Hey guys,
I normally hang out on some other Mercedes forums, I don't have time for all of them. I gather a lot of useful information from this forum, so I figured I would start posting here a little more and inform you guys of my current project.
Day 1:
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As I mentioned in my other thread I had my eye on a 500SEC. I knew I wouldn't be able to stay away from W126's for long. I decided to pick up the car today. I am happy to be back!
The car is a 1984 500SEC. It is Midnight Blue over "255". Can anyone tell me what code 255 corresponds to? The car was originally sold in Braunschweig, Germany, and later was imported from Stuttgart to Florida. The car is in overall pretty good shape, but it is by no means perfect. It has covered 81K miles since new.
The car will be undergoing many phases of restoration/fixing up. I didn't have time to do anything to the car today except for give it a good wash inside and out. Tomorrow I will begin the fixing/detailing stages. In the near future the car will be completely disassembled, stripped, and professionally repainted and reassembled with all new seals/rubber/plastic. At one point in the cars life, it received a decent paint job, but with bad prep. As a result the paint is starting to flake off in a couple areas.
I got caught up with some other things this afternoon, and wasn't able to get any pictures until just now. So sorry for the dark, not so great pictures. I promise tomorrow you guys will have all the pictures you could wish for.
Hope to see you guys 'round!
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I got bored so I decided to try a spot of paint, I don't think I'd be able to sleep otherwise.
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After: (Don't mind the "digital tape" lol. I started to take the tape off on accident. Also, there is still dust from the polishing. This is just a quick n' dirty)
Day 2:
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I have some 17" AMG Hammers that I am going to put on the car. Sadly, my AMG 3 piece wheels don't have the right offset for W126's.
In other news, I got a lot done on the car today. I got rid of a bunch of federalization/emission work around parts. I got the driver side seat belt arm working again. I removed some old wiring and misc pieces from what I think might have been an aftermarket alarm at one point. I cleaned out the area under the battery tray and fuse box, I also repainted the battery tray. I got the whole car compounded, and partially polished, but it was too dark to finish polishing and wax it. Will have to continue that tomorrow. I will have a bunch of pictures later tonight.
I am going to make a few videos of the car since I didn't have time for a proper photoshoot.
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Day 3 (Today 11/30)
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Today was a very rainy day, so I worked on the interior in the garage.
I replaced every single bulb in the interior, all with bulbs with a slightly higher wattage than stock. I am extremely pleased with the result. When everything it lit up nicely, it really looks good. I also "rebuilt" the two overhead lights which had become yellow & full of dirt over time. Both look like new again. I also polished the cluster plastic, as it was a bit hazy.
Tomorrow is a mini road trip to a recycled euro parts place near here. Hoping to score a new intake box from a later 560 (the dual-intake unit), as mine was hacked up to fit a air pump for emissions testing. I'm sure I'll find some more things as well.
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The rest will be current! Enjoy guys!!
11-30-2008, 09:05 PM
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