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Maroon BMW E34 with the bonnet up inside the workshop

Restoration

BMW E34 520i

Full restoration

Car: BMW E34 520i
Work: Full restoration
Service: Restoration
Where: Cibubur
Photos: 14

From the job

Taken apart, the engine stripped down, the body filled, sanded and painted.

The job, in order

BMW engine block, stripped, on a trolley — Engine stripped down

Front of a maroon BMW E34 on a tree-lined road — Full restoration

Maroon BMW E34 from the rear three-quarter on a tree-lined road — Full restoration

BMW E34 steering wheel seen from the cabin, a hand on the rim — Full restoration

Maroon BMW E34 with the bonnet up inside the workshop — Full restoration

Row of ignition coils on a BMW six-cylinder valve cover — Full restoration

Maroon BMW E34 with the bonnet propped and a work lamp over the engine bay — Bonnet propped, engine bay

Rusty bare floor pan of the maroon E34 with a hole, interior stripped — Floor pan rusted through

Rusted sill and door-aperture seam with the wiring loom exposed — Sill and door aperture rust

Rust and an old repair patch at the rear sill of the E34 — Rear sill rust and an old patch

Side of the maroon E34 with tape under the sill and a wooden board — Bodywork: side, tape under the sill

Maroon E34 front three-quarter in the garden yard — Back in the yard

Maroon E34 front three-quarter in the garden yard, wider view — Back in the yard

BMW six-cylinder cam cover and the maroon strut tower — Engine bay and strut tower

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