my 04 german el camino a pic of work in progress I got her weighed on friday 3400 lbs. with a full tank I think she was 3280 empty from the factory??? I beefed up the rear with 1X1 tubing -see pic- this winter I'm goin to make a trailer to tow behind just because
That's ridonkulous... really cool way to save the car. I remember reading somewhere that the car needed saving, right?
I think I see a Penna inspection sticker there, where are you located? I would love to see that some day. What did you use for the rear?
That is so ... so ... wrong ... yet impressive and cool. My hat is off to you--partly in salute, partly to scratch my head. Does the sunroof still work at all? From the photo it appears you would have had to shorten the cassette quite a bit. And yes, do tell the identity of the donor car(s) for the back half! (And as long as I'm asking: More pics and the story, please! I see some clues that this entered the world as a ZHP? )
If it did start out as a ZHP, lots of BMW fans could cry foul It would be like doing this conversion on a numbers-correct 2002 turbo, an original 507, an original E30 M3 Evo, or even an 850CSi (of which only around 1,500 examples were shipped to North America). OK are enough purists sick to their stomach now with the imagery of cutting up all of the above cars? Good.
more pics and at least some of the story at - http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=785535 Not my cup of tea, but very nice work!
greetings bed off of a 2006 colorado the width was right on, had to shorten a bit to match wheel wells
greetings yes it is a ZHP It was totaled so I figure I saved it from the scrap heap. still handles and drives like a dream nobody ever passes me out on the turnpike
greetings yes the sun roof slides back about 8 in. I'm an old dude I crank up the AC. I'ts a black car when it sits I just lift the back for some venting
BMW did create an M3 el camino back in the 80s. It was powered by an M40 though. This is a factory car!
Pure fail. The ZHP-camino is a really sick idea though. No matter what purists say (hell, I'm a purist), a camino-ZHP that otherwise would've been sent to the scrap heap is a helluva lot better than a totaled ZHP that isn't worth the crud from under my fingernails. And, the handling is still there. What is there not to love? (other than the looks, of course... at least the front is pretty!)
Yep - once it's basically been destroyed, it's fair game for creativity and imagination. Or, from another angle, kinda like adopting a dog from a shelter--beats the alternative by miles.
?????? That car/truck, cruck, was NOT powered by an S14. An M40 is the 4 cylinder motor that never made it the USA, thank goodness. It is a POS 8 valve version of the M42 that was in the E30 318is. What do think was in it?
Gee, I don't know... an S14, perhaps??? If it's gonna look like an M3, it had better go like one too.
