This is Fred. The once daily-driver of my Navigator, Dave; and named by his daughter Eve.
He's originally Dave's Mum's car, who had the M52 rebuilt about 40k kms ago (to the tune of $8k AUD), and then rear-ended someone about 2 months later!!
Written-off by the insurance company, Dave bought the car from them for practically nothing.
We fitted a headlight, nose panel, RHF guard, bonnet and M3 bar. Gave it a rattle-can grey paint job.... bam, jobs a good'un!
After a couple of years of backwards-and-forwards ownership between Dave, myself, and a few mates (including a stint as a rat-rod/fighter-plane ^as above^), Fred has returned to my care... ready for his final incarnation as a rally car!!
The plan is a basic, budget gravel rally build, with all-round capabilities for gymkhana, circuit sprints and hillclimbs too. No adjustable coilovers, big brake mods, or flash composite panels... just a basic, fun, easy to repair racer!!
More to come on "Full-lock Fred" soon...