gadgetgricey Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 8 minutes ago, Steve79 said: I see you're selling this Same truck, but dont think its being sold by @HMC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 Yes, that Mercedes is the same color as a wet nutra. I see them around here. Quite why they picked that as an analogy is beyond me, they're ugly, aggressive things. Imagine a rat the size of a badger. Ours not to reason why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookiesouwest Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 8 minutes ago, gadgetgricey said: Same truck, but dont think its being sold by @HMC. Unless @HMC has a little sideline going we didn't know about eddyramrod, twosmoke300 and HMC 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom13 Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 On 6/18/2022 at 6:26 PM, HMC said: Been using the pickup and marvelling at how Un rotten it is. Minimal rustproofing and paint , and in quite a few places no seam sealer even. 45 Californian years have helped a lot. The British climate is a force to be reckoned with and would soon start dissolving the body. I cleaned up things with a wire brush and as it is all so clean I decided to take inspiration from the underbody prep that @TripleRich did on his Granada. After wire brushing and panel wiping I painted some por 15 over the panels. Where there is no seam sealer I will apply some tiger seal with a scotchbrite pad and then after preparing the surface use some upol gravitex stone guard and pump the box sections with wax. I’m doing it in sections, Its a slow steady process but it’s very therapeutic! Is this the rust preventative paint? How far do those small tins go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted July 3, 2022 Author Share Posted July 3, 2022 Time for an update. I Sold the Chevy pickup to a local farmer who deals in American cars. I think he’s selling it which is what he does as he’s a dealer. I had an easy sale and he should eventually make some money when it sells. I’ve had an itch for some time for an S class coupe. I’ve owned most Mercedes’ models made 1972-2006ish but not the coupe made during their fall from grace years at the tail end of that period. It was at the money that broken ones go for (usual quick visual of them sunk on their bump stops ) But this one was not broken. It’s a 2002 cl500 so basically the “base” model. Still that gives you heated electric soft close everything so it’s all relative. All of that works too, plus at the time of writing the active hydropneumatic suspension works, which is basically the most complex and clever / borkable system they could devise at the time. I also recently bought an w124 estate which I don’t think I’ve mentioned before. It’s a 1991 230te. I was particularly taken with the indestructible cream mb tex (vinyl) interior which is very old school MB. gadgetgricey, Dan the van, Tickman and 31 others 34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan the van Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 I spent a very pleasant 2 weeks tooling around Cornwall in a CL500.A glorious car all round and a firm favourite.A CL55 Kompressor would be my perfect car.👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted July 20, 2022 Author Share Posted July 20, 2022 I checked all the obvious on the Krusty Koupe re why the cooling fan wasn’t coming on, and guesstimated that the module that regulates the fan was not regulating. Any second hand fan assembly for a CL is in the hundreds on e bay, but a bit of Googling and wishful thinking saw me source an essentially identical and way more numerous c class fan assembly for £not much. I dissected out the important bits and tested the module and 600w fan on the car to test the theory… And it came on when needed. Plugging the connector back into the original assembly brought back on the “coolant see garage” warning on the dash, and the usual dead fan. Result. So I’ll swap the bits over at the weekend and have a cooling system that behaves itself enough for a British summer. Cord Fourteener, loserone, Broadsword and 19 others 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 You can keep the terrifyingly complex coupe but I do like the estate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broadsword Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 Both Mercs looking lovely. Really like the W124 though. How much are those coupes these days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted July 21, 2022 Author Share Posted July 21, 2022 52 minutes ago, Broadsword said: Both Mercs looking lovely. Really like the W124 though. How much are those coupes these days? It varies quite a bit. Projects seem to start at about £1k with something that’s a going concern £1-2k something that needs nothing Seems to be £3-5k. They appear fetch more than saloons and about the same as the estates. Convertibles are another matter entirely but appear to my eyes less expensive than they used to be. Broadsword 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted August 6, 2022 Author Share Posted August 6, 2022 So I was down to 2 mercs and I really wanted to have something with a stupid engine and a lot of seats, and I wanted if possible to emulate the vibe of an unsuccessful Moscow crack dealer. Hence a road trip is under way in my 220ce, complete with young copilots, to see what we can do about that. Sunny Jim, Jim Bell, Dyslexic Viking and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookiesouwest Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Chop speed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadgetgricey Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Its finally happened., @HMC has purchased all the local chod at a decent price and is now travelling further afield. He's agreed to take South England and @theshadow is taking the North. There is going to be nothing left for the rest of us. Good luck and hope everything goes to plan. I'm guessing RR Sport, but don't think enough seats. sdkrc, Jim Bell, Shite Ron and 8 others 4 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookiesouwest Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 38 minutes ago, gadgetgricey said: Its finally happened., @HMC has purchased all the local chod at a decent price and is now travelling further afield. He's agreed to take South England and @theshadow is taking the North. There is going to be nothing left for the rest of us. Good luck and hope everything goes to plan. I'm guessing RR Sport, but don't think enough seats. Both will start making franchises available, so the rest of us can have a chance gadgetgricey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernMonkey Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Bearing in mind both my W210 and the Z3 came into the autoshite fold courtesy of your good self, I’m looking forward to finding out what I’m going to be driving next year. AnnoyingPentium, SRi05, Cookiesouwest and 4 others 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenson Velcro Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 2 minutes ago, NorthernMonkey said: I’m looking forward to finding out what I’m going to be driving next week. Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 2 hours ago, HMC said: unsuccessful Moscow crack dealer. Fumbler, Lacquer Peel, andyberg and 5 others 1 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 1 hour ago, mitsisigma01 said: That there is the next Russian president, for when the current one drops dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookiesouwest Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Its a hell of a road trip. 4hrs and not a single update yet. May have been pulled over by the cops, because he looked like a Russian crack dealer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Busy fluffin putin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted August 6, 2022 Author Share Posted August 6, 2022 Apologies for the cliche but the distance and destination are accurate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted August 6, 2022 Author Share Posted August 6, 2022 Although I’m really hoping minimal walking involved Tickman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted August 6, 2022 Author Share Posted August 6, 2022 As I was passing by, I couldn’t resist 360 issues of car 1985-2015 en route neil1971, gadgetgricey, RoadworkUK and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Merc, stupid engine and lots of seats - R500? gadgetgricey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 2 minutes ago, wuvvum said: Merc, stupid engine and lots of seats - O530G? EFA (Edited for Autoshite) Cookiesouwest and catsinthewelder 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted August 6, 2022 Author Share Posted August 6, 2022 Tebay has been achieved CaptainBoom, Coprolalia, rainagain and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Many seats and stupid engine Campbell's camper? twosmoke300 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted August 6, 2022 Author Share Posted August 6, 2022 Just north of Glasgow, Unsuccessful Moscow based crack dealer transportation UNLOCKED ML55 AMG: 5.4L 340bhp, 7 seats. MPG? umm not many of those 😂 320touring, Broadsword, wuvvum and 40 others 43 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schaefft Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 There was one of these in my estate with a smashed up Brabus front bumper. Probably one of the cheapest entry points for an AMG that has ever existed, yours however seems a lot nicer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Nice! I'm assuming you're going to drive the ML home and your lads are going to follow you back in the 220CE? CreepingJesus, camryv6 and Six-cylinder 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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