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Started by 500eguy, 29 February 2008, 01:52 PM

500eguy

Here are a couple of pictures i took yesterday. More to come, just thought i would share my progress:)




WGB


Mforcer

Michael
1977 450SE [Brilliant Red]
2006 B200

500eguy

Bill, Thanks for the Kind words. Although i Bow down to your car, i used it as inspiration to get off my arse and do all the AMG mods to mine. :)

Mforcer: Thanks for the Compliments.

more pictures to follow.

Andrew280SEL

That looks really awesome Johnny ;)

I'm doing a kind of similar thing to my 350SE, but it needs quite a lot of work.

Can't wait for more pics! :)
'79 280SEL- 560,000 Kms
'73 350SE- getting an AMG facelift
'79 450SEL 6.9

nathan

that is pretty good looking jonny! are you going to go with euro headlights?
is that a respray on the car as the paint looks very glossy!
what happened to that old faded blue thing you bought?
regards
1979 116 6.9 #6436
2018 213 e63
2011 212 e63
2011 212 e250cgi
2011 463 g55
2007 211 e500 wagen
1995 124 e320 cabriolet
1995 140 s600
1983 460 300gd
1981 123 280te

arman

Astonishing! This looks like a new car to me! Nice bumpers too. Is this a dark blue or a black car?

Regards and have fun!
1974 W116 450 SEL 340.000km
Black exterior (040), olive green velours interior (966)
[url="http://gallery.w116.org/v/show_room/Armans450sel/"]http://gallery.w116.org/v/show_room/Armans450sel/[/url]

500eguy

The car is as black as they come:) ok here are some better pictures, i painted the Grill black today, it actually looks a lot better in black then in grey. So far i have installed

-Euro Bumpers
-AMG Front Valence
-Amg Rear Badge
-AMG 16 inch Pentas
-AMG steering wheel
-Dash Cap
- Remove Cats
-Becker Mexico

Things I have yet to do:

-Find AMG rear Tail
-Install euro Headlights
-Fix Leaky Fuel Distributor
-lower car about 1.5 to 2 inches
- Install a hose to route cold air into Intake
-Find AMG exhaust / Make a replica AMG exhaust
-Possible buy and install "new modern" Becker Mexico








What i started with, in case you guys forgot what it looked like,




500eguy

i still need to take more pictures, but gives you guys a good idea of the transformation.

Andrew280SEL

Wow!! Johnny, I gotta say that is amazing! :)

It's an absolute stunner, and I agree that the black grill looks way better. It's very inspirational.

You must be very proud  :)
'79 280SEL- 560,000 Kms
'73 350SE- getting an AMG facelift
'79 450SEL 6.9

oscar

I can't get over the look of the paint.  It looks amazing 500. 

You know what else would just finish it - clear indicators/turn signals and tail lights.  It's an old topic but the black/chrome effect would be complete with all round clear lights I reckon.  Of course no one makes them unfortunately.
1973 350SE, my first & fave

500eguy

i think i am going to smoke spray the tail lights and the signals. We should look into making smoked corners and tails for our cars.

oscar

I forgot about smoked.  They would look great IMO.
1973 350SE, my first & fave

116Benz

I have seen in some old "In Aller Welt" magazines that Italian spec 116's had clear lenses and the barest of amber inserts right at the front of the lens. I wonder if there are any that still exist..

Andrew280SEL

I can't get over how awesome that car looks  :)

I swear, surely people who see it on the street would think it's a car worth (in todays money) tens of thousands more than it is?  ;)
'79 280SEL- 560,000 Kms
'73 350SE- getting an AMG facelift
'79 450SEL 6.9