Awesome pictoral: MB 220S Restoration

[sonick]

Interesting pictoral documenting the restoration. http://www.yokoban.net/018-benz220s.html Apparently there's a backstory to it:

The owner owned this thing since it was brand new, and he was in his 80s. His son wanted to restore his dad's car for him, but just a week before it was fully restored, the dad died. The dad did see the car before his demise - when they took pictures of it in fron of the house, they chatted up the good old times and he brought out a pile of yellowy B&W photos of the car when it was new, and pics of the years they spent together. The Mercedes was not a museum piece, until they hauled it in for restoration, the father used it for every day get around... The Mercedes engine still starts at first try today.

Before:

After:

 

[JetBlast]

What a beautiful car.

 

[xpress]

One of my dream cars...

Simply beautiful..

 

[gnatty8]

Thanks for posting, I love restoration stories like that.. I am not a fan of modern MB, but that's a beaut..

 

[JayJay]

Beautiful.

 

[Connemara]

It's no 500 K, but I'd take it an instant.

 

[johnapril]

The car goes with the house.

 

[speedster.8]

http://www.mechatronik.de/ This SL is amazing http://mechatronik-gmbh.de/en/msl.htm how about this as a daily driver vintage 300SL