hue wong wrote:
Hi all!
I have always loved these older mercedes.
Does anyone have any idea how hard it might be to
round up parts (engine and tranny and I suspect other
type of suspension and such will be needed) or if
another type of engine would bolt in?
I tend to have trouble finding parts for my 71 280. I
could only imagine what this one could be like...
Anyway. thanks in advance...
http://seattle.craigslist.org/car/159083699.html
When I was in graduate school (mid '70s) the machinist that did
micromachine work for me (making biologically tolerable implantable
devices and the tools to implant them) had a '51 220. It was in
excellent condition (all things considered) and was driven daily. He
took a month long trip from Pittsburgh thru the southwest to the
northwest, back across Canada and thru New England. No problems. He
decided to completely rebuild the car and disassembled it cleaning each
piece. I mean EVERYTHING - including disassembling the engine and
transmission, differential, etc. That took the better part of a year. I
stopped by his garage every now and then. Most of the car was hanging
from hooks on the walls. And they stayed there. I saw him in the mid
'90s. He said the car was still on the wall. I've lost track of him -
last time I checked he was building prototype artificial hearts.
Another of my colleagues bought a 50-52 170 or 220 (don't recall which
now) convertible in the early '80s. As he proceeded to restore it (I
don't know if he ever completed the project) he discovered that at least
some of the frame was wood!
Some parts will still be available thru the Mercedes Classics Center,
but many are not.
Marshall
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Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions)
"der Dieseling Doktor" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
'87 300TD 182Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 161Kmi, '87 190D 2.5 turbo 237kmi, '84
190D 2.2 229Kmi (retired)
