I just got home to find the March issue of Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car on my desk. There is a 6 page article on Neil DeAtley's DMS 4.7, a very short term tuner experiment on R107. The article makes lots of reference to 380 SLs which were the impetus to bring performance back to the SL line - actual work was done on 2 cars, one of which was a '75 model.
Body and interior work was very '80s but they managed to mate a KE system M117 to a Getrag 5 speed. Article gave some specifics on suspension upgrades as well. Neil DeAtley is still alive . . . kept one of two DMS 4.7s for his personal collection. His car is the subject of the Hemmings article and covered on this site:
The DMS 4.7
I did a search and did not see this project covered on our forum. If I am wrong, apologies.
Body and interior work was very '80s but they managed to mate a KE system M117 to a Getrag 5 speed. Article gave some specifics on suspension upgrades as well. Neil DeAtley is still alive . . . kept one of two DMS 4.7s for his personal collection. His car is the subject of the Hemmings article and covered on this site:
The DMS 4.7
I did a search and did not see this project covered on our forum. If I am wrong, apologies.