The BMW 507 Ultimate Build Thread!!!

[Too Many Projects]

Originally Posted by A12pilot

Steve, help! My photos are coming up sideways for some strange unknown reason which is everybody's fault but mine!

Cheers
Dave

Very common, if you are using your cell phone for the pics. You may need to upload them to a host site that allows you to rotate, save and then post from that site.

[big gear head]

July 2025 is exactly when I will be retiring. If you don't have it done by then I'll come help.

[Lynn]

Originally Posted by big gear head

July 2025 is exactly when I will be retiring. If you don't have it done by then I'll come help.

Hells Bells Freddie. I can't even get my workshop done. I am certain I won't have several projects done by then. Maybe you can come help me.

[big gear head]

Maybe I can start a mobile workshop.

[A12pilot]

Thanks Marc, I appreciate the enthusiasm for my project and the compliment! Freddie, come down anytime you want! Remember, I own an executive transport thing so I can fly up and fly you back 🤪.

Figured out the picture issue. It's the dimension. Cropping it keeps the dimensions where they need to be and posts then correctly. And yes Mitch, it's because of the phone camera taken in the vertical position versus the horizontal. But problem solved!

Fender forming follies forthcoming! First step is a paper pattern which when unfolded, gives me the pattern I need for the metal but more importantly, shows me where to shrink and stretch the metal.

More to come!

Cheers
Dave

[cook_dw]

Idk if that helped as most of the trine if it’s straight on my iPhone it’s sideways on a pc.

[Too Many Projects]

So looking at your, now right side up, pics, I've been thinking this originally had a fiberglass body and you were now recreating it in steel. So I went hunting for info and found the REAL reason you are restoring this car. When done, you'll paint it Chalk White to attract all those beautiful Elvis groupies who left lip stick on his dip... um car.

Oh, wait, they would be about 90 now, eh ?? OK, that can't be the reason.
I guess the next question would be, why not use aluminum sheet ?? Seems like it could be easier to form than steel.
Maybe you could get that BMW group to ship over their body panel bucks to use...

[A12pilot]

Oh, no no no Mitchatollah! Although one of my idols, Elvis groupies aren’t on the list of items I’m hoping to attract with this build. Not without their charm, GILFs aren’t high on the radar. Actually, I don’t know what I plan to attract on this build other than a bunch of old dudes nodding their heads in appreciation, “Hey…….nice”.

It appears now after talking to several fabricators that I’m headed down the road of making my own chassis rather than the donor route. Fortunately I have all the photos of the factory chassis saved, dimensions, measurements, and access to one being restored to concur anything I need concurrence on. Daunting? Yes. Doable? Probably. Stupid? Absolutely! But if my previous threads are any indication of the ambition of my builds, this should hopefully provide months of much needed comic relief to break up the daily grind.

So what’s next? Off to the supply house for more steel. And Mitch, only reason I didn’t go aluminum is I have never welded it or worked with it, But fear not! With Tig welder in hand, I’ll probably be making a second body out of aluminum…..maybe.

Cheers
Dave

[big gear head]

I've got a lot of experience welding aluminum. Just 3 1/2 years until retirement. If your current horse barn is as nice as the last one I'd be glad to sleep in the barn.

[Too Many Projects]

Originally Posted by big gear head

I've got a lot of experience welding aluminum. Just 3 1/2 years until retirement. If your current horse barn is as nice as the last one I'd be glad to sleep in the barn.

Hot damn, when I bring my trailer down for SCR next year, I'll get there a couple days early and we can build aluminum ramps for it. Those steel ramps get heavier every year.

NOW you're sorry you posted that, eh...
Actually, I bought a tig welder about 7 years ago just to do this. Even took a course on it and I STILL suck at it.