1984 Mercedes 500SEL Euro

[hi its me alec]

Man this is an awesome build, I love how you've been cleaning it up and keeping it period correct you've got a beautiful old Benz!

How is the SEL to drive? I imagine it's a little boaty but is it any fun? It's a fairly analog car so I 'd imagine the inputs aren't completely numb or anything.

Keep up the good work!

It definitely surprised me, it's very nimble for its size. It's impossible to drive slowly, believe it or not... Handles great ever since I put the Bilsteins in. Worst part of the whole driving experience is the 2.47 diff.

[loekaaz]

Oh good progress has been made here

[19birel]

Man this is an awesome build, I love how you've been cleaning it up and keeping it period correct you've got a beautiful old Benz!

How is the SEL to drive? I imagine it's a little boaty but is it any fun? It's a fairly analog car so I 'd imagine the inputs aren't completely numb or anything.

Keep up the good work!

[hi its me alec]

Well, the rear glass came out today. Actually a little better than I expected underneath all that rust. :/

[hi its me alec]

First wash since the swap






Got some custom badges, says 'night release.' They're fridge magnets




Then I drove next to this guy, he gave me the thumbs up and we cruised together for about 15 miles on the freeway. Sorry the pic is kinda bad, I didn't take it




Finally, today, this guy parked next to me and I stared until he left, questioning what I've done with this thing. I really really didn't want to slam this thing so hard. lol

[hi its me alec]

Got hood back on.


Took this picture at a show, which was its first legit worry-free drive after the swap.


In order to have it looking better for the show, I worked on my spoiler and gave it a 1-day paint job. Turned out okay, obviously better than before, but I'm going to make it nicer later.

[Meeve]

at first I was like meh. Then it got lower, lower and lower to the point I was like hell yeah this looks good. Then the seats, then the engine swap. Geez men this is looking good! Keep it up!

[hi its me alec]

Here we go... no hood + no worries

[mtm_motors]

Sounds quite glorious. Some of the first cars I really drove a lot were my parents' 420SEL and 400E... really love those old motors. Someday I will build a hotrod W126 like yours

[rice4life]

Wooooo!


I wish I had friends like yours.

[Azrial89]

Damn! You work fast, looks and sounds great!

[hi its me alec]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wSru4dvOEg&feature=em-upload_owner

[hi its me alec]

My friend got the motor in the car while I was at work today, nice little surprise

[hi its me alec]

Trans on, not much left to do

[Azrial89]

Good stuff, cool to see a Minnesota build and some background I recognize.