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Title: Half way through my Restoration Part 1.
Post by: JChristo on April 28, 2017, 14:28:54

Picture  1- Purchased my Pagoda last September 2016

Picture 2 - cleaning her up seeing where we are at

Picture 3 & 4 - Roadworthy preparation October 2016

Title: Re: Half way through my Restoration Part 1.
Post by: JChristo on April 28, 2017, 15:27:44

Bringing her home

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Post by: JChristo on April 28, 2017, 15:35:26

Meet the he family and first Mercedes Show November 2016

Title: Re: Half way through my Restoration Part 1.
Post by: JChristo on April 28, 2017, 15:44:36

Mercedes show

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Post by: JChristo on April 28, 2017, 15:48:55

Motor out October 2016

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Post by: JChristo on April 28, 2017, 15:56:36

Into the panel shop

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Post by: JChristo on April 28, 2017, 16:04:06

Getting into it

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Post by: JChristo on April 28, 2017, 16:06:49

First undercoat

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Post by: JChristo on April 28, 2017, 16:11:16

undercoat stage 2

Title: Re: Half way through my Restoration Part 1.
Post by: JChristo on April 28, 2017, 16:14:44

March 2017 engine bay and boot

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Post by: JChristo on April 28, 2017, 16:17:57

April 28th 2017 .....Today

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Post by: JChristo on April 28, 2017, 16:20:31

Final coat to go on tomorrow morning

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Post by: neelyrc on April 28, 2017, 16:50:53

Looking really great !! :)

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Post by: kampala on April 28, 2017, 19:42:22

Wow.  Fast work.  Beautiful. 

Was the former the original color?   Love the new one.   Does it have a clear coat? 

Can't wait to see with interior.

Title: Re: Half way through my Restoration Part 1.
Post by: Garry on April 28, 2017, 23:00:37

Jimmy,

Looking really great, love the colour. Back on the road for next summer..  Hear you enquired about a 230SL in Tassie owned by Jack :D

Title: Re: Half way through my Restoration Part 1.
Post by: JChristo on April 29, 2017, 00:10:09

I had everyone lined up timing wise. I thought better now than later as I was always after a silver with black and my year of birth 1969.
I'm just anxious now as I know putting it all back together will be even harder.

Thank you for your comments.

Jimmy

Title: Re: Half way through my Restoration Part 1.
Post by: JChristo on April 29, 2017, 00:12:44

Thanks Ralph
I was looking for almost two years to find the right one
And with all the help and support of members mission was accomplished

Thanks for your comments

The hardest part will be putting her back together to the standards of the paintwork

Jimmy

Title: Re: Half way through my Restoration Part 1.
Post by: Rolf-Dieter ✝︎ on May 04, 2017, 03:21:32

Great Job Jimmy !

Silver is a great colour, hope all turns out well for you.

Dieter

Title: Re: Half way through my Restoration Part 1.
Post by: JChristo on May 04, 2017, 10:37:57

Now comes the painstaking part of piecing everything back together.
Now that the paint work is so good I'm going to be very fussy on what goes back in or what has to be replaced to new.

I don't want concourse but it's definitely raising the bar from a daily driver

Any tips from experience

Thanks for responding it's what keeps me on track

JC

Title: Re: Half way through my Restoration Part 1.
Post by: JChristo on May 14, 2017, 03:00:11

Finally got her back home 🏡

Now the real fun begins.

I can't stop myself from going into the garage and just staring at her

It gives me great joy

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Post by: andyburns on May 14, 2017, 06:35:57

Looks awesome.  Am sure it's going to be well well above s daily.  Keep up the good work.

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Post by: johnk on May 15, 2017, 01:45:53

beautiful paint job!

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Post by: JChristo on July 09, 2017, 02:18:56

Updated engine shots

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Post by: Scottcorvette on July 09, 2017, 06:32:25

Looking good!

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Post by: Jonny B on July 10, 2017, 05:32:36

Indeed, looking very good indeed!