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Atom's Amazon Wagon Project Update Thread

Setup my heater and got some stuff done today. There’s always one thing leads to another with this project. Had to make a new fuse box mount. Got the drivers side of the bay painted (it’s not dry yet cause of the temps....brrrrrrrr, so I didn’t take final pics).

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I also decided to cut new grille plates. Just finished deburring them. Need to bend the tops and paint them black. I wanted something just a bit different than stock.

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Well, you’d still need 62-64 grilles. This just replaces the rectangular “mesh” that was stock.
 
Well, that wasn’t the weather issue I expected to have. It was just too windy to get anything done. I had to take the “workshop” down so it wouldn’t blow away or tear. All I could get done was get the driver’s side put back together. I’m leaving the fender unbolted for now cause I’ll need to pull them to finish the cowl sheet metal.

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What a difference, engine bay looks so good!

It?s a a good 10 footer. I just wanna get the car on the road. Then I can buzz it to my buddy?s shop one weekend, drop the subframe drivetrain and all, and smooth/final paint the bay. Then I can clean up the ancillary stuff too (booster, rack, etc).
 
Somewhere in the next batch of stuff, I wanna sort out a better radiator situation. This has a weird small radiator that the latemodel E30s don’t have.
 
Grill looks awesome, how did you hold the mesh in? I?m missing the factory brackets and at this point I don?t even know what they look like.

I?ll try and remember to take some pictures tonight. I got creative since my shell is now different than most and was a late model shell to begin with. Basically I made an ?L? with one long leg that ?pushes? against the bottom edge of the grill and then I bent the top forward and drilled, tapped and countersunk screws through the top of the shell. Lastly, the crossbar pinches it in too.
 
I liked the grills silver. Black they look cheap for some reason. Wonder if they would look good if the enire grill assembly was powder coated chrome (not quite chrome).



(DISCLAIMER: I've wondered on powder coating a lot and what sounds good in my head, doesn't always look good real life. :lol:
I've had to redo a few pieces. :oops:)
 
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