Just wanted to give you a quick update and progress on things.
The next video is taking longer than usual since I had a lot to do these past couple of weeks.
The vapor blasting cabinet finally arrived from the UK from Vixen Surface Treatments and it's magnificent! You can see before/after cleaning the parts in the cabinet, the finish is amazing.
Took me a couple of days to set up the machine, then Mark from Vixen came and we did little filming, explaining how the machine...
2021-12-12 23:38:33 +0000 UTC
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Just finished editing this video!
As mentioned before, super nice Patreon Timo has given me this glorious E39 Touring Individual with the mighty M52 2.8L straight-six engine.
It's awesome! I'm already contemplating to fix it up now and use it as a daily this winter. E39 is magic!
Hope you enjoy this one and thanks to Timo again!
P.S. I'll be likely getting a crashed M5 soon for the reasons I shall explain soon :)
2021-11-29 00:06:01 +0000 UTC
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I wanna express my biggest gratitude to all of you for joining Patreon and kindly supporting me, the channel, and the projects! Thank you, thank you!
Newest Alpina update -- on the last update I told you I'm going with a brand new block. Well, change of plans.
My correspondence with Alpina has been abysmal. First it took them over a week to tell me the price for a new block and the guy told me 4.250€ over the phone, but forgot to mention that's without tax. With tax, i...
2021-11-21 15:48:40 +0000 UTC
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Finally E34 M5 on the channel! Sadly not mine, but Misha Charoudin's. In case you don't know him, he makes vlog type of videos at the Nurburgring.
Misha imported it from Russia through Poland and I told him a long time ago I'd help him with the project. I do have a rule of working on only my own cars, but I did say I'd make an exception for some special cars and this is...
2021-11-16 12:15:29 +0000 UTC
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Here we go! Complete teardown of the Alpina engine down to bare block.
It escalated quickly as you already know, it's in million pieces now but she'll live again.
2021-11-10 20:46:35 +0000 UTC
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First of all, we recently went over 1.000 Patreons which is just amazing! Thank you so much! It means a lot to me.
After bad news with Alpina, time for good news. I've decided we are going to fix this thing and rebuild the engine.
Thank you for the recommendations in the previous post, I reached out to all of them and here are the narrowed down options:
1. Buy a new block from Alpina for around 4.250€. I asked if they wanted to participate in the project in some w...
2021-11-10 16:05:02 +0000 UTC
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First of all, I want to thank all of you for being here! Since the last video, we gained more Patreons and many upped your level, thank you from the bottom of my heart!
Now onto the bad news. Right after I posted the last video on here, I went to the shop to unload some of the parts that arrived. I had some time to kill and decided to look inside the cylinders with the endoscope, something I haven't done before, but should've.
When I got invoices from the previous owner, I ...
2021-11-06 21:54:58 +0000 UTC
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We are continuing with Alpina!
I was so curious to see what's wrong with the engine that I had to put E30 on hold and tear into this thing. Lots of surprises and one unbelievable discovery.
This quickly turned into a bigger job than rod bearings on E60 M5.
Also, another new video within 7 days of the last one, don't get used to it :D
L...
2021-11-04 16:44:00 +0000 UTC
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Here it is! The much anticipated Alpina B7!
It's glorious and quite broken. I love it and can't wait to start digging into it deeper.
How do you like it though? Think this will make for exciting series.
Cheers!
2021-10-28 20:20:47 +0000 UTC
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Part 5 of project Marbais has landed!
The beautiful E30 is roadworthy again! But it wasn't a pass from the first, more on that in the video.
We also have an old friend make an appearance. Felix, a young upholsterer from Ranstadt is showing us how to rewrap M-Tech 1 steering wheel with new leather.
I'm so happy how this car is progressing. There will be one more final episode on this project (for now) where we are going to detail the paint and interior. After that, time to hi...
2021-10-20 20:12:15 +0000 UTC
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Alpina landed in Frankfurt early on Tuesday morning!
