The monthly Breakfast club Rally up here north of San Francisco. I see a cool rat rod W108 Benz. Interesting.
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But why does it have its hood up?
BMW M57 motor. Coil overs. Ajustable suspension…
BMW M57 motor. Coil overs. Ajustable suspension…
As a matter of fact, it is a complete BMW 335d onto which this wizard has grafted a Mercedes W108 body shell !
Totally wild build and amazing fabrication skills. Especially considering he did it in 4 months on his spare time! Super nice guy who just wanted to see if he could do it. He said he took 3D scans of each car in Autocad first and was amazed to see that the dimensions were perfectly compatible. Wheelbase is the same. Only the track was a little wide as you can see in the rear.
Totally wild build and amazing fabrication skills. Especially considering he did it in 4 months on his spare time! Super nice guy who just wanted to see if he could do it. He said he took 3D scans of each car in Autocad first and was amazed to see that the dimensions were perfectly compatible. Wheelbase is the same. Only the track was a little wide as you can see in the rear.
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That is some serious engineering skill!
otter74
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That is a hella sweet body swap!
Wow that must really move. Probably less reliable than the original but I doubt it has any of the original emissions parts.
jmackro
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We don't need no stink'in emissions parts - this is an early 1970's car
When I saw Bo's first picture, I thought the body looked artificially distressed.