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an ex collegue of mine is apparently repatriating BMW M3's from the UK for track use as they cant get enough of them bizzar what have they done will them all?, we may have a retro British (kit) car industry on our hands, thats if the wheel does not come off!
Many M3s, especially E30s and E36s, have been modified in France and serviced in the back alley of grocery shop with rapeseed oil whereas it's easier to find one with a FSH or even a full BMW service history in the UK.
And they're much cheaper too.
Lots of action, not enough photos, rear end, surface rust found under carpet, hood slackend to access removal of mazda boot hinges, two bloody bolts, now refitted. More to follow!
Hinges are fine now, thanks your build looks very good after the sanding, like the the saying sanding untill the doctor comes, mad me chuckle don't think it translated well as thats quite extreame but I know what you wanted to say.
A bit of progress tonight before it started to rain, new hinges bolted down with big flat washers and locking washers, more fiddely than Mr Fiddle, playing the fiddle on Fiddler on the Roof (kept dropping the washers and had to shake the boot to get them out of the double skin). Check straps fitted amd I have decided to bin the lifting rams and will have something more simple instead, mayby even a handle.
Rain stopped play last night still need to sand the lid to get the shut right, now the sun is shining but the GP starts in half and hour, have to tear myself away to watch it and continue later.
The wheels look good you may need split adapters, I got mine from the US, to fit original wheels, went from 4x100 PCD to 5x108, the kits arches are wide enough for this even had to use spacers on the rear.
Yeah these are a 5 stud, my pal has an engineering company so he'l be doing them for me, he done them for my last kit car when I had fitted mercedes alloys to an mr2.
