Amazing custom BMW 1600 Ute / Pickup Truck!

Well, I have seen some custom BMWs in my time, but this one has to be one of, if not THE best yet... a 1600 chopped into a 'Ute' or pickup-truck to the layman. Whoever built this deserves a trophy of some sort, though I am in no doubt it has won at a won at a show or two so it probably already has.

Not only is the job seamless, which you don't often see with cut-up open-back car conversions, but it also features colour-coded rollover / grab bars (to re-stiffen the shell up I would imagine) and wooden-strip work around the deck like an Italian slipper-launch boat! Absolutely stunning... is all I can say.

Awesome off-road E30 Ute / Pickup HERE!

E46 318ci: Total Jobs Checklist.

Sat 6.7.15:

6 months tax.

2 new front tyres.

4 new brake discs.

New master-cyl. / servo.

Fuel tank repair.

Replacement front bumper.

Sat 12.7.14:

• Re-bled brakes.
• Wynn's Engine Stop-Leak and half a litre oil.
• Rad-hose repair-tape kit, cable-tie out of way, 1 litre water/coolant.
• Cleaned wiring-connectors to cam-sensors.
• Cleared all oil residue from exhaust-manifold.

Quick run of engine with NO MAF connected gives improved idle-speed of 900rpm. After revving, it drops below 900 for a moment, then returns to 900.

Brakes are bled and still very stiff. No servo assistance is present, but the servo and m/c are known to be working. Could the problem be the vacuum pump? Could this be causing the oil leak?

If not, then it feels a little too low for the rocker-cover and will most likely be coming from the rear main-seal, which is a gearbox off job, so lets hope its just draining from one of the rear rocker-cover plugs and running down the head.

Tues 15.7.14:

Replace vacuum-pump.

Replace both camshaft-sensors.

Replace MAF sensor.

Remove inlet-manifold to check CCV and crank-sensor.

Clean oil and recondition inlet-manifold.