Pagoda SL Group

W113 Pagoda SL Group => General Discussion => Topic started by: DavidBrough on October 06, 2011, 12:23:12

Title: Now the hard work begins
Post by: DavidBrough on October 06, 2011, 12:23:12: Finally received my shell back from the body shop and now need a job lot of two sided tape and some nails to put it all back together again, does anyone know where all the bits should go as it's some time now since I took it apart!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/68340091@N02/?saved=1
Title: Re: Now the hard work begins
Post by: JamesL on October 06, 2011, 13:00:31: stunning job David

The big heavy thing goes in the front ;D
Title: Re: Now the hard work begins
Post by: DavidBrough on October 06, 2011, 13:08:11: Is that the same as the noisy bit
Title: Re: Now the hard work begins
Post by: JamesL on October 06, 2011, 13:11:10: no, she sits in the seat without the holes in front of it ;D

ba da, boom, tish
Title: Re: Now the hard work begins
Post by: Jonny B on October 06, 2011, 14:20:38: I also think tab B goes into slot A.

Whew boy! Good luck with the re-assembly. I think Tosh is on the right track though....
Title: Re: Now the hard work begins
Post by: Jim Donati on October 06, 2011, 15:02:46: David:
What color is that? It looks a lot like my car's color.

Jim
Title: Re: Now the hard work begins
Post by: DavidBrough on October 06, 2011, 16:31:14: DB180 Silver
Title: Re: Now the hard work begins
Post by: Larry & Norma on October 06, 2011, 17:07:12: Looking good, you have got a few months before the European Event!!
Title: Re: Now the hard work begins
Post by: Jim Donati on October 06, 2011, 17:42:41: Quote from: Donati on October 06, 2011, 15:02:46
David:
What color is that? It looks a lot like my car's color.

My mistake, I guess I need a new set of glasses. your 180 is not the 728 I had suspected.

Jim
Title: Re: Now the hard work begins
Post by: PeterW113 on October 06, 2011, 18:51:15: David,

May I ask which body shop you used?

Many thanks

Peter
Title: Re: Now the hard work begins
Post by: DavidBrough on October 06, 2011, 19:21:45: Classic Preservation in Wythall Birmingham, they usually advertise in the Gazette and my car is the during picture in the October isue on page 74.
Title: Re: Now the hard work begins
Post by: waqas on October 06, 2011, 21:47:09: David, very nice! Please keep us up-to-date with photos as you go through the process.
Title: Re: Now the hard work begins
Post by: TOMNISTUFF on October 06, 2011, 22:53:39: David,

I don't think I agree with your subject. Mine looks just like yours except it's dirty, greasy, dented, rusty and blue. And the steering wheel is on the other side. I just today finished the disassembly process on my LHD 67 230SL to the level you show in your photos. I would much rather put it back together with clean new parts than to take it apart with most of the rusty bolts seized and all the underneath parts covered with 44 years of crud (I've done both). I think the hard work is digging through the rust and grease to get it apart. In the springtime, I'll be where you are now with my progress. Congratulations, yours is beautiful already.

Please keep us informed as you put it back together. I have a selfish motive. I don't really trust the notes and photos I made when I took mine apart, so I need someone to blaze the trail for me as I put mine back together. I've already copied your photos to show my body and paint man what it's supposed to look like (except for the paint color and the right hand drive).

Tom Kizer
Quebec
Title: Re: Now the hard work begins
Post by: 49er on October 07, 2011, 00:00:27: David,
Thanks for preserving and restoring another one of the great automobiles. Your body looks better then when they were new:-)

John
Title: Re: Now the hard work begins
Post by: Drewtee on October 07, 2011, 20:11:02: Quote from: DavidBrough on October 06, 2011, 19:21:45
Classic Preservation in Wythall Birmingham, they usually advertise in the Gazette and my car is the during picture in the October isue on page 74.

Unfortunately, in the same advert the picture of the engine bay that says '113sl Pagoda after' is of my car. The car went in for wax/ rustrproofing underneath. They didn't touch the engine bay- I thought that was a bit cheeky.

Your car looks stunning David. Did you end up getting it coated or dipped?
Title: Re: Now the hard work begins
Post by: PeterW113 on October 08, 2011, 07:41:05: David,

I thought it might be Classic Preservation, I saw what must be your shell there earlier this year, when I was discussing some remedial work to my 68 280SL also in silver. It looked stunning then and now even better, you must be chuffed to bits. The work they do there is certainly to an extremely high standard. I do share Tom's sentiment though, it may be a long job but surely the fun now starts with the reassembly of all those shiny new bits that no doubt you will be fitting.

Do share your pictures as its inspiration for us all.

Enjoy and don't sell at the end which I once did with a S4 Elan I once owned.

Have fun.

Peter
Title: Re: Now the hard work begins
Post by: badali on October 08, 2011, 13:51:54: I would guess the wire harness then the heater core would go in first. It seems that all Mercedes started as a heater core then the car was built around it. ;D ;)
Title: Re: Now the hard work begins
Post by: JamesL on October 09, 2011, 20:27:40: OK, the weekend is over. Have you finished yet? ;D

(you see why I don't do this sort of thing myself? chronically lacking in patience)
Title: Re: Now the hard work begins
Post by: DavidBrough on October 10, 2011, 11:45:46: Well I have managed to fit the VIN plate so nearly done.

If anyone knows where I can get the seatbelt plate remade I would be most grateful as it now look very seedy next to the new VIN.

John - I had the shell dipped and e-coated but as the place in the UK had closed I had to send it to Germany.
Title: Re: Now the hard work begins
Post by: Drewtee on October 10, 2011, 12:36:53: David, CraigS member on this forum does the seatbelt plate.