300E-24 Sportline, 300TE-24 Sportline resurrection

[W124phile]

Hi and greetings from Estonia.

Here are 2 of my cars that i have carefully chosen to my small classical Mercedes collection. Over the years I've owed I think more than 30 different cars, some newer, some older. Majority of them have been with rear wheel drive and with 6 cylinder petrol engines. I do have a 300E with M103 but maybe will write about it some other time.

Mercedes Benz 300E-24 Sportline

Sales name 300 E-24
Order number 0 0 571 11747 (Destination: Switzerland)
Delivery date 1990-07
PAINT1 199 Black Pearl Metallic
Interior color 275 No code designation available
Engine 104980 12 012901
Gearbox 722359 03 419358

Extras:
199 BLACK PEARL METALLIC PAINT
222 RIGHT FRONT SEAT, ELECTRICALLY ADJUSTABLE
240 OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE INDICATOR
241 FRONT SEAT LH ELECTRIC ADJUSTABLE WITH MEMORY
244 SPORTS SEATS, FRONT
275A LEATHER PEBBLE
281 AMG PERFORMANCE STEERING WHEEL
412 ELECTRIC SLIDING ROOF
412 *119951002 ELECTRIC SLIDING ROOF
412 *219980716 ELECTRIC SLIDING ROOF WITH TILTING DEVICE
420 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION 4-GEAR
430 HEADREST IN THE REAR, LEFT AND RIGHT
444 TEMPOMAT (CRUISE CONTROL) AND AIRBAG
471 ACCELERATION SKID CONTROL (ASR)
538 AUTO. ANTENNA AND SPEAKER, FRONT - WITHOUT
540 ROLLER BLIND, ELECTRIC, FOR REAR WINDOW
586 AIR CONDITIONER, AND ELECTRIC WINDOW LIFTERS (FRONT AND REAR DOORS)"
592 ALL-AROUND WD-GREEN GLASS, HEATED REAR WINDOW-VSG
611 EXIT LIGHTS FOR DRIVER DOORS
620 AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
630 ECE - WARNING TRIANGLE
650 SPORTS CHASSIS WITH 15-HOLE LIGHT ALLOY RIMS
731 WOOD TRIM BURRED WALNUT ROOT
801 AEJ 06/1/M/X
823 VEHICLES FOR SWITZERLAND, ADDITIONAL PARTS
873 SEAT HEATER FOR LEFT AND RIGHT FRONT SEATS
951 SPORTLINE (CONSISTING OF CODES 65/0, 244, 281)"

When I bought the car it was in pretty bad shape for being a quite rare version. Tinted windows, led lights everywhere, W220 steering wheel, terrible electrics












The car was missing rear swaybar and the rear axle mounting points...they did not exist anymore.



my favourite part - a Brabus wannabee rear muffler


The first job was to fix the rear axle mounting points and remove the rust





Then remove all tinted windows and fix the suspension (the nose was running too low and back end was sitting up too high.

Replace W220 steering wheel with correct steering wheel



Replace the W220 16" wheels with AMG 17x7,5 and 17x8,5 Wheels






Among other things, I replaced all the components in the braking system. Everything is now or rebuilt.

Now its time to fix the engine, as the head gasket let go in the end of the last season. For that, I have a spare engine from my 300TE-24 Sportline parts car. Current engine was missing the air pump anyways, so after this upgrade, I should have almost all components in place.

Here is some before and after before removing tinted windows:



Its been great owning this W124. The fact that its a 4 seater makes it quite special for me. The fact that its a black car with light beige interior makes it even more special and being a full Sportline option car is just perfect for me.

As this car is not being original anymore I plan to add some tasty parts to it.