[imgl="150"]372414[/imgl] Check out my, what I think is one of a kind el camino, "der strabe" on an E46 coupe chassis platform. I started with a BMW 330 ZHP coupe and saved it from the scrap heap. Made a nice shop truck by grafting a Colorado bed onto the totaled cpe.
I bought the coupe totaled and was going to fix it up for the old lady. My dad came in the shop one morning and told me to look at the bed setting up a few stalls from the cpe. it looks like that will fit on pretty easy. So I stopped lookin for a rear clip and started on the thing. At first we were going to try to keep the bed separate like they are on the truck, but as we got into it it just worked out better welding it onto the cpe. Feel free to give me a call 717 222 2867
More details on the build - the coupe was hit in the right rear, and the car was cut the car behind the B pillar. The sunroof was saved but the track was shortened. the rear window area was custom build and the glass was cut by our local glass guy. The Colorado bed was shortened ( the width was good). The bed was "sleeved" to fit the vehicle. 18 gauge metal lines the inside of the bed and diamond plate was used for the floor. The entire drivetrain and chassis from the BMW. The orginal BMW gas flap has been moved to the exterior of the Colorado bed. The spare tire is in the same place, it wasn't moved.
Bump for an answer. I'd love to hear how the handling is affected with the truck bed in back. You must have the best handling pickup truck on the planet.
greetings I got her weighed I have to find the slip but i was sure it was 2400
could be wrong I was back in 1996 i'll check and find weigh slip
check out my latest project
fixin up for the ol lady
04 r32 it has 64 miles on it
it was rolled on a test drive back in 04
greetings I got her weighed I have to find the slip but i was sure it was 2400
could be wrong I was back in 1996 i'll check and find weigh slip
check out my latest project
fixin up for the ol lady
04 r32 it has 64 miles on it
it was rolled on a test drive back in 04
Nice work...anyone can help me here? i want to lower my car about inch around but i dont want to kill my ride...what should i do? i can't pick the right type of spring or coilovers for my E46 M3...
nice work...anyone can help me here? I want to lower my car about inch around but i dont want to kill my ride...what should i do? I can't pick the right type of spring or coilovers for my e46 m3...
This car is full of win! The only way to make it better would have been to start with an M3 in one of those ridiculously priced colors for which BMW charges $9000US.
A BMW spokesperson has now confirmed to Road & Track that the M3 Pickup spotted in Germany is simply a one-off test mule. "BMW M did indeed create the pickup seen on the 'Ring, but it was just an internal project, not something that is in development," said Dave Buchko, BMW Advanced Powertrain & Heritage Communications Manager. "There are no plans to produce it."
BMW aficionados will undoubtedly be breathing a huge sigh of relief. This the same diehard legion of fans who still bemoan the original iDrive interface, SMG gearboxes, and just about any car ever designed by Chris Bangle. Tell these folks that BMW is building a pickup, and you'd better be ready to duck and cover.
Set to arrive in 2012, the next BMW 3 Series will showcase everything from a range of turbocharged 4-cylinder engines to a hybrid model and 5-door hatchback (designed in the same mold as the 5 Series GT). But you heard it here first: the 3 Series and M3 family tree will not include a pickup.
I've been seeing these atrocities all over lately "just my opinion". Can anyone tell me if these things are useful as a performance car, or as a truck? Great at being Bi? Or does it fail life as both?
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