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350SE takes a knock

Started by s class, 04 July 2012, 01:18 PM

KenM

What a sad sight, as you say one of the risks involved in daily driving but that was such a lovely car, hope it all comes back together ok.

Gerard

My sympathies also, keep us informed on the repair progress.
G

Gerhard

Quote from: Major Tom 6.9 on 05 July 2012, 04:18 AM
Wow i gotta move to south africa, 2k wouldnt even cover a key scratch here  8)
Just remember our exchange rate to your dollar is about 8.3. In ZAR that amounts to about ZAR16,000 wich is a lot of money. Shopping arround you can pick up a good running w116 for this price

Squiggle Dog

Oh no! I liked that car. I wish you success in repairing it. It's a good thing you weren't in a flimsy car, looking at the location of impact.
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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+

s class

Damaged sill stripped and etch primed:



Dented A-pillar :



and resulting misalignment of front door :





[color=blue]'76 6.9 Euro[/color], [color=red]'78 6.9 AMG[/color], '80 280SE, [color=brown]'74 350SE[/color], [color=black]'82 500SEL euro full hydro, '83 500SEL euro full hydro [/color], '81 500SL

s class

Delivered to Goldstar :







[color=blue]'76 6.9 Euro[/color], [color=red]'78 6.9 AMG[/color], '80 280SE, [color=brown]'74 350SE[/color], [color=black]'82 500SEL euro full hydro, '83 500SEL euro full hydro [/color], '81 500SL

s class

Progress meeting :

A-pillar pulled into alignment :



About to start pulling the sill :



[color=blue]'76 6.9 Euro[/color], [color=red]'78 6.9 AMG[/color], '80 280SE, [color=brown]'74 350SE[/color], [color=black]'82 500SEL euro full hydro, '83 500SEL euro full hydro [/color], '81 500SL

TJ 450

Nice progress indeed, great stuff. 8)

By the look of things, damage was superficial.

I look forward to the resulting awesomeness. :)

Tim

1976 450SEL 6.9 1432
1969 300SEL 6.3 1394
2003 ML500

s class

The chassis guy did complain that the A-pillar was, in his words, very hard metal, and although it hadn't deflected much, a lot of force was required to being it back into alignment. 


[color=blue]'76 6.9 Euro[/color], [color=red]'78 6.9 AMG[/color], '80 280SE, [color=brown]'74 350SE[/color], [color=black]'82 500SEL euro full hydro, '83 500SEL euro full hydro [/color], '81 500SL

s class

Progress meeting this morning :

A pillar required twisting to reverse the accident damage before the panels could be aligned.  Alignment is now spot-on with perfect panel gaps :







The replacement front door came from the ex-fire-damaged 280S, and had a nasty dent near the top where rooftiles had fallen on it.  I elected to use this door despite the dent, because it was rust free.  The panel bloke has straightened it perfectly :





[color=blue]'76 6.9 Euro[/color], [color=red]'78 6.9 AMG[/color], '80 280SE, [color=brown]'74 350SE[/color], [color=black]'82 500SEL euro full hydro, '83 500SEL euro full hydro [/color], '81 500SL

TJ 450

Excellent,

It's looking nice and straight indeed.

Tim
1976 450SEL 6.9 1432
1969 300SEL 6.3 1394
2003 ML500

s class

The car has one of those key-locks mounted in the body near the fuel filler from a vintage early 80's alarm system.  Clearly this is the time to deal with that, so I 've OK'd welding the hole up, and painting the whole side of the car.  I fear that the final bill is now nearer $3k than $2k.  Hmmm. 


[color=blue]'76 6.9 Euro[/color], [color=red]'78 6.9 AMG[/color], '80 280SE, [color=brown]'74 350SE[/color], [color=black]'82 500SEL euro full hydro, '83 500SEL euro full hydro [/color], '81 500SL

Big_Richard

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s class

Last pre-paint inspection at Goldstar this morning :

An old alarm-key-lock near the fuel filler was eliminated and welded :



Ripples in rear door elimintated by pinning, no fillers used :



Replacement front door, getting prepped for colour change inside :
The dents were eliminated by pinning and a thin lead wipe :



Frame and sill pulled out :



Bonnet was stripped to metal, and the waves pinned out.  No filler, no lead. 



[color=blue]'76 6.9 Euro[/color], [color=red]'78 6.9 AMG[/color], '80 280SE, [color=brown]'74 350SE[/color], [color=black]'82 500SEL euro full hydro, '83 500SEL euro full hydro [/color], '81 500SL

oversize

Where's Gold Star???  Looks like they do some nice work....
1979 6.9 #5541 (Red Bull)
1978 6.9 #4248 (Skye)
1979 6.9 #3686 (Moby Dick)
1978 6.9 #1776 (Dora)
1977 450SEL #7010 white -P
1975 450SEL #8414 gold -P