chopped bimmer?

[Shimmy55]

anyone seen a chopped bimmer? got the pics? Thinking the logistics of a task like this, and you would have to add to the roof to remove from the pillars. Too much math.... well would be an interesting thing to talk about.

also anyone convert an e21? Baur clones, chops, extensive refabrication all i would be interested in seeing. blasphemy i know, but good conversation. say you had one with a fudged up roof...

also whats the curb weight of a baur? how did they reinforce to make up for the loss of structural integrity? buddy of mine chopped the roof off a neon, and the doors wouldn't open cause the frame was "taco"ing up and pinching them in untill he built a cage.

[cyclists5er]

that's the only one that i can think of.

[Shimmy55]

holy shit dude. thats just rad. lose the spoiler though. My love for military aircraft and aircraft styling in general just got stoked! spitfire graphics FTW

looks like he cut about four inches up the front windshield pillar, an inch up the center and shaved the rear A pillar from the bottom. got any profiles or shots from the rear?

[Tom D]

^ not trying to embarrass you, but time for an auto terminology lesson.

the pillars holding up the roof are;

'A' - front corner, at the windshield.

'B' - between the front and back side glass.

'C' - the rear corner.

[midlifebmw]

that's the only one that i can think of.

Huh, also appears to have an intercooler and (I hope!!) hydraulic controlled suspension. I often wonder how you work out the new windshield. All custom glass work?

[Shimmy55]

word word, you caught what i was saying though.

midlife, looks plexi back and front.

[Tony533i]

holy shit dude. thats just rad. lose the spoiler though. My love for military aircraft and aircraft styling in general just got stoked! spitfire graphics FTW

looks like he cut about four inches up the front windshield pillar, an inch up the center and shaved the rear A pillar from the bottom. got any profiles or shots from the rear?

Actually, the nose art represents shark mouth nose art of the Zerstörergeschwader 76 or ZG 76 Destroyer wing which used Messerschmitt bf110 aircraft. This would make more sense since they were a German squadron.

[Shimmy55]

Ouch dude, forgive my wealth of misinformation. can i go 15 mins without having to put my foot in my mouth?

[TheNeek]

type "rusty slammington" into google images

[cheap320i]

I want to see a pagoda topped E21.

[bcalis]

type "rusty slammington" into google images

May he rest in peace.

[midlifebmw]

Uh, the nose art also looks like the "Flying Tigers" squadron pre-WWII stationed in China to combat the Japanese. They flew P-40 Tomahawks with the sharktooth mouth at the nose. Solid aircraft that was too outmatched in maneuverability by the zero, but made up for it with great pilots and a bad-assed airframe.

Nice statement in any case. We saw a pretty custom 5 series at Bimmerfest that looked right out of Death Race 2000. Must be in the owner genes for the E24...

[Shimmy55]

Nice statement in any case. We saw a pretty custom 5 series at Bimmerfest that looked right out of Death Race 2000. Must be in the owner genes for the E24...

was that the one with the bumper cut in half and mounted vertically?

[dragonbar]

The intercooler was from a skyline or 240sx motor he swapped in. Somewhere on the stanceworks forum is the whole story of the car with tons of pictures. It's a long read but very interesting.

[Baur]

Chopped E21:


Baur chopped the roof of and replaced it with the bars you still see when the roof is opened. No further strengthtening is needed.

Gr Jeroen

[Unt]

Axcidentally found this thread. I have evenly chopped (4") my e21 (http://gallery.blastnet.ee/karla/bmw/DSC_0535.JPG.html), but I have not come across any others. Would be great to see other approaches.

[keeponkeepnon]

Trippy, that doesn't even look like an e21 anymore. You definitely took a different route than the average guy. Chopped, square projector beam lights, steele wheels with white walls. I had to look on a map to even figure out where Estonia is.

[Tom D]

welcome to the club.

very nice job. interesting. makes it look kind of like a chopped Mercury.

[fullswing]

hmm... i'll let that grow on me a bit. maybe it's the square headlights that throw me off.

[tomscat1]

Axcidentally found this thread. I have evenly chopped (4") my e21 (http://gallery.blastnet.ee/karla/bmw/DSC_0535.JPG.html), but I have not come across any others. Would be great to see other approaches.

Wow. That is quite a gallery of pics (150+) on that project. I couldn't stop looking at them. Nice work, and welcome to the forum!

Chopped E21:


Baur chopped the roof of and replaced it with the bars you still see when the roof is opened. No further strengthtening is needed.

Gr Jeroen

Hi Jeroen,

Thanks for this post.... you know this is gonna show up in my blog one of these days!

[Christo19]

square head lights.....

[uberpanzer]

I'm digging the turbo M42 swap and custom stereo install as well! Nice work on the headlight housings. I'm guessing that is fiberglass from the look of it?

[fullswing]

Unt - very cool heat/sound insulation. What kind is it? Where can it be purchased?

[Layne]

Where can it be purchased?

In Estonia.


The chop is not my style, but I can see a lot of hard work went into it. Congrats for pulling it off.

[Shimmy55]

EtwentyWHAAAAAT!!!

That got my brain doing backflips, thank you so much for posting!


got a handfull going in the screensaver folder.