complete ground up restoration 280sl with pictures

[BABAK]

removed rusty trunk

[dseretakis]

Tell us more!

[badali]

I am glad I don't have to do this to my car.  Body work is beyond my skill level.  Mechanical repairs are what I can do.

[BABAK]

A friend of mine had the car and wanted to sell me the hard top, but after some negotiations I ended up purchasing the whole car. I bought the car without seeing it. I knew it was a rust bucket but was surprised when it showed up on the car carrier. The driver had me sign the dotted line and this rust bucket officially belonged to me.

I removed all the parts from the car and assessed the damage. Thanks to K&K MFG for the floor replacements and also with the purchase of some new OEM Mercedes panels I have started welding the body of this car back together.

The engine and transmission need to be rebuild too ;(

[Larry & Norma]

Wow you have your work cut out there, keep the pictures coming

[badali]

Babak
It was good talking to you yesterday.  I made an offer on some NOS body panels.  I'll let you know if I get them and what parts after I talk to the seller. There were many different parts.  I'll email you when I find out more info.

[BABAK]

This is a pic of the front side of the pagoda



I'll be keeping you updated........

[badali]

The NOS body panel deal never went through.  The guy never got back with me...

[Quin]

Babak ,
was not checking the forums for some time . Shame on me .
when I saw your first picture , I could see almost my own car ... 
good luck with the refurbishing .
Really hope my posting is going well

[BABAK]

Wow so much work ahead for both of us.
I have all the panels welded now.
I will post pictures soon.
I'm hoping to finish the whole car by this summer.

[BABAK]

[john.mancini]

BABAK,
You have far more "guts" than I'll ever have. That's quite an undertaking on your part. Good luck and the photos are very interesting.
John

[BABAK]

Hi John
This is probably the dirtiest part of the restoration
Now all the panels are aligned and welded.
Next is more cleaning and the undercoating
Maybe by the weekend

[franjo_66]

Wow Babak, your pictures remind me of where I was at with my restoration a few years ago. Glad to see that you have made the commitment to go to these lengths to ensure that another W113 lives to drive another day !

Best of luck with it, I am sure she will look amazing when you are done

Regards
Franjo

[glenn]

Is the block frozen??  How are you going to get the crank and torque converter off???