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Hi Bryce, lots of good work on your 450SLC.. Did you manage to rectify the water leak ? I am just not quite sure if I am following your threads correctly. Unfortunately, your backseat is typical of wear and collapse normally is found so readily in 6.9's, with horsehair disintegrating to...

I have seen Bryce's car when I had the opportunity to examine it in full detail. There is no doubt that the Cabriolets of the '60s are just simply a beautiful and stunning car. Perpetual elegance comes to mind, rarely bettered by not too many other cars of that period. Certainly not even a Rover...

It is with great reluctance that you are being advised that membership to topklasse.org is hereby withdrawn. Your attitude has left Administration with no alternative, plus you have not contributed for twelve years. Thanking you.

Hi Jim, congratulations from me as well. It is great that you managed to move it and, whatsmore, at somewhere near a reasonable price. Your car looked great and well cared for. Now,I've got to say something to you - we are gonna have a get together at some time, and it is a absolute MUST that...

It is a job that can be done quite efficiently by an expert, such as Parks. Getting the old stuff is reasonably easy. The secret is to orbital sand the old, hard glue as best as possible and then apply PROFESSIONSAL thin glue twice. Wait for the initial application to be better than touch dry...

Personally, both cars fall well short of a "5" rating. All things considered, a "3.5" would be appropriate - perhaps. The interior of both cars need a $10K. refit, if you want something that's really worthwhile keeping in the long term. They seem quite similar in quality to a car that's just...

I have in my Bookmarks system a host of "do this" or "don't do this" on a number of the slightly more modern Mercedes Benzes - say 2002 to about 2012 - right ? My God, there are some real horror stories, but I try and refrain from posting them on TK as I don't want to be the proverbial knocker...

Hi Jim, I am very sorry to hear of your predicament. I can understand very clearly where you are coming from and I wish you the best of luck in your endeavours to sell the car. Do you have alternative transport facilities to take the place of your Mercedes ? Furthermore, I do hope that your...

Hi Gordon, in days gone by, I did have a couple on hand. As you rightly point out, the covering (material) invariably turns to "dust" and can become quite an eyesore. Parks did make up a new panel from some type of board, and we'd then use genuine Mercedes carpet like material to cover the...

Hi JimB, good to see you in the TK pages again. I am sorry that I never paid much attention to you when you first joined. Sometimes, every day life, including my automotive endeavours, just get on top of you and it just seems so difficult to get in front of the keyboard and "pour out your...

Hi Ozbenzhead, not wishing to offend you in any way, but I need to tell you that it is heartening to know that you are still alive and kicking - well certainly your literary mind is still as brilliant as ever. I know you did have some health issues at one stage, but I hope that all is well now...

A fair bit of detective work would be required to source further details of the fate and whereabouts of the car(s). Unfortunately, Bill is no longer with us, but I wonder if WA residents could help ? We have Tim (I think) in WA, but topklasse is not his favourite hideaway. How about NAB, our...

Well, I certainly went ahead with the replacement of all of my doors from a Silver Green that I dismantled, and I also fitted all of the glass from that car to my Gleaming Beauty. Talking about tints from manufacturers or otherwise, when Julie bought her Honda Jazz in 2013 (yes, eight years...

This one, with its blue leather, may perhaps be a "cleaner" interior than the Bordeaux Red Mark III that I have commented upon, yet looking at the replacement carpet, the gearbox tunnel carpeting is very plain and lacks that little square moulded section on top of the gearbox tunnel when it came...

The The interior really illustrates the hard life it has had. One could say it is probably typical of a well used car, with an interior that's now forty five years old. Granted, there is just about "very little" that one could fault with the exterior and engine bay appearance of the car...

Not replying to any of the posts submitted - not right now, anyway. However, this has got to be just about the find of the week, even at the advertised price. It's got to be one of the very best Coupes you are ever likely to see. It's almost brand new looking, or it has been restored to an...

Unfortunately, the only 126 items I have are a 6 cylinder and 8 cylinder Ignition Modules. Plenty of w116 spares, but they are of no use to you. I still have a tinted rear screen for a 450SL that you already know about. I have been reluctant to put it on ebay in view of your previous interest...

Well C107, that's quite amazing. I found that the Citroen was peaking out at about 150 km/h, and we were urging it along at that speed - you know, when you're riding a horse and you're geeing it up. There was very little left in the Citroen. The turbo version was considerably more sprightly, but...

That last post was back in 2008 and I certainly have to eat my words. Oz country nowadays is home to many 2.2 litre Turbocharged Diesels fitted to many SUVs, particularly the Koreans. In fact, a number of SUVs and Sedans have reduced capacity back to 1.5 and 1.0-1.1cc turbocharged Diesels...

Attached please find an excellent expose of the 6.9's Hydraulic Suspension set-up. Regards Styria