Some of you may recall that about 15 years ago I bought 4 Pagodas and 4 rooms of parts. None of the cars worked and all were in various states of disassembly.
https://www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=12033.msg81097#msg81097Since then, I got one car running and into good driver condition, and sold it. Then a second car I sold as-is without ever touching it. Then the third I got running and into pretty good driver condition, and have been using it on and off over the past several years. The last car, a 1970 280SL with manual transmission, is up next.
About 10 years ago I had it running, but it's been sitting since. I had previously cleaned the fuel tank and fuel system and replaced the fuel pump, had the injectors tested and adjusted, and rebuilt the clutch cylinders. I also rebuilt one side of the front suspension, but didn't get to the second side. Now I'm back at it.
The plan is to get it into good driver condition and sell it. Someone can then drive and enjoy it, fix it up more, or even go for a full restoration. It will be up to them. My goal is to get it into solid mechanical shape, cleaned up, and on the road. I already have a bunch of the parts to finish the front suspension and to replace all the rubber in the rear end. I had also bought a genuine Mercedes fuel tank since the original was still suspect. All those parts will finally be going into the car.
Today I dropped out the fuel tank, and also dropped out the rear axle. I need to replace the rear rubber brake lines, trailing arm bushings, spring pads, shocks, carrier bearing, and lateral support bushings. I also need to replace the axle boot, and suffered through installing a split boot on my current driver. I don't want to do that again, so this time I dropped out the axle since I have to disconnect everything anyway, and will replace with a solid boot.
