Operation Dirty Penny - '75 Merc 240D

[dineno]

Got some new stuff in today finally. New subframe bushings which were clearly needed from the photo. AVS water traps, face port polished 4 gal tank, and brand less air gauges. Bomber seats shipped out today and still waiting on copper hardline, aluminum panels for tunnel cover, new shocks and the bags to come in. Oh and I'm just about done cleaning up the chassis. Bay is just getting coated in primer for now, I'll shave the bay after SoWo.

[dineno]

Not much as far as updates just yet. A whole bunch of parts coming in this week though. Mostly just long night polishing steel for the past week.

[d0wse]

Ohhhh. Ok. Thanks for that is what I figured but was totally sure.

[Fuzis]

Amazing work Subscribed!

[SD202]

Im all in for your leather choice as well! I love this build

[Sprinqer]

I literally love everything about this.

[dineno]

What did you use to refinish those floors? One picture it looked like it was falling out and then it was back in?

I had entirely new floor pans stamped out. Cut out what was left of the old ones and the new ones in.

[d0wse]

What did you use to refinish those floors? One picture it looked like it was falling out and then it was back in?

[dineno]

So one issue I'm seeing with the alkaline copper solution I'm using is that it doesn't build up very fast compared to acid copper. It isn't an issue when I do extensive prep work to the steel, but it would be a lot easier to polish copper than polish steel. Turned my power source up to 12V last night and was able to put the copper down much quicker so I'll have to see how that progresses before I make any decisions.

As far as everything else goes, I'm down to 7 weeks left now so I ordered new subframe bushings and will be putting that back in on Monday. Motor will go in tuesday and I'll be able to start the wiring harness from there. I won't have time to shave the bay before SoWo so I'll probably do that over the summer.

[cosmo135]

Saw this on the MotorMavericks Instagram page.... subbed because awesome

[euromarko]

honestly I just went through all 17 pages and im in love!!! keep up the fantastic work im soooo impressed !!!

[dineno]

Ah, I just realized the green looks like patina copper

[KFC ONE]

[Jazzy Jeff]

Stunning!

These classic Merc's are so cool, love the work you're putting into it.

[RosaParksMyCar]

you should do like a black and brown diamond pattern thing instead of just solid black, or solid brown.

This build is my favorite build on this whole forum by the way.