I was driving along and saw a roll-back screeching a BMW 2002 onto the flatbed out of somebody's back yard. A couple of wheels were not turning, grass was stuck in the doors. There was rust under the front bumper and on the rear quarters. I hopped out and asked what was going on. The owner said that he had planned to fix it at some point but gave up and was selling it to a junk yard for $275. I offered the tow truck driver $300 for him to drop the car off at my place, which he did. No start. Flat, cracked tires. Exhaust broken in half. Rust.
For fewer than $600 more, I had that thing running like a champ, and looking like a winner (sort of). Here's what I did.
-Bought sheet metal and welded it into the cut out rust holes
-New fuel lines
-Body filler and glaze
-New exhaust, made from a discarded R50 MINI Cooper, cut and reversed, so the front resonator was the 'muffler'. A piece of 3" Pep Boys tubing as the exhaust tip.
-New battery
-4 tires
-1 Quart PPG Gulf blue paint
-2 rattle cans orange paint
-Hella light kit
-Fluids
The result. A neat little rat rod that served me well for several years.
Any other beater love stories in the DVDniverse?
