Face. Off.
Feb 23, 2011 update to the BMW 2002tii project car
We’ll regretfully admit that we saw the epically bad John Travolta and Nick Cage movie, “Face/Off,” in the theaters. So, it’ll come as no surprise that when we were cutting off the nose of our BMW 2002tii last night, we kept muttering the equally stupid one-liners from the movie. Hey, whatever gets us through the day, right?
Anyway, we used a reciprocating saw to cut most of the nose away from the inner fenders. That gave us easy access to the 30 or so spot welds that secured the nose to the chassis. We ground those off and separated the leftover pieces.
From here, we’ll be finishing up the task of scraping off the sound-deadening in the interior. We’ll also be removing the engine/transmission and starting to remove the rocker panels. Our plan is to get the car pretty close to a bare shell before we really get our welder fired up.
All 1972 BMW 2002tii updates
Face. Off.
Paint Jail: Out of Solitary and Into Gen Pop
Blocking Out Our Box, Part Deux
Blocking Out Our Box, Part Three
More Reassembly: 2002 Comes Together
Shiny Bits for our BMW 2002tii
Headline: 2002 Gets a Headliner
2002 Progress, Now With Lights and More
Project 2002: Wrapping Up the Trim
Project 2002: Brakes and Bottom End
Project 2002: Sorting out the wiring
Project 2002Tii: Console Ourselves
Project 2002Tii: Xmas Xtravaganza
Project 2002: Changing Wheel Color
Project 2002tii: Limited-Slip Differentials
Project 2002: Street Prepared Preparation
Comments
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Feb 27, 2011 9:58 a.m.sprite_driver28:
- Rather than grinding spot welds, have you tried the Blair (or Eastwood) spot weld cutters? I've found them to be really easy to use and leave a nice, plug weldable hole when you're done.
