octanejunkie
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Some of you may have read my story about buying my W126 off a bunch of Bulgarian gangsters.
Well, as expected, she needs quite a lot of work to bring her up to scratch.
Mostly bodywork.
I spent my first day giving it a damn good clean, inside and out. I replaced all the interior and dashboard bulbs, and fitted a new stereo.
After standing back and having a good look, i could see bubbling around all the lower plastic cladding.
After some considerable fiddling, this was all removed (along with the ugly chrome arches). The worst places were, naturally, on the front wings. Very little was left of the lower leading edge on both sides under the plastic. The front passenger side was the worst. Before i started, this is what it looked like.
Someone has already had a go at it with filler in the past. Doesn't look too bad. Bit of grinding, maybe a few zaps from the mig to fill in some pin holes...
Hmmmm....
Well, as expected, she needs quite a lot of work to bring her up to scratch.
Mostly bodywork.
I spent my first day giving it a damn good clean, inside and out. I replaced all the interior and dashboard bulbs, and fitted a new stereo.
After standing back and having a good look, i could see bubbling around all the lower plastic cladding.
After some considerable fiddling, this was all removed (along with the ugly chrome arches). The worst places were, naturally, on the front wings. Very little was left of the lower leading edge on both sides under the plastic. The front passenger side was the worst. Before i started, this is what it looked like.
Someone has already had a go at it with filler in the past. Doesn't look too bad. Bit of grinding, maybe a few zaps from the mig to fill in some pin holes...
Hmmmm....