Officially bought a W126

[HeirKranz]

Did you get the 84 500se grey market in Holiday FL????

[JMPhotography]

Originally Posted by HeirKranz

Did you get the 84 500se grey market in Holiday FL????

Nope. I might pick that one up as well if its still for sale in a month or two though.

[HeirKranz]

its not going anywhere

[JMPhotography]

Haha thats what I figured. I could use some parts off it. And I would likely part out the rest.

[sphinxrider]

A GREY MARKET EURO??????

sorry to be shmuck, but, oh god post some pix, I'm dying here...

[JMPhotography]

Only a few hours.

[JMPhotography]

Ran into plenty of problems getting the car here, it was dark by the time it arrived, so I didn't do any work on it. I snapped a couple pictures with my camera phone. I accidently deleted a lot of the pictures though, lol. Sorry guys.

Tomorrow I will be doing some paint/trim restoration and general cleanup. I will post GOOD pictures of that stuff, I promise.

I am going to look into it mechanically as well. The car does not currently run.

Can someone explain how to find out if this motor had and AMG engine work. Cams, etc?

Vin:


Lights:


Splattering of German around the car:


Can someone tell me what kind of headers I have here?:


EZendere? What?:


Also, what kind of bumper do we have here?:


Thanks guys! I am looking forward to fixing this car up.

[markusfmeyer]

Seems like you have a Zender bodykit or pieces of some sort...

[JMPhotography]

The rear bumper is AMG. I know that much. I will have much more detailed pictures tomorrow. I'm not sure about the spoiler either.

[JMPhotography]

Figures, I post pictures and everyone loses interest, haha!

Anyways, I worked on the car a little today, not too much though. It was just too damn hot out, haha.

I got into the paint a little.

Here you can see the bad oxidation on the hood, you can also see a corner of the hood I began working on.



Heres a shot of the oxidation, as well as white paint splatter that is ALL OVER the car, windows, tires, wheels, everywhere. UGH. This car eats claybars.



Heres the same spot after clay/compound/intensive polish:



A spot on the passenger quarter panel I began working on as well. You can also see in this picture an ugly faded reflector that was stuck on the car who knows how long ago.

Unfortunately, despite my very best efforts using all methods I believe are out there, the f**king adhesive took the paint with it.



Shot of the 16" Ronal wheels. Anyone know where to find the chrome piece I pointed to?





One of my favorite simple mods:

Before:



After:



I took home a lot of the parts. Headlights, Corner Lights, Grille, Tail Lights, Fogs, and the Third Brake light. All of these items will be cleaned/polished/whatever so they look new again.

I did the Grille Surround tonight:

Before it was dull/scratched/and had crap on it. Not familiar with the effects of age on chrome, but I know how to fix it!

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