Well I just purchased a 1985 300D which has not so perfect paint, and a couple small rust spots around the rear fenders. My first instinct was to bring it to a body shop but I was thinking that covering it in duck tape would be a pretty weird thing to do. As you can see after doing the first door it looks pretty super awesome. Currently I have all the doors done and want to start on the rest tomorrow.

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Nice one.

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1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

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

Just make sure you share good pictures. Cuz if kinda like to see that.

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i'd like to see that. Are you using regular silver tape or did you get the tape in wacky colors? Black duct tape may not look too bad.

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1985 300TD 587 cabernet red/155 Creme (143k)
2007 Ford Expedition EL (54k)

"Seems to me you bought a hobby... not a car" - My dad.

im using black duck tape all over. I have all the doors done but havent had time when the weather permitted yet to get more done. Also, there are a thousand other little things to be done which all take a bit of time.

a bit of progress today. hood came out awesome... the rest is not so super but I figure I will redo it as I have some free time for the parts that have bubbles

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Cool. Sorry I didn't realize you had started already. I thought that was just a black door in the pic.

are the fender pieces going vertical instead of horizontal or am I just seeing things?

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1985 300d smoke silver/red int. (204k) <--Sadie the 80's Mercedes from Hades!
1985 300TD 587 cabernet red/155 Creme (143k)
2007 Ford Expedition EL (54k)

"Seems to me you bought a hobby... not a car" - My dad.

they are! It seemed it would be rather impossible to do those one horizontally as there would be nowhere to tuck the majority of the edges... may redoo the doors with another layer staying uniform but will have to use some adhesive to hold it on for any length of time...

It comes in chrome silver as well as white and is waterproof, and had a killer bond!

BTW, it's 'duct' not, "duck."

I know its supposed to be "duct" tape but it all is actually duck brand tape by shurtech so I feel like it could be appropriate kind of how most people seem to refer to any hook and loop fastener as Velcro or any photo copy as a xerox. Also to be legally called “Duct Tape” the tape must meet or exceed certain heat requirements and the packaging of the colored duck brand tape does not make such a claim.

I doubt that duck tape can compete with Eternabond tape.....in ANY way. Because they're probably different IN every way. Duct tape was/is commonly used as a temporary holding fix on NASCAR car bodies. It's not just that durable to heat, or cold, or water. Eternabond solves all that. I'd raise my sights were I wrapping my car in tape. You'll have to have a knife or scissors to cut Eternabond, unlike duct tape.

I've seen it used on aircraft...



...there are some people out there you really don't want to fly with.

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
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!

Great plan, Red would be proud.

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'79 450 SEL
'78 300 CD

so fully covered now. here are a few pics. I am going over some of the edges now and getting some adhesive under them.

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I recently learned that it was actually "duck" tape first, and then became known as duct tape later. Odd, but true.

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