Hi All,
Back in March/April I decided to have a go at off roading, so bought a 88" 3 series.
It was in need of a bit of work, chassis etc, and also had a Nissan engine fitted.
I started eagerly, bit here, bit there, welding chassis, cleaning, de rusting parts.
The down side with the Nissan engine (2.5 diesel) it was badly fitted, poor welding on homemade engine mounts, poor welding on homemade exhaust, bodged wiring, it goes on and on.
I also wanted to go for the army olive drab look too, but its all changed again.
By this time its into June, and I have still not driven it yet, slowly loosing the will to go on.
It was then I decided, "bugger it" lets get a new chassis, and put an original Series engine in, so at least when it was running I could get stock parts for it, and as it is a tax exempt, I though it would be worth it.
Now it is October, still not on the road, but the rstoration is coming on a treat. I have even managed to knock up a temp shelter now in the garden, so raining, dark, I have no excuse..
Back in March/April I decided to have a go at off roading, so bought a 88" 3 series.
It was in need of a bit of work, chassis etc, and also had a Nissan engine fitted.
I started eagerly, bit here, bit there, welding chassis, cleaning, de rusting parts.
The down side with the Nissan engine (2.5 diesel) it was badly fitted, poor welding on homemade engine mounts, poor welding on homemade exhaust, bodged wiring, it goes on and on.
I also wanted to go for the army olive drab look too, but its all changed again.
By this time its into June, and I have still not driven it yet, slowly loosing the will to go on.
It was then I decided, "bugger it" lets get a new chassis, and put an original Series engine in, so at least when it was running I could get stock parts for it, and as it is a tax exempt, I though it would be worth it.
Now it is October, still not on the road, but the rstoration is coming on a treat. I have even managed to knock up a temp shelter now in the garden, so raining, dark, I have no excuse..
