Hack Weld Solder Sculpt: North Broadway Speed Lab

The new e21 project in our extra car-hacking space

Some of you have seen a lot of social media posts in the past week and a half about a new work space and a new project. To make it official, here it is. I picked up a project BMW e21 and an extra garage space to help with my project sprawl. No, we're not abandoning the Mustang! We're still banging away, no way we're stopping now. Things just fall in your lap sometimes. I figured the new bimmer will make a cool track car with some time and effort.
The space? It's name is the "North Broadway Speed Lab". It came with it's own Facebook page to which I now post. It's about 1000 ft. sq., has a long history of hotrod projects and is going to go a long way towards freeing up much space here at the home garage (the '59 Chevy is going to the new space for engine/air ride mods).

Move-in day

Let's get that v8 outta there and start over

The e21 came complete with a Ford 289 V8 (now I have 2, amazing) that had been part of the "ZOMG awesome V8" plan of some earlier owners. It wasn't working, and had many interference problems, or as I call it "10 gallons of shit in a 5 gallon hat." So before we go back to the Mustang, I decided to pull that engine last Saturday morning so we can sell it and get on with better plans. As cool as V8 power is, this car needs to be reimagined with a small, powerful engine. I'm thinking a turbocharged 4 cylinder Lima engine. More on this later.

There will be some challenges, like the logistics of tools moving between 2 separate garages, but it'll be fine. Back to the Mustang, the fuel injection just shipped, so I'll be back on that this week.