General Information
Year
2017
Make
Mercedes-Benz
Model
280SE 4.5 V8
Color
Classic White
Packages
A/C, leather, mahogany dash & trim
History
Very unusual history...
Mechanic took this '72 engine and drive train with 8,000 original miles from a wreck in '75. He ordered a brand-new chassis on a palette from MBZ Stuttgart, reassembled the car, put a strange Dupont paint job on it. The first time he rolled it into the sun, it crackled like a celadon vase. He was so disgusted, he rolled it into his big garage and never drove it a single mile until I bought it in 1998.
I did a frame-off strip down to perfectly clean steel and started over. I literally cleaned every single screw with a toothbrush! I put a beautiful 3-stage Spies-Hecker Classic 050 White paint job on it. The only part I didn't do myself was the re-finish of the mahogany dash.
It was a 3-year project. I was in a rush to finish towards the end, as I relocated to Swizterland, where The Staff Car is a regular at the Sunday Morning Oldtimer Meeting in Zug, Switzerland.
15 zears later I decided to tackle that nagging overßtemp problem ß everz time I was in stop-and-go traffic it would quickly over-temp. I pulled the head and found that there were POUNDS of gunk blocking all of the cooling lines! Now it runs cool, strong, and fast, with better gas mileage.
Mechanic took this '72 engine and drive train with 8,000 original miles from a wreck in '75. He ordered a brand-new chassis on a palette from MBZ Stuttgart, reassembled the car, put a strange Dupont paint job on it. The first time he rolled it into the sun, it crackled like a celadon vase. He was so disgusted, he rolled it into his big garage and never drove it a single mile until I bought it in 1998.
I did a frame-off strip down to perfectly clean steel and started over. I literally cleaned every single screw with a toothbrush! I put a beautiful 3-stage Spies-Hecker Classic 050 White paint job on it. The only part I didn't do myself was the re-finish of the mahogany dash.
It was a 3-year project. I was in a rush to finish towards the end, as I relocated to Swizterland, where The Staff Car is a regular at the Sunday Morning Oldtimer Meeting in Zug, Switzerland.
15 zears later I decided to tackle that nagging overßtemp problem ß everz time I was in stop-and-go traffic it would quickly over-temp. I pulled the head and found that there were POUNDS of gunk blocking all of the cooling lines! Now it runs cool, strong, and fast, with better gas mileage.
2017 Mercedes-Benz 280SE 4.5 V8 (Classic White)
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