Project Arizona, The Rise of the Phönix...A Wide Body Story

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The interior is now complete:
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Your car looks awesome!!! I WANT THOSE RIMS!!! It looks like we have the same taste in cars. That is just how I like them! Terveisiä Suomesta
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What a great look inside!
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Thank you!

Here are some photos that were taken today, enjoy!

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Holy s**t great looking car :D
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OMG! So beautiful!
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Mielipiteeni on voinut muuttua, mutta ei se tosiasia, että olen oikeassa.

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Voi perkele että on hieno!
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Thank you guys! I too am very pleased with the results.

I will enjoy things as they are for now. On the side I will complete the 5.4 AMG engine assembly and continue developing another impossible to find early AMG option. Stay tuned!

Please let me know if I can help from this end on realizing your project!

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an incredibly gorgeous sec, you've really done a good job......!!!!!! 8)
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Messerschmitt kirjoitti:Voi perkele että on hieno!

INDEED!

I`m so jealous!

if i change or add something... dark rear lights and dark(or clear) front blinkers and supercharger under the hood... after that it should be a perfect car on my opinion. even like this easily top5 ever!
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sepulaakeri kirjoitti:
Messerschmitt kirjoitti:Voi perkele että on hieno!

INDEED!

I`m so jealous!

if i change or add something... dark rear lights and dark(or clear) front blinkers and supercharger under the hood... after that it should be a perfect car on my opinion. even like this easily top5 ever!
Agreed!

These little changes would make this baby PERFECT! id also prefer chrome front grill :mrgreen:
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the AMG modified 5.4, port and polished, AMG cam'd, lightened valve train, bored and stroked engine has safely returned home. It'll be put aside while I get the next piece of the drive train puzzle together, Getrag 265 MT.

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HOLY F**K. that looks awesome :shock: why drive a ferrari, when you could drive a old mercedes, what looks much better/cooler than ferrari.
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lassi-s kirjoitti:HOLY F**K. that looks awesome :shock: why drive a ferrari, when you could drive a old mercedes, what looks much better/cooler than ferrari.
Kyllä ^tossa kiteytyy tää auto.... :thumbup:
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Is there new engine installed?
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The 5.4 liter engine was brought home and put aside. Not in a hurry to install it as the original power plant is running very well. Though not rated at 310hp as the AMG variant, the original motor has some get up and with go with the tri-y manifolds, dual exhaust and 3.06 LSD differential.

The plan is to cast the manual transmission bell housing found in my 500sl AMG. Then mate the manual transmission to the 5.4 and install those together.

Here's a more recent photo taken at "Legends of the Autobahn" in Carmel, California last weekend.

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WOW!!!!!!!!!!
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Seuraavan kerran kaupoilla asioidessanne, ostakaahan Mercedes Enthusiast -lehden syyskuu 2011 numero. Sieltä löytyy juttu meidän 500SL AMG roadsterista harvinaisella V8 - manuaalivaihteistoyhdistelmällä.

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The coupe has been voted Ride of the Month on BenzWorld.org:

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Just when I thought I was coming down the home stretch I stumbled onto this:

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have u broken ur engine or what is this photo about??
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sepulaakeri kirjoitti:have u broken ur engine or what is this photo about??
I guess cars like this will never be finished to the end ... there's always something to improve :D . Just counted the number of cams is 32 :thumbup: .
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karra kirjoitti:
sepulaakeri kirjoitti:have u broken ur engine or what is this photo about??
I guess cars like this will never be finished to the end ... there's always something to improve :D . Just counted the number of cams is 32 :thumbup: .
yes, i didnt notice that,So what kind of engine is that engine??..... it is not normal m117 ....
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These are the very rare AMG independently designed and developed 32 valve dual overhead cam heads. I have been chasing these for 2.5 years and finally got the home. I will have my machinist inspect them to confirm that they are sound. They are missing the valves, springs, cups and retainers which I am looking into locating.
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AMG Private Lounge Laguna Seca Raceway October 2011

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Almost forgot...

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

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48hp kirjoitti:Almost forgot...

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

[ http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g420/48hp/The%20Wide%20Body/429f164e.jpg ]
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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!

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http://www.mbca.org/star-article/januar ... urn-legend

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Author: Henric Nieminen
Photography by: Ted Zombek

Return of a Legend
Article by Henric Nieminen
Photography by Ted Zombek and Henric Nieminen


The day is overcast but bright, illuminating a field of shiny sheet metal. One cluster of darkness, three cars, stands out in this bright gathering of pristine, colorful examples of Mercedes-Benz heritage. Within this exclusive group of three is one with an ominous stance, the dark mystery of its lines suggesting a unique story to be told.
In fact, the liquid black coupe crouching silently on the grassy hillside is the culmination of five intertwined stories. This tale begins years ago in Finland, then touches the home of Mercedes-Benz in Stuttgart and the workshops of AMG in tiny Affalterbach before finally reaching San Francisco and Los Angeles. But this isn’t just a story of places; it is a story of people.


Three Generations and Mercedes

World War II was not kind to Finland. Transportation is key in every war and transport maintenance was critical for Jaako Nieminen, one of a small number of chief mechanics responsible for keeping the Finnish army mobile – a responsibility that continually honed and tested Nieminen’s skills.

In the years after the war, he passed on his practical attitudes and experience to his son Martti, who supplemented them with formal technical training. Then an old girlfriend spoke of opportunities in Americas.
Nieminen emigrated to New York in 1965 with nothing more than hope and his craft. It took him six months to save the plane-ticket fare to the states, and by the time he landed in New York, that girlfriend’s life had taken a different turn. Aided only with a letter in English describing his abilities and training – a letter written by a fellow countryman on his behalf – he found work at a small garage specializing in Mercedes-Benz cars. There he befriended another expatriate mechanic, Otto Meyer, a native German.

In the grand spirit of immigrants of previous generations, Nieminen, Meyer, and Meyer’s wife struck out for Seattle. But the Northwest didn’t feel like home and they soon headed south to San Francisco, where Meyer opened an auto salvage yard in the East Bay, specializing in Mercedes. Nieminen became a partner in a Mercedes service shop across the bridge in San Francisco.

Martti Nieminen is my father. He found a life and a Finnish wife on the West Coast, and I was born a few years after they were established in San Francisco. This is where I grew up and where he would pass on the mechanical skills and aptitude he learned from his father. When I was 15 years old, he presented me with my first car, a 1979 Volkswagen Rabbit diesel. It was straight, it was shiny, it was a black four-door hatchback – but it was missing one key element – The 48 horsepower engine.

Smiling and using his broken English, my father said, “You havit a year to figure dat out.” And for the months that followed I dove in head first. Fortunately I was able to find a rebuildable block, and with his tutelage and assistance, managed to get the little hatchback on the road. This was my first experience in restoring an automobile, the same car in which I passed my first driving test. My father and I later shared numerous restoration projects.
Martti retired in 2001, at the age of 60, and by then the seeds of my appreciation for German automobiles had taken firm root. Though I would make my career in film production, I treasured the skills and savvy passed down from my grandfather and father.
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Olisiko kellään muotteja leveille lokareille? Twinturbossa ei renkaat mahu renkaat kääntyyn 60astetta,tarvis taikoa leveempää lokaria!
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laineracing kirjoitti: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 kiinnostaa.

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