Amongst the customer project cars at work sat a dirty and tired looking Mercedes that I walked past every day and never paid any attention to. One day whilst looking over it I thought "this could make a great daily" so decided to Google some pictures of w123's that had been hit with the lowering stick and right there I thought "I gotta have it"
A few weeks of dropping subtle hints and asking about it my boss told me it had thrown a rod there was spare repair panels and an engine and one day he might get around to building it, after some strong hinting he finally came to a decision to sell it to me and at a bargain.
So I pulled it out of its pit where it had been sat for 2 years directly behind a metal recycling firm.
Alot of strong cleaners weren't touching the etched in metal so decided to cut it back with a polisher.
Then I was told about fallout remover and gave that a go.
In the evenings I spent time building the engine up and sold my daily driver so I needed to get it on the road asap as Mrs gumpy isn't to keen on me stealing her car everyday!
Today was a busy one got it all in and running.
And looking better already.
Next on the list is some ATF as the box was empty , MOT then get it sat lower with some white walls.
A few weeks of dropping subtle hints and asking about it my boss told me it had thrown a rod there was spare repair panels and an engine and one day he might get around to building it, after some strong hinting he finally came to a decision to sell it to me and at a bargain.
So I pulled it out of its pit where it had been sat for 2 years directly behind a metal recycling firm.
Alot of strong cleaners weren't touching the etched in metal so decided to cut it back with a polisher.
Then I was told about fallout remover and gave that a go.
In the evenings I spent time building the engine up and sold my daily driver so I needed to get it on the road asap as Mrs gumpy isn't to keen on me stealing her car everyday!
Today was a busy one got it all in and running.
And looking better already.
Next on the list is some ATF as the box was empty , MOT then get it sat lower with some white walls.
