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Little off topic...Inside Mercedes-Benz’s American Dream Factory
I ran across this on Wired today and thought others might be interested.
Inside Mercedes-Benz’s American Dream Factory Inside Mercedes-Benz's American Dream Factory | Autopia | Wired.com
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many of us have dreamed of our own old diesels visiting that place.
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Thanks for the link. I'd love to visit the Classic Center.
Notice the 123 in the cover photo for the article. Bottom row on the left. Though it's only the front left corner. Still good to see it sitting next to a Gullwing.
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Amazing that they will make the parts if the parts are not available. Most restoration shops would not do that. Wow I would love to work there.
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There is a video interview with Jay Leno talking about his Gullwing SL project, he needed rotors for it, and had MB make some for him. They can get or make just about any part, but it's gonna cost an arm, a leg, and your left nut.
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Andrew '04 Jetta TDI Wagon '82 300TD ~ Winnie ~ Sold '77 300D ~ Sold
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Yea that's what I figured as to why few repair shops fabricate their own parts. I wonder how much they would charge to fabricate an entire car minus the parts that are readily available.
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I find that custom parts are 1-2 magnitudes more expensive than a comparable off-the-shelf part.
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1982 240D, sold 9/17/2008 1987 300D TurboW124.133 - 603.960, 722.317 - Smoke Silver Metallic / Medium Red (702/177), acquired 8/15/2009 262,715 and counting |
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I'Ve sat in that w123....iirc it was a factory demo with twenty or thirty thousand miles. Gen 1. It's neat to see, feel, and smell how ” new” it is..
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1982 240 D, 308,000 - 321,127 miles (sold) 1982 300 TD,166,500 - 226,000 miles 1998 E 320, 120,000 - 144,000 miles 2005 C 230 K, 26,000 - 77,000 miles (sold) |
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Well most people that own a car that is so rare that parts are hard to find and they want their car to be restored, don't have to worry about the cost. Well excluding the owners the few really crappy early Korean cars that came over to the US.
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Also, the giant equipment (presses, stamps, etc) needed to make the large structure of the car are no longer in service, not sure how they would pull that off the same by hand. Amazing place, amazing pictures. I want to visit....badly.
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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life- '15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800) '17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k) '09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k) '13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k) '01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km) '16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k) |
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cool!
excellent post, thanks so much for the link. I'd no idea that place even existed!
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They won't make a w123 dash panel....
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1982 240 D, 308,000 - 321,127 miles (sold) 1982 300 TD,166,500 - 226,000 miles 1998 E 320, 120,000 - 144,000 miles 2005 C 230 K, 26,000 - 77,000 miles (sold) |
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The place is awesome! I was there when they had two 116's in the showroom. One was a 300SD, the other a 6.9. I am not sure which one had the least amount of miles, but one had less than 2,000 ORIGINAL miles.
It even had the original German air in the tires!
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All Diesel Fleet 1985 R107 300SLD TURBODIESEL 2005 E320 CDI (daily) LOTS of parts for sale! EGR block kit http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/355250-sale-egr-delete-block-off-plate-kit.html 1985 CA emissions 617 owners- You Need This! Sanden style A/C Compressor Mounting Kit for your 616/ 617 For Sale + Install Inst. Sanden Instalation Guide (post 11): http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/367883-sanden-retrofit-installation-guide.html |
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Do you think you could get them to inflate your tires with exported German air?
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