Lifts and equipment from Bendpak landed the day prior so I haven't even had a chance to look over this glorious turd. Just snapped these 3 pics and parked it. The battery is kaput and the mandatory check engine light is there, I already love it. Not sure when the video will come, but I'll keep you posted.
Yesterday and today all day I was installing lifts with Luuk from the Netherlands. Liftmotive is his company and he's the of...
2021-10-20 18:27:59 +0000 UTC
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Fresh off the editing block, part 3 of project Castellón!
The glorious turd lives! This car was a proper struggle to get running, but what a result in the end. Lots of troubleshooting and fixing in the episode!
Buckle up for another hour-long adventure!
2021-10-13 22:18:23 +0000 UTC
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Direct link - https://youtu.be/WQjeE5M7W10
Oh, yes! It's very much alive and kicking!
More details will follow in the video, but this car is a massive surprise.
I'm stuck waiting on parts before I can finish the video. The middle silencer has a hole in it and I ordered a new one 5 days ago. Got it today only to find out they sent a completely wrong exhaust. So I ordered a new one from the dealer and shou...
2021-10-11 13:26:27 +0000 UTC
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The time has come to revive this turd after 26 years of standstill! Project Castellón proved to be the most difficult and disgusting car I ever attempted to revive. We have everything you need in this episode, a rabbit, burly manly sounds, varnished fuel, stuff living in the cooling system... Explosions too!
Buckle up for 55 minutes of struggle.
Looks like ...
2021-09-29 20:13:17 +0000 UTC
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The time has come to revive this turd after 26 years of standstill!
Project Castellón proved to be the most difficult and disgusting car I ever attempted to revive. We have everything you need in this episode, a rabbit, burly manly sounds, varnished fuel, stuff living in the cooling system... Explosions too!
Buckle up for 55 minutes of struggle.
2021-09-29 20:01:50 +0000 UTC
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Howdy folks!
I know it's been a bit, but don't worry, I've been busy and working on reviving the E21 323i all this time. I'm at it for 2 weeks now.
This piece of destruction is the hardest, worst condition car I ever attempted to revive. It was sitting for at least 26 years and everything is destroyed. The cooling system is, well, disgustingly disgusting. Never seen so much varnish in the fuel system...
Anywho, I'm done with filming and I'm starting to edit the video, hope...
2021-09-27 22:53:46 +0000 UTC
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Direct link - https://youtu.be/yFb-1lggqMc
With this video, I'll start doing something I should've done from the get-go. I'll be disabling ads for all Patreons and then shortly before the video goes public, enable them again. You are already kindly supporting me here so watching without interruptions should definitely be a benefit for all of you. Sorry I didn't think of this earlier.
The fix-a-thon on E30 is in f...
2021-09-14 15:50:41 +0000 UTC
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The new video is finally up! Part 3 of project Marbais is all about wrenching.
Thorough service of the engine is completed. I was planning to do more work in this episode, but a broken bolt got in the way.
As you would expect on an automotive channel, we are hunting down a wild animal in this video too.
The next episode should arrive quicke...
2021-09-05 21:08:40 +0000 UTC
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Hola amigos!
Just wanted to give you a little update.
I'm currently working on project Marbais, the E30. It's going to be a looong wrenching video where we do bunch of repairs, should be fun. We also hunt down a mouse.
The bad part, It'll be around week and a half before it comes out. I'm visiting my parents for the next 5 days hence the delay. I haven't seen them before covid started so I had to take a little break for that now.
Still need to replace the oil pan wh...
2021-08-30 14:17:11 +0000 UTC
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2nd part of project Marbais is here!
Michel's E30 landed in the dojo and we take a closer look at it. This lovely gem from the '80s is going to remain absolutely original.
I also walk around and give you an update on all of the projects.
Thank you for your support and welcome new Patreons!
EDIT: Did everyone receive notification for the new episode? I'm...
2021-08-17 20:42:36 +0000 UTC
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Part 6 of project Karlsruhe has landed! We hit the road with the E32 after many years of it being out of service. I needed to do a nice test drive to see how badly it leaks and how to proceed with this project.
In the next episode, we'll dive into the engine!
