Streetlegal Group A Build

[Carlo M3]

HI Guy's,

This is my first new topic on the forum in years.

Some of the oldtime members may still remember me and my car.
I own it for almost 20 years now.




Years ago I started stripping the car for restoration since I had some serious rust issues.
Worst place was the infamous spot, lots of us know, under the front window.




After all rust was fixed the car got a layer of epoxy.

[Carlo M3]

Unfortunately live took over at that moment, and the car ended up in storage for the last 7 or 8 years.

In those years I even lost a bit of interest in the car and didn`t take any care for it at all.

Last year I got pretty serious into simracing and build a high-end PC with an Oculus Rift VR setup.

I took the E30 M3 DTM from Assetto Corsa to all famous racetracks in the world. What a blast that was in VR.

At one moment I stood next to my 1:1 fully build VR DTM car at the Nordschleife, and thought, why the F am I wearing these glasses

while if have a real car abandoned in storage.

I then started lurking here again, and on the Facebook group aswell, and got my interest back.

I`ve contacted Ton Vink from vinkmotorsport.com and discussed the possibilities for a restoration.

The chassis will be build up as Group A car, with some additional parts to make it steetlegal.

Yesterday we picked up the car from storage and brought it to his shop.

In the few comming week the car will be stripped completely and after that waterblasted to bare metal.

[Konig]

Excellent! I look forward to seeing your progress!

[Mick]

Hey old friend, it's good to have you back! Keep us updated on progress.

[Carlo M3]

Hey old friend, it's good to have you back! Keep us updated on progress.

Thanks Mick.

Updates will come for sure, but the build will take some time though.

[Carlo M3]

Sooner then expected,. the car was already stripped today..

[Broken88]

This is gonna be great. The lack of e30 m3 build threads is sad. I really with I would've started one bringing mine back to life. Good luck on your journey. Can't wait to see how it turns out.

[Carlo M3]

This is gonna be great. The lack of e30 m3 build threads is sad. I really with I would've started one bringing mine back to life. Good luck on your journey. Can't wait to see how it turns out.

Thanks..

[1990m3]

Nice Carlo -- good to see you back in the fold. Please post as many pics as you can throughout the process, these types of build threads are fantastic. Vink seems to do a great job too, I often druel over some of the stuff he sells

[Carlo M3]

Nice Carlo -- good to see you back in the fold. Please post as many pics as you can throughout the process, these types of build threads are fantastic. Vink seems to do a great job too, I often druel over some of the stuff he sells

Thanks.

I just was at his shop less than an our ago. I will upload some new pics in a minute.

[Carlo M3]

Some pics from the waterblaster..

[Carlo M3]

[Carlo M3]

[Carlo M3]

[Carlo M3]

I`m having a hard time to post the pics correctly each time, but I managed it..

Above some pics from the waterblaster..

Next update will be the cage..