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Other people tinkering with W116 in Taiwan, apparently.

Started by floyd111, 30 June 2021, 07:49 PM


UTn_boy

Did they not know that the correct velour carpeting is available?.....they matched the new carpet color to the dirty carpet color of the original.  I give the an A for effort, but an F on restoring it to original.  And they called the wood walnut.....it's zebrano.  But that's nitpicking.  Even so, I'd much rather seen one still alive and kicking than to be rotting away in a driveway.  Good on them!  :)
1966 250se coupe`,black/dark green leather
1970 600 midnight blue/parchment leather
1971 300sel 6.3,papyrus white/dark red leather
1975 450se, pine green metallic/green leather
1973 300sel 4.5,silver blue metallic/blue leather
1979 450sel 516 red/bamboo

rumb

'68 250S
'77 6.9 Euro
'91 300SE,
'98 SL500
'14 CLS550,
'16 AMG GTS
'21 E450 Cabrio

ptashek

Quote from: floyd111 on 30 June 2021, 07:49 PM
Comments on the work?

Pure speculation here... but!
Your parts go missing, and suddenly a new project like this pops up when there was none before?
Have you wondered how many of your parts are in that car?

I'd be asking some probing questions I think.
1993 "Pearl Blue" W124 280TE
1988 "Arctic White" W124 200T
1979 "Icon Gold" W116 450SE

daantjie

I can see Stan sending over the heavies with some baseball bats ::)
Daniel
1977 450 SEL 6.9 - Astralsilber

floyd111

Yaeh, I spoke of that before. My parts are all over the net here, easy to recognize, rare as can be. Been going on for several years. Can't do nothing about it, for they weren't the ones who took the stuff. They bought it from the thief, or the thief's contact contact etc.
Well, what I can do is avoid any local W116/W123 googles That's just self-torture.
And yes, there has been a very noticble boom in Taiwan W116. At least 3 or 4 cars have popped up in the last 2-3 years, one of them seemingly wellrestored with more than a few of my parts, the other 3 a mixed bunch, barely made drivable, partially with my parts.

Then there is this thing, a factory-built 450SEL Limo with inner glass partition, it seems.It's very shiny and has to cost at least 25 grand to obtain the slip. No doubt a fresh US import with swapped Taiwan original plates from a dump-donor. So iat least it's "legal" to drive.
https://www.ruten.com.tw/item/show?22052418128577

Maybe a GoFundMe page? "Stan needs W116!" ;D