My Restoration

[hauser]

Gernold has a slide show of my restoration on his website.  It will show how to rid the undercarriage of Ziebart.

http://www.sltechw113.com/restoration-slideshow-1969-280SL.html

[CraigD]

Wow, what a great project, done so well. The car looks wonderful. Congratulations to you, Gernold, and all of the craftsmen involved!

[Rolf-Dieter ✝︎]

Hi Jim,

What a wonderful Restauration, it was a pleasure to watch all the hard work Gerald made there what a project. What would be the ball park number for such a first class Restauration? I like the armrest he put in for you

Best Dieter

[hauser]

Thank you both!

The armrest,  first started out as a picture of an ebay item.  I then made one from cardboard with using the same footprint as our console box.  Once I was satisfied with the look and function I took it to a buddy of mine who does cabinetry for a living.  He made one out of southern oak plywood which looked really good but then was informed by Madeira Concepts it wouldn't hold up in the long run.  They made one out of German plywood for car interiors.

It's very functional as an armrest along with extra storage! It may not be correct but I'm very happy with it.  Gernold liked it too!