Verry nice car. Thank you for shareing. Thank you. The project was fulfilling and rewarding yet certainly an exercise in patience. Amazing how the values of these wide bodies have exploded since! https://i0.wp.com/amgclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/AMG-on-grass.jpg?w=1684&ssl=1 Well... T...

I noticed many of the photo links have expired in this thread. Same happened elsewhere and I collected many of the missing photos and they can be view here: https://www.benzworld.org/media/albums/48hp.26216/ https://www.benzworld.org/media/albums/48hp.26216/page-2 https://www.benzworld.org/cdn-cgi/i...

“My father, Martti, had emigrated from Finland to New York in 1965...

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Hello and Happy New Year.

I am in search of a vacuum diagram for a 1981 500SLC as delivered from Mercedes Germany. Any vacuum diagram of the earliest M117 5L without emission systems would be helpful as well. Thank you in advance. email: henric@amgclassic.com

Quick little MPEG:

http://youtu.be/MyN58H5BlFY

A few interior shot then...

Restoration complete:

After addressing the sheet metal, it was time to get under the hood.

Thank you.

Depends on the part. Not all parts are media blasted, some are just hot dipped in chemicals. Some of the accessories I have successfully "tumbled" in conical media with fantastic results. Aluminum oxide is good on some but I like the soda blaster for more delicate work.

More progress on the AMG Dohc 4V engine. Short block complete and heads nearly there.

a common w123 issue, rust at the firewall drain area. cut it out, weld in some new.

Kiitos! More picts, yes. I've since stripped it to the bone... http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g420/48hp/w123%20500te/IMG_4635_zps4208cc8c.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g420/48hp/w123%20500te/IMG_4641_zps9f560615.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g420/48hp/w123%20500te/IMG_4643_z...

I may have stumbled on one of the earliest, more unique W123's, ever modified by AMG, a 1979 wagon. Unfortunately, there was absolutely no history provided with the vehicle but the sum of all of the AMG options found on this example leads me to believe it did visit AMG before arriving in North Ameri...

Starfest 2012 - Phoenix Arizona. We took a trip out to the desert to attend Mercedes Benz Club of America's event, Starfest. Sponsored by MBCA and MBUSA, the event turned out some very special vehicles. Set within the Biltmore Resort, the vehicles were placed in a fantastic setting. Our coupe was e...

Tunnistaako kukaan näitä kambiakseliaita? Mercedes kone M117 - GTS55

Kiitos!

Happy New Year!

Starfest 2012 - Phoenix Arizona. We took a trip out to the desert to attend Mercedes Benz Club of America's event, Starfest. Sponsored by MBCA and MBUSA, the event turned out some very special vehicles. Set within the Biltmore Resort, the vehicles were placed in a fantastic setting. Our coupe was en...

I'm dumbfounded... Thanks. If anyone is interested in taking on a similar project, I've assembled a complete AMG wide body kit, wheels, suspension and bumpers and listed them on eBay. There are several Finns here in Los Angeles that send sea freight containers to Finland every couple of months. I'd...

We attended the Legends of the Autobahn this past weekend in Carmel Valley, California during Pebble Beach Autoweek. This is only the third year Mercedes has been included in this exclusive event but the number of W126's increases annually. We entered our coupe in the Concours judging and I am honor...

Hello Henkka! I must say this is one of my favourite topics. Merely because one of my children's nickname is Henkka (Henrik). :thumbup: Although I prefer ordinary C126 is in my opinion the most beautiful car in the whole world, Your Widebody is just f***ing GREAT!!! 8) Fine job my man. Thank you! A...

Referencing my muse, the 500SEC 32v AMG Wide Body featured in the July 1984 German Magazine Publication, "Auto Motor und Sport," Dan Miller Auto Tops and Interiors reproduced this Gembella styling, designed for AMG, door card insert. Coupled with the AMG styled door wood trim by Madera Con...

Look for this:

Our 500SEC wide body and 500SEL AMG received a nice little write up in the current issue of Mercedes Enthusiast Magazine July 2012. I picked up a copy during my visit to Finland last week as it's not readily available stateside. Hope you enjoy!

Thank you.

I would really like to see some Finns over on our new website dedicated to early AMG:

http://www.amgclassic.com

I been putting this together for months, a website dedicated to 80's AMG and it's finally ready to go!

Hope you enjoy,

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Joo tuon löysinkin,aattelin että oisko joku ottanu muotteja siitä,koska kilpuriin tarvittais vain lokarin levikkeet,ja koko sarja on turhan kallis siihen. Eriasia ois rakentaa noin hieno näyttelypeli kun sulla on =). http://www.teamlmd.1g.fi/kuvat/MB+500+sec/" onclick="window.open(this.hr...

Siekkinen kirjoitti:I have never seen more beautiful sec Interior is nice. Paint too. And those rims.. Even I could drive that although im addicted to diesel

Thank you. I need to get one of the wild performance diesel builds out here to California.

Olisiko kellään muotteja leveille lokareille? Twinturbossa ei renkaat mahu renkaat kääntyyn 60astetta,tarvis taikoa leveempää lokaria! On kylla. $3000 USD plus rahti. 12-osainen sarja, valmis asennettavaksi. Sama 'wide body' -sarja kuin omassa autossani, kuvia ohessa. Lahetan lisatietoja, jos kiinn...

The Mercedes Benz Club of America has published an eight page article about our AMG wide body coupe. Here's the link to the issue online. I hope you enjoy it! Cheers, Henric Return of a Legend http://www.mbca.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/FrontPageFeaturedItem/star-cover/%2001Jan-Feb2012cover_2...

Almost forgot...

There's a little bit of Finland in the trunk of the wide body. It's been quite the conversional piece, lol.