Rusty Pelican

Trying to find out how much this beast cost new . So far all ive got is option code prices as follows Options on the slam pan Option 470 -ABS £591.99 Option 600 - headlamp wash / wipe -£342.04 Option 412 - Electric sunroof - £848.03 Option 650 - Sportline suspension / steering box etc - £1503.96 Option 341 - side indicators - price unknown. Options not on the slam pan but in the VIN code for the car . Option 620 - catalitic convertor - price unknown. Option 570 - Armrest front - £124.55 Option 584 - F + R electric windows - £779.21 Option 430 - rear headrests - £145.35 Option 348U - Metallic paint ( ice blue ) £570.92 Option 240 - outside temp - £116.63 Option 915 - 70 ltr tank - £68.66 Option 543 - vanity mirrors twin illumination £69.78 ( unsure if thats each or a pair ) Option 281 - leather steering wheel and gearlever knob - £157.53 Option 876 - interior light ( rear ) - price unknown Option 400 - rear arm rest - price unknown Option 524 - paint preservation - price unknown . Price unknown might mean standard equipment for this car ? No idea if VAT is included or added . Anyhoo Options cost was £6379.70 if im remotely correct Still No idea how much the basic car cost before options ????

Dead Dodge Garages last vid on youtube is working on a rather knackered one of these - in a fetching shade of white and rust

£345 a year for a 1991 2.6 190E . My other two are free as around 60 years old each . i class the free ones as my way of justifying the amount on the Merc which is way less than many pay on here . its a money making exercise by the gubbermint pure and simple

Didnt know until today that Chrysler US did a stand alone brand called Imperial in 55 to 75 then again in 81 to 83 . They were the size of small asteroids

Recently bought a 190E 2.6 Sportline . stunning to drive , feels solid and handles real well , being a 2.6 its a bit thirsty but il live with this if only for the joy of driving it

They are all plastic now , i have found ten 8A and ten 25A proper ceramic ones at a local garage though , still need the 16A ones . yep mine just corroded on one end , looked perfect at a glance

Decent ones are actual ceramic , modern crap ones are thermoplastic rubbish , no they arnt supposed to melt

So this is why the Hazards didnt hazard and a few interior lights didnt get bright . didnt spot it just looking as the fuse aint blown

Bing sold by a guy on youtube who goes by the name tasty classics , seems a real honest guy , theres a few vid on this on his channel https://www.youtube.com/shorts/n9I6w0Q5M_o

OOOF Love it

Dug up some history on this here Merc . This is from a previous owners garage that they used. Sadly i dont have the original engine . This was apparently done in 2019

Never knew that , this ones a Bosch unit ,

More Merc mayhem This time disassembly and re greasing the mono wiper . Its been running slow and sometimes refuses to operate . Absolutely no grease in there whatsoever save for the remains of some sticky goo .

Fab looking car , love the interior - looks like Bridport town centre ?

Not my pic , however is this all a Range Rover is worth nowadays

Changed all the heater control bulbs in mine as I too hate bulbs that dont bulb , mine has rear leccy windows , il be checking switches tomorrow

And for my next repair . Drivers side ( UK ) mirror handle adjust in and out up and down handle doodab thingy . Busted clean off well before I got it. New handle aquired from ebay ( from Poland IIRC ) . Fitting its easy , getting the broken bit out is a right nightmare . Its riveted to the adjuster doofer and getting that outs a nightmare . basically file the top off , prise the busted bit off . File the bottom bit and punch the pin out . Fitting the new arm is the easy bit although you cant reuse the pin .In the end I used a pop rivet with a washer that only just fitted the rivet at the far end therefor pinning it altogether . pop rivets hold well but not solid so it all still pivoted OK . Loads of greas added . To compound the hell the top mirror mount screw had previously sheered off . couldnt get that out so sawed the stub off , drilled right through and locked in an M4 bolt. Anyhoos it all now works perfectly

Got them via facebook from a company called Retro Plates. When i asked if they could do it they already had the info including the phone number https://www.facebook.com/retroplates

Sod any important stuff . Lets fit the repro dealer plate on the rear . wwwtandbclassics.com is hardly 1991 🤣 Original threaded inserts were long gone and probably why the plate was stuck on ( just ) Still the holes left were perfect for M5 Rivnuts so its mounted as factory again . Not sure how accurate the font is but its the best i could get

My 65 Singer has yellow fog lamps , well the bulbs are yellow and thats how they came

Used it Friday evening for shopping , twas bloomin cold out so told Mrs Rusty to open the passenger side outer vent for some warmness , " just blows cold she piped up " , seeing as the knobs on hot thats not ideal . Research turned me into panic mode - leaky heater valves , vacuum operated this that and tother and general complications abound. Turns out whoevers been in there before didnt reconnect the vent rod back onto its knob. Took ages to fight my way in there but the result was an over whelming success . Great when you fix stuff you didnt even know was busted . Only pic i took because dead battery

New one on me 🤔 ( copied info ) Here’s something just a bit unusual we have never seen - this is a Hyundai Ford cortina , back when Hyundai started making cars they built the cortina in Korea there’s hardly any left, but if you know your history the later stellar is actually a cortina Ford never made, with a Mitsubishi engine in ! Just something a bit different …..Mitsubishi had shares in Hyundai motor company hence so much Japanese tech , and of course the early pony bore a lot of resemblance using loads of Ford bits

Not exactly ideal

New / another wheel obtained , tyre fitted and we finally have a spare wheel that fits. Weather has been appalling lately so not done much however I have fixed the drivers side sunvisor mirror / light effort . First time i used the visor the mirror cover fell on me . hinge busted clean off both sides , recon it was just placed on . Try and find a drivers grey twin light vanity mirror for a 190E thats not busted - no feekin hope , did find a pair of black ones in the EU at wallet melting cost so thats out. I did however find a visor for a W140 Right colour = check Perfect mirror assembly = check Fits perfectly = no chance in hell Plan was to remove the entire mirror and light from this and fit it into the 190E one - And it only feekin works 😁. Lots of faffing involved and the W140 ones light unit is shallower on the top so wouldnt clip in , no issue as self tapping screws to the rescue

Valance does wonders for the overall look - top modding