1985 560 SL and a NEW BATHTUB!

Since we have a bit of time to kill on our hands with the Porsche rebuild, I thought I would take a stroll down memory lane.
So here is my old 1985 560 sl. -I did a frame off an old ’66 230 sl, but that’s for another day/night…

This one was okay. NOT my favorite. Bought her from a painter in SanFran. He had work done on it in a local MB shop and couldn’t afford to get her back out. So we struck a deal and i couldn't resist, as I had fond memories of my old 230 Pagoda. -SHOULD have bought another one of those...

Anyway, had it shipped back to the East coast. She was pretty beaten down when she arrived. -But her back-story checked out and her records of ownership (a one-owner. she had belonged to said painter’s sister. She moved, sold it to her baby brother, etc).


Anyway, when I find the old before pics I will add then.
HEY, here they are. -man, the interior was like a -15 on a 1-10 scale. seeing these old pics really makes me question my sanity.

and the paint job looked really great from about 50 ft... at night...or in a low rez photog in blinding daylight. but i digress...






Oh, there’s the original tool kit, WITH that little top clamp thing.

Changed the serpentine belt. Had a heckofa time getting the timing right… anyway, then the usual: wires, plugs, all major fluids changed out. She also had a broken motor mount (?). Might have been from the cross-country transport.

Stripped all her paint off and had her repainted the picked up a new set of MB disc rims and a sexy set of Dunlop’s from the fine folks at The Tire Rack.

After the paintwork was done I dropped it over at Fairfield Auto Upholstery (as usual) and let Gregg work his magic with the new hides, dash, top and carpet coming from World Auto Upholstery.
She was pretty fine.

Strange end to this one. Kells and I are at the Home Depot in Westchester NY and a guy comes up to me in the parking lot. We make a deal right there, he follows us home (with his wife).

They stop at the bank on the way and I signed her over to him.

If we had never gone to look at bathtubs, we’d probably still have her.

-Actually, probably not.

Peace,
Joe