[540i Swapped Rat rod Build thread]

I'm not sure what's happening here, but I'll be following along.

At the risk of being labelled a hot rod terminology enforcer, I have to say that a rat rod and a street rod are two very different things. The whole rat rod thing started in the 90s as a reaction to what was happening in the street rod scene at the time...

You and Earl should get together and discuss the differences between using wheel/rim and street rod/rat rod.

Wheel

Rim

[540i Swapped Rat rod Build thread]

Harassment = motivation

[540i Swapped Rat rod Build thread]

Alright seeing that it Is coming up to the end of the month. I need a next month goal.

So with that being said I have most all of the steel for the rolling chassis ordered. I have rough proto type sketches for my push rod front suspension. Pics will be coming. And I will be moving the body of the Olds mobile in to my shop this week. So excited.

Then the donor car (540i) will be coming in shortly after.

I will be able to start mock up a frame by the end of next week. And hopefully get a Frame started.

So by the end of July I will (as in will I am going to try my hardest) have a rolling chassis.

If you guys feel that I'm falling behind on the project. Some good harassment will do the trick.

This is my up date.

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Build thread made.

[540i Swapped Rat rod Build thread]

sad to see an e30 chopped up for this, but you will have fun and that's whats important!

Yes it took a lot of thinking to chop up that car it made me sad. But It will all be worth it in the end.

[540i Swapped Rat rod Build thread]

I will take a look. Thanks for the support

[540i Swapped Rat rod Build thread]

Alright. To get started.

I'm fairly new to this WiBimmers.

This is my first build thread.

I will do my best at staying up to date on it.

ABOUT THE BUILD

I have always been interested In BMW'S.

Yet I love that old rat rod (street rod) look. Just a very simple vehicle. With so much character.

Skip around a little bit.

I traded my mini cooper s for a E30

Mini had high miles. And I really wanted something rwd. Needless to say on the test drive. I did my first skid in a rwd vehicle. It was great. And I continue doing skid. The guy I got it from never told me what rear end was in it but dam she locks.

So I started strip the e30 down.

Because I had planed on save some of the frame rails for the build.

This mess of wires

Today I started with the chopping. Just trying to strip the extra metal from the frame rails and the rear end. So I hauled it out to my buddy shop.

Will be finishing the cutting in the next couple days.

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Westbend, wisconsin

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Let's start with my bimmers.

1989 bmw 325i sedan gray

1989 bmw 325i sedan black

1998 bmw 323i coupe green

I Also have a very stretched ruckus

I will be soon starting a build thread on my most recent project.

It will be doing a bmw rat rod.

Chassis will be tube steel.

Engine and driveline will be 540i bmw

4.0 v8

Body will be a 1935 oldsmobile 4 door touring sedan.

Stay tuned for my build.

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[Photobook: 100 Years of BMW]

I'd be interested.

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