There are more than a few spots of rust on this car that need to be fixed, but by far the worst panel on the whole car is the passenger side front wing with rust holes big enough to get a fist through and mostly held together by the paint. There are a few optionsContinue reading “A start to the bodywork repairs”
Category Archives: Bodywork
Sprung a leak!
Another catch-up post from last year… I didn’t plan to do any work on the car over Christmas, yet I still found myself in the back of it trying to secure an 8 foot tall inflatable reindeer, because where else would you put one other than on the roof of a somewhat sorry looking W123?Continue reading “Sprung a leak!”
Pass the Jenolite!
(Other rust treatment products are available…..) Today I spent a bit of time poking around the car in more depth than I had up until now, looking for as many areas of rust as I can find to try and get an idea of how much work there is to do. First job was toContinue reading “Pass the Jenolite!”
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Scrub-a-dub-dub
So the car has been sitting on my drive for a week now and this weekend to force a bit of initial progress I decided to give it a quick wash down with the pressure washer, mainly to try and get the moss out of any crevices that would hold water and lead to furtherContinue reading “Scrub-a-dub-dub”
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Mercedes W123 230 Restoration 