W 126 Roll call!
 

Hi,

Im new to the board i own a w126 280 SE 1980 and would be very intrested to see how many w126 owners are on this board.

and plz post pics

This one is mine

Ice,

Love those lights! :)

Minnesota winter driving:

http://www.sit.wisc.edu/~tredin/moving.JPG

4 W126's over 7-1/2 years. Anyone top that?

I don't have any pics of my current one. Here's my previous car(1987 420SEL)

Here's my W126

http://www.pe.net/~mktangas/nutires.jpg

A 1986 560SEL that I have just finished bringing back from the dead.

Ted, I love that picture of your car. It looks like a Mercedes advertisment.

Thanks Mike!

The snow/muck shocks some of the folks who never see the fluffy stuff in their neck of the woods.

I'd say your 560 has been resurrected -- an automotive metaphor for Easter? ;)

Amazing transformation -- Kudos Mike!

How's the leather and wood?

Leather is in what I'd call "good shape for 167K", but needs a little attention. A real good cleaning the a dye job will take care of the front seats. The back are in great shape.

The wood is in great shape, except for the center console as it has a bit of cracking. I'm down to about a 10 minute job to swap out that panel, and keep checking the bone yard for an impecable replacement.

I also have an extra panel that has the common break at the front edge. I plan on doing a DIY article on how to repair this break - it's sure to help a few folks out there.

Mike, do you also have a w108?
Me and my dad have one 2 (2.8L w/injection) and my dad has a w111 220S that he keeps for himself but its half way trough restoration and the w108 is next inline for a complete resto, do you know of any good parts sources for the w108?


Thanks

Yes, I have a W108 (280SEL 4.5) too. It is featured in the DIY section (at the top of the page) during a front sub-frame mount replacement. I get nearly all my parts (mechanical) through this site, but I don't know if they ship to Iceland. Body parts are getting a bit harder to locate but there are several places. Go back through the posts in the Vintage section and you should find some leads. I understand some body parts might still be available through MB, but at a price.

My 1991 560 SEC. Completley original!

1987 560 SEL 82000 Kilometers
 

I am also farly new here is my 126 submission. Presently in for transmission attention. So far I have only driven it in first and second gear.

Don't have a picture yet, but I've got one!

1985 380SE, 192K miles, with a custom exhaust, free-flowing cat too. Woke up the car a lot....as of 1 week ago, a new fuel pump too....

-Sam

Sam, what kind of muffler did you use? And did you remove the resonators? The thing I want to know the most is...how is the sound? especially inside the car. Thanks

1987 300SDL and Friends!
 

Found these guys on a road trip, UniMog East, my 12 year old MB aficionado had been counting every MB she saw all day (150+)and just before dark we came around a bend in the two-lane and she was speechless, so we pulled in and had a look around. Way off-road!