Tim240z Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 Drop in a SBC, 4 speed auto, A/C, and some decent brakes...great cruiser!! 1960 Mercedes 180 Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 is that your next project Tim? i can see it now...suicide the back doors, give it a two inch channel, maybe a slight chop on the roof, french the headlights and tailights, a nice big sliding ragtop across the entire roof, some nice thin custom bumpers, and a new grill. all of it riding on airbags an 19's. gives me goose bumps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKDGabe Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 That's a good looking car! I'd go with a manual though... and I wouldn't change the body style much, not big on the extremes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim240z Posted January 15, 2004 Author Share Posted January 15, 2004 is that your next project Tim? gives me goose bumps! Ha Ha Ha...goose bumps....ha ha ha I am seriously considering it. It was on Ebay (and is located here in SoCal) with a starting bid of $1300 (has no Cyl. head), but no bids at auction close. I have contacted the seller offline and am waiting on a response. Man....wait until the wife sees me pull up to the house with that on a trailer....holy $hit.....oh well....she knew how I was when we got married....no false advertising there!! Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaparral2f Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 If I recall correctly there is as much room under the hood as a small barn. screw that small block, how bout a 454? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ON3GO Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 i say more of the lines of say... VG30DETT, auto, R230 rear end, air bags, 18in HRE wheels (black with polished lip), custom thin bumpers, JDM Z mirrors, some flares (nothing big), a vent on the hood and a small lip spoiler... all in a dark candy apple blue two tone with like while pearl on top yumm. oh yeah custom interior and etc mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim240z Posted January 15, 2004 Author Share Posted January 15, 2004 I have a SBC chevy sitting in the garage... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ON3GO Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 so use that in another Z put a VG in the benz.. ya gotta have a little Z in everything.. mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synlubes Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 Ok, who has the No Bling avatar. Definitely go with the big block on this one. 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim240z Posted January 15, 2004 Author Share Posted January 15, 2004 gotta use what I have on hand...can't afford ($$, time and wife's patience) to get deep into another project. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 ok excuse my inexperience in the hot rodding world, but what is channeling. I know what chopping is, and i suspect that channeling is making the body taller, or something to that effect, but i dont really know. please explain. thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slownrusty Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 Gotta love ole Benzes! My dream is to twin turbo the '79 W116 450SEL with the 6.9L, sitting low on 19" deep dish Lorinser wheels.....the ultimate cruiser! Yasin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Juday Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 ok excuse my inexperience in the hot rodding world, but what is channeling. I know what chopping is, and i suspect that channeling is making the body taller, or something to that effect, but i dont really know. please explain. thanks. In the old Hot Rodding days when bodies sat on frames the proper way to lower a car was to remove the body and cut out slots in the floor where the frame rails ran and weld in channels so the body would drop down over the frame into the channels. No loss of ground clearance, no major changes to the suspension. The challenges came in refitting the seats and other interior bits like the pedels around the channels. But don't do it Tim. Keep it a classy cruiser. Clean it up, new paint and chrome and absolutely put a four speed auto behind a quite but powerful sbc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HBskinheadZ Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 Looks like grandmas grocery getter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillZ260 Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 Saw a very clean original version just the other day and though it would be cool to have one of those instead of any other modern sedan. Hook up all new electronics and nice seats, and ROLL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBC_400 Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 I think that would make a great project. my dad is a big benz guy, and I have always wanted to drop a mouse or a gn in his '58 190sl, he has another one he is restoring for someone right now, its all stipped and I am just itching to build an engine and blister the fenders vent the hood bump and chop the door sills and windsheild tun it into a B A SLR. but this is the one I realy want to hot rod my dads '48 studabaker. he restored it years ago, and when he finnished the benz it just started sittiing in my grandmas garage. the body, paint, and interior are still perfect, but the engine seized. last year I got it to turn free, but I couldn't get it to run yet. the old flathead six with the 6v positive ground system is a real pain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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