches.

Turbo arches look much better than standard ones on these.

[DeanR32]

Strawman said:

DeanR32 said:

I've decided to go Turbo arches on this car, as there's a rust hole in one of the rear arches.

Turbo arches look much better than standard ones on these.

I make you right mate.

Just a little update. I've been blasting the front panel today. Didn't get it all done but got a few pictures nonetheless.

High pressure water and kiln dried sand. I didn't like the idea of blasting water at it, but it worked fairly well













I'll have to revisit it when the weather perks up, but it does get good results. It just needs drying and coating ASAP, and it might need something working into the pitted steel. Just worries me that a spec of rust in a pit might rear it's ugly head in the future. And we do not want that, especially on a visible, finished panel!

Cheers

[Figgle]

Wow that front panel has come up nicely, good work.

I'd love an E10 as well, I think you've probably done it the right way round doing the E10 first!

Edited by Figgle on Wednesday 20th May 20:46

[DeanR32]

Needs more than a wash to me mate!

Looks to be a sizeable project you got on your hands there though.

Are you planning to put it back original? Ever done anything like this before?

[Figgle]

DeanR32 said:

Needs more than a wash to me mate!

Looks to be a sizeable project you got on your hands there though.

Are you planning to put it back original? Ever done anything like this before?

I'll send you a pm so as not to ruin your thread

[theshrew]

If you get it looking like the car in the picture that will be stunning.

Great project good luck with it :-)

[crossie]

Front end has come up great


keep up the good work - would love one of these cars!

[Figgle]

Any news on this mate? How you getting on?

[Stoatman]

Do those chaps do a lot of sand blasting in a car park ! They must do a lot of brushing up

Edited by Stoatman on Friday 8th May 22:19

[DeanR32]

Been some seriously slow progress on this, but I do as much as I can, when I can.

Been fiddling about with the rear panel and getting it welded in place. Tricky job, as it was a second hand panel and it had been cut off a donor car by Ray Charles!! Had a little help from Figgle (poster above. Good to meet you mate) and finally associated the boot floor to the rear panel.

Quick snap of it on


Now I need to coat up the boot area and the underside of the boot.

I have these products (along with red oxide primer, not in the photo)



The silver can is an etch primer. The tin on the the right is a two part coating we use on gas mains to prevent rusting and oxidisation. Not entirely sure it stays flexible at all though.

Any suggestions as to the best gear for the boot area, and also for the underside?

Cheers guys