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[Richard]

Who is it?

[nisfan]

Hes on the autoshite facejotter group among many others, when posting photos of cars his first photo is a photo of him with the car in the background, a lot of pisstaking ensued and he no longer does it.

[DodgyBastard]

DSC_0760 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

DSC_0775 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

DSC_0765 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

DSC_0750 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

 

Well... This was unexpected! My first Mercedes, it's a bit of a shed but I love it.

[Supernaut]

  On 20/06/2016 at 20:59, FOAD said:

it's a bit of a shed

That's a given with you.

 

Pot, kettle, black.

[DodgyBastard]

  On 20/06/2016 at 21:01, Supernaut said:

That's a given with you.

 

Pot, kettle, black.

 

You'll be pleased to hear that instead of being a proper petrol head and swapping the 240 for a t5, I instead swapped it for this shed.

[Jim Bell]

It's class in a dirty glass.

[captain_70s]

Crusty 2.0 W123. OOOFT.

 

Only way it could be better is if it was a NA diesel estate...

[mercrocker]

Bloody hell that's nice.   Base Merc is the only way to Merc.     

 

Flog the plate to a W126 coupe licker and you'll have a year's free taxi-ing

[spartacus]

Looks great, lightweight spec too, with the keep fit windows. Proper summer cruiser, a definite beaver magnet.

[DodgyBastard]

I'm enjoying wafting around in this barge, I've been driving it to work this week and apart from the play in the steering and the diff whining its a decent old car to drive. It does need a good scrub inside and a patch welding on the rear but other than that its solid enough.

 

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[oldcars]

Looks smart. Looks better with the red trims on, does it have all 4?

[mercrocker]

  On 20/06/2016 at 22:03, spartacus said:

 a definite beaver magnet.

  

Must be true - my 280E got me through a divorce, an affair, 2 girlfriends and ended up being the present Mrs Rocker's daily for a while.

[billyboy406v6]

A Mercedes Benz in the fleet, you have achieved the ultimate in AS history.

[dome]

How is Foadwerx tyre fitting services these days? Got some tyres to swap onto the Freelanders rims, happy to pay a few quid for a shot of your apparatus. Cough.

[DodgyBastard]

  On 24/06/2016 at 11:32, dome said:

How is Foadwerx tyre fitting services these days? Got some tyres to swap onto the Freelanders rims, happy to pay a few quid for a shot of your apparatus. Cough.

 

 

Bring them along and you can have a go.

[dome]

  On 24/06/2016 at 13:38, FOAD said:

Bring them along and you can have a go.

 

Cheers, I'll drop you a message and head over some time. be good to see your fleet too...

[DodgyBastard]

Hubcaps back on!

 

DSC_0796 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

It does have a full set, I took them off to see what it looked like with just black steels but I think I prefer the hubcaps even if the red centres look a bit barry.

[anonymous user]

No, the body colour on the hub-caps looks old money (where old money was, by then, not much money, so they bought the base model and kept it forever)

[DodgyBastard]

 

Something exciting happened!

Initially I had thought there might have been a separate key for the door lock as the key went in but didn't give any hint of actually turning. After removing a couple of screws and battering it with a mallet I nearly managed to remove the door handle. I chucked some oil at it and with a bit of wiggling I managed to free it off. I fitted the handle back onto the door and now it locks.

Earlier I tried adjusting the play in the steering with the locknut on the steering box, I had read online that a little bit of play was needed to stop prematurely wearing out the box so left a little bit of play in the steering wheel and took it for a drive.

It still feels a bit unstable but certainly better, I'm not sure if it's down to the tyres, tracking or steering box.

[Noel Tidybeard]

i would imagine the nut behind the steering wheel may also be a contributing factor

[Felly Magic]

I know they did an even worse version than this, a 240D auto, lots of noise, with little progress

[CortinaDave]

Rene the 18 looks much better back in red. nice one!

[NorfolkNWeigh]

I notice it's got a sunroof , is it the manual slider that feels as if you could use it as guillotine if you close it at the same time as braking? The electric one on a 280 I had was nowhere near as much fun.

[Lacquer Peel]

  On 25/06/2016 at 00:00, Felly Magic said:

I know they did an even worse version than this, a 240D auto, lots of noise, with little progress

I'm sure you could get a 200D auto as well.

Relaxing.

I've driven a 240D manual and it went ok, you just need to drive around the lack of power.

[romania00]

That Merc looks great!It nearly looks like brand new!

[DodgyBastard]

Bosch pumped ZX Volcane for £100?

 

ZX Volcane by srblythe, on Flickr

 

DSC_0805 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

Who could resist?

[bramz7]

Excellent find and purchase. You should send photos of it to the guy on eBay who has been trying to sell one for £2k for over 2 months…..

[DodgyBastard]

  On 25/06/2016 at 18:35, bramz7 said:

Excellent find and purchase. You should send photos of it to the guy on eBay who has been trying to sell one for £2k for over 2 months…..

 

I haven't purchased it just yet, I may need to clear some more space. Also got a Subaru Forester coming next week.

[dome]

Good job, they're cracking cars. Get this pump turned up on that bad boy...

[Jim Bell]

Ah man I've always wanted a good Volcane. Is this one haggard?