'73 mercedes 280, gas, blue.

[Zman86]

Lookin good! You get your subframe bushing kits off eBay? Currently browsing for new ones for mine...

[A4crn]

Nice!! I'll be needing this pic soon Do you think its ok to make the brackets from mild steel instead of Aluminium section? Its easier to weld and so on but I don't want it to damage the tops of the bags

[bobbyjones]

Lookin good! You get your subframe bushing kits off eBay? Currently browsing for new ones for mine...

I was going back and forth on either getting the febi or the meyle ones...i think i'm just going to get the febi ones because they are cheaper.

Nice!! I'll be needing this pic soon Do
you think its ok to make the brackets from mild steel instead of Aluminium section? Its easier to weld and so on but I don't want it to damage the tops of the bags

yeah totally. i made mine out of al because it's very easy to drill and didn't have to paint afterwards. the re bags have stainless steel end caps, not sure what you mean about the damage.

[A4crn]

I thought the plates were aluminium too....

[bobbyjones]

I thought the plates were aluminium too....

it looks like your right about them being aluminium, i have cut a ripped bag apart before, those end plates are super thick and very solid. i'll try to find a picture

[Ducaud]

holy crap that bag setup is amazing

[niscort]

looks good... so shiny its almost impossible to see whats going on even with the tape... definately keen for any more shots of the frame mods

[lostininglewood]

drool. so low classic and clean.

very nice

[bobbyjones]

holy crap that bag setup is amazing

thanks man

looks good... so shiny its almost impossible to see whats going on even with the tape... definately keen for any more shots of the frame mods

see below

drool. so low classic and clean.

very nice

thanks

ok, size 4 letter size time, i took pictures:
this is a subframe:


it now has an enlarged area on the spring pocket, it is now flat between the lca rear mounts, and it is boxed on the foward lca mount area




it's going to be sweet, you'll see.

a tie rod (which i should have got two of), motor mounts (which i didn't get hardware for yet) and a rear diff mount because the old one was fucked. before the wheels go back on the ground i'm going to replace the axles.

[bobbyjones]

things happening:

i trimmed the subframe mounts 7mms, ta-da:


boom subframe in:


the engine is bolted to new mounts:

i'm thinking about polishing that valve cover, and using a smaller round air cleaner on top of my new carburetor, but seriously everything in the engine bay is covered in horse seamen...anyways, the new mounts are like an 1" taller then the worn out ones so the fan is stuck against the shroud. first i was thinking, electric fan, then i was thinking just cut the shroud out, then i was thinking about making a new shroud out of a small sheet of aluminum. now i'm just thinking about horse seamen, that's how i feel about 40 years of what just might as well be horse seamen everywhere.

my fender now has a cute little bulge now, i like it.:


UNLOP:


update over.
milk and cookies.

[V8Finny]

Couldn't you just raise the radiator a half inch?

[A4crn]

Nice update...a local mechanic said he has a subframe for sale, I'm gonna jump on it and do some mods Is it hard to remove for the car?

[bobbyjones]

Couldn't you just raise the radiator a half inch?

i didn't even think about doing that.

Nice update...a local mechanic said he has a subframe for sale, I'm gonna jump on it and do some mods Is it hard to remove for the car?

thanks, i was looking on ebay for a spare subframe but they were all over $500 so i didn't get one. removal is the 2 motor mounts, 4 bolts to the body, control arms, and little stuff like the shocks and motor stablizer. pretty easy to unbolt.

[SheaMoose]

I just **** it when things are covered in horse seamen.

[bobbyjones]

I just **** it when things are covered in horse seamen.

no h.ate around here.


anyways...looks like i should be able to tuck the whole valve stem


a big difference from the old amount of lowness in the front:


mostly due to this:


you can see in that picture that the bag is mounted one inch higher then previously:


also new shocks came they were about an inch and a half too long, after slotting the lower mount i'm still 3/4" too long:


starting working on shorting the shock going to make it an inch shorter:


then the baby woke up.