So where is the fuel tank on a 107? - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

t walgamuth · #1 07-02-2007, 06:29 AM

Is it under the floor in the trunk like a 115 or above the axle like a 123?

And then, where is the spare?

If I tell why I want to know I am afraid a 107 lover will refuse to answer.

Tom W

ctaylor738 · #2 07-02-2007, 07:14 AM

It's in a vertical position, between the trunk bulkhead and the passenger compartment. You unbolt and remove the trunk bulkhead for access.

I'll bite - why do you ask?

POS · #3 07-02-2007, 08:55 AM

Tom, you also want to know how much fertilizer can fit in the trunk? Stressed lately?

t walgamuth · #4 07-02-2007, 08:10 PM

I have been thinking of building a very short bed pickup....along the lines of the hot rod pickups from the sixties with a four foot bed.....

an slc with a removable hardtop and a small pickup bed.

complete with a diesel and five speed would be the ultimate I think.

Pipe dreams probably.

Tom W

POS · #5 07-02-2007, 11:12 PM

Holy crap! That's ambitious. Think you could make it look good, or would it just look silly because it's a butchered Benz.

Roncallo · #6 07-03-2007, 06:17 PM

I saw an MB 600 that was made into and El Camino at a car show. It looked really good.

John Roncallo

t walgamuth · #7 07-03-2007, 10:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by POS

Holy crap! That's ambitious. Think you could make it look good, or would it just look silly because it's a butchered Benz.

I think I could make a good looking little truck. But so far I have only gone as far as imagining in my head. Before I spent money I would do some cut and pasting to get a better idea of how it would look.

The last thing I would want is a stupid looking benz pickup.

Tom W

lietuviai · #8 07-04-2007, 05:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roncallo

I saw an MB 600 that was made into and El Camino at a car show. It looked really good.

John Roncallo

Who ever was responsible for that should be boiled in oil! Absolute desecration of the ultimate MB.

lietuviai · #9 07-04-2007, 05:50 PM

This what you got planned Tom?

t walgamuth · #10 07-04-2007, 10:53 PM

thanks for the vote of confidence!

Tom W

Roncallo · #11 07-04-2007, 11:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lietuviai

Who ever was responsible for that should be boiled in oil! Absolute desecration of the ultimate MB.

Well it was very tastfully and professionaly done. If I had herd about it without seeing it I may have felt the same way. Hear is a link to a picture of it.

http://www.deutscheclassic.com/Deutsche_Classic_2006/data/web_R1-037-17.jpg

John Roncallo

Roncallo · #12 07-04-2007, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by lietuviai

This what you got planned Tom?

It's not quite up to the standards of the 560SL someone posted here with 50's caddy fins, a leppard skin interior and a plate that said "JUS LUV". Does anyone have that picture.

John Roncallo.

Roncallo · #13 07-04-2007, 11:40 PM

I found it. This is a classic.

Would You do this to your SL???

And yes. I want one.

John Roncallo

lietuviai · #14 07-05-2007, 01:01 AM

I agree with the reactions within that thread.
I would want the vandal of that car to be boiled in oil as well.

t walgamuth · #15 07-05-2007, 10:38 PM

Well, good thing there are plenty of 107s around!

I particularly liked the chain license plate surround!

I may be getting some of that leapord skin stuff for the seriously cracked dash on my autocrosser!

Tom W