sad news, crashed my car...

[st4]

I'm sorry to here of this but you really should get your car mended, especially as there are so few of them these days.

 

[Myros]

Niall, the moral of this story is

always be in the Mercedes in one of these situations. Just imagine how you'd feel if you'd have whacked (your) Merc as hard with a Ford. Not half as healthy i'd bet.

Nice car, quite right to be cross with whatever fate you choose to blame, but at the end of the day it's just a ( expensive) bit of metal. You and the other guy walked away to drive another day. That is really what matters.

 

[anyweb]

thanks for all the kind words guys, ! well i started the process of getting it back in action today after work, and removed the side wing, it was very easy to do so, they sure made the cars easy to work with back then... and wow the headlight still worked under all the carnage heh

here's some photos of what I did today, the first photo is of the actual roadway where the accident happened, i drove that way today home from work.... you can make out the skid marks on the road if you look at the photo carefully...

the rest of the photos show the car with the wing removed and the great state that the car is in underneath the wing, there is some damage to the under steel frame but it looks fixable even for a novice like me,

cheers
anyweb

 

[television]

That sure is clean under there, not too bad a fix

 

[anyweb]

yup and i'm pleased to see that theres hope but sadly the bonnet is dented, is that fixable ?

 

[television]

yup and i'm pleased to see that theres hope but sadly the bonnet is dented, is that fixable ?

Dead easy to do that, it must be tapped back all around the dent working from the outside on the dent and working in towards the middle, you have some clever guys in Sweden who will do that in no time,

Dont forget that the dent removal without damaging the paint is a Swedish concept

 

[roofless]

when you try a new front wing it will give you a better idea of what you need to do but it looks very fixable and the bonnet will be fixable but tricky to get right ....good luck with it

 

[Alex M Grieve]

Dont forget that the dent removal without damaging the paint is a Swedish concept

So were longships Malcolm, and pillage, etc

 

[television]

So were longships Malcolm, and pillage, etc

That was why I tried to get my own back with a Swedish lady, but that did not work out :Oops:

 

[Dosco]

That was why I tried to get my own back with a Swedish lady, but that did not work out :Oops:

You pair would make a good double act -he makes 'em you hit 'em:lol:

 

[Dosco]

yup and i'm pleased to see that theres hope but sadly the bonnet is dented, is that fixable ?

....easy to see how you had the accident - you were on the wrong side of the road

 

[alanuk400]

the rest of the photos show the car with the wing removed and the great state that the car is in underneath the wing, there is some damage to the under steel frame but it looks fixable even for a novice like me, cheersanyweb

When I put a wing on an old London Taxi, I put a bead of clear silicone on the join before I bolted the wing on, It makes sure no water can get in the join.

Alan

 

[television]

....easy to see how you had the accident - you were on the wrong side of the road

When in 1967 I think when the Swedes changed from RHD to LHD, to make it easier, the buses and lorries changed on the Sat, and the cars on the Sun

 

[alanuk400]

When in 1967 I think when the Swedes changed from RHD to LHD, to make it easier, the buses and lorries changed on the Sat, and the cars on the Sun

Ha Ha!

Alan

 

[anyweb]

finally got word back from the insurance company (they were ok i must say)

the mercedes garage wanted twice the cars price to fix it, so no go

the insurance company offered me the price i paid for the car (more or less) if i would fix it myself.... so i said ok

now i am trying to source second hand parts for my W110

front right wing
front headlight assembly
front foglight assembly

if anyone knows where i can these second hand and at a good price let me know

cheers
anyweb

 

[television]

finally got word back from the insurance company (they were ok i must say)

the mercedes garage wanted twice the cars price to fix it, so no go

the insurance company offered me the price i paid for the car (more or less) if i would fix it myself.... so i said ok

now i am trying to source second hand parts for my W110

front right wing
front headlight assembly
front foglight assembly

if anyone knows where i can these second hand and at a good price let me know

cheers
anyweb

Thats good news Niall there should be some in Sweden or Germany

 

[roofless]

think is is for parts thou i can't be sure http://cgi.ebay.de/Mercedes-Benz-19...66:2|39:1|72:1229|240:1318|301:1|293:2|294:50

 

[anyweb]

good find roofless ! i've bid on them. thanks dude

 

[anyweb]

ok someone else won the bid and i'm still not able to drive my car as i have to replace the front headlight, foglight (indicator) and front right wing

i've ebay'd till i'm dizzy and googled and havn't found what i need, anyone know where else i can get these parts cheap ? ish...

 

[Dec]

You could try this company here… http://www.mercedesrestoration.com/tdheaney.asp?id=about

Below is a quote from there web site
“The company also has a good relationship with a German supplier and can supply new and used parts for most classic Mercedes Benz at competitive prices, including the supply of original spec, leather interior kits and soft top hood kits direct from the manufacturer in Germany.”

Dec