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Fixed my car!!!!

Started by jtwoods4, 24 September 2018, 12:09 AM

jtwoods4

A couple years ago I was in an accident and totaled out my beautiful 1980 300sd. The car was in pristine condition with a hundred and forty thousand miles on it and I had restored it meticulously over the years and everything worked perfect. Then I rear-ended somebody and this happened.

I had a parts car and I had the core support cut out and welded into the crashed car. took the radiator and AC condenser out of the parts car and had them restored at the radiator shop. Also took the fan, electric fan, headlights bumper Fender hood and grill from the parts car. the crash may not have looked that bad but man it was a tedious job getting the car back together. anyway look at the after pictures I still need to do some painting but it looks great and everything works perfect again.

1980 300SD

Squiggle Dog

Great job! Too many people would have junked it just because of a little body damage.
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1967 W110 Universal Wagon, Euro, Turbo Diesel, Tail Fins, 4 Speed Manual Column Shift, A/C
1980 W116 300SD Turbo Diesel, DB479 Walnut Brown, Sunroof, Heated Seats, 350,000+

jtwoods4

I had way too much time and effort in the car to junk it. the dash on the car had actually come out at one point and some of the vacuum pods have been replaced. That's really the point of no return in a restoration. Wouldn't want to have to do that on another car.
1980 300SD

rumb

Congrats on saving your car! 
'68 250S
'77 6.9 Euro
'91 300SE,
'98 SL500
'14 CLS550,
'16 AMG GTS
'21 E450 Cabrio

jtwoods4

1980 300SD

raueda1

Almost cried when I saw the crash ppic.  Beautiful work!  And thank God for parts cars.
-Dave
Now:  1976 6.9 Euro, 2015 GL550
Before that:  1966 230S, 1964 220SE coupe, 1977 Carrera 3.0

Mergyver

Nice job JTwoods! Don't forget to send us pictures after the new paint.
1974 450SEL
1979 300SD
1989 560SL
2005 E320 CDI Recently deceased

jtwoods4

1980 300SD

avantbenz

Hey, nice work! She looks gorgeous!
Daily Driving 'Patience' ~ 1980 300SD

jtwoods4

Quote from: avantbenz on 10 October 2018, 04:41 PM
Hey, nice work! She looks gorgeous!

thank you I just got the salvage title recertified as a rebuilt title and its road legal again!
1980 300SD

gf

Good work! What did you crash into? I'm guessing yours ended up the cheaper fix

jtwoods4

Rear ended someone on the interested during traffic. Just got car back from Paint today.

1980 300SD

goldacre

Awesome  :-* it is a great feeling to get back in possession after a negative event and admire the new paint and panels. Enjoy!

Which engine are you running in her?

G
12/1979 450 SEL 148K on clock (museum piece)
12/1986 Lotus Esprit Turbo 87K on clock 'Darling, look what Q has brought for us, isn't it nice' :)

floyd111

That"s so much better! I sure hope I will never have to see that happen to my car, but it's a comfort to see stuff can be fixed. -at a cost. Well done!

goldacre

Ooops, it's a 300D  ::) saw a bit of the engine and thought it was a V8, are those motors slanted?

G
12/1979 450 SEL 148K on clock (museum piece)
12/1986 Lotus Esprit Turbo 87K on clock 'Darling, look what Q has brought for us, isn't it nice' :)