New toy (new Merc owner)
Discussion
Hello all,
I'm new to Mercedes ownership so please forgive any silly questions if they've been covered before.
Firstly, I've bought this little monkey:
I've ended up in a situation where I have all my cars in the garage at the same time. I was given a mk5 Escort 1.4 as a curtesy car, to be frank it's horrid. So I scanned the papers for a cheap runabout with a bit of character to keep me entertained for a couple of weeks.
The Merc has 4 months tax, 10 months MOT and cost me a whopping £280 (well, £278 as I found a two pound coin under the seat).
It drives beautifully and aside for a couple of small patches of surface rust it seems to be in great condition for a 27 year old car. I'm going to give it a quick re-spray to black so I can smoke about pretending to be East European mafia.
I'm totally smitten with it and intend to keep it!
However, it needs a couple of bits:
Rear seat belts
New throttle pedal (the metal bit is still there but the floor hinged bit is missing)
Door bin for the front drivers side
Apart from that it's in great nick, I'd like to get following though:
Leather seats
Period AMG wheels
Can anyone suggest a good source of parts (breakers etc). Also a good indie Merc specialist in the Cheltenham/Gloucestershire area?
Cheers,
Max
I'm new to Mercedes ownership so please forgive any silly questions if they've been covered before.
Firstly, I've bought this little monkey:
I've ended up in a situation where I have all my cars in the garage at the same time. I was given a mk5 Escort 1.4 as a curtesy car, to be frank it's horrid. So I scanned the papers for a cheap runabout with a bit of character to keep me entertained for a couple of weeks.
The Merc has 4 months tax, 10 months MOT and cost me a whopping £280 (well, £278 as I found a two pound coin under the seat).
It drives beautifully and aside for a couple of small patches of surface rust it seems to be in great condition for a 27 year old car. I'm going to give it a quick re-spray to black so I can smoke about pretending to be East European mafia.
I'm totally smitten with it and intend to keep it!
However, it needs a couple of bits:
Rear seat belts
New throttle pedal (the metal bit is still there but the floor hinged bit is missing)
Door bin for the front drivers side
Apart from that it's in great nick, I'd like to get following though:
Leather seats
Period AMG wheels
Can anyone suggest a good source of parts (breakers etc). Also a good indie Merc specialist in the Cheltenham/Gloucestershire area?
Cheers,
Max
Edited by Duke Thrust on Monday 2nd July 10:36
They can get a bit crusty, but only due to age, unlike the newer Merc's where rust is due to poor quality steel bought from a bunch of pikeys!!
W123 is the model code, one of my collegues has an 84 one, its used everyday and is going fine.
Ben
PS Your bootlid star is the wrong way up!!
W123 is the model code, one of my collegues has an 84 one, its used everyday and is going fine.
Ben
PS Your bootlid star is the wrong way up!!
Edited by bloodyniceben on Monday 2nd July 11:35
bloodyniceben said:
They can get a bit crusty, but only due to age, unlike the newer Merc's where rust is due to poor quality steel bought from a bunch of pikeys!!
W123 is the model code, one of my collegues has an 84 one, its used everyday and is going fine.
Ben
PS Your bootlid star is the wrong way up!!
Oh yeah! I'll get that corrected when it's sprayed.W123 is the model code, one of my collegues has an 84 one, its used everyday and is going fine.
Ben
PS Your bootlid star is the wrong way up!!
Edited by bloodyniceben on Monday 2nd July 11:35
Are there any tips for the engine in terms of tune? Should I be cleaning a special whatsit or anything?
bloodyniceben said:
Wacky Racer said:
bloodyniceben said:
They can get a bit crusty, but only due to age, unlike the newer Merc's where rust is due to poor quality steel bought from a bunch of pikeys!!
Ben
Wacky Racer said:
bloodyniceben said:
Wacky Racer said:
bloodyniceben said:
They can get a bit crusty, but only due to age, unlike the newer Merc's where rust is due to poor quality steel bought from a bunch of pikeys!!
Ben
New cars are fine, old 210 E Class was the worst for rust!!
You will have a 30 year corrosion warranty anyway, so it will probably outlive you!!
Ben
bloodyniceben said:
Wacky Racer said:
bloodyniceben said:
Wacky Racer said:
bloodyniceben said:
They can get a bit crusty, but only due to age, unlike the newer Merc's where rust is due to poor quality steel bought from a bunch of pikeys!!
Ben
New cars are fine, old 210 E Class was the worst for rust!!
You will have a 30 year corrosion warranty anyway, so it will probably outlive you!!
Ben
Interesting choice! That would be the twin-cam 280 I presume. Not regarded as the best of Mercedes engines but I've no idea why.. so could be worth a service just in case?
link: http://www.msdra.com/old/W123paloint.jpg
Period AMG wheels would probably be AMG Pentas.
All this may be available from breakers but keeping an eye on ebay would be better for cheap deals (along the lines of the original intention of the car!)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2x-9J-2x8J-AMG-PENTA-112-PCD...
^ Those would look fantastic!
Egbert Nobacon said:
Mercman - 02380 784444 - www.mercman.net
Yep Mercman are the best bet for used parts - at least better than some of the other dodgy places. Though they did send me a bumper without including the towing-eye cover rather annoyingly (thats probably normal i suppose).. A leather interior may cost a bit though. What about MB-tex - much more common and hopefully cheaper. It's really vinyl but most people don't know. And it lasts forever.link: http://www.msdra.com/old/W123paloint.jpg
Period AMG wheels would probably be AMG Pentas.
All this may be available from breakers but keeping an eye on ebay would be better for cheap deals (along the lines of the original intention of the car!)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2x-9J-2x8J-AMG-PENTA-112-PCD...
^ Those would look fantastic!
oh also check out the 'faszination' video http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2742065367...
for a few W123s being put through their paces.. lovely stuff
for a few W123s being put through their paces.. lovely stuff
Pentoman said:
Interesting choice! That would be the twin-cam 280 I presume. Not regarded as the best of Mercedes engines but I've no idea why.. so could be worth a service just in case?
link: http://www.msdra.com/old/W123paloint.jpg
Period AMG wheels would probably be AMG Pentas.
All this may be available from breakers but keeping an eye on ebay would be better for cheap deals (along the lines of the original intention of the car!)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2x-9J-2x8J-AMG-PENTA-112-PCD...
^ Those would look fantastic!
Those wheels would look amazing, might have a bid on them! Egbert Nobacon said:
Mercman - 02380 784444 - www.mercman.net
Yep Mercman are the best bet for used parts - at least better than some of the other dodgy places. Though they did send me a bumper without including the towing-eye cover rather annoyingly (thats probably normal i suppose).. A leather interior may cost a bit though. What about MB-tex - much more common and hopefully cheaper. It's really vinyl but most people don't know. And it lasts forever.link: http://www.msdra.com/old/W123paloint.jpg
Period AMG wheels would probably be AMG Pentas.
All this may be available from breakers but keeping an eye on ebay would be better for cheap deals (along the lines of the original intention of the car!)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2x-9J-2x8J-AMG-PENTA-112-PCD...
^ Those would look fantastic!
We had 2 W123s, one after the other, both estates. They were fantastic. The 1st one took us to Tuscany and back, also around Germany etc. It was rolled into a field as it was being driven back from a service. The 2nd one was cream and we bought it from Staines, it too was a great car, eventually my Dad thought it was time to replace it so we bought a Range Rover instead.
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