1991 318i Frankensedan

[jc43089]

Excellent, I see no point to stored low mileage cars.  It's not the miles that ruin a car, it's time/the elements.  I would not be concerned about the miles.  I rebuilt an m20 that had a cracked head and it had no measurable wear in the cylinders.  It was bought at an auction and the odometer was broken and had stopped at 280k so who knows.  The number on the head matched the chassis and nothing looked like it had ever been touched.  It got a light honing, new rings, bearings, and seals and it was ready to go.

[YoungCR]

yay for low budget builds!

[B C]

Junkyard M50NV swap and cheap coilovers and become an instagram god

Having a disposable car that you dont care as much about dents and rust on is really nice

[straight6pwr]

goal for 1991 318i x2 = e30 picnic 2018?

[Earl]

Yes yes yes!

[m42b32]

straight6pwr said:

goal for 1991 318i x2 = e30 picnic 2018?

You never know! I'm setting no goals on this one as far as completion dates haha. I'd like it to be a stress free thing to work on here and there and not care too much about making it pretty

[m42b32]

Drove the rusty car from my parents house to the garage today. I have to say, for 400k miles this car runs and drives great, perfectly smooth cruising at 65. If it weren't for the really bad rust it would be a great car as-is.

[m42b32]

Minor update in this and some changes in plans. The motor and trans have been removed from the silver car (Thanks for the help Mike!), and I will have it completely stripped and out of here by the end of September. Because I am swapping my 318is, I will have a much lower mileage m42/g240/driveshaft/etc to swap into the sedan, so I will be putting everything that I can't use with the swap (motor mounts, exhaust, etc) into that car. The interior will still be coming from the silver car, as will a lot of random odds and ends. Hoping to get started on putting this one together maybe next summer.

[m42b32]

Silver car is stripped as far as I could given the time constraints on my shop move, had it hauled away yesterday. 

[Jdesign]

One man can never have too many 318's

[Daggerty]

Who towed it with no wheels?

[m42b32]

Daggerty said:

Who towed it with no wheels?

Ace auto salvage, I had wheels to roll it onto the truck and then we took them off before he drove away. I had to pay them 50 bucks to take it which sucked, but I kinda screwed myself on the timing.

[YoungCR]

If you paid them $50 they could've at least dragged it on the bed for you.

[m42b32]

YoungCR said:

If you paid them $50 they could've at least dragged it on the bed for you.

Yeah that's what they did. I used the wheels to get it out of the garage and then we used the truck to lift up each end, took the wheels off, and then dragged it the rest of the way on. All said and done it took less than 20 minutes, and I had about 48 hours to get rid of it while simultaneously moving all my tools and parts 20 minutes away to a new garage (and working full time), so spending $50 to not have a hassle was worth it.

[straight6pwr]

thanks for the organ donation Frankensedan! RIP (rust in peace)

[m42b32]

straight6pwr said:

thanks for the organ donation Frankensedan! RIP

RIP... It was a bummer killing an e30, but this one was pretty much already dead. Perfect for rebuilding others!