The Country Club: 1960 Mercedes 220sb fin tail.

[Chuckdee]

It was great seeing it in person and nice meeting you man!

[EvoG]

Loved seeing this car in person as well! Here is my latest shot.. Figured this build thread was a fitting place for it..


1960 Mercedes 220sb by Evano Gucciardo, on Flickr

[softg]

gorgeous merc

[TheOuthouseMouse]

I bought a 1960 220Sb a little more than a year ago. It needs all kinds of work. I've replaced the center tie rod on the steering linking, scrubbed out the brake master cylinder, flushed the brake fluid, the radiator, the heater core, had the drums machined and the shoes relined, put new brushes in the generator, and two or three other things. Next, I need to figure out why the differential is leaking oil, so I need to go out and get the seals and oil for that. After that, I may try and flush the transmission fluid, replace the filter there, and then replace some of the front suspension parts. This summer, I need to do a rebuild on the engine. I figure that with the spec for the compression ratio being what it is, then I should be getting maybe 115 psi on each piston. I'm actually getting something like 85psi on 5 out of the 6 pistons and about 55 on the fifth one. I'm hoping that the engine won't need a soup-to-nuts rebuild. Maybe the cylinders just need to be bored out a bit and then I can put some oversized skirts on the pistons or rings or something...

Here's a picture of me picking up my sister at the airport.

[Wicky124]

This car got fans in Norway as well