Once, Bill Caswell took a $500 BMW from Craigslist and turned it into a rally racer. Now, after much sweat, late nights and help from a few friends, Caswell’s Baja Bimmer has passed inspection and will race the Baja 1000. More »
Bill Caswell’s Baja Bimmer Heads To Starting Line [Bill Caswell]
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Excelsior!!
fanoblack
@thefirebuilds: Someone mentioned above he got hooked up by the POSRacing LeMons team.
SerialThriller
@JoeyM: Talk about looking out for your fellow man. Props to POSracing, I’m sure someone will help you guys out. I’m sure the added karma won’t hurt for LeMons either.
OhNoEzanEscalade!!!11!
I would have absolutely zero reservations about making that car my daily driver.
I want to be Bill Caswell when I grow up.
Nayrlladnar
@wild7s: Van Sarockin, rogue got a point. Where is the shout-out from Bill himself? The main reason I read the article to find out who helped him out. Only word was from Breamo themselves, otherwise we would not have known.
X-cchannel-M
@OMG! Ponies!: But in a good way…?
SerialThriller
side exhaust pipe. nice..
SuperCharger.Heaven
Baja 100 live!
[www.baja1k.com]
Although I have no idea if it’s actually live at the moment. The page is woefully uninformative.
#tips
dangertree
I think I read he needed a tow, who took care of that?
thefirebuilds
@jbh11126: Yes, the race takes place in Mexico.
SerialThriller
@cobrajoe is being sued by Shelby: There’s so little BMW left in that thing, I’m not sure it’s even a factor.
SerialThriller
@Dab O’ Swine:
Whoa! Missed that. Thanks.
irishman-AARGH!
It’s like if Speed Buggy became a yuppie douchebag.
OMG! Ponies!
I award you one checkered flag and a thumbs up, just for making it this far. It doesn’t even matter what happens now, you made it!
Kobolowski Tires
@irishman-AARGH!: Well, there was this:
[jalopnik.com]
Jalopnik / Top Gear USA crossing paths regularly might happen sooner, rather than later.
Dab O’ Swine
@Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Before you start condemning people, you should read the comments boxes in the very posts you’re talking about.
Quick, informative updates and pictures were given by Breamo; in the comments boxes.
Short answer: POSRacing is now Bill’s personal Jesus.
wild7s
Good luck Bill.
Dirt Pirate
Cheers to you!
Twonius
Link to the original Baja Bimmer article:
[jalopnik.com]
Jagvar
$500.00 !!!!!!!!!!!
Autojunkie
Seriously, Top Gear USA, you missed a kick-ass story.
irishman-AARGH!
That’s one badass Bimmer.
En0s1
Just a couple of concerns: Doesn’t it need some sort of wheel covers to keep dust at bay? And how does it expect to survive without kidneys?
X-cchannel-M
Dope city.
jbh11126
@Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Second that.
X-cchannel-M
Bill, I think I speak for many of us when I say, “Fuck yeah!”
Kick ass, amigo.
irishman-AARGH!
Bill ‘Big Brass Balls’ Caswell. We salute you, and the wheelbarrow you require to transport your heavy-metal testicles in.
PS – With a name like that you should’ve been a gunslinger in the Wild West.
MM…Food
I need live-streaming video of the start.
dangertree
@Sarcasmo – trying to plan the insane: @Coreboy: and it looks incredible.
aids333
That is undeniably awesome.
And I’m not even a BMW fan.
cobrajoe is being sued by Shelby
needs moar track widenz.
Never_trust_a_Fiat
@lilwillie: I thought I remember reading before that the plan was to replace the 2.5 inline 6 from the E30 with an E39′s 4.0 V8… Dunno if that actually ended up happening.
Another earlier report also stated (if my memory is correct) that the E30 you see above was not much more than a parts car for his ‘real’ Rally E30, so there wasn’t a tremendous amount of original E30 to begin with.
Never_trust_a_Fiat
With such a close finish makes you wonder if he’s even had any wheel time yet. I hope the wheels stay on.
GV_Goat
@Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet:
Lemons team POSracing loaned him their trailer. Now they need to rent one so they can get THEIR car to buttonwillow
[jalopnik.com]
JoeyM
It looks pretty nice. I wonder if some big-name rally team thought about giving him a contract or something.
twinturbo2
@Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: @Breamo Helped him:
[jalopnik.com]
(for those who don’t want to click):
Update: We just got Bill and his team dialed in with our LeMons Team Trailer from POSRacing. The guys just left the shop, after pulling another all nighter, and are now on their way to Baja. Good Luck guys…. (now we need a trailer for Buttonwillow….. Anyone?)
Dab O’ Swine
Good luck, Bill! No matter where you place in the 1000, you’re already a winner!
Jackie
Is it still RWD only? What’s he done to the engine?
So many questions!
Coreboy
So who donated the truck and trailer to get him there? This is one aspect that leads me to be a bit less than enthusiastic about his efforts – lot’s of people pitch in to help him succeed in his hare brained scheme, but almost no one gets credit.
Last posting said he was stranded in SD with no way to get across the border, and needed someone to loan him a trailer on faith. So, what happened and who was involved? Those are the heroes in this segment of the saga.
Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
Old Bill turns a mighty fine wrench
Roy Wort says he’s really a Mensch
Down Mexico’s ways
He’ll race otra vez
While calmly avoiding the stench
Ash78, Displeased Guy
What I find amazing, is not only did he complete it, but it passed inspection. That man deserves a shrine in the “real man” hall of fame.
Sarcasmo – trying to plan the insane
Good for him. Glad to see him living the dream.
Few questions if you could answer them. How much E30 is left of the car? Is it unibody only? Transmission, engine? Sure looks it from the pictures and stories to this point.
I ass-u-me from the pictures all the suspension, brake and chassis should be purpose made for off road use. Same for the fuel cell and system.
And also, who hauled him down so we can give them a “atta boy”?
lilwillie
Wow. We all strive to be half the man that Bill Caswell is.
aciddiver
Bill, you are my hero. Good luck and God Speed!
Nate Gnau
Best of luck to you Bill!
mdmmsu
Oh, damn. He got it done. Dude is amazing.
Good luck, man. Will be waiting for the news.
geistkoenig
Ok that’s f’ing bad ass!
Give ‘em hell Bill!
Itschrome
Good luck with the BMW Buggy.
acarr260
Go(d)speed, Caswell.
Que onda windshield?
bearslayer
jakebonz