those
 

124 coupes are really sweet looking! hope all goes well for you.

tom w

Please don't tell me that is the same W124 I saw at Bill's place in may.:( Darn that was such a nice car, what was your friends name again? He seemed like a cool guy.

PS those wheels look familer. :D

Same car from Bill's gtg. The wheels are actually a set of MINE, (ahem Joe...) that he still owes me for! They came stock on the later E430's.

Here's an update after the work on it today, everything just fell right into place perfectly. I'll probabaly get the fender back on tomorrow. New radiator is coming sometime this week and then it will be driveable again.

Total so far:
New radiator core support, Rt headlamp frame, distributor cap........$238
Used hood, fender, fan, fan clutch, idler pulley w/ bracket, fan pulley, rt headlamp assembly, R&L corner markers, a/c condenser, hood latch............$150
Removal of old and welding new parts in.....$26 in beer

running total: $414

how cool is that lol

another classic
 

benz saved!

good work

tom w

New radiator ($130) arrived yesterday and I put it in tonight. Waiting on the right fender to be painted and it should be on by the middle of next week. Slight problem getting the hood latch to line up but I think I finally got it.

Well its not pretty but it's all done except for the paint. He decided to save up and then have the whole car repainted. Defintly glad to have the car back, and with the cap and rotor he says it it runs noticibly better than before, imagine that ;)

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...f/000_0208.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...f/000_0206.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...f/000_0207.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...f/000_0169.jpg

good
 

job.

you saved thousands on that one!

tom w

Wow it looks good!:cool:

Still need to adjust that hood a bit though...

yeah new hood stops should come in tomorrow. Got a little wiring issue to deal with too.

Well ...at least it was repairible for a reasonible amount of money....could have easily been far worse..

the car just finally came back from getting painted yesterday... pics to come tomorrow... its amazing how good it looks now....and its no longer blue... :eek:

What was the total repair bill. parts and labor? I've been following this story and I find it amazing how you brought that car back to "life."

good job, I can't wait it see the final pics.

pics
 

the finished product:
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y159/johnhef/0.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y159/johnhef/1.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y159/johnhef/2.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y159/johnhef/3.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y159/johnhef/4.jpg

All you now need are some Euro lights and you are good to go. :D