Pagoda has tested my wallet recently!

[jaymanek]

So in the last few months I have:

- Head rebuild due to valve guides
- 6 New Injectors
- New Fuel Pump
- New Fuel Tank
- Repaint of Dash Area
- Various new bits of Chrome Trim
- Various Hoses, bits and pieces
- Two New Door Mirrors
- 4 Sprint Classic Tyres (so smooooth)
- Points, Condensor, Coil Pack, Plugs, Leads, Rotor Arm, Ballast Resistor
- Wiper Blades
- Full Service, All New Fluids & Filters
- New Oil Sump Pan
- All New Fan Belts
- Rechromed Grille Surround & Intake Grille


And have just ordered for next week
- Windscreen Seal
- Windscreen Surround Trim

For the amount I have spent in the last few weeks I could have bought a family hatchback!

Oh well, to make me and the car feel a little better I have treated her to a wind deflector.

Still I love the car!

Lets not get onto 2010 eh:

Hirschmann Antenna
Window Winders A1237600102
280 SL Badge A1138170415
Mercedes Boot Star A1137580058
Petrol Cap with Keys A0004712030
Intrument Gaskets A1005420138, A1005420038 x2
New Wood Pieces x 4
Foot Pedal Rubbers
Dash Bulbs 2w bayonet N072601012800
Clips to secure 280SL badge & washers A0009949645, a1159870341
Haynes Manual
Chrome Rings for Instruments, Chrome Around Interior Door Handles & Locks
Valve Stem Seals, Chain Guides & Rocker Gasket
Wooden trim Nuts, Screws & Washers
Becker Europa Radio
Valve Stem Seals Renewed
Battery Clamp & Rods
Chrome Vent L/H
Chrome Behind Heater Controls
Blue Carpet Mats
BMW 265 Gearbox, fully reconditioned and converted to manual speedo
Gearbox Conversion Kit
Propshaft Donut - 651110055
Clutch Kit All 3 Pieces A0032509104/80, A0102502603/80, A0002500515
Speedo Cable
Shortened Propshaft
5 Speed Gearknob 226004
Points & Condensor A0001582090 & A0001568101
Gear Lever & Drivers Door Seal
Drivers Door handle Puller Inside A1087600561
Distributor Cap A0001585302, Rotor Arm A0001582031
Air Filter Mann - C15120 - Mann Filters
Ignition Cable Set
6 New Spark Plugs - Bosch WR5DC - incorrect plugs see below
New Headlamp Door - US Style (Later Sold On)
UK Headlamps
MPH Speedo, Box of Headlamp Spares, Chrome Mirror, Grab Handle
Sale of Spare Grab Handle
Waxoyl Underside 10L
Rev Counter Cable
Full Carpet Set
Replaced Spark Plugs A0031591403 - W5DCO
Remove Wing Markers & Weld, Align Bonnet, Respray Front End
Valve Stem Seals

[mdsalemi]

Ah, Jay--

There's always NEXT year! 

(N.B. In case you have not figured it out by now, it doesn't end; just changes a bit year to year...)

[Larry & Norma]

Thanks, makes me feel a little better my list is shorter than yours

[Naj ✝︎]

1/2 way there 

Naj

[tel76]

You have only just started,with what i have spent i could have bought very,very modern Roller.
Hang in there they do say it gets better.

[JamesL]

Wind deflector arrived this week...

[jaymanek]

Where did you get yours from?

They all look much of a muchness apart from those fancy plexi glass ones.

Got mine from Classic Additions as they gave me a bit of discount.. seems like the same one most websites advertise.

[Raymond]

Thanks for your part in stimulating the world's economy! 

Would you mind sharing what it cost to re-chrome the grille surround?

[jaymanek]

Around £270 GBP, this included the air intake grille.  I used Marque Restore in the midlands.

[bowdie]

Just dropped 4grand on mine also.   Mainly all mechanical/suspension/full service to make it run better so hopefully money well spent in the long run!

[JamesL]

Jay

I got the MB one for a vast fortune..... I had a different type in the past (perspex, from NL) and although it didn't work very well, it also scraped the top of my kinder seat. Asking around in Alsace last year, t seems that one that sits on the lip of the soft top well is likely to do that whereas those with the kinder seat tended to have the MB one which clips to the lip of the well cover

I'll pop into the garage over the weekend and install it...

[280SE Guy]

Be thankful your not trying to do some work on a MB Grand 600 !

Here are some snippets the author who said were left on the cutting room floor after he did an article on the Grand 600 for the latest issue of the  "Car and Driver" magazine:

"A window can take your arm off. The window switch, which makes it possible to take your arm off, costs $11,200."

The suspension-height switch—the cockpit valve that adjusts the 600’s ride height—goes for a more manageable $1,400."

Complete on-line article can be seen here:

http://blog.caranddriver.com/grosser-gravy-10-things-you-didn’t-know-about-the-mercedes-benz-600/

Be glad . . be very glad.

Regards,

280SE Guy

[Benz Dr.]

A window can take your arm off - it's not electric, it's hydraulic. Most of the time the window switches only need adjustment. There's a very small screw that can be turned in or out to adjust window lift speed.

This is a very complicated car but everything can be fixed. We are doing one right now and  luckily all of the hydraulic system is working perfectly. All of the blower motors work ( there are four diffrent ones ) which is a real plus.

We had to take the brakes apart to free up the pistons but nothing was stuck. My only tuning on the engine was an oil change - it runs that well. Should be going in for paint in about a month.
Car weighs 5,800 lbs but will still do 0 to 60 in about 10 seconds. Monster engine in front of a monster car.   

[49er]

Be thankful your not trying to do some work on a Grand 600

280SE Guy

 Thanks for the link to the article on the 600. I have always been fascinated by that car. I bought my first SL from Hollywood Mercedes and they happened to have one on their lot. After I signed the paperwork for my car the salesman asked if I would like to take a ride around the block in the 600. It was a remarkable automobile, like no other I had ever been in. I still have a brochure for the car he gave me that day.

John

[jaymanek]

The 600 is my dream car... has to be the long wheel base.