The BMW 507 Ultimate Build Thread!!!

[njsteve]

Originally Posted by TimG

It looks great, Dave. Just think how many people may see your trailer and think it's a real version in there.

Hmmmm. The plot thickens...

In true Joysey fashion, I imagine he fully insured that TFOSFKAABB (The Five-Oh-Seven Formerly Known As A Body Buck) and just called in the total loss claim for the ravaged hulk just recovered, floating off the coast of southern Florida after Hurricane Ian. It's gotta be worth millions, I tell ya!

[A12pilot]

Whaddaya mean, Steve-O? Alls I did was to hand it over to my buddy Johnny “Tight Lips” and his portable dumpster service. Might there have been an unfortunate accident? Who’s to say? He sees a lot of things. Johnny ain’t saying nothing.

Thanks for the positive comments guys. More to come!!

Cheers
Dave

[njsteve]

Originally Posted by A12pilot

Whaddaya mean, Steve-O? Alls I did was to hand it over to my buddy Johnny “Tight Lips” and his portable dumpster service. Might there have been an unfortunate accident? Who’s to say? He sees a lot of things. Johnny ain’t saying nothing.

Thanks for the positive comments guys. More to come!!

Cheers
Dave

Johnny's good people. He's dat guy that did dat thing for that other guy.

[A12pilot]

Correct description of the color! Good on ya!

Don't sweat it, Kevin. When Johnny Tight Lips showed up, we went over the contents of the dumpster and he sorts through what's there and sends metal, cardboard, glass to their proper recycle centers

Ok, maybe that wasn't exactly Johnny Tight Lips that I chatted with, but the latter part is true. It's actually why I decided to use this guy since he recycles and we loaded it up with cardboard and such too.

Cheers
Dave

[KevinW]

Love this thread, but...

What I cannot figure out is why you cut up and scrapped the wheeled metal cart under the body. Couldn't that be used for another purpose, or sent to metal recycler?

[Z282NV]

This build is just incredible. Getting closer every day to see it in its final Dolomitengrau or Steingrau/Graphite Metallic paint.

[A12pilot]

Been doing some more work and next week I'll start welding the car together from the inside out! With any luck, I'll have a complete car by the end of this month with pics and vids to follow.

Floors have beads run in them for rigidity and I formed the front wheel wells too. Door hinge pockets formed, and various other smaller parts and pieces.




Something cool I found after removing the motor were these numbers on each cylinder. I believe they are piston size numbers much like Mopar used letters on the 440 that was in my Super Bee. Those letters were grease pencil on the exterior of the block. Each cylinder is measured and each letter corresponds to a piston size. If the cylinder measures. 004 over, then it gets a letter A. The engine assembler goes to the shelf and gets piston A (a piston .004 over in size from standard) and uses it in that cylinder. .006 over would be a B, and so forth. I'm not quite sure on the actual numbers, but that's the idea behind it. Can anyone confirm this?




More next week!



Cheers
Dave

[olredalert]

----Dave,,,Just wonder what I'm looking at in the bottom of that last cylinder. Not sand is it?....Bill S

[A12pilot]

It is actually very fine saw dust, Bill. The walls and pistons were coated in cosmoline which has browned over the years. The block was stored in its original crate and was protected in a bag.

The dust came from building the trophy for the award I'm handing out at MCACN. I just didn't vacuum it up before I took that photo.

Cheers
Dave

[olredalert]

----Thanks, Dave! I knew there had to be an explanation.....Bill S