build
head unit and speakers
added a new head unit and all new speakers and wires:
Pioneer DEH-P9400BH CD Receiver – Pioneer TS-A6974R A-Series 6″x9″ 3-Way 500 Watts – Pioneer TS-G4644R – 4″ x 6″ 2-Way Speaker
*note the old XO.
H&B Gauge POD
these are the original HB gauges and cluster, ive removed these from their home. i wanted to document these here. this is neat piece.
broken HVAC vent driveshaft
upon my removal of the HVAC and its components this pass vent control shaft snapped. these are very very hard to find. i had to improvise.
heres my solution. some ss hardware drilled and tapped a bionic extension.
monte carlo
the original 4-spoke alpina wheel had severe dry rotting and cracking, i opted to go with the momo monte carlo for the period correct look and its one of my favorites anyway. its also a little smaller.
shifter
was also able to grab this gem from HB, perhaps the last NOS shift knob. took some modding to fit my custom linkage*
*e36 rogue engineering lower shifter with custom lever. also made solid aluminum shifter mounts and converted the 265 trans linkage to the wider knuckle which involved creating a new link, all of which got new bushings and rubber.
front seats
also got oldson’s to recover the flofits in black vinyl. the car had scheels at one point based on the history of the car, however they were gone when i got it. the flofits are a nice period correct option with a steel frame and recaro sport look.
panels
the door cards and side panels were in great shape, new retaining clips and cleaning. along with new chrome from munich.
someone had cut tweeters in them. so in turn i put fresh ones in also.
rear seats
got oldson’s to recover my interior bits. first was the rear buckets. they covered the rear center, the rear deck got fresh covers and the headrests got a cleaning.
new blast cabinet
kari got me this for fathers day, should help a lot with some of these old parts. modified it with a blower line inside and resealed it.
update: Motosports Series Springs
Something had me uneasy about running a cut spring on the car.. sold the RD’s and picked up some NOS Motrorsport Series Springs from BFC. they look great mounted
the drop
bilstein sports with racing dynamics springs (1 cut coil fronts)
these shots were taking with no motor.
rust!!!
ugh this was a nightmare, was a huge amount of rust in the pass well. think it was from the harness grommet over the glovebox being nonexistent. i discovered it late in the build while doing the new driveshaft. i noticed a bubble in the undercoating then poked with a flat head, that flathead went all way thru. the carnage is below.
the best thing i could do was cut it out. cut all the rust from the belly on both pass. side foot wells. added new flat stock and welded her up, slapped on some POR-15 marine clean, metal ready, and paint. finished up the underside with some new undercoating.
roadstars
given my heart still bleeds for the e368 ill pay homage lby using 4 rear 17×9’s. adding a little H&B flare to the centers.
also note i converted the car to studs. the center bore is correct but i felt safer as i am running a 100mm HR spacers up front.
