Author Topic: SilverSpear's Early 67 Euro 250SL Restoration  (Read 5003 times)

SilverSpear

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Re: SilverSpear's Early 67 Euro 250SL Restoration
« Reply #25 on: May 26, 2024, 19:14:36 »
Just sharing the latest acquisition.

A NOS white steering wheel  ;D

Early 1967 Pagoda 250SL - Under comprehensive restoration
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Re: SilverSpear's Early 67 Euro 250SL Restoration
« Reply #26 on: June 22, 2024, 03:22:53 »
Why buy all the parts before you get started with the restoration?  You won’t know until years down the road if any need to be returned for being defective or the wrong part.
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Re: SilverSpear's Early 67 Euro 250SL Restoration
« Reply #27 on: June 22, 2024, 11:01:51 »
Why buy all the parts before you get started with the restoration?  You won’t know until years down the road if any need to be returned for being defective or the wrong part.

One reason is…he’s not in Ohio or in the USA!

Every purchase must be bundled for shipping purposes and then consolidated into a large shipment. Returns are almost an impossibility.

FWIW When I did my restoration back in 2000 we pretty much what parts we needed or might need, and bought them all in advance of the restoration. When you take an assembly apart and have the needed parts to replace or repair it, it’s a whole lot easier than doing it piecemeal part by part and having to stop work untold numbers of times while you wait for things to arrive.

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SilverSpear

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Re: SilverSpear's Early 67 Euro 250SL Restoration
« Reply #28 on: June 24, 2024, 09:57:18 »
Thanks guys, as Michael said, I need to have the parts beforehand. Not easy ordering parts and impossible from the local stealership, since they put the figure that seems convenient for them. All the parts are bought from the US since the dealership in Lebanon might charge $500 for a $100 part for example. This is the price to pay when there is 1 exclusive dealer in the country.

On that note, hopefully I wont need more than another car for my restoration 🤣

P.S: A word of advice, sheet metal needs to be 100% Mercedes unless NLA. Take my word for it. I have 10 other sheet metal from different vendors that I refuse to use because of massive issues.

Early 1967 Pagoda 250SL - Under comprehensive restoration
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Re: SilverSpear's Early 67 Euro 250SL Restoration
« Reply #29 on: June 24, 2024, 15:47:55 »
That photo that SilverSpear posted (all body parts) is great.     Will help those considering massive restorations.   
250sl - later - manual
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