1972 Mercedes 280ce Coupe, low, slow, daily

[541NTT]

post for a pic.. just got back from a cruise, been begging to drive this bad boy threw a mower on the rack just coz. and black and white due to artistic skills.

[MercTastic]

^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

Everything this man said.

[loekaaz]

Lol. Overseas struggles I guess

[541NTT]

you should get your hand on one of those classic 'ivory white' steering wheels. Then the white rack would look in place

I've got a black one, that was hard enough to come buy! Haha

[loekaaz]

you should get your hand on one of those classic 'ivory white' steering wheels. Then the white rack would look in place

[541NTT]

Also.

My merc has the factory fitted sunroof, which is busted, leaking and after pulling the entire assembly out today, has a fair bit of rust, i wire brushed it and rust converted and rust primed it and put it all back in just because it is my daily, but the sunroof still doesn't work properly and finding a replacement would be near impossible... so then i saw you can get universal folding ragtop kits, has anyone had any experience with these? if i could size one to fit between the factory roof rails, it doesn't look like there are any supports i would be cutting through to fit it, just roof skin.

Like this :


My other option is perhaps just a universal glass sunroof, drop that sucker in..

[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

[danielsahhhn]

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

[loekaaz]

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

[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

[_e90]

+37 for chromed rack

[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

[MBBelgium]

Love it too, and a nice color!

[Jay P]

this is a beautiful car. Absolutely lovit!!