nice! my blues mobile needs this i think.

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2006 E320 CDI
1992 300D - 5speed manual swapped

former members
1984 300D "Blues Mobile"

1978 300CD "El Toro"

The rust in picture #7 of the lift pump looks a lot worst than it is, but it still looks a bit crudy.

I am going to run the parts through my injector service process to see what happens. If it turns out a winner, and I can stream line the process, I am thinking of re-building these like my injectors.

Now it's official ... rear trunk badge "AMG" is installed. The script (trunk badge) was in suprising super nice shape. Grommits from MB were a little tight, so I had to run the smallest drill bit thru them, and removed barely the dust inside.

If it's labeled an "AMG", is it one ? LOL

I need to pick up my rims x3, so here's the drum roll on missing AMG items:

1. One more 15" rim
2. Steering Wheel
3. Side skirts, L&R (I was a dumbo and let a pair slide thru the Ebay net)
4. Rear trunk valance (apron)

I found someone who will make an identical replica of the 300Km speedo face, so that will be the only item which is not authentic.

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That looks nice!

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

Thanks Tom !

I thought it was meant to be a sleeper - shall I get you a 200D badge?

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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!

Actually that color looks like it matches perfectly the color I chose for my 39 Studebaker Coupe Express. Is it grey beige? ...or beige grey?

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[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.

Mercedes Pastel Beige, H-684, so probably pretty close to the Studebaker color you chose.

I need to find my snappies of my 1954 Packard Caribbean Convertible, back from the late 1980's ... and the "regular" convertible, another 1954. Last US production straight 8, and the year they merged with your moniker ... we parted ways in the early 1990's ...

Actually I used a Volvo color but considered several old Mercedes colors as well.

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[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.

this looks fun. i am occasionally tempted by the 200D badge as well.

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'77 240D, 504H, OM617.952, etc.

LOL ... The AMG crowd did warn me that the AMG bug is addictive ...

Maybe the sleeper will wake up ...

Not a bunch going on while waiting for the hub pulley and tinkering with the electrical, so decided to shift gears and tinker with some interior ideas. I like the red carbon fiber wrap a lot better than the OEM wood, especially with the red leather interior and red leather boot.

Carbon Fiber wrap (vinyl I am guessing is the material). Got a red pattern, semi-gloss to match my interior.

First attempt. I can see one booger in the finish, so on the final version, I need to figure out what to smooth the sub-straight ... bondo maybe ?

As for re-finishing the wood, the veneer is really thin. Stripping the really thick finish turned out to be easy. Instead of one coat - one application of the stripper, I think next time will use 2 or 3. However, the stuff would never bubble off. Instead, it got hazy and would scrap right off. The veneer lifted in the places where the OEM finish clung. So, anyone wanting to re-finish theirs, apply multiple coats. Because I was going to be wrapping the surface, it did not really matter a whole bunch EXCEPT when it comes to the smoothness of the sub-straight.

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Another not too productive weekend under way. Before the SuperBowl, the goal is to knock out all injectors and get them boxed up ...

Once the sun popped out, and warmed up a little, got the following done:

1. Adjusted the valves and new gasket since the old one was developing A LOT of tiny cracks (it was only around 1 year old) ???

2. Got the chrome-look effort going on with all aluminum parts. The VC side got really smudgy with my grimey pawls.

3. Electrical cable upgrades all done. The 150 AMP alternator has a 4AWG cable to the starter, replacing the pair of OEM wires which were surprising thin. To all those who are upgrading, I strongly suggest buying the military surplus stuff out there. Top quality, but cheap. I slid over some skin tight thermal wrap; I chose red. The starter to the battery is 2 AWP, really thick stuff. All wires recevied color matched wire mesh wrap, shrink wrap ends, Deutsch Connerctors where it made sense, et cet.

The alternator bracket is nice and chromie too.

Once the double belt pulley comes in, it will be time to start wrapping things up ...

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The end is now in sight:

All the aluminum is almost done, polished to near like-chrome;

The "tough" mods are 99% done, e.g., manual brakes, et cet;

The interior is just dying and finishing touches; and,

The machinist "guarantees" the turbo engine will be done by mid-March.

Once the weather breaks, I just need to install everything and tweak the end results.

The double belt crank pulley should be in-hand within a week or so, and after that I think everything is physically located in my garage. The "AMG package" is not part of the time schedule since finding that stuff is like a needle in a haystack. So far, AMG authentic items include:

1. AMG Trunk Badge -- installed
2. AMG rear trunk spoiler -- installed
3. AMG front chin (air dam) -- installed
4. AMG 15" rims -- missing 1 rim
5. AMG steering wheel -- in the works
6. AMG side skirts and rear apron -- a luck and a pray finding this.

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The shiny stuff is amazing!

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[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.