[NinjaPower]

Hi guys,
I'm Dale, I live in England a bit south of London, thought I'd formaly introduce myself in the W126 forum as I'm planning on sticking around, actively seeking another better condition 560SEC, loved my last one so much I'm just itching to get another now mine is dead... I'm sad that I'm going to struggle to find an equally awesome version..
I did introduce myself in the introduction forum but doubt many of you guys saw it..

I bought my first and only Mercedes about 4-5 months back, it's a 87 560 SEC RüF 300hp version, I had no idea the car was anything special until I signed up here and started learning about them, had I known I would have saved her..
The bodywork is terrible, rusty as hell.. Underneath is not to bad but still needs work really..
Having no experiance with mercedes, I only bought it because it was very reasonably priced and guessed I could have some fun in it and make my money back selling the parts when I'm finished with it..
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Only did a few modifications to the car.. Welded the differential, Cut exhausts off at the downpipe, and the car already had some lowering springs on it..

Iv had a good few outings in the car now, there is a drift comp each month called King of the Ring at Arena Essex.. It's a good laugh and improves drift skills. Iv taken many cars round before, usually cheap BMWs that end up quite battered.. The SEC has been the best car by far that iv taken round.. More than enough power and it sounds like a NASCAR, literally people are coming up t me in the pit lane and congratulating me on such a fine vehicle


Here's a few pics of the car in action:thumbsup:

The day I picked her up.. Didn't get far before I needed fuel..

oops, may have spun and caused a crash..haha

And a video my friend made for a laugh..

I'm sure most of you won't condone what iv done to this car, but in my defence, i had no idea and it was only bought as a cheap fun car I could use a few times and break up.. I feel bad that I did what I did.... I can only appologise..
On a lighter note, the parts have gone to good homes across the globe:thumbsup:

 

[bondavi]

That thing had terminal rust....so you're excused

These cars are always coddled - so it is quite nice to see flogging.

What was the death blow that caused you to hang up the keys and break the car? Why not keep drifting?

 

[Crusty rusty]

nice :thumbsup:

 

[NinjaPower]

Literally started to break the car after I split the rad, tapped the curb and the bottom split. So it went on my friends truck and brought home.. Meant to fix it but never got round to it and couldn't find a second hand rad in the end..

 

[TUF500]

Nice

 

[slownrusty]

How big a shot of Nitrous were you running?

 

[NinjaPower]

Lol, the nitrous was a fail... Spent ages getting it all plumbed and wired in then realised the fitting on the bottle was split, so never actually ran the nos.. I think it's a 50hp jet, got the nos kit off a Mklll supra I broke for spares..
Would have gone like a rocket I imagine as it was pretty quick anyway..lol

 

[Inspector]

Most excellent adventure Dear Boy!!

Are those Lorinser RS 90's on there??

 

[mjmutuma]

That thing had terminal rust....so you're excused

+ 10

 

[visal911]

The rust doesn't look THAT bad....

specially compared to some cars i have seen in Toronto.

Someone in my area drives a 240D with holes in every panel!

 

[Chadahar]

Probably the hidden vile rust that destroys from with in, Most of the U.K. folks I have read about theor rust is is the insidious hiddne kind and I hear they rust worse in the UK then anywhere.

Wish you had put that intro up earlier. Welcome aboard Dale!

 

[NinjaPower]

Most excellent adventure Dear Boy!!

Are those Lorinser RS 90's on there??

Certainly has been
And they are Lorinser, not sure which though.. Guy came 300miles to pick those up.. Still have the centre caps from them though..lol

The rust doesn't look THAT bad....

specially compared to some cars i have seen in Toronto.

Someone in my area drives a 240D with holes in every panel!

Oh it's really is that bad... It wasn't beyond saving, but I didn't know it was worth saving till it was to late...

Probably the hidden vile rust that destroys from with in, Most of the U.K. folks I have read about theor rust is is the insidious hiddne kind and I hear they rust worse in the UK then anywhere.

Wish you had put that intro up earlier. Welcome aboard Dale!

Yeah its just our roads and weather, terrible weather and silly amounts of salt on the roads.. Kills cars... I specialise in Toyota imports and they are usually very good condition, when you compair them to uk versions its ridiculous to think they came out the same factory at the same time...
Im building a 2001 GS300(Aristo) using a uk version, it's discusting underneath.. Chassis is fine, just the subframes, arms and bars, and bolts etc are all fucked...
This Merc is the same, the chassis is pretty good, just bolt on parts and front and rear arches, and of course the rear windscreen panel are bad.. Interior was tatty too so did need a lot spent on it..

Do wish I'd restored her though.. Oh well, I'll find another

Thanks for the warm welcome:thumbsup:

 

[mclare]

Yeah its just our roads and weather, terrible weather and silly amounts of salt on the roads.. Kills cars...

Well you guys do live on a big island surrounded by salt water. I'm sure it's in the air everywhere.

 

[RockyGryphon]

That was exciting to watch. Like a car accident always is. I'm sure that tap wasn't intentional.

 

[tusabes]

So glad to see bw members not tearing into you for trashing the car -I love it!
Welcome to the forums , that's some good driving my friend ! Nice to see you had fun with it!!

 

[trooper6]

Great video!!! Looks like you had fun.

Mike