MB R107 450 SLC - First ever restoration project! Help!

[Druk]

Hang on a minute guys. Here's a new forum member come on here to ask specific advice and, so far, most of what he gets is 'that's not right!' and 'you could do better with this.....'.

I know we like to yak on but this must be offputting for anyone new.

 

[EDZ649]

Hang on a minute guys. Here's a new forum member come on here to ask specific advice and, so far, most of what he gets is 'that's not right!' and 'you could do better with this.....'.

I know we like to yak on but this must be offputting for anyone new.

The only thing off putting is the potential cost of getting that car back on the road!

I was trying to be helpful and more importantly realistic! Lets face it, an SL or SLC without and MOT thats been standing for ages is going to be a money pit, which will probably ending up costing thousands and as the OP says he doesnt want to spend loads of money!

When I joined this forum and got my SL600 everyone said hope its a good one for your sake, your a brave man taking on a 15 year old V12 etc...

And guess what? They were right!

 

[LTD]

All going well, the car might not be that bad - remember it had a shedload of work carried out on it so some TLC in the right areas could be all that's needed.

... or not.

The OP is willing to take a gamble - what has he to lose other than as much money as he is willing to risk ?

My initial scepticism was the manner in which it was obtained - it was the first I'd heard of this route.

 

[Will]

Well if it's only cost him £30.00 so far, he hasn't really got much to lose.

New battery, oil change and an MOT would be a good start. Probably about £100 worth.

I'm sure if he gets it MOTd it'd be worth more than the £130 that it cost, and if it fails miserably he'd get more than that back as a project/breaker for someone.

Does sound a bit fishy about the whole 'taking someone elses car' thing though. I can't/won't comment on that as I am not familiar with the process, does seem a bit odd for someone to have left it though - is there absolutely no way of tracing who it belongs to?

Will

 

[SilverSaloon]

Good shout from Derek re the hoist

my webpage here may also help you - pics tell a 1000 words etc.

If you come to one of the scottish meets in the future you can take a good look at 3 R107 SLs, weather permitting!

good luck with the restoration - and i look forward to the pictures.