Valve cover and catach tank

Some new pics of the installed valve cover. Looks good huh?
...and no ACS. parts in my car except for the oil cap!

Seats in!

I had to do some modifications to the seat mount to mount the passenger seat in....... it's starting to look like a race car!!!!

driver seat is in !
now both seats are done......

Accusump valve mount

Made a better accusump valve mount this weekend. Well better than the zip ties that I was using before....

took me 30 mins to fab up........and it shows!

not very pretty but functional..... Handmande....can you tell?

Rivets 'r' us

Made templates out of poster board cut them with the pneumatic shears and riveted them in place......
See all the pictures HERE

Dash install

A little bit every weekend.....

I wired up the dash and all the gauges back

and made myself a dead pedal !

Door Panels

I hung the the doors this weekend and installed the fenders and started unmasking everything.

later in the day I used my new tool! Air snips! made a poster board template and cut some door panels....

Fun stuff......anything is better than sanding...

Clear Coat ...

On the seventh day god created urethane clear coat and we applied it !!

soo nice! I am so excited !! I simply cannot believe that this is the same car !


this is THE magic moment of the painting process.... you spray the clear and the paint comes alive!

so white it was blinding me !





3 quarts of etching primer, 1 gallon of high build primer, 2 gallons of Gran Prix white (could of used more!) and 1 gallon of Omni clear coat.

$3000 paint job? nah...... not in my life

(mix 1:1)
Etching primer 1 qt $22.28
activator $14.56

(mix 1:1)
Nason speed highbuild primer 1 gal. $60.56
Acetone 1gal. $15.90

(mix 1:1)
Nason Base coat Grand Prix white 1.5 gal. $133.56
Reducer 1.5 gal $32.80

(mix 4:1)
OmniSV Clear 1 gal. $61.70
Hardner 1 qt. $46

Nason gun cleaner 1 gal. $14.72

Misc. sandpaper, bondo, spreaders, fiberglass&resin(for hood) $100

labor 2 people 7 days maybe 200 hours plus of time spent....$$$$$ I currently unemployed so .....

one happy bmw owner!!


Grand TOTAL $502.08

not bad for what came out to be quite a nice paint job. First time for me and my friend!

now it's time to put everything back together and make that engine scream!!!!!!!
After the Clear cured..... we color sanded and buffed the paint....