Adding a little more to the interior. What are your thoughts?

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1977 Mercedes 240D... 4 speed manual... soon to be host to a lot of mods..

1984 Toyota 4x4.. Weber 32/36 DGEV carb, Offenhauser Dual Port intake manifold, TRD cam, MSD 6A ignition, MSD 8.5 wires, MSD Blaster coil, NWOR Tri-Y header, cat-back exhaust, NHK 3" lift springs, Black Magic electric fan, LC Engineering crank pulley,traction bars, LockRight locker, oil cooler, manual water temp gauge, oil temp gauge, vacuum gauge, and 394,000 miles on the clock with one motor change.

Where'd the beer go?

Sixto
87 300D

You need to wood the console (where the shifter is). The part wood--part black doesn't look good, IMHO.

Jeremy

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I agree. The hard part will be finding a wood console with no switch holes,

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1979 240D- 316K miles - VGT Turbo, Intercooler, Stick Shift, Many Other Mods - Daily Driver

1982 300SD - 232K miles - Wife's Daily Driver

1986 560SL - Wife's red speed machine

I might could learn to fight through the wood shifter nob, but the wood ashtray surrounded by the black looks like arse!
I would not have offered that had you not asked, and don't intend to be rude. But that is just awful!
The black also compliments the radio.........{can't wood that now, can you?}

**mods don't necessarily make things better, just makes them modded**

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Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

I share your opinion as well. I have a wood console but it needs to be refinished. It has the typical hazard switch and what I assume is a speaker fader switch. Not sure what you call that but it's ok if it's not hooked up.


The problem I'm running into is that the console I do have needs to be refinished. I need to be educated in this area. So anyone who has any tips and advice I'm all ears

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1977 Mercedes 240D... 4 speed manual... soon to be host to a lot of mods..

1984 Toyota 4x4.. Weber 32/36 DGEV carb, Offenhauser Dual Port intake manifold, TRD cam, MSD 6A ignition, MSD 8.5 wires, MSD Blaster coil, NWOR Tri-Y header, cat-back exhaust, NHK 3" lift springs, Black Magic electric fan, LC Engineering crank pulley,traction bars, LockRight locker, oil cooler, manual water temp gauge, oil temp gauge, vacuum gauge, and 394,000 miles on the clock with one motor change.

You could get some Zebra wood from a veneer suplier like Constantines in NJ, and make your own console wood panel. I think someone else on the forum did that. I believe it was Bodhibenz.

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you can use any veneer. Vacuum bagging it would gurantee perfect adhesion, granted you use proper glue. I have a project on the back burner for my wood interior. From Zebra to Walnut Burl.