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JamesDean · #32 12-05-2016, 01:59 PM

Busy weekend!

300D:

Here are some pics from the 300D:

W124 300D - After Body/Paint - Album on Imgur

Here are some pics from the deer hit that caused all this repair/repaint work. The paint job itself was pretty horrible. It made those super cheap Maaco type paint jobs look good. Bubbling here and there, flaking off everywhere. It was bad.

2015-11-18 1991 300D Deer Hit - Album on Imgur

Back to the 420SEL though and its issues:

I did fix the radio issue! It worked. Its only taken me the better part of a year to actually climb into the trunk and deal with it! I'd been avoiding it but finally got tired of the noises.

Some clarification on the cars in the signature..I suppose it has been a WHILE since I've updated/added info. They are not all my cars, just cars that I have worked on and continue to help out with periodically:

82 300SD 145k --- Long term storage, eventual restoration project. It was my grandfather's car.
82 300SD 265k --- My dad's daily driver. An absolute rust bucket with very strong 617 and great shifting transmission. Not much more life to get out of this one.
87 420SEL 230k --- My buddy Mike's mom's car.
89 420SEL 210k --- The 420SEL in question here.
89 560SEL 118k --- My buddy Mike's old 560, since crushed.
90 300SE 262k RIP 5/25/2010
90 560SEL 154k --- My buddy Mike's current 560.
91 300D 2.5 Turbo. 241k --- My daily driver up until its deer hit incident.
93 190E 3.0 235k --- My 190E
93 300E 195k --- My buddy Mike's sister's car.

So in reality:

89 420SEL 210k --- The 420SEL in question here.
91 300D 2.5 Turbo. 241k --- My daily driver up until its deer hit incident.
93 190E 3.0 235k --- My 190E