those are some bad ass wheels

NICE :D I love it.

Bun of a Sitch you find some nice cars John. Geez!

John, I don't know if you have done anything about the exhaust yet but it really put a smile on my face when I ran a single 2 1/2 in pipe front to rear with an old fashion glass pack about the center and a ugly general replacement muffler on the rear. I have never actually checked HP or 0-60 times but I would say the exhaust added probably 20% to 25% HP and torque. The other thing, before the exhaust change, it just ran out of breath at about 4000 RPM but now it is still pulling strong when it hits the red line at 5500 RPM. My car is actually a US car but it has EURO heads, intake, and FI and runs as good as any 560 I have been in.
Paul in NC

The car idles a little better after tonight, found a nice big vacuum leak off the line to the distributor. There was a T into the line with the T going under the manifold and then to nowhere.

Also replaced the seeping coolant reservoir with a new one. Wow those new bottles are really white.

Very cool, the car looks great! I've always dug the big coupes.

So what's your eventual plan with this one?

This one is the keeper and I will sell the one I took on the trip to NC. I guess whatever this one needs, it will get.

Awesome. I look forward to seeing its progress.

Looks great john. Someday, I'll get a nice car.. someday.

Not a whole lot has been going on with the car lately, it's been at a friends shop all week getting an exhaust made for it. I should be getting it back on monday. The trans grenaded 3rd gear two days before I was going to take it to autocross so that got pulled out and overhauled as well.

After talking with Jonathan when I was in Atlanta last weekend, he put the bug in my head to find 2nd gen brakes for it so I'm starting on that project now too, as well as I still need to replace the brake booster as it leaks. At some point it's going to need paint so i'm starting to look for a good place to take it to for that as well.

Here's a pic from about an hour before the trans stopped shifting higher then 2nd gear. I had just put on my track tires and wheels for a trial fit and took it around the neighborhood before heading home for the weekend.

What a fun night this has been. Just had to have the 500 towed home after bottoming the front end ona dip in the road which knocked the radiator into the fan, destroying both parts. As luck would have it, I have autocross again this sunday and this was the car I was planning on taking!

Going to have to scramble to locate a 126 radiator and fan by tomorrow night!!! :eek: :(


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Also heres some shots of the new exhaust. Not too wild about all the clamps, I may go have it welded sometime soon. I'll try to remember to get some better ones and video next time I have it on the rack.

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Did Andreas make your exhaust, John?

do it!

No but I'm probably going to have him weld it for me.

Well it's all back together and running like it should. I also found a bad wire when washing off the coolant mess and replaced that as well.

Mucho Kudos to my 560SEL that gave its fan blades and brand new radiator for the cause. New parts for it were ordered this morning.