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Originally Posted by MagicBus
Thanks Jooseppi! Yeah - the bodywork took a LONG time. No regrets there. I let my wife make the final decision on the color based on the available Rustoleum color palette.
As for the seats, those are out of my '79 parts car. The padding was hard as a rock (except for the rear seat bottom padding, which was inexplicably perfect.
I stripped the seats down, repaired the spring boxes, and covered the springs with a layer of canvas to protect the new padding. I found a used (but clean) 4" memory foam mattress topper (king size, I think) on Craigslist for free. I cut new seat pads out of that.
My work changes the character of the seats. They don't feel correct-as-original, but they're very nice, and I'm happy with the results based on what I spent on them.
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Ooh, I remember you mentioning the memory foam now... must be comfy.
The red really serves the car well. How did you find the painting process in general? Did you paint in your garage or outside? Is there much of a learning curve? I'd love to have a forest green W126 someday...
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Originally Posted by leathermang
I am not actually sure this is the same car shown in the ' before ' pictures.... have you said how much money / time you have invested total ?
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I've seen his car multiple times while it was in progress, it's definitely the same car. He's just done some amazing work.
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