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The Lias' 1956 Mercedes 190SL (Sadie)

2007 Pictures

(Earlier Pictures - 2005 - 2006)






2007


Duing most of 2007, Sadie remained in the body shop. She was returned to me on the 20th of May with new floor pans as well as new trunk sections. Additionally, Harvey repaired both front sills and the hole in the sheet metal near the left, rear support arm. I have had some success with Ebay getting some needed items and have made a couple of orders from both Duval Motors and SL Autohaus for some of the critical pieces and parts. All the sheet metal was sourced by K&K Manufacturing and purchased from Sam at EuroCars. Finally, taking advantage of a rare sale at Rhode Island Wiring, I have purchased the main wiring harness, the tail harness and both battery cables. Since receiving Sadie back from Harvey, I have not had much time to devote to her. With Kevin's High School graduation, his graduation party, a trip to San Diago and multiple weekends spent at the University of Virginia watching Kevin march with the UVA marching band, Sadie has been a lower priority for me. I did spend some time working on various small jobs throught the year. Hopefully, 2008 will be a year that I can find more time to dedicate to the restoration project... Wish me luck...

August 2007
Fitting the new brake booster tray into the opening. Need to address the elevated area around the heater duct.
(11 August 2007) 		Another picture of fitting the brake booster tray. Will have to make small cuts on the lip to get the tray to seat completly.
(11 August 2007) 		My original door latch on left, replacement on right. Nice replacement - NOT
(11 August 2007)

Although the fronts look identical, the mechanicals on the rear is something else. May make it work with a lot of effort; however, I was able to get another from someone else.
(11 August 2007)


July 2007
Dash stipped and some clean up complete. Still a long way to go.
(01 July 2007) 		Original wiper transmission gear. Note shorter one gotten off ebay; however, not the correct length. Must be for a different model Mercedes.
(01 July 2007) 		Inside the trunk showing the rear wiring harness routing. This harness is also being replaced.
(01 July 2007)
Brake booster tray after cutting it out. Was not able to locate the spot welds so I used a cutting tool to cut it out and ground down the old tray lip.
(21 July 2007)		 Another of the booter tray after removal.
(22 July 2007) 		Drivers side firewall. Need to remove the pedals and do some more repair work in this area. Should be repairable with POR15.
(22 July 2007)


May 2007
Interior welding finished. Note the added hooks for seat belts.
(12 May 2007) 		Drivers side new floor pans and seat brackets. Seats have been fitted and aligned.
(12 May 2007) 		Driver side seat frames. You can see the seat belt bracket. Wiring harness will be replaced with new from Rhode Island Wiring.
(12 May 2007)
Passinger side sills after repairs.
(12 May 2007) 		Another picture of the repaired passinger side sills.
(12 May 2007) 		Rear portion of the trunk after repairs. Fuel tank neck is original.
(12 May 2007)
Drivers side reat wing replacement metal. Had to be replaced since the old metal was too degraded to weld other section to.
(12 May 2007) 		New trunk panels showing the drivers side "wing" that had to be replaced.
(12 May 2007) 		Center towards the drivers side trunk section that was replaced.
(12 May 2007)
Rear end of Sadie. After replacement trunk panels spot welded back in. (12 May 2007) Underside of Sadie showing the right, rear portion.
(12 May 2007)


April 2007
Front chrome grill. Stucturally good; however, needs to be rechromed before I reinstall.
(01 April 2007) 		Brake booster returned from 190SL Services. Dave did an excellent job restoring this.
(06 April 2007 		Picture of the brake booster before and after restoration.
(06 April 2007
Aux lamp socket. A birthday gift from another 190SL owner... Thanks Tom...
(08 April 2007) 		Replacement fuel pump. I won off Ebay. Current one was not original.
(08 April 2007) 		New Bosch SR58X starter. This will be an upgrade from the original.
(08 April 2007)
Windshield pillar with new bolts. Note old broken bolt below.
(08 April 2007) 		Drivers Side Heater Duct with repainted nozzle. This will be repaired.
(08 April 2007)
Drivers side door panel. Panel is not repairable. Pictures taken as I took apart the panel to salage as many parts as I could. (08 April 2007)
Front part of the door pocket. Note padding under the old leather.
(08 April 2007) 		Door pocket. Inside portion. Leather glued directly to the aluminum pocket.
(08 April 2007)
Wood items on door pocket. Wood very bad condition.
(08 April 2007)
Door pocket pad. Wood totally non-repairable.
(08 April 2007) 		Interior view of the door pocket. Arm rest at top in very bad shape.
(22 April 2007) 		Interior of the door pocket after removal of the leather. Note a thin layer of padding materiel.
(22 April 2007)
Back side of door pocket. Note the body number (631) is written on the
(22 April 2007) 		Interesting note... The body number (631) was written on the leather on the inside. Number matches original data sheet and number stamped throughout the car.
(22 April 2007) 		Aluminum pocket afte removing the one wooden piece. Wood is tacket to the aluminum pocket.
(22 April 2007)


March 2007
After sand blasting, we identified this area for replacement.
(04 March 2007) 		Fortunately, K&K sells just the rear portion. Replacing the entire trunk would have been very expensive.
(04 March 2007) 		Another picture of the trunk section. Some holes in the outside skin of the rear end that will need to be fixed.
(04 March 2007)
Windshield wiper motor disassembled for repair, cleaning and painting.
(03 March 2007) 		Drivers side rear original wooden floor panel. Enough left to use as a template.
(24 March 2007) 		Right rear wooden panel. Original (black) and reproduced. Still need hardware fabricated and installed.
(24 March 2007)


February 2007
Passinger side interior sills. A lot of bad metal that needed to be removed and replaced.
(25 Feb 2007) 		Another picture of the damaged passinger side sill.
(25 Feb 2007)








LAST REVISION: 15 December 2007







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