BMW 328 Custombuild replica

[Wouterbz]

These are pictures from a project from my brother, Ivo Steentjes. You can see a polyester BMW 328 body as a mock-up for size fitting. There is yet not decided if the final carbody will be made out of metal or polyester, but the chasis is from a Reliant Scimitar. Engine, gearbox, suspension and brake-system as other technics, will be borrowed from a modern 5-series.
The end result will be an oversized 328, custom build to fit his new owner.

I'll try 2 keep u posted, but meanwhile don't be shy to contact me if you want further information.

[speedsterbassie]

Ziet er goed uit!!!

Succes!

[Wouterbz]

Ziet er goed uit!!!

Succes!

Dankjewel, zal het doorgeven :)

BTW Forgot to put the link where u can look at other projects that Ivo took care of : www.stonehill-carbodies.com

[speedsterbassie]

Beste Wouter en Ivo,

In 2004 kocht ik een kit car magazine. Daar stond ook zo'n auto (BMW replica, ook gebaseerd op een Scimitar chassis). Is ie daar op gebaseerd?

vriendelijke groet,

BAs Beerling

[Wouterbz]

Beste Wouter en Ivo,

In 2004 kocht ik een kit car magazine. Daar stond ook zo'n auto (BMW replica, ook gebaseerd op een Scimitar chassis). Is ie daar op gebaseerd?

vriendelijke groet,

BAs Beerling

Hallo Bas, mijn excuses dat ik de rest in het Engels doe....dan kunnen meer mensen iets aan het antwoord hebben ;)

We don't know that 2004 car that you mentioned and the fact that a Scimitar chassis is used is simple: It is a nice chassis :smile:

I will add some pictures of an polyster body of a normal 328. The mould that is used, is formed by using an orginal 328. Ivo did several BMW projects and worked on many types from the same timeperiod.

The whole idea is to upscale the car by starting to upgrade the polyester body, also by replacing with metalparts. Such as the nosepart, a picture of the wooden form is shown.

BTW, enclosed also a picture that shows that "a nice chassis" doesn't mean that there is now work to do :biggrin:

[peterux]

Nice project!! :madgrin:

I saw a real BMW 328 at the Goodwood festival last year. I was surprised to see how small it was :smile:

Here is a picture for your collection.....

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8031/8015768550_04a426737e_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/peters-bmwmarlin/8015768550/)
Goodwood Revival 2012 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/peters-bmwmarlin/8015768550/) by marlinpeter (http://www.flickr.com/people/peters-bmwmarlin/), on Flickr


...peter

[speedsterbassie]

Good luck!! I keep folowing you!!

[Wouterbz]

An update to show some work on the front part: forming the alluminium noose part.

[Wouterbz]

Nice project!! :madgrin:

I saw a real BMW 328 at the Goodwood festival last year. I was surprised to see how small it was :smile:

Here is a picture for your collection.....

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8031/8015768550_04a426737e_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/peters-bmwmarlin/8015768550/)
Goodwood Revival 2012 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/peters-bmwmarlin/8015768550/) by marlinpeter (http://www.flickr.com/people/peters-bmwmarlin/), on Flickr


...peter

Now you know why Ivo is making a larger version :)

[Wouterbz]

Next stage pictures of forming the front, with in the background an orginal 321.

[Wouterbz]

Results of rear section fitting with a Jaguar axel and suspension and a picture of the polyester front versus the enlarged aluminium front.
More details will follow asap......

[Wouterbz]

Hello everybody,

A post with 2 pictures of the noose fitted in the polyester body. In total the body is 6 cm broader then the original 328.

BTW....the client had decided that the whole body has to be made of alluminium....so Ivo can show his craftmanship and of course we will keep you posted.....

[garyh]

If you could show how you make the parts, that would be very interesting.

[Wouterbz]

If you could show how you make the parts, that would be very interesting.

Hello Garyh,

Thanks for your suggestion and we will present pictures of the production. If u look at the pictures with the title "noose", you can see at least one way of forming the noose part, ie the wooden form. The good old hammer is the tool that has been used in this part of the process.

But like I said, later on we will present you more pictures.

[froggyman]

Hello Garyh,

Thanks for your suggestion and we will present pictures of the production. If u look at the pictures with the title "noose", you can see at least one way of forming the noose part, ie the wooden form. The good old hammer is the tool that has been used in this part of the process.

But like I said, later on we will present you more pictures.

Hi, a short video clip on you tube would be good. Thanks.

[Wouterbz]

Hello people,

It took a while due to other priorities, but the alluminium is getting in the right form. More details will follow as soon as possible.

[Wouterbz]

Some oversight pictures......

[Wouterbz]

Some pictures of the progrees that Ivo made untill so far.....a body oversight....the moment that we find the time we will select some more pictures.....

[JG]

Lovely work and craftsmanship, keep it up :thumb:

[Bamaavenger]

Nice build any progress?

[Wouterbz]

Ivo has a busy schedule and there is some progress.....photo's will be posted as soon as possible.

[Wouterbz]

For the moment this picture of Ivo and one of his favourite working position

[Wouterbz]

The first picture that shows one of the reasons that the XXL328 is in progress, but that an other authentic BMW has first priority now :)......

Anyone want to take a guess on type and model??

[Wouterbz]

....and here is number two.....

[Wouterbz]

Since there were a few questions about the techniques Ivo uses and why we do not have youtube posts yet......

Well at first, I will keep on posting pictures of the BMW 327 - 1937, because that has become a priority project and will be well documented.
More important, it has to be done within a month......so more pictures should be available in a shorter time and it will give a nice impression about how parts are made & fitted. Yes I know, the 327 is of topic but in some pictures you can see the 328XXL waiting on the background in some of the pictures ;)

And then about youtube, in the summer we will try to get camera's installed in the workshop and on the machinery. From there on we will start experimenting with film-productions of the projects in progress.

[Wouterbz]

This is what you get if you mix up parts.....BMW Mash :)

[Wouterbz]

Finally some pictures of the progress up till today. The chassis is adapted for the engine and gearbox from a BMW 5 series.

[JG]

Looking really nice. I would love to be able to bash out an aluminium bodied car one day, takes the art of building your own car to another level.

[sharm19]

Nice project!! :madgrin:

I saw a real BMW 328 at the Goodwood festival last year. I was surprised to see how small it was :smile:

Here is a picture for your collection.....

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8031/8015768550_04a426737e_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/peters-bmwmarlin/8015768550/)
Goodwood Revival 2012 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/peters-bmwmarlin/8015768550/) by marlinpeter (http://www.flickr.com/people/peters-bmwmarlin/), on Flickr
...peter

Definitely much smaller than you'd think! Still pretty awesome though