QLD6point9
Respectable
Good evening guys,
Just thought I would provide some more photos of my cars. In particular the donor 450SEL that I will be using mainly for its spare parts after cosmetic surgery is completed in the future on my 6.9.
Please excuse the dirty unwashed state on the 450, I am working on getting a reliable water supply in the regional area that my land and shed is located and as such I have to transport water in smaller quantities right now.
In the interim, I am going through now and ensuring (right down to any missing nuts and bolts) that the 6.9 is made complete by using spares from the donor 450. It is quite a shame for the 450, I find it hard to subject a car to its end by stripping parts off it, however I see it that in the long run; it’s going towards ensuring it’s rarer sister remains on the road viably.
The 450 donor is, I believe a German market vehicle (if the language on all the decals and fuse diagram is anything to go by). I was told it was from the UK and imported to Aus privately in 1990. Has the velour interior also (which I believe was more common on European models back then).
The odometer is showing 22,000 miles which has got to be a wind back or a discrepancy. It does appear however like a vehicle that has not done much work… everything is intact and doesn’t look flogged out which is great for the donor cause.
Anyway, just thought I would chime in and provide some more photos of the environment I’m working in and what I’m working with so to speak. Really enjoying the 6.9 experience. Hands down has to be my favorite car that I’ve ever experienced. Loving the Sherman tank build quality (just observing the quality of everything overall).
In between working away (in my job), in the times I am home I am finding myself spending half days to full days working on all the small little things that complete the 6.9 and restore its function. I am probably only (in terms of overall progress) 5% in, however I understand that this is what I signed up for and I am loving it.
My next days work on the 6.9 will be finishing off the brakes (calipers are being refurbished right now and I have other new lines and spares to be installed).
I find not focusing on everything at once, and rather making a list and tackling one area at a time until completion seems to work for myself.
Cheers again for reading and talk to you all down the line
Just thought I would provide some more photos of my cars. In particular the donor 450SEL that I will be using mainly for its spare parts after cosmetic surgery is completed in the future on my 6.9.
Please excuse the dirty unwashed state on the 450, I am working on getting a reliable water supply in the regional area that my land and shed is located and as such I have to transport water in smaller quantities right now.
In the interim, I am going through now and ensuring (right down to any missing nuts and bolts) that the 6.9 is made complete by using spares from the donor 450. It is quite a shame for the 450, I find it hard to subject a car to its end by stripping parts off it, however I see it that in the long run; it’s going towards ensuring it’s rarer sister remains on the road viably.
The 450 donor is, I believe a German market vehicle (if the language on all the decals and fuse diagram is anything to go by). I was told it was from the UK and imported to Aus privately in 1990. Has the velour interior also (which I believe was more common on European models back then).
The odometer is showing 22,000 miles which has got to be a wind back or a discrepancy. It does appear however like a vehicle that has not done much work… everything is intact and doesn’t look flogged out which is great for the donor cause.
Anyway, just thought I would chime in and provide some more photos of the environment I’m working in and what I’m working with so to speak. Really enjoying the 6.9 experience. Hands down has to be my favorite car that I’ve ever experienced. Loving the Sherman tank build quality (just observing the quality of everything overall).
In between working away (in my job), in the times I am home I am finding myself spending half days to full days working on all the small little things that complete the 6.9 and restore its function. I am probably only (in terms of overall progress) 5% in, however I understand that this is what I signed up for and I am loving it.
My next days work on the 6.9 will be finishing off the brakes (calipers are being refurbished right now and I have other new lines and spares to be installed).
I find not focusing on everything at once, and rather making a list and tackling one area at a time until completion seems to work for myself.
Cheers again for reading and talk to you all down the line
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