There are a couple of community colleges around here that offer auto body classes too. My personal experiences with auto body repairs, even the small ones that I started off feeling quit confident with, always ended in frustration I have a lot of admiration for people who have the skill to bring back cars to how they left the line, or often, to a higher standard. My skills are limited to a stone chip touch up kit, and even that often results in some pretty colourful language from me.
I have a friend who is great with a TIG welder. As he has said, not always so humbly, he can weld to the two sharp edges of a couple of razor blades together, and you can hardly see the seam. He's exaggerating, but not by a whole lot! He's my hero. Ed 300E On 19 December 2010 17:27, Fred Moir <fred.s...@verizon.net> wrote: > Jaime K, ED, et al. > Jaime, please don't leave, you have experience and resources most of us do > not. many of us are old farts and, as any one will tell you, curmudgeons are > cranky and opinionated. > I for one will try to do better at listening as I have the selective > hearing of a long married man. > In case no one has not said thank you for all of your efforts, let me say > "Thank You". > The vocal minority are the ones causing most of the angst. Me especially. > As for maintenance and restoration, I going to take a bodywork class in > January. I was looking for a welding class and found a auto-body repair > class that includes it. > > Fred Moir > Lynn MA > Diesel preferred > > > > On 12/19/2010 3:30 PM, E M wrote: > >> I would welcome more posts on restoration, and preservation. I do feel >> there are a number of posts on repairs, but I'd like to see more on >> maintance, and as I said, preservation and restoration of body and >> interiors, besides mechanical restorations. >> >> I have no personal interest in doing body restoration work, but I'd like >> to >> be better informed about the "right" way to do it on certain models, so I >> can better instruct those I'm paying as to how I'd like things done. >> >> As a starting point, one of the front jacking points on my W124 is showing >> some rust. I can't really tell is this was from prior collision work not >> done up to Mercedes standards, or blocked water flow passages in the past >> that have caused water to settle. I did notice the rubber spout under the >> side in questions is missing. >> >> Ed >> 300E >> >> On 19 December 2010 15:08, Jaime Kopchinski<jaime...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Yes, I did have some disagreements with Dr. Booth. But I recall they >>> were about fundamentals of engine design and operation, not about >>> anything specific on a car. I did have some issues with the idea that >>> anything the dokor said was gold, never to be questioned. But he did >>> alot of good things for all of us, and spread alot of good >>> information... but he wasn't right about everything, and even a >>> suggestion that he might be wrong caused problems. >>> >>> I was ahead of my time, and short on resources, to make dieseltech >>> (and any real serious projects of my own) work. >>> >>> I've been on these lists for a long time... 10-12 years? I bought my >>> first mercedes in 1998, a year after being able to legally drive. I >>> grew up in a W123 and learned to drive in a W126. I'm in my 30s now. >>> I'm an engineer and I work in the automotive industry, as some of you >>> may know. (Which is why I took the attack on the engineers who design >>> these cars personally) >>> >>> I've been working on many Mercedes project cars over the years and >>> most of them I've never mentioned here. I feel that there is no >>> interest in any real restoration or preservation work. The posts I do >>> make are largely ignored. This isn't the fault of the list, its my >>> fault for not finding a more suitable audience. >>> >>> I'm a big believer that original is best. Something Dr. Booth and I >>> had in common. I enjoy these cars because they bring me and my >>> passengers an experience of what things were like when they were new >>> 20-30+ years ago. I take pride in making them operate as originally >>> intended, design flaws and all. As I get older, I feel stronger and >>> stronger about this. The projects I take on are usually nice cars >>> that have been neglected. I bring them back to reliable daily >>> service, and sell them off (rarely for profit, always because I enjoy >>> doing it). I'm working on my third one this year right now and >>> usually own 4-5 cars at a time. >>> >>> I'll be unsubscribing here shortly, but I wanted to set things >>> straight before leaving. Whats written above is how I feel. You >>> might not agree, and you're entitled to that opinion. >>> >>> As I said before, I'm pretty shocked by the reaction my comment has >>> had. Once again, sorry if I offended any of you. >>> >>> Jaime >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Mitch Haley<m...@voyager.net> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Ah, yes. Herr Doktor Booth and young Jaime had their disagreements back >>>> >>>> >>> in >>> >>> >>>> the day, which would have predated young Walt by several years. Herr >>>> >>>> >>> Doktor >>> >>> >>>> was of the 'stock is best' school of thought, which held the theory that >>>> Daimler-Benz spent millions every year on engineers who were paid to >>>> know >>>> something about the cars they designed. Those engineers clearly knew >>>> more >>>> than you or I, so why would we ever dream of trying to improve on their >>>> designs? >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
