The Country Club: 1960 Mercedes 220sb fin tail.

[Eric M]

Looks good John, never got to see the 69 but I'm even more pumped for this. See you at h2o

[foxtrot wagon]

John I'm so excited to see this thing in person.

thanks garrett! Bring your suit!

lil leatherique on the dash and youre gold.

I love old batmobiles, ive worked on the semi-auto ones, and its insanely complicated. The old German dude i worked with actually spit on the floor when one came in.

And please park that jag on tarmac. i can hear it rusting through my monitor.

The Jag is on the road, she was out there for a couple days so I could stay focused on the project at hand.

[Ryal.]

lil leatherique on the dash and youre gold.

I love old batmobiles, ive worked on the semi-auto ones, and its insanely complicated. The old German dude i worked with actually spit on the floor when one came in.

And please park that jag on tarmac. i can hear it rusting through my monitor.

[getamongst-it]

John I'm so excited to see this thing in person.

[foxtrot wagon]

ps. there are also goodies

[foxtrot wagon]

Last night I pulled the steering column out of the brown fin tail.

Everything under the car is in and ready to roll.

First I removed the panel over the tunnel and under the passenger side dash shown here, it even still has the original speaker and speaker box from the factory.








After getting the column pulled, it was time to pull that ratty dash






Got the dash and cluster cap out, big difference.







So on a different note, I have a color deficiency. Not completely color blind, but can't differentiate between similar colors well, at all.

And I never realized the two dashes were different colors.

Oh well, Im sending it anyway, that old dash had to go.

It's already making a huge difference...

[foxtrot wagon]

I love the Made in Western Germany plate. Nice looking Benz.

Thanks man!

[dwright71]

I love the Made in Western Germany plate. Nice looking Benz.

[foxtrot wagon]

This is great....and talk about engineering lol

thanks man!

[Smart...]

This is great....and talk about engineering lol

[foxtrot wagon]

Wow lucky your parts car seems to fit the bill perfectly.

The White tail must of been kept inside its entire life to save the leather dash, it looks new..

Yea man, its really pretty crazy how everything has worked out. It is mechanical sound, no leaks, had the 4spd standard on the column (which I'd rather swap than an automatic) 47,000 documented original miles from California, the interior is super ratty, and the undercarriage is pretty rusty.
And my brown fin tail has 100% clean body and undercarriage, real good interior, but had a terrible terrible dash.

So not only am I happy I was able to even find another fin tail (that wasn't restored and going for $20,000), but that it actually has everything I need for mine.

[Z.Cockburn]

Wow lucky your parts car seems to fit the bill perfectly.

The White tail must of been kept inside its entire life to save the leather dash, it looks new..

[foxtrot wagon]

damn dude, that dash was awful

Yea man. It was really the only thing bad on the entire car. It was really quite amazing the the other fin tail, which has a terrible interior, has a real good dash in it. Worked out perfect.

[foxtrot wagon]

Looks great!

great work!

Thanks guys!

[Withers]

damn dude, that dash was awful