Lets see some of your other projects.

[Scoobyroo]

Cars, trucks, boats..anything! Toss it up!

Here are mine



97 and 98 Subaru Impreza Coupes, have a long list of things in storage to put on one of them when I finally get my own place with some garage space.



A sunbeam alpine, was a parts car my neighbor had and let me have. Kinda sitting on the back-burner right now.





Not mine, my fathers. An 85 3/4ton Silverado. I convinced him to let me put the updated suburban front clip on it, should be finishing that up to tomorrow.

[dt]

I had a friend a long time ago that had one of those Sunbeams.

They are the coolest little things.

[dt]

Before I got into vintage dirt bike restorations, I restored old Brits. This 1978 Lotus Esprit S1 was my last project. When I was done (not that you’re ever really done with these things) I sold it, and so regret doing that.

[Rich]

here are a few of mine

First car I ever bought myself- 1965 Mustang with a 289 Cobra under the hood


this is what happened to her-

thats what happens when one Mustang runs a red light and hits the other one head on

1965 Mustang 6 cyl- sold


1986 Porsche 944- Sold


1989 Mercedes Benz 190E (i have also owned a 1990 but they looked exactly the same, so i though i would just post the one picture, lol)


Not sure why some of them are small and the others are normal?

[Scoobyroo]

Those 190E's are great, I've been told they're one of the few benz you can still wrench on.



The evolution II looked really good as well for a factory setup, I believe you can still get ahold of the aero parts if you look hard enough.

[Rich]

yeah im a bit of a 190E enthusiast. the evo II and III kits are still avail. BUT a used one can run you around 6-9 grand for just the kit, and its not as simple as throwing it on there. the fenders all have to be cut, and you have to do major upgrades to the front suspension. but yes they are great cars, my last one had almost 300k miles on it when i sold it, and i still see it driving around town. they make great drift cars (if you can find one with a 5spd, very rare) because they were originally built for rally racing and have a sport tuned 5 link rear suspension

[Scoobyroo]

Wow, I had no idea it was that involved. The 22B conversion is along the same lines, I'd love to go wide body but I don't know if I can bring myself to cut off the rear quarter panels to fit them.

The kits however are being reproduced thankfully, so getting one would only be around 3 grand. Actual 22b parts though..pretty much impossible to find and big money when they do come up.

[Rich]

well if you decide to ( i think you should) i would be glad to help out.
yeah if you dont do the suspension upgrades to the front, you get the worlds worse fender gap its become known in Benz circles as the Fevo (Fake Evo) Gap i know people who have poured money into their 190's and they still have the Fevo gap

it looks like for your conversion you will just need wheels with a diff off set (or spacers) and some wider tires... (maybe a little bit of lowering too)

[Scoobyroo]

well if you decide to ( i think you should) i would be glad to help out.
yeah if you dont do the suspension upgrades to the front, you get the worlds worse fender gap its become known in Benz circles as the Fevo (Fake Evo) Gap i know people who have poured money into their 190's and they still have the Fevo gap

it looks like for your conversion you will just need wheels with a diff off set (or spacers) and some wider tires... (maybe a little bit of lowering too)

Yea, factory they were 17x8.5 bbs wheels, I've seen some though running into 10's and 11's. I have a set of 18x8.5's but theyre a bit too big for the car as is. Also have a set of tein coil overs waiting to go on 

[Rich]

cant wait to see it. just remember measure twice, cut once!!! haha

[bagobones]

Here is the #1 project car in my garage, our 1958 Edsel Pacer 4-door. It belonged to my Father-in-law who bought it new in '58. I made the decision this last week to rat-rod it. I am a musician with three teenagers so I'm kinda broke and can't dump a lot of money into any projects. Everything I do must be frugal! Just today, I began the slow process of it's ratrod conversion by sanding the hood down and painting it with....bedliner. Yes, that's right. I may have lost my mind, but it worked on my GL1100.

If you look really closely, you can see my 1990 Mercedes 190E Sportline behind the Edsel. It call it the Batmobile. My Wife's new ride is a 1987 Volvo 240 Wagon. We call it "The Bandwagon". Both of these cars of course are project cars as well.

I find it wild that you guys are talking about 190's in this thread, so I will put up some more photos of mine tomorrow.

[bagobones]

Here is the Bandwagon. First pic shows the newly mounted E-code headlamps & turn signals and the cherry vintage 1986 paint scheme. Volvo called it "sand" - I call it "gag-me-with-a-spoon" beige. Gotta love it!

