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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Jul 28, 2008 7:06 am) Most of the bits needed to get it running are pretty standard, though,, as MG and the rest of BMC ( Austin/Morris etc) used the same engines and so on in loads of cars. I can even get a wiring loom for about £300, which I think will be needed, as the mice appear to have had a few bits of the old wires. I'm lucky that I've actually got loads of bits of trim like spare dash instruments, steering wheel, etc, and various lights, but inevitably there are some bits which will be a problem. I am initially concentrating on getting it mobile, then structurally sound enoufgh to pass our MOT test, basically the government roadworthiness test, and then phase three will be to get it reliable (!) and finally I will then deal with what it looks like - I suspect it will be like a piebald pony for a bit, with various bits in primer, and different colours on some odd panels... My main problem is that I can't tackle big jobs like taking the engine out, and the car is 200 miles from where I live, as it has been in my mother's garage in Wales.. Just to make it worse, I don't have a garage at all in London - and no off-road parking on a fairly busy main road... I will have to rent a garage, but that won't be that near where I live either, unless I am very lucky. This isn't remotely going to be a project that would make economic sense, but I'm trying not to think about that - instead I'm concentrating on the dream that next year I will somehow get the old girl to a few car shows in my local area.... |
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A late 80s Mercedes Benz 400E. Looked just like a normal E class except for the badging. Even the grille was a normal chrome grille. Maybe it was rebadged. I thought they had wider fenders, but maybe that's only on the 500E.
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Replying to: boomchek (Jul 31, 2008 9:05 am) 400E was a much less performance oriented W124 compared to a 500E (but moreso than a standard 6cyl model), sold only in 1992-93 - and then became the E420. I don't think it had any different trim, just a bigger engine. Probably not a rebadge, nobody would bother.
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Replying to: fintail (Jul 31, 2008 9:11 am) 
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Replying to: boomchek (Jul 31, 2008 9:15 am)
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was a Vega, solid cow(poop) brown with antique plates, but now that I look the taillights are wrong. Maybe one of those it's-really-a-Vega Monzas? Oddest thing is that it was actually in amazing condition for a '70s POS. I can't imagine it surviving this long, nor can I imagine anyone actually restoring it to a good #3.
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Replying to: bumpy (Jul 31, 2008 9:33 am)
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Replying to: fintail (Jul 31, 2008 9:33 am) If I may take a side road here for a minute, I've got a question. Over in the Diesel Forum discussion "Honda Diesel????", post 672 contains a link to a NY Times review of the upcoming Acura/Honda diesel. That review questions whether a diesel could be considered an upscale alternative, referring to the "...ill-fated Mercedes 300SD". Now, it may be because have lived the last 30 years in California, but it is my impression that Mercedes sold a whole bunch of those and their successors. Am I not right?
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Replying to: bhill2 (Jul 31, 2008 11:42 am) The 300SD was sold in NA for a couple years as a W116 S-class, and then for 5 model years as a W126 S-class, starting in 1981 (I believe NA was the only market for the W126 300SD). The cars themselves were of the highest quality, and the engines will go hundreds of thousands of miles on recommended maintenance. The 300SD was replaced by the 300SDL and a few years later as a 350SD/L. The 350 series cars had some bugs, but the older ones were solid if they were taken care of. I would hardly call these 'ill-fated'. These cars did a lot to give MB a "quality" rep. Shifty had a W123 diesel, he can probably chime in too.
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