Rebuilding A BMW E30 325i Sport | Part 1 - Making The Chassis Great Again

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In this episode, episode one of the chassis restoration. We drag the rotisserie into the workshop and blast it to remove all of the surface rust. I also show you a brief history of how the car got to its current state.

Once most of the rust was gone form the areas I wanted to work, I cut a few bad bits out thinking I would quickly go back around welding them all up. This was not the case! Each piece was a challenge for me as this is my second time welding a car chassis.

I decided to focus on one area. That just so happened to be the front left tricky jacking point. Four different panels meet at this point. The jacking plate was missing because it rusted right off.

I remove a lot of material and replace it piece by piece until the hole was gone and the weld was watertight. I still want to go back over all of the welds I have done and make the whole thing more flush, and I will. This episode took a lot longer than I thought it was going to which is why I left it where I did.

Join me next time when make and add the jacking plate and move onto another area on the chassis.

*AFTER I POSTED THE VIDEO*

Just to clear a few things up for those who want to know. I am now using 0.8mm solid copper with C25 gas. I'm going to start running bigger beads along the seams and I will take on all the advice that I've been given in the comments, thanks to everyone for that. I'm also grinding back the galvanization off of the sheet metal before welding it. So don't worry about me dying just yet. I'm going to try making as big of a piece as I can and stop doing these small bits. I will be bracing the chassis with some metal bar so to keep everything where it is. I have another grinder on the way with some wire wheel bits to save time as well as a few metal forming tools like a shrinker stretcher etc... Thanks, everyone for the help its really appreciated.

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Tools & equipment used:

Rohr 250Mi-11 Welder - https://bit.ly/33mkOGP
Quartz Lacquer - https://goo.gl/8PTVKM
Base Coat Paint - https://goo.gl/mWhufG
Rust Remover - https://goo.gl/13gopW
Rohr 250 Welder - https://bit.ly/33mkOGP
U-Pol Weld Through Primer #2 - https://bit.ly/2qL38ak
Fast Mover 1kW Infrared Paint Dryer, Stand, Timer - https://bit.ly/2WYR9jJ
Workbenches - https://arborgardensolutions.co.uk
Moldex Full Face Mask - https://goo.gl/NNYGrv
FGL 5 Spray gun - https://goo.gl/Acg5rd
A.N.I. R150-T Mini Spray gun - https://goo.gl/cHTJS2
Colad Washable Overalls - https://goo.gl/3Css9E
Colad Mixing Cups - https://goo.gl/8DYmE8
Colad TurboMix Sticks - https://goo.gl/cYZfks
Colad Synthetic Paint Strainers - https://goo.gl/H79ZgL
Steel wire bits - http://geni.us/keyaD
Blasting Cabinet - https://bit.ly/2GxvKJ7
Blasting pot - https://bit.ly/32TMnrU
Cordless Ratchet - https://bit.ly/30YNlkG
Parts Wahser - https://bit.ly/2K5G9wA
Rotary Tool - http://geni.us/HGed
Concentrate Degreaser - http://geni.us/yUn9
Mannesmann Socket Set - http://geni.us/HCDZ

Time Stamps:

00:00 – Moving the car into the workshop
00:43 – A brife history of the car
02:13 – The Chassis as it is before I have done any work on it
02:33 – Removing the surface rust
04:13 – Sponsor – Ridge
05:06 – Properly blasting the chassis
06:38 – Cutting out some of the rust
08:43 – Removing some of the undercoating
09:13 – Doing some plasma cutting
09:53 – Starting the welding on the side piece
11:58 – Adding in a piece of floor
13:15 – A visit from the boss
13:44 – Measuring a piece of the firewall
14:05 – Cutting that piece in two and welding it in
15:03 – Forcing the piece into place and welding the corner
17:23 – Persuading the piece into place
17:48 – Adding the last piece of floor
18:09 – Drilling holes to plug weld through
18:28 – Welding in the last piece
20:44 – My welding gas problem
21:04 – Cutting and welding a few thin areas
22:02 – Adding U-Pol zinc primer to protect it for now
22:05 – Showing the progress so far
22:37 – Thanks for watching
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