1972 Mercedes 280ce Coupe, low, slow, daily

[541NTT]

Ahoy mates,

I had another thread of w114 awesomeness, but it was a bit all over the shop with me going through 3 mercs within a few months.,
So this thread is devoted to my Coupe build, heres the specs:

1972 280ce 2 door coupe, dark blue, Auto, dark blue leather interior.


Latest pic

originally had a royal blue paint job applied at some point, whatever happened with it its now cracking and lifting so i will be working panel by panel stripping it back fixing any rust and sealing it ready for a respray, will more than likely keep it a similar blue as i quite like it.

Mods so far-
Lowered, small exhaust, Older style tail lights and steering wheel fitted, 16' steelies painted shadow chrome with white walls applied, and general just maintaining this beast while i have been driving it around.. and my newest addition is a luggage rack.

Future plans- Respray, Airbags, and if/when the engine or gearbox needs money spent on it possibly a 302 or 351 transplant, but for now she is just a low and slow hood ride inspired ratty rolling restorer enjoy!

How i got it:


Wheel alignment on the way home


Wheels and lowed


Interior




Blowing a fuel pump 200 meters from home...


Luggage rack trial fit


Test driving the luggage rack




First load of the rack


So now I'm pretty focused on this luggage rack, its an actual old school rack that i had to get a bit creative with to make fit, I'm a bit of the fan of the old patina look so i just scotched the whole think with soapy water and fitted it up, but I'm wondering if i should paint it white, chrome it, or maybe sand it all up and clear it as is, interested to hear your guys thoughts

[Freyr]

What a nice ride, I think you should fit a rack to the bootlid instead of the roof as for the color of the rack I don't think the patina look fits since the car is so clean and whole therefore a chromed rack would fit better as far asthe whole look of the car goes.

[1jze30]

^dont do that!^
The rack you got is balling!
wire wheel the paint back then shadow chrome same as your steelies
I personally h.a.t.e boot racks ruins the flow of cars

btw your merc looks sick, and looks like shes in good condish

[P78]

also boot racks ruins trunks

[541NTT]

Cheers for the responses guys! I agree, i saw some boot racks come up that i could have made work but i don't think it would suit the car, I really love the roof rack look and stripping them back and painting them the same shadow chrome has crossed my mind

[mikey G]

Chrome that rack up!!!!!

[Jay P]

this is a beautiful car. Absolutely lovit!!

[MBBelgium]

Love it too, and a nice color!

[541NTT]

Chrome that rack up!!!!!

this is a beautiful car. Absolutely lovit!!

Love it too, and a nice color!

haha thanks guys!
its a fair bit rougher in person, hence the planned panel work and respray, but for a 40 year old car it goes alright

[_e90]

+37 for chromed rack

[nickylemns]

Powdercoat that bitch white, it would look cool with the whitewalls and i think the chrome would look out of place... You guys may **** this but i even think it would be cool with a couple thin pinstripes the same color as the car on the rails of the rack. IMHO

[541NTT]

Powdercoat that bitch white, it would look cool with the whitewalls and i think the chrome would look out of place... You guys may **** this but i even think it would be cool with a couple thin pinstripes the same color as the car on the rails of the rack. IMHO

That's actually a pretty awesome idea!

[loekaaz]

^^ agree with the above statement except the pinstripe part. Pinstripes are for hotrods imho

[danielsahhhn]

really sweet so far...refreshing to see a chassis like this done so well in aus

[541NTT]

^^ agree with the above statement except the pinstripe part. Pinstripes are for hotrods imho

Yeah you could be right.

really sweet so far...refreshing to see a chassis like this done so well in aus

Cheers mate, yeah you don't see a lot of the coupes with anything done at all let alone in aux