Operation Dirty Penny - '75 Merc 240D

[TeckniX]

[Dwob]

i **** you and this car. on that note, please finish it.

[dineno]

Got the subframe back in today. AND got around to fixing my sewing machine (fucked it up the second day trying to do 7 layers of vinyl together) so upholstery work will be back on track.

[P78]

it's beginning to look like a car again

[loekaaz]

what car? It's a piece of art that happens to be a transportation device...

[sdistc]

I like the look of the bomber seats (especially the copper highlights), but I would rethink the ergonomics - unless this is solely a showcar designed only to be driven on and off a trailer. I know the bomber seat is a hot rod favourite, but I can't see why - if they are so uncomfortable that you end up with back pain after a drive longer than 10 minutes.
The Ring Brothers' Recoil, for example, has seats that look functional yet cool - I'd love to see how they looked with the cushioning replaced by formed copper :

[dineno]

I like the way they did those a lot, the only thing is that the Merc's theme is all about raw metals. Now I don't intend the car to be a trailer queen, but I likely won't be driving it to long distance shows. Mostly a weekend cruiser for fun and I'll haul it to its intended shows on a regular basis as well. I'll be making some cushions for it too that I'll have in it most of the time and maybe just take out for shows. If they come out looking good enough though then I'll leave then in all the time.

[loekaaz]

The above seats are indeed a bit more 'techno' rather than the 'steampunk'-ish theme you're probably going after. Great design nonetheless!

[smiles]

Dear god this car is full of awesomeness! Great work man! Just went through the entire thread instead of working on a paper... oops.

[dineno]

So I was fortunate enough to have my buddy come over and do the harness. Taking out about 50% of it cause I got rid of so much and hopefully will have the car running mid next week.

[TeckniX]

[dineno]

I had originally started to until someone in here found this for me. It was in hungarian but google translate helped with that. Most of them anyway.

[sdistc]

I like the way they did those a lot, the only thing is that the Merc's theme is all about raw metals. Now I don't intend the car to be a trailer queen, but I likely won't be driving it to long distance shows. Mostly a weekend cruiser for fun and I'll haul it to its intended shows on a regular basis as well. I'll be making some cushions for it too that I'll have in it most of the time and maybe just take out for shows. If they come out looking good enough though then I'll leave then in all the time.

Ahh, I wondered whether the seats were "as is" or if you'd use cushions. As for the raw metal theme, I did suggest bolster-shaped metal on the seats
Either way, I'm very impressed with the project and have been following closely. Great work, and I look forward to more!

[dineno]

Ahh, I wondered whether the seats were "as is" or if you'd use cushions. As for the raw metal theme, I did suggest bolster-shaped metal on the seats
Either way, I'm very impressed with the project and have been following closely. Great work, and I look forward to more!

The bolster shaped metal would be pretty interesting and would in fact make the seats more functional just because of the more efficient shape. I'll have to keep that in mind for my Rolls Royce project

[dineno]

So the seats came in, grabbed some shots of them out in the barn (I have an unhealthy obsession with photography these days). Will post more of them later tonight.