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·Well you're in luck, if you're not very careful how you store it, it'll turn various shades of brown and orange really quickly!
Yeah I have been doing a bit of research on them before I go check it out and it sounds like they are prone to rust in a few areas.
So I will be sure to be looking into those areas....
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·Update:
I have not seen it yet but my father-in-law went.
Money was exchanged.
Hope to have it in the garage this weekend.
I have not seen it yet but my father-in-law went.
Money was exchanged.
Hope to have it in the garage this weekend.
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·Update:
I have not seen it yet but my father-in-law went.
Money was exchanged.
Hope to have it in the garage this weekend.
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·Well the good news is that there are really no expectations at the moment hah.
Car was originally from the Northeast USA so that concerns me a bit in regards to structural rust issues.
And the car is a re-paint. Was originally Zambezi Green....DAMN!
Why anyone would paint it black is beyond me.
It's like all the older houses that put carpet over beautiful wood floors.
This was the chart I looked at, apparently from '74.
Car was originally from the Northeast USA so that concerns me a bit in regards to structural rust issues.
And the car is a re-paint. Was originally Zambezi Green....DAMN!
Why anyone would paint it black is beyond me.
It's like all the older houses that put carpet over beautiful wood floors.
This was the chart I looked at, apparently from '74.
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gatorcpa
··ΩF InvestiGatorHaven’t posted from Aventura’s Finest Hand Car Wash (AFHCW) for a very long time. Not because there wasn’t anything worthy, more like laziness and forgetfulness.
Today, when one of my favorite vehicles of all time is here, I can be silent no longer...
Mercedes 230SL W113 type. Year unknown, but I’ll guess 1965-68:
Enjoy,
gatorcpa
Today, when one of my favorite vehicles of all time is here, I can be silent no longer...
Mercedes 230SL W113 type. Year unknown, but I’ll guess 1965-68:
Enjoy,
gatorcpa
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Hijak
·Beautiful car Evan, one of my favorites too! The 230 was the first of the 113s produced and ran from 1963 to 1967. The 250 ran from 66 to 68 and the 280, the final iteration ran from 67 to 71. (A little overboard on the Merc data.🙄) Such a great design, looks as good with the hard top on as it does topless!😁
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··Ωf Jury memberHaven’t posted from Aventura’s Finest Hand Car Wash (AFHCW) for a very long time. Not because there wasn’t anything worthy, more like laziness and forgetfulness.
Today, when one of my favorite vehicles of all time is here, I can be silent no longer...
Mercedes 230SL W113 type. Year unknown, but I’ll guess 1965-68:
Enjoy,
gatorcpa
I used to use that car wash semi-regularly!
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·A nice irony in that the FW was originally designed to deal with things that had got red hot!
Shame the 16 banger never really got anywhere, but it remains a nice visual stimulant:
But why did a FeatherWeight need four men to carry it? I still have two FW cradles in my reserve storage (back garden). No engines though 🙁
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·Oooohhh! Inflames the passions 👍
But why did a FeatherWeight need four men to carry it? I still have two FW cradles in my reserve storage (back garden). No engines though 🙁
It's a shame a company with such a charismatic name has been out of business for so long.
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Another Sunday, another weekend run up the hills...
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·Well the 914 is officially home.
And now it is in the shop haha.
But that was the plan all along.
It is DEFINITELY a project, maybe more than wanted, but should know soon enough...
It runs and drives, but does neither very well.
Body and interior work definitely needed, and possibly some frame.
And now it is in the shop haha.
But that was the plan all along.
It is DEFINITELY a project, maybe more than wanted, but should know soon enough...
It runs and drives, but does neither very well.
Body and interior work definitely needed, and possibly some frame.
