My 73 450SL was involved in an accident a few months back. Luckily, nobody was injured and the car is still mechanically sound. Amusingly, she destroyed two Japanese cars and a Chevy Lumina in the accident, and was still driveable. After towing her up to my folks place in Chicago for storage, I decided she needs to be fixed. However, I think I have a difficult task ahead of me: finding parts. The easy parts are going to be the left euro headlight assembly, radiator, and front grille. I'll deal with those when I need to. The hard parts are going to be a hood, front left fender, front frame crossmember (that the hood latches down onto), and front left chrome wheel well trim.

Any ideas on where to find those body parts on the cheap short of buying another SL that either has a blown engine or got nailed from behind?

Thanks.

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73 450SL AMG "Millennium Falcon"
88 Volvo 740GLE B230F/M47
84 300SD Turbo (Sold, looking for new one)
86 300E (FOR SALE)
78 450SL (totalled by girl on drugs in SUV)
87 Volvo 740GLE wagon (totalled by Ford Expedition)