Week Two!

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We worked on the car on Friday the 11th. Only it felt like Friday the 13th. Our goal was to remove the carpeting and assess the rust damage to the floor. Removing remaining trim was tedious and I broke both door sill plates and the accelerator pedal. Elsa and Greta did a great job holding the flashlight, handing me tools and helping remove trim. Ingrid was a good coach and companion. Carpet removal revealed extensive rust in the driver's foot well, while the rest of the floor was clean. On Saturday the girls were busy with 4-H. I spent my "alone time" cutting the rust out of the floor and preparing for welding.

Today was great. I had posted a link to the blog on the E30tech.com project forum earlier in the week. One of the forum members, ejohnson, contacted me to see if I wanted to buy parts off a 325i he is parting out. I picked up a driver's side mirror, floor mats, 3 spoke sport steering wheel, cd player, and most important of all-door sills! Also, ejohnson generously donated a rusty trunk lid for welding practice.

Finally, the name. We decided on Brigita Martha Whopper, Brigita for short.

Elsa: The work was tedious, indeed. We needed to take out the console on Brigita, and navigate around pedals to remove the carpet. Holding the flashlight was fun, but sometimes it was difficult to get a proper angle in the foot well. To sum it up, last Friday went not so well and with any luck there will be much improvement next week.

Greta: On Friday I helped Dad with holding the flashlight. Dad broke the black door sill. I watched Dad cut the carpet, instead of doing it the official way. I hope we have better luck not breaking any pieces.

Ingrid: I liked taking stuff out. You know what, Brigita says "Hello!"


Hi, this is Steve again. I just had to say something after reading Elsa's post. It was not that BAD!!! A couple of broken door sills is nothing compared some of my more extravagant failures. Perhaps she would have a better sense of perspective if she had lit a minivan on fire (it went out) or driven a Volvo off the end of the ramps. I am well aware that by the end of the project she will look back on last Friday as a good day.