Thank you for your support!
2021-08-13 15:21:38 +0000 UTC
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Part 1 of project Marbais!
Incredible early example of E30 that had an incredible owner all its life.
As I already mentioned, it was a pleasure making this video and meeting Sebastien and Michel.
The car should be with me tomorrow so more updates are coming soon!
2021-08-09 14:47:57 +0000 UTC
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This special E30 is coming to Frankfurt!
Yesterday we went to Marbais and meet Sébastien and Michel. Wonderful people and amazing experience, Sébastien even surprised me with a basket of beers! How lovely is that!
Michel is the original owner of this classic E30, bought in July 1983 and delivered on 15th October 1983. Original purchase invoice and complete service history included! He used it as a daily for many years, then around the 2000s, he had the rust removed and repaired and...
2021-08-08 13:25:25 +0000 UTC
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That's right. It's the E30! Finally!
Meet project Marbais: 1983 E30 320i with a 5-speed manual, finished in delphine metallic with Sport seats and M-tech steering wheel. Lovely 2-door coupe!
Car is located in Belgium, Sébastien who's a Patreon on here sent me an email some time ago and made this happen. The car is from his godfather Michael who, if I understood correctly, owned the car since new! It has a lovely story behind it, it was well used by him and his wife as...
2021-08-06 20:45:01 +0000 UTC
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You might've seen on YT community tab or Instagram that BMW Group Classic dropped by the dojo today.
Here's some insight from you. Benny, who you probably know from BMW Group Classic videos, and his coworker Mathias came by to hang-out and talk.
He brought this incredible unicorn from their collection, 1 of 1, individual E39 M5 finished in Chrome Shadow paint over Cinnamon interior. Trust me, pictures don't do justice to this speicmen, it's spectacular in person. It was neve...
2021-08-02 22:50:31 +0000 UTC
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The Alpina was picked up today in Chicago and should be delivered tomorrow to a port in New York. Once papers are sorted, it goes in a container and heading to Bremerhaven.
Alex from LSC never responded so that collab is not happening, at least not now.
Anyway, just wanted to give you a quick update. I gotta admit, I can't wait to see this turd in person.
2021-07-30 22:48:26 +0000 UTC
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Here we go! 6th installment of project Raleigh where we find out its speed limits and stress test the engine.
Been wanting to do this ever since I got it. I'm still blown away by how well-engineered and how capable this 4-door family sedan is! It gets up and stays at high speeds effortlessly. I truly fell in love with this beast.
As you'll see in this video, ideas that I sometimes get are not what one would call normal... but do let me know how you liked the Hans sketch and ...
2021-07-29 19:52:31 +0000 UTC
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2nd part on workshop build!
Installing more lights, Hazet tools, more racks, moving the lift and lots of shouting.
Slow but steady progress. Can't wait to have all of the lights connected but we are still waiting on the drywall to come and then I can flip over the electricity.
The goal for now is to have everything nicely organized and clean before the lifts come in.
Little teaser towards the end for the next episode of project Raleigh. The ideas that I sometimes get...
2021-07-25 16:42:29 +0000 UTC
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Say Hallo to project Chicago!
That's right, finally an Alpina on the channel!
2008 Alpina B7, black on black, 128k miles, loaded, Texas car all its life with a clean title.
I was not looking for a BMW with a famously "reliable" N62 engine, but it rather found me. A nice viewer from Chicago, Antonio, emailed me and said he has a broken but running & driving Alpina B7. They were always out of my price range so I wasn't expecting it would work out but then he responded ...
2021-07-20 19:53:22 +0000 UTC
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Part 2 of project Skövde!
The E39 M5 has landed in Frankfurt and we take a closer look at it. 9 years of sitting took a toll on this beauty and it's going to take a decent amount of work to bring it back to condition it deserves to be in.
Found some slightly surprising stuff in the oil pan which means we'll be doing one massive job on this engine. Should be fun!
In other news, just purchased another project in Chicago! A friend picked it up an hour ago. I'll make a s...
2021-07-18 22:08:11 +0000 UTC
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