UK Mercedes W123 280TE Project.

[Zman86]

So jealous...

[stinkinrich]

Mr Stinkinrich - I've never seen your Beemer around ever! I Only live in St Leonards.

So did I three weeks ago, now ive moved to Northbourne

Where do you live? My folks are down Eastmoors lane by the fishing lake, just off boundary lane roundabout.

[the jank]

Can't wait to see it dumpt!

+1

Me too.

[Coops90]

Will be keeping a mad close eye on this.

Waiting with anticipation.

[Koss]

Really looking forward to see how this turns out!

I love the w123's (especially the wagons). Have had two myself, the last one I drove to destruction this summer...

[Angelic0-]

these old 24valve twin cam 2.8s are incredibly powerful !!!

great catch, does it go sideways :O ?

[PMcD]

That stale smell is distinctive in W123s and other Benzs of that era, its crazy.

[DoWant]

Those were built to last a lifetime. the interior looks almost new. Great cars. Good build.

What happened to the parking brake realese though??

[Benny]

Really looking forward to see how this turns out!

I love the w123's (especially the wagons). Have had two myself, the last one I drove to destruction this summer...

How'd yours die?

these old 24valve twin cam 2.8s are incredibly powerful !!!

great catch, does it go sideways :O ?

Really? It didn't feel that pokey but I've hardly driven it more than 40meters! I'm sure an LSD was a factory option, yet to see if it has one. I can just see it spinning the inside wheel up, making lots of noise, smoking one tyre and that's about it lol

That stale smell is distinctive in W123s and other Benzs of that era, its crazy.

Rather if fecked off, everyone keeps telling me 'Febreeze' It!

Those were built to last a lifetime. the interior looks almost new. Great cars. Good build.

What happened to the parking brake realese though??

Yea the interior is in very good shape, will look so much better once the Nardi wheel is on.

The handbrake is below the very right air vent, you pull it out, then twist to release. I'm not looking forward to my first hill start! Haha

[Benny]

Well the other day I came home to find some parcels waiting for me (always gets me excited!) and first of all it was a new water pump.

After taking the old one off, I found I didn't really need a new one but while it was off I thought what the hell and whacked a new one on.

The actual leak was coming from the coolant housing where it bolts to the block, the gasket had given up. Quick trip to the local Mercedes dealer and 85 pence later I had the gasket I needed!

Battled on in the rain, and fitted it back together.


You can see here new pump and gasket and also the smaller coolant housing gasket just poking out down the left hand side.




The bottom pulley had to come off also as the lower bolts we're covered up by it. VERY annoying but got on with it.




Filled the system with water and watched for leaks. Hurrah! No leaks and one happy chappy!

Next up my steering wheel adaptor came.

The Boss I'd bought had only MOMO wheel PCD and Nardi wheels have a slightly larger PCD so this adapter came from the states. Pretty pricey but does the job.



And the Nardi Torino wheel fitted. Sooo much nicer than the massive standard wheel!




Also my front lip arrived! Looks pretty cool and is pretty good quality and fit.

Just needs painting up and fitting. Gonna leave it to very last after the Air ride Ect as it's not that important and I'm not sure if I'm gonna run with it yet.

Here's how it looks anyways.




Oh and a new sticker :P



Chrome one's are tasty!

[discoduck]

so clean

the w123 is so reliable, have fun with it. anxious to see the end result

[X5X]

Nice, love the lip and steering wheel

[mxrcr222]

very cool...gotta love benz wagons. great start.

[lucasklaus]

Nice and clean ;D

[Koss]

How'd yours die?

I bought a wreck to take it on a last epic road trip through Norway. A friend and I wanted to see how far we would be able to get. Let's just say that mid-journey one of the wheel bearings was destroyed.Fixing it would cost more then the price of the car. And considering the amount of rust underneath the car, we didn't bother trying.

It was a great last journey before it went off to the scrapyard to die though.

BTW I love the Nardi Torino wheel!