Thanks for the wonderful welcome!

Yes, I'm sure I still have Vettes in the blood - when I told my friends and family I was looking for a MB, they couldn't believe it. I'm planning a slow migration I would love to start a project with a 280CE and a V8 small block - but it's really hard to find kits and information on how to do that kind of stuff. I really like the MB from the site www.badbenz.com - however, I would have to go with a standard tranny. I'm still not sure how you guys fell about gutting an MB - and I hope I'm not booed off the forum but old amercian pushrod power still sparks me. Ashman - I would love a 500E or anything AMG, but money is an issue for now.

Thanks again