My Cars Or.. An extended Intro

[Tony66_au]

Adam, No they are not Centra's.

and....................

TADAAAAAAAAA  One washed 280S

[oversize]

I thought you'd have to wash it a thousand times to find out what colour it was!  LOL!  Nice work Tony and a great barn find!  BTW if you wanna build up oil pressure before starting, blow out the plug wells with compressed air and then pull the plugs.  It makes cranking easier on all the naughty bits.... that'll cost you $$$!!!!   

[Tony66_au]

Yeah I forgot to add that to the tute mate, honestly what kind of numpty cranks a donk with the plugs in? :-)

BTW I havent seen it cleaned in daylight as I passed the Tow truck about 20 km from my place as I was heading off to see a man about a dog.

I called Jenna and told her the car would be there in 15 and where the cash was to pay him, Got a heads up when the op was done and dusted and a request to clean for which i gave a go ahead (Hose and wash brush only, no detergent) and not only did Jen get stuck in but most of the kids helped out as well.

I reckon they might be getting into this whole Mercedes thing.........................

[gf]

the white barn find is great! body looks pretty straight.its amazing how well old benzes shine up with a little work. looks a million bucks- from the photos! I just noticed the aerial position on these cars varies- anyone know why?
I dare you to drive to town at night with the mask and offer someone a lift!
Great work Tony!

[Tony66_au]

Ahhhh yes, the aerial pozzy on this old girl has been shifted from the front rhs guard/fender to where it is now as evidenced by the emerging bog (Bondo) work filling the original hole..........

From 20 feet she looks very nice, closer up? Not so much lol

Accident repair evidence, miss matched colour (Whites a bugger to match) and peeling Chrome from the accident repair.

I still haven't done a full recce BTW BUT she is honest, im the 3rd owner and she was looked after so fingers crossed!

[Tony66_au]

Just a few flaws

[TJ 450]

That's looking pretty good.

So you reckon the rear end has taken a bit of a hit and the bumper straightened out?

Still, it's taken far less of a beating than my 280S, mine has side swiped a tree or something so needs both LH doors and the fender replaced as they are all mangulated LOL.

Tim

[Tony66_au]

I quizzed the former owner today about a few anomalies as I had to return some personal possessions and tools I found and got the story about the bingle.

Bad enough to warrant a new rear guard/ 1/4, bootlid etc but the work seems ok and I put the paint mismatch to age issues.

Anyway, got her started..........

Air cleaner off and all prep done including fresh oil as the old stuff was..... Old lol

started using fresh fuel and a facet pump which nicely primed the carby with no evident leaks.

Fuel primed she started first hit and settled into a high idle on choke for 3 or 4 mins, vacuum is fine, temp to 40 unpressurised and she sounds sweet as a nut.

Shut down and left for 10 mins and a cuppa and restarted briefly to once again resume a slightly lower RPM fast idle with a few blips and then shut down again after running the trans in Neutral for a few mins to get the fluids circulating, the trans was serviced a month before the car was stored BTW but I will still be changing the fluids.

So far? So good.

[Tony66_au]

As of 5pm today she is fully mobile, starts like a dream, idles high still but id bet the lack of aircleaner doesnt help and the auto seems firm and crisp.

Fitted a slightly worn set of 14" 2nd hand tyres to her as well and all seems well in the stopping and turning dept so now its down to the nitty gritty, bodywork, some paint and hoses as well as fluids.

I  am A-frikken-mazed at this old girls eagerness to please!

[Tony66_au]

While im waiting for funding to buy the tuneup bits for the 280 the car count has increased exponentially.........

3 more since the 280S....................

So now i have to find some suitable space and its looking more and more like the Brown 450 is to be parts.....

[Tony66_au]

This one I have yet to collect..............



Let me explain,

I have one of these, a rather nice sedan with all the fruit that died on me a few years back.

My 18 year old son needs a car and has limited funding.....

So the red wagon get cannibalised to get the Sedan running well again.

[TJ 450]

I was going to say, it looks like that red Falcon may need a bit of work.

Tim

[gf]

Cool tony! Looks like youre keeping yourself very busy with cars!!!! You going to give it another name? Maybe you could call her julia gillard- her fellow pollies want to cannabilise her too

[Tony66_au]

Yeah id get arrested for commenting on that particular subject GF lol

Its a parts donor im betting although im told its tidy the 4.0 lt 6 in it is a single point injection (TBI) and the Injection system on the Fairmont Ghia is Multipoint with tweaks to the EEC IV system although im removing these if "the boy" gets the car.

EB's are not worth $500 these days and yet they are still a great car to drive country miles in and the Luxo barge is in very very good nick for its age so she gets recycled and passed on.

Dont get me wrong though im not giving him the car, he will be paying me off @ $300 a month but the total cost will include 12 months rego, Extended 3rd party/fire/theft insurance and RACV membership  (RACV is Triple A/Auto club etc) so I know he is covered.

He doesnt like the car but his choices are Walk, Ride his Treadly or Drive da green Falcon lol

[oversize]

I think the EA TB engines were a 3.9 and the 4.0 came later