#MrBenz: The slow build.

[#MrBenz]

Not much happened in the past few weeks but I will be much more active at the beginning of december, once I finish school. I convinced my father-in-law to let me store my Mercedes in his garage which is a very good thing since I basically live at my gf's place until we buy a house.



I started stripping the european bumpers and...well they are in good need of a sandblast.



Finally dismounted the ATS Penta and I just CAN'T WAIT to start refinishing them!



I have so many parts waiting to go on my car, it's sad to see them wait like that.. And you guys should see how many parts I still have for sale from the other car, you never realize how many you have until you have to find space for them.



My mother-in-law had to buy a new car so she followed my tips and went for the brand new Mercedes-Benz GLA250 2015 with all options, including the AMG bumper and sh*t.



Considering she was driving a Chevy Tahoe 2008, it's a very "big" upgrade. Oh and there's my gf's car I never showed to you guys..



It's the IS350 F Sport 2014. No she doesn't want to buy wheels or anything even close to that. I know, I know...it sucks. And I'm stuck with a Hyundai Accent 2001 for the winter, poor me is poor.

[lower99]

I like this.

[#MrBenz]

It's been almost a month and the only thing I've had time to do is trip almost the entire 450SL I bought for parts, only few little parts left. Finally removed the monster with the help of one of my buddy!



He's the proud owner of this baby :



And he's the owner of Euroldschoolers: https://www.facebook.com/Euroldschoo...rkShop?fref=ts
No, he doesn't have a build thread, I'm still working on convincing him to make one . An other friend just finished the restauration of the knob, he's still working on the Nardi steering. We decided to go with a darker tint since I don't have the wood trims in the car.



I've had no time to do anything on the car yet, I was busy with school and my job but a lot of beautiful things will happen in the next few weeks/months Hints: ATS Penta, AMG Valence, Euro Bumpers, Nardi Steering, Larger BBS RS.. and more.

[GTShunter]

Yeah my 4.5 with all the egr and cats makes the motor somewhat of a dog.

[#MrBenz]

As a fellow R107 owner those flares and tires would ruin it. Just my opinion take it or leave it.

On a side note, how slow is this thing. My 450sl is slooow,

I would probably not go that big! I totally agree with you... I would go larger but 18" is just not right for a everyday driving. My car is not that slow honestly, I think that I have the european version of my engine so it has about 227 hp / 278 lb. If I ever get the 5.0L in, it will probably jump to 240/300 stock and if you add the megasquirt and stuff... well it's getting pretty interesting!

[john31ss]

So, I have few news. First of all, I spoke to the owner of Stuttgart Classics: https://www.facebook.com/StuttgartClassics?fref=ts ... He has a awesome 450SLC that he uses for racing! He custom made some fender flares for his and now he is in the process of doing a mold for customers... you know what it means.

I asked him about how wide he could go with flares without any other major modifications... 305/35/18 (10") front and 345/35/18 (13") rear.

The other good news, I search a little bit to know which engine I had in the part out car and turns out it's the 5.0L engine from the early 80's, meaning more HP/torque. I'm on a very strict budget because I'm at school but with the profit from the part out car... there might be an engine rebuild coming up .

As a fellow R107 owner those flares and tires would ruin it. Just my opinion take it or leave it.

On a side note, how slow is this thing. My 450sl is slooow,

[#MrBenz]

So, I have few news. First of all, I spoke to the owner of Stuttgart Classics: https://www.facebook.com/StuttgartClassics?fref=ts ... He has a awesome 450SLC that he uses for racing! He custom made some fender flares for his and now he is in the process of doing a mold for customers... you know what it means.

I asked him about how wide he could go with flares without any other major modifications... 305/35/18 (10") front and 345/35/18 (13") rear.

The other good news, I search a little bit to know which engine I had in the part out car and turns out it's the 5.0L engine from the early 80's, meaning more HP/torque. I'm on a very strict budget because I'm at school but with the profit from the part out car... there might be an engine rebuild coming up .

[#MrBenz]

I bet parts on those are worth a fortune...

You have no idea... On ebay, I've seen one single headlight, in very good condition, for $650... The front bumper for 1.1k and it goes on and on...

Awesome work so far=) You are sure getting lucky with killer deals. Can't wait to see how this progresses

Thanks! Yeah I'm getting pretty lucky with this project so far.

Don't forget the side squirts! :-)

I won't! There's one bolt holding each sideskirt.. stuck . I need to adress this issue tomorrow.

[tyler589]

Wow nice work so far.

[SD202]

wow yes! carry on.

[P78]

interesting build

[MBBelgium]

So there's not a lot of things left to strip...

Don't forget the side squirts! :-)

[Earl]

Awesome work so far=) You are sure getting lucky with killer deals. Can't wait to see how this progresses

[loekaaz]

I bet parts on those are worth a fortune...

[#MrBenz]

So there's not a lot of things left to strip...