BimmerRod - 1949 BMW 321 sedan

[Boogieman]

I'm a BMW nut aand I'm working for a BMW dealership . . so it was obvious what I had to do . . . build a Bimmer-Rod!!

First I needed a pre-war BMW . . . well . . that's a problem . . even the really really bad ones cost at least a arm or maybe a leg . . . and honestly . . building a hot rod with missing arms or legs doesn't really sound like fun . .
After a bit of surfing the internet I found a '49 BMW 321 in Estonia . . .hmm . . a '49 is not a "true" pre-war car . . but the 320/321 was built since 1938 . . so a pre-war model none the less . . the ad said: all body parts, lots of rust, dissesembled . . . it was not cheap . . .

I'm nuts . . but not an idiot . . sending quite a amount of money to a guy in Estonia without having seen the car or knowing if it even exists . . . that's only something a idiot would do . . .
After a short e-mail where he told me, that he could organize the transport to southern Germany . . my money was on its way to Estonia . . oh may!

On Wednesday I was finally heading for Germany to pick up my new toy . .

isn't that a beauty!! [cl

 

[Boogieman]

yes there is a LOT of rust . . yes the body panels are more or less complete (I will go fenderless though . . I think . . . love the look ) . . yes it's basically a big pile of crap . . but I love it! [dr

BMW thought that this 2l six-cylinder engine with a whooping 45hp was the way to go ..

I on the other hand . . was more thinking of something like this . . a 4.4l V8 (M62) with six-speed gearbox out of a '98 BMW 540i . . .

let's [

 

[Flipper_1938]

[cl....for having the guts to start this build.


[P Can't wait to see this one get underway [P

 

[the reverend muddy grimes]

Now this could get fun. Love things that are not the normal

 

[Reverend D]

Man thats neat, love them old German sedan's such great lines. Great idea on the power 2, thats gonna be one sick rod.

Regards,

Rev. Don

 

[livingdeadguy]

thats awesome, from a fellow fan of bimmers

 

[Unkl Ian]

[cl

I think Chip Foose did a rendering of one a few years ago,
probably in Custom Rod or Streetrod Builder, IIRC.

It was Yellow, chopped, and fenderless.

Might have been a Mercedes, but looked very similar.

 

[fuzz]

Very Kool...looks like ti has rack and pinion steering! Talk about being ahead of its time!

 

[ovred]

Wow,thats going to be one cool build!Keep us posted on this one. [cl

 

[Thunder1]

Now this could get fun. Love things that are not the normal

Me too! Sounds like a fun build. Keep the pictures coming.

T1

 

[70_boosted]

that would look sick if you threw it on some modern bimmer rims with the low ground hugging stance, chopped top, maybe some suicide doors? could possibly drop a fresh bmw color choice on it...kind of a middle ground between rat built and fully built. none the less, enjoy that one

 

[the reverend muddy grimes]

booster, I agree, modernize the old iron.

 

[70_boosted]

like a nice mesh grill insert...some of the nice multi spoke 17's off the 01 and newer models...and of course your choice of color! dark green or blue would look sexy![dr

 

[TiredIronGRB]

Subscribed to this thread!

 

[bob w]

I absolutely love it![dr

 

[Tripper]

Boogie,
Love that body... gonna make a wicked ratster! Please keep us in the loop!!! [P

BoB

 

[Reverend D]

Looks like it already has suicide doors! Very cool, gonna watch this one in anticipation for sure.

Regards,

Rev. Don

 

[Chris5.7ltr]

Now this is different, but I really look forward to seeing how it turns out.

 

[junkmagnet]

GET TO BUILDIN, oh yeah take lots of pics...should be pretty neat!![dr[dr

 

[42chevy]

I like the engine choice, what kind of power does that put out? Cool project.