Mercedes 2.5-16 Cosworth rolling restoration

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Its not perfect but I had to start somewhere First you tube video on this car just uploaded -

 

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Just got a large couple of patches made and welded into my Cossie. Took 3 days so far

Under the battery was rotton. That is another used tray I had the tray was gone altogether

 

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Lots of progress on this car since. Battery tray repair now all complete and in primer as of today






Suspension and front hubs removed & dismantled ready for blasting and re painting



I'm also making new brake lines up front. Sykes kit is handy



I did get ral 6006 satin matched to spray the new kunifer lines to match existing

 

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Some more progress, blasted the parts then etch primed (i know, should have used epoxy members are saying - will do in future) then satin black synthetic enamel. A mini roller leaves a nice finish. 1st coat below, 2nd to go.






Next is pressing in new bushings, ball joints etc. Lots of new parts landing need to get them organised but this is the nicer stage than rust and broken bolts!

The local place that did zinc + yellow zinc plating has now stopped yellow zinc. They also are taking 3 weeks and counting to plate my calipers.

So ive ordered my own zinc / yellow zinc plating kit. Hopefully £200 well spent!

 

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Video #3 up

 

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Oops I had to re upload the video some files dropped out.

I also 2K EPOXY primed the battery tray repair area this evening - @Turbo @Dcal would be proud. Phew that was a massive amount of work. Glad to have the first major weld repair nearly complete

 

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This calls for a celebration

 

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Onto another typical Merc hotspot for rust - front bumper brackets below headlamps. This side was gone at the front. Thankfully the other side was still in tact so I made cardboard templates and took measurements to exactly copy it (although the middle of the other side is also gone)



Repairs above I made from galv sheet metal.

Below are a rare treat - brackets I could buy!! How nice to be able to just weld those on and not have to make them

 

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Battery tray area in basecoat, about to start the clear laquer now

 

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Got one large drip of laquer but other than that for 1k paint it looks very good

From this-



To this



About 30 hours work that but turned out decent. Galv material and with regular checks and maintenece I should never need to weld in there again!

 

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4th video now up - get the kettle on and enjoy

Its got welding in it - not sure that"s allowed on here?