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Ericholm 250 SWB Build thread

Lucky@LeMans 4 Sep 2016, 8:36pm
I hope this was a staged photo and you didn't really risk that lot falling on your car !
ericholm 4 Sep 2016, 8:57pm
Lucky@LeMans wrote:
I hope this was a staged photo and you didn't really risk that lot falling on your car !


Ha ha, wish it was. Not sure what else I could have done other than stand there a few hours pressing down on it. No worries, the risk was worth it!!!!
ericholm 4 Sep 2016, 8:57pm
DaveP wrote:
Beautiful car. You have ended up with the best 250 swb in my view. No offence to the others. It's the detail and the silver really sets it off.

Good luck with the MOT

Dave


Thanks Dave, much appreciated!!!!
JG 4 Sep 2016, 9:51pm
Wonderful job, looks fantastic, as others have said the silver really sets it off.....now with bumpers....??
ericholm 4 Sep 2016, 10:08pm
JG wrote:
Wonderful job, looks fantastic, as others have said the silver really sets it off.....now with bumpers....??


Thanks, no mines the Sport version not the SE :party:
Jaguartvr 5 Sep 2016, 6:10am
Looking good.

All you need now is a Daytona to compliment it, you have a double garage, start nagging Chris!!

I do think a bug screen will break up the flowing lines, sometimes less is more.
ericholm 7 Sep 2016, 6:31pm
Yay, Mot passed, although they had to adjust headlamps, but all good.
Paul L 7 Sep 2016, 7:43pm
Congratulations on the MOT. :cool:

Looking forward to seeing lots of photos of you out enjoying it.

Good luck, Paul. :)
ericholm 8 Sep 2016, 7:00pm
View of top of door trim (Woolies) and chrome enamel greyscale Union Jack to cover 'SRS Airbag' on dash and Chrome metal door locking trim bezel.

IMG_5695 by eric holm, on Flickr

IMG_5696 by eric holm, on Flickr
Leatherseat 8 Sep 2016, 7:10pm
I do like the Tax disc - lovely feature.
The scale is emphasised by being next to the Q-porte (and further from the camera).
It looks fantastic.

Enjoy,

David
Danny_HUFC 8 Sep 2016, 7:42pm
Tax disk looks well but draws the attention to the bmw badge. Is that on the windscreen glass?
ericholm 8 Sep 2016, 7:57pm
Danny_HUFC wrote:
Tax disk looks well but draws the attention to the bmw badge. Is that on the windscreen glass?


Yep its on the windscreen glass, I might have a look to see what can be done about that, either fill in the 2 clear parts of BMW badge with something black so it looks like a little shield or, see if it can be removed in some way, without damaging or replacing the screen :tea:
Danny_HUFC 9 Sep 2016, 5:55pm
Wet and dry should get that off no problem.
Mineheart 12 Sep 2016, 6:02pm
Jaguartvr wrote:
Looking good.

All you need now is a Daytona to compliment it, you have a double garage, start nagging Chris!!

I do think a bug screen will break up the flowing lines, sometimes less is more.


Just heard some gossip
Evidently there is a Daytona shell sat on a BMW Z4 at DNA's workshop
Your dreams may have come true, but at what price?
Jaguartvr 12 Sep 2016, 6:05pm
You've just made my day. There is a 5.3 Jag Daytona on Ebay at the moment. No bids and reserve not met at 20K.
A Daytona on a Z3 or Z4 makes very good sense.
Leatherseat 12 Sep 2016, 7:27pm
Mineheart wrote:
Just heard some gossip
Evidently there is a Daytona shell sat on a BMW Z4 at DNA's workshop
Your dreams may have come true, but at what price?


It wouldn't happen to be a coupe, would it?

Holding my breath at this end....

David
Jaguartvr 13 Sep 2016, 1:41pm
Stupid way to advertise a car. Starting price should be the reserve, at least that way everyone knows where they stand. Would you travel all the way to Scotland to see a car that you have no idea on theist of?
Reserve could be £20001 or £40K.
Waste of time
Lucky@LeMans 13 Sep 2016, 7:46pm
Find the ebay reserve simply by placing a silly high price in this case £200000.
The price will jump straight to the reserve say £25k . You can then retract your bid saying you bid the wrong amount. Takes about a minute all in.
Danny_HUFC 13 Sep 2016, 9:00pm
You cant do that because you also need someone else bidding close to the reserve.
Lucky@LeMans 13 Sep 2016, 9:36pm
The price will jump straight to the reserve price unless Ebay have changed their systems very recently. Give it a go !
Danny_HUFC 13 Sep 2016, 10:52pm
Think your wrong there. Bids only go up in certain increments. You need 2 bidders.
ericholm 17 Sep 2016, 3:03pm
After watching the Goodwood Revival race (https://www.facebook.com/Goodwood.Revival/videos/1216037815114075/) I deceived to add some numbers
......ohh and interior is back to 'mint' :wink:

Dscn9245 by eric holm, on Flickr

Dscn9264 by eric holm, on Flickr

Dscn9270 by eric holm, on Flickr

Dscn9273 by eric holm, on Flickr

Dscn9228 by eric holm, on Flickr

Dscn9230 by eric holm, on Flickr

Dscn9236 by eric holm, on Flickr

Dscn9237 by eric holm, on Flickr

Dscn9240 by eric holm, on Flickr