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    Hello everybody!

    I'm new here, I'm from Belgium and I want to show you my project. But first of all I want you to meet my daily, It's an Alfa Romeo 156 Sportwagon.
    It's lowered on FK Highsport coilovers and on 18" wheels.

    Some pictures of the beginning, wheels are Toora's, 8J around.






    Then I bought new wheels, RH ZW3 9J front, 10J back, the fenders had to be widened also in the rear.


















    and some quality pictures taken by H.Lorenzo Photography.










    So now to the project, it's gonna be a slow project because I don't wanna to do anything rash. I'm not a car mechanic and
    and try to do as much as possible just because I like to work on cars and I find it interesting.
    Well, it is a BMW E12 520/6 cylinders, first registration was in january 1980, now it has about 166 xxx km.
    Plans are actually simple:

    - repaint in a BMW colour, first thought is Graphit Metallic
    - parts cleaning/detailing
    - lowering with airride
    - wheels in 16", something with a lip

    Some pictures of the E12 when I bought it.













    These parts I received from the previous owner



    Bought new parts



    These are all OEM BMW



    It had 2 problems:

    - in the front right the brake was stuck
    - if I let it idle the engine fell off

    Started with the brake calipers in the front, it looked like this







    Bought a revision set



    Painted the calipers





    Mounted the pistons and revision set



    Final pictures




    Brake calipers would be mounted later on the car.

    Now to the second problem, started with take off the carburetor, it's a Solex 4A1



    Completely dissambled and then I came out of this




    The upper part was warped by to tighten the airfilter too hard
    So I bought a second hand carburetor and a revision set for it




    After cleaning it completely and mounted everything, it was finished






    Also taked off the intake







    Cleaned it





    Painted




    New parts for the intake





    Thermostat also taked off









    Bolts polished




    New cover (painted) and bolt because the old bolt was stucked in the cover



    Sensor cleaned



    New seal



    Painted and all mounted




    Parts in the engine bay



    Carburetor mounted, do not pay attention to the other dirty parts, these will cleaned and painted also when the engine is out



    Now the engine didn't fall out I started to strip the car








    I hope you appreciate and like the project!
    And sorry for my not perfect english
    Last edited by Rakkie; 07-24-2014, 12:45 PM.

  • #2
    jealous

    Mr. Belvedere

    I want to buy your single 4x100 Ronal Racing center

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    • #3
      That is not necessary because I'm also jealous of your E21, but healthy jealous !

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      • #4
        YES. So happy to see an e12 build. Almost bought one but couldn't because of some stupid stuff but I guess I'm happy with my e30 haha. Stoked to see where this goes

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        • #5
          Loving the work so far! Keep it up!
          -73 BMW 1602/ -91 BMW M5

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          • #6
            I've never seen one of these before. looks great. Sub'd
            1968 1600SP Beetle build thread

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            • #7
              i like the way you are handling this car,

              maintenance, cleaning... very proper in for more!

              Please keep us updated!

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              • #8
                Did you have the manifold sandblasted?

                Love the Alfa, as for the BMW it looks like a great find, can't see a lot of rust on it for now.

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                • #9
                  i usually dislike the wheels on that alfa

                  but you pull em off great

                  dope alfa!


                  interested to c where you gonna take that e12


                  we hebben hier ook een belgisch/NL gedeelte btw
                  Floccinaucinihilipilification

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                  • #10
                    That Alfa is stunning. I am in love.
                    good luck with e12

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Nixxon View Post
                      Did you have the manifold sandblasted?

                      Love the Alfa, as for the BMW it looks like a great find, can't see a lot of rust on it for now.
                      No, it isn't sandblasted, I just cleaned it with water and degreaser but for the really dirty places I had to use thinner.

                      Yeah at first sight the car looks that it doesn't have rust, but there are some places with holes, especially in the front and wheel arches in the rear.

                      At the rest, thank you for the comments!

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                      • #12
                        Can you like finish this now? Lol so amazing. Keep the original color!

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                        • #13
                          Ik ben fan
                          www.eurotuner.be - www.eurotuner.nl - www.eurotuner.eu
                          Instagram -> KEVVE_BE

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by MGW View Post
                            Can you like finish this now? Lol so amazing. Keep the original color!
                            That would be boring to build a car so fast , I go for another colour but an original from BMW from that time.

                            Originally posted by Kevve.be View Post
                            Ik ben fan
                            Merci! Ik ben benieuwd naar uwe E30, als hij word zoals uwe E21 dan word het terug een parel!

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                            • #15
                              Love how you put so much attention to her
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