Hello Friends,

I'm new to this group spending most of my time at www.sl113.org. I have a fully restored 113 that is getting the final bits of restoration done. Isn't it always the last 5% that take 95% of the time!!??

Anyway, I have obtained a set of original horns to replace the non-Bosch repro horns I got from Miller's that look good; sound good but don't fool anyone in a Concours! However these original horns need to be cosmetically restored; they work well I'm told, they just don't look like the rest of the car. I have found a set of new reproduction data tags from Will Samples of S&S Imports. I have heard from several people, DO NOT take the horns apart. Well, short of finding some affordable NOS horns that are appropriate to this car, taking them apart is what needs to be done to restore them (prep and powder coat).

Question: has anybody actually taken apart a set of Bosch horns from 1960's era Mercedes; restored them via paint/powder coat; and successfully put them back together again? If so, can you enlighten me? Somebody must have this knowledge; the high end restorations certainly have original parts on them and certainly have restored horns.

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Michael Salemi
Northville, Michigan
1969 280SL
Signal Red/Black Leather
Restored

Last spring I cleaned mine up, painted and reassembled them. Can't be that tough, or so I thought. There's about five pieces, what could be more simple? They look good, sound awful. I need to go out into the country, hook them up directly and try and adjust them to get the original tone back.

I bought a set of the new Bosch 'parts house' horns, which are not the genuine article. Appearance and tonality is not identical to the stock units.