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It's coming together nicely; you'll get there soon

That is some impressive work there. I'm in for more.

Update as of yesterday:

Pavel,
Looks great. Lots of work has gone into that one. I'd better get to work on my rust bucket.

That car is looking like crap man...please hurry and finish and just send it to me. Thank you.

Wow, surprised about that rust after you pulled the old rear tail lamp panel.

Well it might not have been the same rear tail panel installed in Germany in '87. My buddy Todd thinks the car has been in a collision in that area before, possibly a pass side impact which involved replacing the panel. But the job wasn't done very well.

Nice.

Finally some updates - painted. The car should be back home Monday (fingers crossed). It definitely took more than expect, considering that TexFest is coming up, but I know it's done right. The bumpers are painted, waiting at home to be mounted.

13 days...

Can't wait to see it in person in a couple weeks!

Looking good Pavel! Support from friend's and local enthusiasts such as Shermo certainly helps.

Well the car is back home. It took a while. But the results are definitely very satisfying. I know... where are the pictures...

Well, here it is. Everything is put together, redid my rear shifter bushing, the shifter cup and the reverse light switch. Dropped in a fresh TRE 255 LPH fuel pump (thanks for the help Sherman!)

Some quick cell phone pictures (HDR )









Proper pictures will start surfacing out during TexFest VI. A nice wash and vacuuming are pending.

And then we hit the road!

Outstanding!

I will definitely work on refinishing the original wheels and see how that look goes.

Now that's looking pretty sporty! Makes me think getting the rest of the euro bumper parts for mine is the way to go.

Wow. Just wow.

I've always been a fan of a stock M5, but that looks awesome. Well done.

wkohler wrote:I've always been a fan of a stock M5, but that looks awesome. Well done.

Yeah Chris, I always had second thoughts about doing this conversion. But as my dad said on the phone to me on Sunday - "Congrats on the new car!" (rather sarcastically), the car completely changed.

Already started parts hoarding for the new project

dsmith wrote:Now that's looking pretty sporty! Makes me think getting the rest of the euro bumper parts for mine is the way to go.

Your's is more like 80% there, right.

The car looks GREAT Pavel. Love the dish on the wheels, and can't wait to hear about the next project.

Pavel wrote:

wkohler wrote:

dsmith wrote:Now that's looking pretty sporty! Makes me think getting the rest of the euro bumper parts for mine is the way to go.

Your's is more like 80% there, right.

Pretty much. Just need the rubber and the metal trim pieces that cover the corner connections.

MicahO wrote:The car looks GREAT Pavel. Love the dish on the wheels, and can't wait to hear about the next project.

Let's see how long that will take. Euro conversion was about a year and some change with accumulating all the parts and funds.

Yet another stage nearly completed. Nicely done! I'm now waiting on my euro bumpers to come in as well. Found a donor car so i'm psyched about that. Your pics got me more excited.

Quick question about your skid plate you mentioned on the first page of the thread. Could you please post more info about it? Do you have pics, a price, and seller info? Am really interested in getting one to cover my exposed oil pan i replaced recently.

Thanks in advance and keep posting pics of your car's progress!

Again, very nice.

TexFest was a blast! Met some new faces and lots of familiar ones.

I will drop the eye candy here as it goes. Here is some from the killboy equivalent at 337. (txmotofoto.com)





Dodged a rolling tire and a cooler full of booze on I-10. But got into a meteorite shower half way between Houston and San Antonio. One low beam got cracked even though it's laminX (atleast the glass stayed together).

And also the tranny fluid didn't wanted to stay in the G280 anymore. Still gotta look at that.

Sorry I missed it this year! Car looks great and I kept up with the happenings on FB.

Nice pics and nice trip.

Well another Feb 9th has passed and that marks my 2nd year of ownership of a legendary car.

2014 was a good year for the E28 - euro look, some small maintenance but more so the M5's petrolicious feature.



http://www.mye28.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=129757

The miles were limited this year with just one trip to the Three Sisters for TexFest VI. Nonetheless it was a blast!

The plans for the future haven't changed, its all matter of time.

I will leave you with this shot of my new license plate

looks great.

I really like those European bumpers.