1949 Ford Shoebox / 2008 BMW 335i Chassis Swap

This chopped, shortened, and wide-bodied 1949 Ford was swapped on top of a 2008 BMW E92 335i N54 twin-turbo car.

Over the past few decades, John has built some pretty crazy rides and this one may be the craziest! and after spending the last 15 years working on his Real Estate business, raising a family, and helping plant a start-up church, he was ready to embark, along with his son and a group of friends, on a new project. He tells us…

“This is not just any old project, we are going to attempt the first-ever 1949 Ford Shoebox chassis swap to a 2008 BMW 335i.

Keep in mind that we don’t do this for a living and the budget is very limited. Will we make the deadline for SEMA? What kind of challenges will we run into along the way?”

John, Maniac’s Garage

This video is a recap of Maniac’s Garage body-swapping the Ford to the BMW in under 10 minutes. The full build playlist appears below…

1949 Ford Shoebox / BMW 335i Full Chassis Swap Build Playlist

«

Prev

1

/

2

Next

»

Part 1 – How the idea came to be – 1949 Ford/BMW chassis swap

Part 2 – Getting the team together – 1949 Ford/BMW chassis swap

Part 3 – Time line for the build – 1949 Ford/BMW chassis swap

Part 4 – How bad is the salvaged BMW? – 1949 Ford / BMW chassis swap

Part 5 – The BMW suspension is back in – 1949 Ford/BMW Chassis Swap

Part 6 – Reading the BMW error codes – 1949 Ford/BMW Chassis Swap

Part 7 – Ripping the BMW apart! – 49 Ford/BMW Chassis Swap

Part 9 – The Ford front clip is on the BMW – 1949 Ford/BMW chassis swap

Part 10 – Fixing the 20 year old chop top – 1949 Ford/BMW chassis swap

Part 11- Welding the door jamb back in – 1949 Ford/BMW chassis swap

Quantum Drift 2 Teaser

Part 12 – Out with the Ford chassis – 1949 Ford/BMW chassis swap

Part 13 – In with the BMW chassis – 1949 Ford/BMW chassis swap

Part 14 – The entire Ford body is on the BMW – 1949 Ford/BMW chassis swap

Part 15 – More Progress! – 1949 Ford/BMW chassis swap

Part 16 – Fitting the 49 Dash into the BMW

Part 17 – Ran into a little set back on the 1949 Ford/BMW chassis swap

Part 18 – Sparco Fuel Filler Install – 1949 Ford/BMW chassis swap

Part 19 -Welding the Ford to the BMW

Part 21 – Got some MASSIVE Toyo Tires in – 1949 Ford/BMW chassis swap

Part 20 – Making Some Bumper Mounts and other things – 1949 Ford Body Swapped BMW

Part 24 – Got the sample wheels in, pretty Hostile looking – 1949 Ford/BMW chassis swap

Part 25 – Getting a lot done!!!

Part 26 – Recap and window frame chop – 1949 Ford/BMW chassis swap

Part 28 – Huge Wheels – 1949 Ford/BMW chassis swap

Part 29 – Slamming the Suspension – 1949 Ford/BMW chassis swap

Part 30 – Almost Ready to Build Fenders – 1949 Ford/BMW chassis swap

Part 31 – Front roll pan completed – 1949 Ford/BMW chassis swap

Part 32 – Driving the BMW powered 49 Ford for the first time in 8 months

Part 33 – Overhauling the BMW N54 engine – 1949 Ford/BMW chassis swap

Part 34 – The Doc Race Top Mount Turbo is getting installed – 1949 Ford/BMW chassis swap

Part 35 – Turbo Install part 2 – 1949 Ford/BMW chassis swap

Part 36 – Turbo Install Pt 3 – 1949 Ford/BMW chassis swap

Part 37 – Garrett Turbo & DocRace Turbo Kit Installed – 1949 Ford/BMW chassis swap

Part 38 – Removing the 71 year old paint – 1949 Ford/BMW chassis swap

Part 40 – Finally, some fenders getting done! – 1949 Ford/BMW chassis swap

Part 41 – Cool way to connect the Ford to the BMW – 1949 Ford/BMW chassis swap

Part 42 – Big Aero – 1949 Ford/BMW chassis swap

Part -43 – Pulled an ALL NIGHTER – 1949 Ford/BMW chassis swap

Part 44 – You're Not Ready For This – #Born49ain Soft Launch

Part 45 – Can we get it registered? – 1949 Ford/BMW chassis swap

Part 46 – Status Racing Seats – 1949 Ford/BMW chassis swap

Part 47 – Downloading the base tune via Skype – 1949 Ford/BMW chassis swap

Part 48 – Will she run? – 1949 Ford/BMW chassis swap

Part 49 – IS IT REALLY DRIVING? – 1949 Ford/BMW chassis swap

Part 50 – Phase II of tuning, boostin 13 psi – 1949 Ford/BMW chassis swap

Part 53 – Bending Up Some Sheet Metal – 1949 Ford/BMW chassis swap

Part 54 – Building Wheel Arches – 1949 Ford/BMW chassis swap

Part 55 – Got it running again – 1949 Ford/BMW chassis swap

Part 56 – Welding in the O2's – 1949 Ford/BMW chassis swap

«

Prev

1

/

2

Next

»