Rusted 280SL

[mal]

I thought I had to post this picture of the heep of rusted parts that was changed while restoring the 280SL...

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Malek Mrowa - Beirut, Lebanon.
280SL 71-  Light Blue -/Blue
190SL 61 -  Ivory/Red
250SE 66 Convertible -Silver / Red

[LFrank]

That is scary; and my fear is that I have a larger pile in my garage sitting amid four tires and hidden behind a coat of paint!

LFrank
Washington DC
65 230 sl - auto
DB334/Hellblau

[114015]

No, that's not scary.
I even think it's a good (i.e. small, below average) amount that was necessary to be replaced. Can be much worse (as in my case) although car can still have looked very nice before.

Best,

Achim
(Magdeburg, Germany)

[waltklatt]

Yikes, a lot of rust in there.
Shows the true testament that these cars are indestructible.
I used to work in the junkyard and we got this extremely rusty 250SE coupe that had been partially stripped.  I then wanted to get the driveshaft out of it without having to put it on a lift.
So I got it out and then decided to see if it would collapse if I did a clear cut across the floor, tranny hump and the rockers(what was left of them).  Upon finishing I expected the car to collapse on the floor, but it didn't.  The roof and posts were holding it together-wow!
Walter "junkyard mongrel" Klatt
1967 220SL-diesel
1963 230SL-gas