Anybody ever notice that the car on the cover of the Haynes manual is a Euro 300D Turbo with SLS? It also has a cloth interior and rear headrests.

__________________
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

Believe it or not I loved the cutaway so much I cut it out with a razor and keep it on my desk

__________________
1981 300SD 512k OM603

here it is

Attached Thumbnails

 

__________________
1981 300SD 512k OM603

I thought I was the only one who noticed that, lol.

__________________
'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

This is probably a dumb a$$ question, but i'll ask anyways. How do they make those cut-away pictures?

__________________
1985 300TD Turbo Euro-wagon
1979 280CE 225,200 miles
1985 300D Turbo 264,000 miles
1976 240D 190,000 miles
1979 300TD 220,000

GONE but not forgotten
1976 300D 195,300 miles
1983 300D Turbo 175,000 miles

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...e485-1-2-1.jpg

They get a car, cut holes in it and draw it.

__________________
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 don't know where I got this from but here's the wagon version (non diesel though, maybe a 200T or 230T)

__________________
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7271/7...144c3fc1dc.jpg

Huh thats really cool.

__________________
Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

As long as they would add one additional commandment for you to keep thy religion to thyself.
George Carlin (Wonder where he is now..)

1981 240d (engine donor 1983 240d) recently rebuilt engine hurray! - No more.. fought a tree and the tree won.

pearl black 1983 240d 4speed (Converted!@$$%) atleast the tranny was rebuilt.

I imagine it was all done by a very skilled human or humans. You don't see them anymore as much though, so maybe its too complicated for a computer to do. In looking at my old magazines I find that there is at least one spectactular cutaway dwg per issue.

Tom W

__________________
[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Seems like a cutaway would be fairly easy for a talented CAD artist/drafter.

Build the car in AutoCAD.
Make the skin on some sections "transparent".
Done.

__________________
'79 300SD
'82 Chevy Chevette diesel

doubtful this was done in cad. this is hand drawn by graphic artists. I see our Industrial Design guys do this all the time. It would take forever to model a car in cad, I have spent about 25 hours modeling a bellhousing in cad, i cant imagine doing a whole car

__________________

1982 300CD Turbo (Otis, "ups & downs") parts for sale
2003 TJ with Hemi (to go anywhere, quickly) sold
2001 Excursion Powerstroke (to go dependably)
1970 Mustang 428SCJ (to go fast)
1962 Corvette LS1 (to go in style)
2001 Schwinn Grape Krate 10spd (if all else fails)

slow day in the garage??

__________________
1984 123.193 372,xxx miles, room for Seven.

1999 Dodge Durango Cummins 4BTAA 47RE 5k lb 4x4 getting 25+mpgs, room for Seven.

In any particular year, how many cars would have been built in that specific configuration?

__________________

"Buster" in the '95

Our all-Diesel family
1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car
2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car
Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022)
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762
"Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz."
-- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970

Yes, I agree that this particular car appears to not be a CAD model. I was more answering the general "How do they do this." I imagine at this point most of the auto makers have templates for their most common parts, and adjustable "general" templates for other common parts to massively expedite the process. From scratch it would take forever...

__________________
'79 300SD
'82 Chevy Chevette diesel

I keep a copy of the manual in the crapper.

__________________
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