Christmas came early for me this year. Two things arrived for Dragon today.

I'm just waiting for my wife to get home with the camera so I can post pics.

I'll be back in a bit.

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Chad
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

SOLD
1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys

The suspense is killing me!

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I never go far without a little Big Star

1994 E500 199/Gray 82k
84 300D (Salty) Orient Red/Palomino 141k
88 300CE (Ersatzhammer) 904/Java 163k -- Turbo Technics twin turbo kit, AMG Gen I body kit, Sportline steering box and steering wheel, Sportline/Eibach /Bilstein Sport/500E suspension, Quaife LSD in 210 mm diff case, Silver Arrow brakes.
88 300CE Brabus 3.6 199 on Black 44k

OK ... here's the pics:

This took FOREVER to arrive:





Thanks Asnowsquall

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Chad
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

SOLD
1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys

Sweet. Good work.

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I never go far without a little Big Star

1994 E500 199/Gray 82k
84 300D (Salty) Orient Red/Palomino 141k
88 300CE (Ersatzhammer) 904/Java 163k -- Turbo Technics twin turbo kit, AMG Gen I body kit, Sportline steering box and steering wheel, Sportline/Eibach /Bilstein Sport/500E suspension, Quaife LSD in 210 mm diff case, Silver Arrow brakes.
88 300CE Brabus 3.6 199 on Black 44k

First off it must be stated that I approve of the # of "T"s!!!


[he gets an exemption on his forum name. {yes, he did petition the court!}]

Nice on the 3rd row too as it appears you got all the necessary items to make it work! You know, you should probably make a pictorial on the whole conversion process from start to finish.
Nice Christmas already there Chad......

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

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 don't think there was any more room for the extra T anyway. Didn't Frank the Tank name his Trans-Am "The Red Dragon" too?


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I'm excited for the Excelsior's Euro vanity plate... NCC 2000.

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

nice-

the only question I have on the third seat is how do the headrests fit in the existing seats?

looks like a good weekend project, congrats.

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1984 123.193 372,xxx miles, room for Seven.

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

Looks like it made it there OK, I was nervous about the side panels. Packing could have been better. Sure was a pain in the nads, but it was worth it knowing it was going to a member who would appreciate it.

Santa is helping me upgrade away from my 12 year old oil less air compressor! May even be a 7.5 hp Ingersoll Rand, or I might just build one.

Wish I had taken more pictures of the whole process to help make it less of a puzzle. Life is rather Hectic most of the time around here....

Merry Christmas!

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Currently driving a very clean 1985 300SD from the West Coast.

You know I pulled a Palomino 3rd row seat earlier this summer and sold it to a guy up in Eastern TN......He also got the 2nd row split seat and a front row seat. I took a lot of pics.......the tricky part is locating the place to screw the top bolt in for the shoulder harness seat belt. Oh, and positioning the rollup retracting thingy behind the side panel.

If you get stuck, give me shout. I might be able to talk you thru something.

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daw_two
Germantown, TN

Links:
Sold last car --- 05/2012 1984 300D Light Ivory, Red interior
Cluster Needles Paint
New Old Stock (NOS) parts

Past:
3/2008 1986 300SDL "Coda"
04/2010 1965 190D(c) "Ben"
& many more

My exemption on the screen name is due to my promise to use it as a reminder of Jimmy's tutelage. I'll take pics of everything as I go and write it up the best I can.

That's funny. I hope I don't do anything else like "Frank the Tank". My wife wouldn't understand any drunken "streaking".

Cool vanity plate choice BTW.

Thanks Mo. I wasn't thinking about the tracks in the 60/40 seats when I was going back and forth with Dave. I'll have to see if I can get them.

Thanks to you, Christmas is ALREADY merry.

So, how much do you want for your 60/40 seats? Are you able to strip out the hardware and the plastic caps and just ship those to save on weight? Do you even want to part with them?

Let me know.

Thanks again.

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Chad
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

SOLD
1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys

Thanks daw.

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Chad
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

SOLD
1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys

Well I ordered some SEM Color Coat Vinyl Paint in Palomino and used the SEM Vinyl Prep to clean the vinyl first.

I tested one of the head rests today and I am VERY impressed. The color is super close to the rest of my interior. I am shocked at how quickly this stuff dries and it doesn't affect the vinyl grain at all.

I plan to eventually recolor the whole interior with this stuff since the wagon suffers from Pinkamino.

Here's a finished head rest next to one I still need to clean and color. The one I painted already was in the worst condition dirt and color wise.


Uncolored:


Cleaned and colored:

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Chad
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

SOLD
1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys

impressive... very impressive

That's astounding, Chad. I thought the Red Dragon looked pretty good already. It's really going to be nice once you've finished the upholstery.

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Thanks guys.

My MIL is here watching my kids today. I was so excited by the results of the SEM Color Coat that I bored her with a detailed explanation and side by side comparison.

She's a good sport and acted very impressed.

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Chad
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

SOLD
1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys