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another barn find w113
« on: October 07, 2016, 10:21:53 »
after 5 jears of searching after a pagode i maneged to finaly find one in the usa , in verry good condition , its a 230 4 speed manual  from 64
the old girl is gona be shiped soon .
i wil first make the mechanic in order so i can drive it in the condition how i found it , when i have all the necessary parts i will do a complete restauration , there is no hurry
she was standing  the last 10 jears in the garage on the picture , poor girl ( no w113 deserve to stand still so long )      )-:
 
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Re: another barn find w113
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2016, 12:23:55 »
Very nice. Congratulations from New Jersey. is it Ivory color?
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Re: another barn find w113
« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2016, 16:26:39 »
Good luck with your Pagoda adventure. Please keep us posted on the progress. And be sure to take lots of photos.
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Re: another barn find w113
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2016, 17:27:29 »
the first morning sun my beauty sees after 10 jears of darkness
there is an after life 4 each pagode in the hands of the real w113 lovers

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Re: another barn find w113
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2016, 17:40:10 »
she sufferd from californian sun burn , when the car wil be in belguim i wil see her 4 the first time , i buyd the car by judging the pictures , she is complete thats is important for me , so that i dond have to purchase to many parts , mechanical is no problem we have a workshop and restaured already more than 10 cars , the last was a fiat 500 , porsche 914 , mb w111 coupe , mb w108 4 doors  , etc...
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Re: another barn find w113
« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2016, 07:12:45 »
i wil need a door pannel  8) 8)

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Re: another barn find w113
« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2016, 07:18:38 »
all the chrome is on the car and is in good condition , its a good solid base 4 a restauration ,
im glad i found this sl  group , did some reading already , and see that the pagoda is becomming rare to find 4 a good price ( in good condition).

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Re: another barn find w113
« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2016, 19:22:37 »
this is our last work in progress

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Re: another barn find w113
« Reply #8 on: October 14, 2016, 11:36:55 »
there she goes to the container company that will ship her back to europe
the story was that it was a pilot ho bougt the car originaly in europe , and when he came live in the usa he took the car whit him and never changed the lights and the speedometer , so everything is europeean on the car and still original , even the paint was never redonne , these are the last pictures i have , the next time i will se her in real and hopefully fall in love :-)

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Re: another barn find w113
« Reply #9 on: October 17, 2016, 06:57:43 »
these are some project we done in the past , always body off full restauration
we still have the coupe benz , the fiat 500 and the 4 doors benz that is currently in reatauration
next project will be the pagoda

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Re: another barn find w113
« Reply #10 on: October 17, 2016, 06:58:28 »
some more pics
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Re: another barn find w113
« Reply #11 on: October 17, 2016, 07:09:09 »
we always have funn when whe find some new project , the fiat was a verry smal car to restaure but many work , and the tractor was just 4 funn

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Re: another barn find w113
« Reply #12 on: October 17, 2016, 14:48:13 »
the mechanic virus was givin us by our father ho had a car work shop , so at our early jears we were already working in our fathers shop , building diesel benz for the export to africa , we builded a kit and maneged to changed from petrol cars to diesel cars in only 5 hours, we restaured countles w114/8  sadly no pics from al these  :-[
i hope the pagoda gets quickly here so that i can take a look for the first time what needs to be done  at the car

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Re: another barn find w113
« Reply #13 on: October 20, 2016, 15:08:28 »
today finished the engine from the w108 4doors 2.8 carburator
it lookt pretty good to me  8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
covered it up so it can go to sleep  ::) ::)
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Re: another barn find w113
« Reply #14 on: October 20, 2016, 18:49:38 »
i must admit i felt already in love whit a mercedes oldtimer convertible , and i bougt one at my 20 jear old i had it 4 jears long and had a lot of fun whit it
the first thing i did was driving the 2.2 antil i died , and then i build a 3.0 turbo diesel in it , kept the stock gearbox
it consumed 20 liters petrol in 100 kmters it and it made me poor  :P
after the conversion i could drive on red diesel ( gasoline for home ) :o that costst in that time almoast nothing , so i drove it daily , not at night because we were not permitted in belguim
sometimes i mis the old 404 unimog

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Re: another barn find w113
« Reply #15 on: October 20, 2016, 21:28:23 »
Thanks for sharing your stories and pictures.
I look forward to watching the restoration of you new Pagoda.
That 914 sure is nice !!
Mark
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« Reply #16 on: October 25, 2016, 13:59:08 »
The side-ways Fiat is great.   Your work looks really good.

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Re: another barn find w113
« Reply #17 on: December 02, 2016, 18:57:46 »
today the w108 arrived back home from the paintshop , so we can start to rebuild it piece by piece , starting whit the engine and the automatic gearbox , and i had an email from the shipping company that the w113 arrived in rotterdam , in 3 days normaly she should be arrived at its final location where the documents and the customs clearance wil be arranged , i hpe to have the car in my garage before new jear , nice present 4 me  ;D

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Re: another barn find w113
« Reply #18 on: December 04, 2016, 18:52:29 »
found a work manual for the pagoda , i hope i wont need it , but jou never know
and started at rebuilding the w108
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jG5wWl--zw             
 picture from the w108  let me think a little bit at this piece of movie ( enjoy it )


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Re: another barn find w113
« Reply #19 on: December 13, 2016, 20:21:46 »
today i received a verry good mail from the shipping company , the sl has arrived at its final location , the customs clearance is ok , the car is ready to get picked up and to come home whit me , thursday i wil go to the the netherlands , me so verry happy  8) 8) 8) ;D ;D ;D :) :) :)

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Re: another barn find w113
« Reply #20 on: December 14, 2016, 07:48:18 »
and i found some books that will go in to the pagoda ,

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« Reply #21 on: December 15, 2016, 11:56:35 »
Almoast home  ;) ;) ;)

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« Reply #22 on: December 15, 2016, 17:47:15 »
today i went to the netherlands to pick up the pagoda , everything went well , customs clearence was ok , i pays the import duty and took the car home
once at home a fast inspection was done untherneed the car and we try to start the engine , sadly the electronic pump was dead , so we sprayed gasoline directly in the inlet manifold and the engine crancked up for 5 seconds , ok thats a releave that the engine is loose and it turned out there is no damage to it ,
the brakes from the car were restaured , there was 2 new brake pumps on the front and 2 new in the back ,
there is not even a single dent in de body work , ok the paint is cracked from the californian heat , but the body is verry solid ,
and now the minus points , the floor panels are rotten by rust , not the support beams , only the flat thin pannels , the electric fuel pump is dead , and there are  some dents in the chrome bumpers , the interior is badly damaged but complete , by badly damaged i mean , the leader is cracked or rot , the door panels are damaged ,

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Re: another barn find w113
« Reply #23 on: December 15, 2016, 17:53:46 »
In my garage

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Re: another barn find w113
« Reply #24 on: December 15, 2016, 20:23:28 »
Congratulations !!!
And thank you for letting us share in your adventure.
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