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RonP wrote:

I am looking for a complete Deko-set in gold for my 1987 E28 B7 TurboKat rebuild.. Is this something you are offering for sale?

Quality good?

Excellent quality. What style? Old wide stripes or the newer shadow pinlines?

New style..

Das_Prachtstraße wrote:I have a set of OEM Alpina stripes to suit e28 if anyone would be interested. Not entirely sure if the glue would still be good after all these years, but they're brand new in box with the application tool and instructions etc.

I will PM you later...

Well there is some worth pictures to post, from last 2 or 3 days.

Good stuff is the car is going for paint next monday.

I sent all the upholstery for a restoration with one of the best guys around. Will keep the black soft cloth it was there when i purchase, since Stoff is NLA. Black will be the material color with the Alpina emblems on it.

Car is completely dissasembled except for the Engine components and all the lines and trim has been aligned as it should. I am really happy with the results, after 1 month of work, and keeping crossing my fingers everything gets OK on the final stage...

Attached pics..

Along with the stripe kit, I am working on reproducing both the wide blue cloth and the small blue/green that was in the later cars.

Newer style

Early style

Can you PM more details about the Deko Kit?

We finally move on to paint the car..

Doors, Trunk and Hood are not painted yet, until tomorrow..

The body, and the Mudguards were painted today.

Now there is the process of finish the paint by polishing and all that stuff, and then re-assembly everything back..

I think including the upholstery and everything, we still have a long way on this...

Well...

Busy days on the last 2 weeks....

Car is progressing though at least without me

I had the wheels fixed, since there were some imperfections on the front wheels... they are ready for paint. The Polished lip will go away and they will be as it should, silver paint with a black center....

There are some parts still coming, and a Deko Kit in Silver, purchased to Paul LaDue.... (Thanks Paul... you have really simplified this traumatic process... )

The doors are attached to the car again, and the only missing things from the body are the Trim, Hood and Trunk door, as well as the Windshield, which will be installed soon. The Upholstery is ready as well, but saved on plastic wrap to prevent any dirt or damaged on it...

Adding Some pics...

























And also a new family member... an E46...



this is Me and my older son...

Sweet car, so jealous!

tschultz wrote:Sweet car, so jealous!

thanks...

Excellent progress! Keep the pictures coming

Yep, looking good...

Awesome updates, thanks for posting. I look forward to more progress!

Cute kid too Who is the ugly dude standing with him?

awesome car. but i would never put mtech on alpina

retrolove wrote:awesome car. but i would never put mtech on alpina

Thats true... but it has a reason to be...

The M Technich will eventually go off... thats guarantee...

More Updates...

We are basically on the final lane though....

Some other pics.

Wheels on Primer...

















Concidentally my E36 got to 150,000 Km...

What a great looking car.

What part of Costa Rica are you from?

My E 28 533i wrote:What a great looking car.

What part of Costa Rica are you from?

Thanks!

I am originary from Panama, but living in CR, for the las 4 or 5 years....

I have found my BMW passion here, where the Vintage is more appreciated..

In Panama, the culture leads you to a new car, and classics are really not so much...

1st 5er wrote:Wish I had the time, skills, and resources.

Sherman I know you have the skills.

This is a cool thread. I don't hang out in the Eye Candy section enough though so I'm just now getting in on this.

May I politely ask that you not park the car outside on non-paved ground for any significant period of time when you're done? Seeing an Alpina, even pre-restoration, parked over grass made me cringe.

rmiddendorf wrote:

1st 5er wrote:Wish I had the time, skills, and resources.

Sherman I know you have the skills.

This is a cool thread. I don't hang out in the Eye Candy section enough though so I'm just now getting in on this.

May I politely ask that you not park the car outside on non-paved ground for any significant period of time when you're done? Seeing an Alpina, even pre-restoration, parked over grass made me cringe.

Thanks for your comments...

I was particularly talking about the same with the people who's painting the car.... while they were polishing it this afternoon..

I have a closed garage at home, with room for one car.

I will paint the walls back, because it have a lot of traffic since we don't use our home main door..
Anyway when the car is back on the house, the Garage will be clausurated specially for the kids

The other 2 will still be able to reside inside the house, but not under roof...

I brought my camera today but will not be able to make the d/l of the pics til i get home...

Here are some i took with the Mac device aka iPhone....







Well this one shouldn't go here... but Anyway... the E46 getting a fluids change.. and brake pads...



Will post some more later....

We will expect to have the car on wheels by tomorrow....

Ok, wheels were set today..

Waiting on the Deko Kit to attach to the car...

I am expecting on take some descent pictures of it...

I keep getting the camera with me, but the position of the car without wheels wont let me take something worth... I can start it tomorrow and move to another spot on the garage...

More Descent pics...


















The car honestly is worth a Photoshoot, and i am really pleased with the work done by the guys at the garage... but it definitely needs to go out first, where i can use more space and landscape to picture the car...
We startup the car today and i possibly post a video on that if Youtube made it...

For the next 2 weeks, this will be my last update, as we are suppose to go into our family Holiday from next friday, and i have a business trip before that...

The guys promised the car finished for this week...

There is very little detail missing now, more likely assembly the rest of the parts, like the Grill, etc.

Thanks everyone on this forum, for your support, and all of the person who i did business with, I really thank you!

Next photo update will come with pictures out of the garage, I promise..


EDIT: Here is the little Video..

http://vimeo.com/37037150

Youtube failed this time...

Is the 2002 touring yours? More please!

Wow. A beauty

God my car is a bucket of shit.

Hi All...

Long time not posting in this thread but I did on other topics and got great help from other members... Appreciate all the help from the E28 community... They made everything easy to sort out...

On the short version of the story, the end of all this got delayed another week after my holyday, and I just got the car back from the garage yesterday

Right on time for our monthly meeting on the BMW Car Club of Costa Rica..
Sad is i could not take any worth shot with the camera...
Today I tried, but had to deal with some work and kids homework.... I need to split the time fr cars and a 6 members family

Anyway my kids are always fun...

Here is one pic I managed to take yesterday on his shower after leaving the garage...

It will need to return temporarily to deal with some minor details and to install the Deko Kit

The car ran smooth after 3 months of no use... I had to replace the Brake pump on Thursday because it seems the old one just decided to die...

Thanks God i could manage to find the original ATE pump for about $100 locally...

I should be shooting some pics on a open spot next Tuesday or Wednesday when i`m planning to drive the car again.... For now is sitting on the Garage as a Queen

After the Deko Kit is installed, I will add another pics and consider this restoration completed ...

One more time thanks everyone!!

And here is the shower pic....

m-racer wrote:Is the 2002 touring yours? More please!

The Touring 2002 belongs to a good friend...


That car was restored on the same shop where I did the B9...

He usually visited the garage with me to give me some support on the hard days

That one is a `74... Whe should be shooting some pics of both cars soon...

And Well....

While writing this I just remember that sticker I attahced to the rear glass...

Everyone knows Who we need to ask for these

I am the worst person in the world to take a picture at night....

Thanks Matt!

Congratulations! Looks great. Cannot wait to see some "better" photos.

There's something about this photo to me, though:

wkohler wrote:Congratulations! Looks great. Cannot wait to see some "better" photos.

There's something about this photo to me, though:

I'll second that. Technically its very well done and tells a story.

Thanks to Both!!