Merc 190sl metal work restoration

[57mmStroke]

This merc needs a lot of work

 

I hope to be good and post pictures of the work as I make progress

 

This first set is of a section I let into the front inner wing bottoms there where about 5 sections like this in both sides

 

Most of the work at this shop is on future classics. like this red one.

[57mmStroke]

This is what it looked like before soda blasting.

 

If it wasn't such a strong car the soda blasting would have blown it all away...

[tzvipper]

מדהים! אני תמיד נהנה ליראות את השיפוצים שאתה מבצע.

 

מה ההבדל בין ניקוי סודה לניקוי חול? הבנתי שמשתמשים בשני השיטות.

 

הרכב עבר צבע יסוד בצבע כחול?

[57mmStroke]

Toda,

 

Soda blasting is not as aggressive and if done correctly will usually not buckle the outer panels.

 

The Blue coat is a protective etch to prevent surface corrosion.

 

This time I enclose pics of the battery tray area. two of the four edges needed new edges so I used tig to weld them in. the tray itself was drilled to allow for plug welding all round, this is an acceptable replacement (and in my opinion a stronger one) to the spot resistance welds that the tray would have had at the factory

[tzvipper]

כאשר חותכים חלק מפח ומרתכים טלאי חדש הפח מסביב לא נמשך לכיוון הריתוך? או ריתוך TIG נקודות מונע את זה?

[57mmStroke]

TIG is not spot welding I don't understand what you mean by Tig spot.

 

I do not experience the metal getting pulled in, you can always buid up the pool with a bit of rod.

 

Pics for today, batt tray after flashing off, Brake servo tray, and an awkward piece at the back of the inner wing where it meets the drivers footwell (the spot welds can be seen above) I had to let a small piece into the footwell too.

It was a funny shaped piece and had to fit on many different planes. I drilled holes into it so that i could plug weld it into the footwell section.

 

At least i had plenty of room as i cut out the front wing lower section as this car is going to have both front wings and a full front valance

[oldcar]

:mm_yeah: :mm_yeah:

...Nice! Just like we did it a long time ago

יפה! כמו שעשינו לפני הרבה זמן כשלא היו פחים מקוריים זמינים.

[דורון סגל]

עבודה טובה ויפה!

[57mmStroke]

I have put car on a roller Jig. Work continues into the floors. I will also need most of the inner sill lower sections and some chassis lower sections. I have been trying to upload pictures but for some reason cannot do it. I click attach a file and then browse and choose a picture (they are 200KB ) but when I click upload the upload icon goes round and round but that's it. Any help via pm will be appreciated Thanks! Gadi

[lulisa]

תוכל להעלות את התמונות ל photobucket ואז להדביק את הכתובת בעזרת insert image שבסרגל העליון של תיבת ההודעה (בפורום הנכחי).

http://s1366.photobucket.com/user/lulisml/media/kph_zpsf7809304.jpg.html

[57mmStroke]

Hi Israel Thanks for your help. I successfully registered to the photobucket however when trying to paste the URL on CF I receive a message saying error: invalid file. I think I better stick to tangible objects Thanks Anyway

[57mmStroke]

Finally I am able to load pics on! Thanks to the thread with all the moaning about the new mimshak I found some useful info there. I installed a chrome browser and the picture loaded in a few seconds! brilliant.

Well I have done quite a bit to this 190sl.

After making good the front bumper mountings I put it on the chassis roller and cut out some floors

 

I then set out to cut out the bottom legs of the chassis and sill sections that have had metal slapped over the

rust in the past. If a bomb had gone off under this car the occupants would have been safe.

 

I had to go into the sill side sections in some places.

 

I also had to cut out the footwell

[57mmStroke]

I continued by cleaning inside the chassis rails and outrigger section and applying some rust prevention materials before starting to weld in the new sections. most sections are available from a german supplier and

the parts are a good fit compared to the rubbish repro panel sections that is available for other marques

 

And so I continued to offer up mark out, trim as required and fit both front and rear floors.

 

I fitted the footwell at the same time to make sure everything lines up and all sections are square to each other

 

The rear floors are different side to side because of the single rear seat design unique to 2-door mercs of old

[57mmStroke]

The other side took a bit more doing as the rot continued all the way up the chassis rail in the rear to the point .of the rear spring mounting

 

This rear section is very strong and welds to many points in the rear bulkhead as you can see in the pics. It is not a bad fit and didnt need much correcrtion. that was quite good as it is made out of 16swg steel and i didnt really fancy having to knock that around with a hammer

 

In general this car has an impressive chassis for its year. the backbone box section is very wide and uses 3mm thick steel.

 

All weak metal along the sill side sections was cut out and new metal let in as required

 

For the next set of pics

I had to fabricate from scratch a drivers side footwell section as the suppliers (neumuller) ran out of stock and there were no plans of another batch to be done in the near future

but i will upload them during the week

 

Gadi

[57mmStroke]

And yes unfortunately the 304 cabrio in the pic has a steering wheel in the correct side (depending on point of view) and therefore cannot be imported to Israel