I can identify with that! I learned a whole lot about fabricating sheetmetal from my brother whilst fixing his 75 300D -- he's pretty good (learned from the old guy down the road 20 years or more ago, including lead filling!). We make a trunk pan, rear floor pans, and a fender tip for it, and it looks pretty good. The pans are obviously hand fabricated, but the fender tip will probably pass for factory when we are done.

Peter

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1972 220D ?? miles
1988 300E 200,012
1987 300D Turbo killed 9/25/07, 275,000 miles
1985 Volvo 740 GLE Turobodiesel 218,000
1972 280 SE 4.5 165, 000 - It runs!