Merc W115 Cancer Resurection Build

[sawtooth4x4]

New to the site. Long time lurking.

I just bought this 1972 220 Friday in Casper, WY. I've never looking for one for about a month.

This one is a bit Rusty. Most of it is surface. Bit the front right fender has a few holes and the inner firewall on the driver side has a hole.

The rear fenders have some rust. Just surface.

The interior is nearly perfect. Only one crack in the dash.

So Friday night I hooked a trailer up to the back of my Toyota sequoia and made an epic trip to the bowels of Wyoming. My friend went up with me. 12 hours later and many chance experiences with near death we got back home.

Let's just say at one point I was sliding side ways (let's call it drifting so it's cool). If you have not been drifting at 60 mph in a large SUV with a trailer on icy snow covered roads you are missing out. But having the Supreme control that I do. I saved our bacon.

Anyway pictures right.

ODO shows 62K

[sawtooth4x4]

pictures

[sawtooth4x4]

Nice snowstorm in Wyoming.

[sawtooth4x4]

Anyway.

I'll start a build thread. I'm going to cut the springs to begin with and then eventually go to air.

Right now, I'd like to get to get it running and fix up the rust issues.

I think the motor dropped a valve. It was running, I even drove it around the neighborhood.

I was going to run down and steam clean the motor before i started working on it more, but as I was backing out of the garage it stopped. I had to push it back in. I can turn it over at the crank about 180 degrees in each direction.

[sawtooth4x4]

So i got tired of screwing with the engine last night. lets face it 56 horsepower is going to be boring. I think it needs a straight 6 with a turbo or a V8. I'm trying to talk my buddy into giving me his motor out of a 1972 Buick he can't seem to get rid of. a 350 might stuff in under hood. I'll go out to the junkyard and look at possibilities.

Since I was bored and this thing was sitting to high in the air, I broke out my grinder and trimmed the front springs.i cut 3 lower coils off each side. Even my wife approved the look.

I'll hopefully get to the back tonight. I did find the driverside shock is blown out. so I'll order some new front shocks.

[Zacne_4]

Give it some V8 treatment!

V8 rumble would make it very special!

[sawtooth4x4]

i need some euro-spec headlights and some new tail light lenses. anyone have a source?

[A4crn]

Cool build...I'd keep an MB motor . Try cochera.com the are located in Spain and should have euro headlamps in stock. Alternatively try ebay

[sawtooth4x4]

this is the biggest issue. I guess it wanted to be a Fred Flintstone car

[sawtooth4x4]

A video of it running the day we picked it up.

http://instagram.com/p/ivCzWRTc04/

[sawtooth4x4]

Let the surgery begin. Started the passenger side



cut back to clean metal

[meech]

rust is weak, you are strong, don't give up

good luck sir

[sawtooth4x4]

just bought a new welder as well. just need to make a 240V extension cord to reach the out let in my garage.

[sawtooth4x4]

So, went to the junkyard and picked up two fine, cancer free fenders.

I pulled the fender on the passenger side and started filling holes.



The inner fender / firewall that is cancerous



Cleaned up and ready for patches



One hole patched of a million

[niscort]

looks very familiar.. are you going to remove the heater??

keep it up