No E30....'73 Mercedes 220 Build Thread (hope you dont mind...) UPDATE 6/24 PICS!

[six2midnight]

Whoa!!!! I love bmws. Mercs are very classy but my passion will always be for BMW

[Holland]

some pics of my old car for reference :D
when i got the e30 to replace it. someone smashed my driver QP, it then stopped running (blown head gasket) so i took a loss on it, cashed the insurance settlement, and sold it to a guy in sac for 400 bucks.


pics of the damage, well you can see it in this pic.







in its prime:


the day my parents bought it, then surprised me and told me it was my first car:





i have some pics of it being hauled away, but those ones hurt. haha.

And then your parents wondered if you were coming out of the closet when you got into BMW's...

[six2midnight]

Tits dude, I'm in love with that interior.

Thanks yes it is pretty mint. I love interiors. Almost more than the exterior. Hell I'm in it more anyways. Don't want to look at raddy cut up crap.

[JubJub]

Tits dude, I'm in love with that interior.

[MJU1983]

In love with an old Benz right now...I may be joining the club.

Oh, and a Merc is a Mercury to us older gents.

Merc means Mercedes to Brits and most of Europe. I'd use the Hitler smiley but it just seems wrong.

[six2midnight]

nice, well gl with the project i'm sub'd. hopefully i'll have a project of my own soon enough.

Yes!!! Thanks can't wait to see what you come up with

[doucy2]

nice, well gl with the project i'm sub'd. hopefully i'll have a project of my own soon enough.

[six2midnight]

love it, i've been looking to pick one up myself. don't waste money on coils, it will never handle that great. are you planning on paint?

Not sure. Now that its running again I'm going to work on lowering it and it needs new tires bad. I do kinda like the patina look. Maybe sand down the rust. If I did go paint. I would go same yellow but white top. Do a 2 tone.

I have a e30 to fund too so I'm not going crazy on this venture. I mean car was 1000 bucks figured I'd cruise to the golf course on Sunday or something hahaha.

[doucy2]

love it, i've been looking to pick one up myself. don't waste money on coils, it will never handle that great. are you planning on paint?

[six2midnight]

In love with an old Benz right now...I may be joining the club.


Oh, and a Merc is a Mercury to us older gents.

A Merc is a Merc to us euro guys :p

[TrentW]

In love with an old Benz right now...I may be joining the club.


Oh, and a Merc is a Mercury to us older gents.

[six2midnight]

more parts came in from pelican parts today. got some clips for the trim pieces on grill, new distributer cap (the one on there is like a generic one doesnt fit), new rotor (had some burn marks on old rotor), and the banjo bolt that snapped off in my water pump housing. thank God for easy outs.

[six2midnight]

Are your headlight housings considered euro spec? Do they have the euro cutoff line? Reason I ask is because the stock us housing without said line make HIDs rather obnoxious.

Did you read the sentence in "**" that's why I put it there because I knew I would get comments about it lol. Not my daily driver.

[ZekeTheSneak]

Purist over here lol HIDs aren't that bad

Are your headlight housings considered euro spec? Do they have the euro cutoff line? Reason I ask is because the stock us housing without said line make HIDs rather obnoxious.

[Brezzi]

just saw this. Will def be following your build I've had my eye out for an old merc too. With basically the same intentions you seem to have: clean it up, air, wheels, and thats about it just a classy cruiser or daily.