Due to copyright it kind of circulates around a bit - it comes and it goes on those video sites.

Search for

"wheeler dealers w123" and you should find a weird subtitled version somewhere

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1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

Regarding fender arches for W123. Some time back, when my rear driver side arch needed replacement, the local body shop that specializes in MB and Euro car repairs repaired my car using glue-on arches.

No welding required. It was something new for them too. Idea was to avoid the collateral rust that often occurs near weld.

Anyone see this type of panel these days?

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85 300D,72 350SL, 98 E320, Outback 2.5

Wheel Dealers airs on the Velocity Channel usually on Wednesday afternoon and evening. Re-runs normally start around 4:00 pm Pacific Standard Time. Great show.

Because I am working on my W123 1980 240D as time allows.

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1985 300SD
1983 300D
1984 190D
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I bought a set of W124 rear wheel arches from this same manufacturer, but haven't gotten to installing them yet. I will of course fully report on them when I eventually get to the project.

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80 280SL
85 300SD
87 300TD
92 300D 2.5 Turbo
92 300TE 4Matic

Ha! Wheeler-Dealers.....

Cant keep me eyes off that guy's terrible Wig!

Reminds me--I got two front fenders to replace before too long.....

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W123, 1985 300TD Wagon, 256K,
-Most recent M.B. purchase, Cost-a-plenty, Gulps BioDiesel extravagantly, and I love it like an old dog.

W114, 1975 280E Custard Yellow,
-Great above decks needs chassis welding--Really will do it this year....

A note on patch panel metal thickness and body line definition. The maker is likely using soft tooling and / or hydroforming, this limits the thickness you can use and reduces sharpness of the body lines.

If hard 2 part tooling was being used, the price per part would be huge.

The next panels I install will be glued.

Also, where possible. Trim the patch to a minimum and retain as much original metal as possible. This allows for a 2nd repair in the future. If the seam is better suited to a body / trim line then using the full panel is preferable.