A Simple Solution
 

"If you look up close, you can see it is Hollywood"

So, drive faster ! :P .

This is beginning to be a stunning automobile.....

Twins (sort of)
 

I visited my neighbor today, and showed him my car. He has an SL as well. His is yellow, mine is ivory. He has been in Europe for the past month, so the car has just been sitting. I inspired him to get it cleaned up and drive it. I will talk him into bringing it to some car shows.......Rich

Meet & Greets
 

I miss your old meet & greets very much Rich .

You and your friend plus any other Mercedes drivers old or new are welcome to our monthly Saturday afternoon meet in Sunland Tijunga .

We usually get one or two R107's .

Nice work Rich. Beautiful car.

I miss them as well, but have been so busy I have not had time to even think of planning one. There is always Super Car Sunday each month in Woodland Hills. I would like to go soon, but it is kinda hot in So.Cal lately! Maybe towards the Fall, I will be attending more shows, and will plan a drive/get-together.....Rich

Thank you Bill and others for your positive comments about the car. I am truly blessed to be able to enjoy it, even with all the fixing going on.


The last major repair is going to be the A/C. There is not much room between the subframe and engine block for the compressor. I may have to notch out the subframe to be able to get more room for the compressor and it's mounting. Paul was able to get it in there and working, but belt misalignment caused some problems. I am thinking of modifying a Gen III bracket. I won't know if it will work till I get the compressor out. That requires the removal of everything above it (P.S. pump and bracket, maybe fuel filter stand). Thanks again all, Rich

AC & Meet & Greets
 

Well ;

Just leave your SLD idling with your AC going, maybe crack the driver's side window 1/4" so whomever bends down to look inside will get a nice puff of frigid air in their face and then look at your card advertising.....

Yes, it's been hot .

Wheel polishing
 

My polisher guy finally got the wheels done today. I/we decided to finish them a little differently than originally planned. He used an industrial strength stripper (only available out of the state) on the entire wheel, but only the paint on the outer rim came off. We suspected the the inner part is powder coated, and only the outer rim is polished. He only polished the outer part, and I will just paint (or have powder coated) the inner. I think they look pretty good like this. He polishes Airstream Travel Trailers, and man they look good!

Good looking wheels. That Airstream looks fantastic. Almost blinding on a sunny day!

Nice Bambi there .

What do you think?
 

What do you think of this paint scheme? I tried out the ivory color on one of the wheels. The paint job is not all that good, so I may have to redo it. I found that Rustoleum Ivory and Almond mixed together is a very good match to the factory 623 Light Ivory (Ivory too light, Almond too dark). I rigged up two spray can guns that point the spray of both cans together at about eight inches away, thereby mixing the colors before landing on the surface of the wheel. It actually worked pretty good. I had to modify the guns a little. I painted the inside of the wheels Silver, and masked the holes so the ivory would only be on the face of the wheel. I am also debating if I should clear coat the entire wheel (polished and painted parts), or just the painted part. So many decisions. Whatever I decide to do, it needs to be done by Wednesday evening, as I am leaving early Thursday morning to drive to Monterey for the Legends car show.

Custom Wheel Paint
 

I think it will look terrific on your R107 .

I should have made it a poll, but this will work:

Thumbs up= 1
Thumbs down= 0

It is important to remember that in matters of taste, everyone else is always wrong .

That's a creative way of mixing paint! The wheel you did has a nice look to it.