Operation Dirty Penny - '75 Merc 240D

[P78]

what he says

imo it all depends on what color/shade your leather and piping will be

that said tho

black/copper
brown/black

[loekaaz]

I'll just leave this here:

[Dutch]

holy wow! in for this

[TeckniX]

I vote for brown more than black.. because Spyker

[dineno]

I vote for brown more than black.. because Spyker

Its funny you mention that because the spyker is largely responsible for my inspiration on this interior of my car.

[P78]

we do we even bother

seems like you got this all planed out allready, and all the stuff we come up with, you already have

edit
but my vote goes to that spyker interior!

[dineno]

we do we even bother

seems like you got this all planed out allready, and all the stuff we come up with, you already have

edit
but my vote goes to that spyker interior!

Lol I have 8 weeks to finish, gotta move quick!


Oh and just figured out the wheel situation, HRE 504's

[SnazzyQ]

Can you just stop being so damn cool.

k thx.

[dineno]

Can you just stop being so damn cool.

k thx.

Comes with a cost lmao

[dineno]

So I caved last night and bought a nice heavy duty machine, picked out my materials too. Going with a brown similar to the spyker on most of the car, the pillars and headliner will be black and the thread for all of it will be a dark brown. Whats nice about the dark brown thread is that it contrasts a little bit on both the black and the lighter brown and the black.

Oh and here's some photos of the wheels too. Now i just need to find some 16" 20 hole lips/barrels. Found 2 outers and 4 inners, but need to find 2 more outers.

[loekaaz]

I'm crying right now. This is going to be soooo awesome

[MBBelgium]

OMG this will be a killer car

[dineno]

Messed around with diamond pleats last night. Easier than I thought. Gotta mess around with making nice edges though. I think I'll do something like this for the floor matts too.



Picked up the HRE's, I ordered a second set with 16" lips/barrels on them but no center caps, so if anyone wants to buy a set of 15" HRE 504 without caps let me know.

[semaj4712]

Wow you just sat down and taught yourself to sew like that? Thats impresive

[vinns]

Every post is WOW, and it keeps getting better and better i can't wait to see the rest.
Thinkig out of the box but so many good choices, i really like the copper added to the two tone (remind me of the w124 i think), and most of all the homemade spirit.

If i may :
Those seats are gorgeous, but for the front they seems a bit form over function
Did you consider to add a patina to the leather ? (to make it darker/used)