1983(?) Mercedes 230 lo lo

[tigran]

What can i say i get bored with stuff and move on. So me and a guy from the lowrider forums struck a deal where he got my 420SE on air and i got his 230 Coup on hydros. It needs a bit of work, but then so did the 420. So t'was a fair deal.

Not mad keen on the roof - thinking of doing some kandy red lace for the roof with some pinstripe as the divide. Wheel wise i need to get the wires re-chromed (ouch) but am also going to ponder squeezing my 20" wires under the arches, dunno yet.

Couple of dumps need replacing ( i think )as the front keeps sagging and the switch box needs re-doing as it's a PITA to use and has random functions. Still have to work out what all the fuggas do, as whilst sitting still and thinking i'm going to put the front up i randomly press one corner switch or hit the seee-saw switch.

Anyhoo have some pics:

The old one being picked up, i'll get it back one day











Oh hai, itz hittin the three wheel moshun

[orangecords]

very very cool!

[tigran]

Yeah i thought so - can't take any of the credit for any of it but i hope to make it my own in a bit.

[jettadeluxe]

If your going to paint it, please put the coupe rear arches back on, as those VW flat top ones don't compliment the car at all!

[nugget]

That is so curse word cool! WIN!

[tigran]

I'm still not 100% on the rear arches, one part of me thinks it gives it a yank lowrider look and another bit of me doesn't like it. Hmmmm.

There's other stuff to be done on it first anyway.

[Ether]

Put a 560 V8 in it! Nice purchase, by the way. If it was mine, I'd ditch the arches and get centre to section to join the front wings up. Will it be at RRG09?

[tigran]

'centre to section' - explain pleez.

Yeah it'll be at RRG fo sure with either the truck or something else. Not sure what stage it'll be in but it'll be there.

p.s. the V8 goes without saying, just finding a doner is gonna be a PITA as well as the sour taste my 420 left with me. But yeah a powerplant upgrade needs to be done as this one seems to have 300+ thousand miles on it

[UtterPiffle]

Don't listen to Jones, the fool, that engine will go on forever! I bought it off Perm. I put 30k on it, and it had 325,000 when I sold it 5 or 6 years ago. I know Rory then put a good few miles on it before selling it to Chewy, who passed it on to the guy who painted it! It was on LPG when I bought it, and previously owned by an old dude who used it to commute from Cardiff to London - hence the high mileage, but excellent condition.



Oh, it's an '84

[edcobb]

man this is awesome!!! I need some lowrider action in my life at some point

[Ether]

Too-fast typing, Tigran. Apols. I meant the lower section that connects the front wings. Looks like it's the wrong colour.

[flannelracing]

I don't usually like these but... I like this one. Not keen on the back arches though, looks excellent in utterpiffles pic, your plans sound like good ones!!! Its great when a car turns up that everybody knows of and, it seems, each owner puts their mark on!! You never know, in years to come Cars like this may get looked back on, photographs of different phases referred to and then get restored to a certain style from its past.. Happens in the States all the time when old Hotrods and Customs get re-done.

[smile]

God that is absolutley amazing. I'd seen pictures of it somewhere else, possibly a thread on here somewhere. Really glad its with a member now so we can get more info on it and track its progress.