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Off to the body shop

Started by Jed, 03 May 2026, 09:57 PM

Jed

Hello!

It's been a while.

Well after way way too long I finally tore down the 79 dulled by the Florida sun and dropped her off at the body shop.

I am trying to figure out how to post some pics but I guess mine are too big. Gonna have to figure out how to downsize.

1979 Mercedes 6.9 #5206 - restored
1979 Mercedes 6.9 #6424 - ongoing restoration
1976 Mercedes 6.9 #484 - restoration?

PradoTDI

Tinypng.com is a good option for compressing photos, as is the application Compress. It can be hard to get photos down below the 1mb limit for this site though.
1977 450SEL
1991 Toyota LJ78/VW TDI Swap

Jed

thanks!
1979 Mercedes 6.9 #5206 - restored
1979 Mercedes 6.9 #6424 - ongoing restoration
1976 Mercedes 6.9 #484 - restoration?

daantjie

Nice 8) it's all in the prep ;)
Daniel
1977 450 SEL 6.9 - Astralsilber

PradoTDI

Looking good! I desperately wish I could do the same to mine, the 44-year old repaint is showing its age.
1977 450SEL
1991 Toyota LJ78/VW TDI Swap

ramiro

First i thought somebody pictured my car ;D  , my other 6.9 looks nearly the same right now , but after 1 week of sanding i slowly have enough of it  ;D .

Jed

Alright, looks a bit better now....back home for reassembly.

1979 Mercedes 6.9 #5206 - restored
1979 Mercedes 6.9 #6424 - ongoing restoration
1976 Mercedes 6.9 #484 - restoration?

PradoTDI

1977 450SEL
1991 Toyota LJ78/VW TDI Swap

ptashek

1993 "Pearl Blue" W124 280TE
1988 "Arctic White" W124 200T
1979 "Icon Gold" W116 450SE

Eyeman

Congrats!  A lot more than a bit better.
1963 190SL(project)
1977 6.9 (Euro)
1994 Porsche 968 Cabriolet
1994 Porsche 968 Coupe
2008 BMW 135
2017 AMG GTS

johnnyw116

#10
Looks Great in his New coat !
Mine has some holes in his coat at the moment  ;D
JohnnyW116
350SE 1974 861H
Buick Wildcat 1967 Gold mist Metallic