Second pic shows new tailights, and freshly tinted windows done by yours truly. Not a molecule of rust on this beast. Dark brown vinyl interior. This thing rides like a tank. Perfect family mobile and really, really, easy to work on.

[bagobones]

OK I found a crappy cell phone picture of my 2.6L 190E Sportline. Formerly owned by MrBones, I flew to FL and drove her back to IL. I just had the transmission worked on and did a head gasket with new valve seals. It now shifts perfectly, and now doesn't burn A DROP of oil at 173K. This is my daily driver, and probably my favorite car of the dozens I have owned.

[bagobones]

Oops. The 190E is a 1992. 

[Rich]

that Sportline is beautiful. i dont know how mych you know about them, but they are fairly rare here in the US. Mercedes only produced them here for two years (91-92) with a total of about 2000 made (Alot of which have been wrecked or parted out) there are probably less than 1500 left in the US. they were all the same, black/grey ext. black sportline interior (which was the 16v interior, with red trim added)

Sportlines were made before Mercedes bought the company AMG (it used to be an aftermarket company) so these 190's were as souped up as you could get them from the factory.

If you took a stock, plain old 190 to an AMG factory (back in the 90's) to have the aftermarket conversion done, the first thing they would do is put the Sportline suspension on your car.

sorry for that digression, like i said, I'm a bit of a 190 nut

[mrbones]

There are so many cool things on this thread I don't know where to start. That Lotus is kick ass. Was that the same car the James Bond drove into the water and it turned into submarine?

The Edsel is going to look so I mean my eyes will deceive me. Start thinking of a name for it. Bone Daddy?

The 190E Sportline has gray leather interior with bucket seats in the back. I added the rear spoiler, AMG wheels, and euro headlights. I was trying to update the car without making it look ghetto. It was all stock when I got it. I also had the A/C converted to 134a, but it still didn't work all that well here in Florida. I sold it at the time because I needed more room for all those damn baby accessories (car seat, stroller, etc.) It's a great car.

[Rich]

the A/Cs are the first to go, but thats ok cause the engine is the last to go

[dt]

Was that the same car the James Bond drove into the water and it turned into submarine?

Yeah … The Spy Who Loved Me, 1977 Roger Moore. It had a rocket launcher that shot down helicopters piloted by big boobed pilots, too. That's a good shot to show how low that thing was.

[dt]

This is my Toyota Tundra dirt bike hauler.

[Rich]

that is the ONLY import truck that I like. very nice, what are those wheels?

[dt]

The wheels are 20 inch OEMs. They came with the XSP package.

It also came with some real soft BFGs that I changed out about a year ago to Sumitomas. Better traction in the soft stuff like up at Croom.

[mrbones]

The only other projects I work on now besides motorcycles is my '91 Jeep Wrangler and my home game room.

[dt]

This is dt2mx jr. on his ATV; he's the project. 

[mrbones]

I thought about putting my kids up here, lol. I've got two and they take more time and patience than anything.

[dt]

I thought about putting my kids up here, lol. I've got two and they take more time and patience than anything.

 

I see 'em two pictures up. That's what made me think of it. Time and patience works inversely as they get older; less time, more patience.  

[dt]

This thread needs some posts....

 

[Rharms1]

Ford

[dt]

omg…the holy grail of automobiles…   

[dt]

Time to resurrect this thread.

Picked up a new toy today. It’s a 2004 Jeep Wrangler X. Actually, it’s his…that’s Jr. and he’s getting ready to take Mom for her first ride, but we’re planning on some off-roading and maybe even some camping. Special thanks to Mr. Bones, our resident Jeep expert, who coached me through a couple promising opportunities and a bunch of my dumb questions.





Hey, we’ve got quite a few new members. Any projects or toyz?

[mrbones]

Awesome. I think that thing will go just about any where!

[danh600]

Mom doesn't look too sure about getting in there.

[dt]

Haha…really! Getting in and out of there is quite an ordeal. I need to get some nerfs or something. Anyway, she’s really warming up to him driving it. First, it’s really quite stable; no worse than our Jeep Liberty, anyway. Second, it’s perhaps the slowest car that was ever invented. 

[sticky]

Thought this was abouit bikes. 

[bagobones]

Title says "other projects".

[dt]

Hence the beauty of the forum…we’re all over the place. 

[danh600]

Yea, I love all the different cars and truck projects. I was into cars, trucks and boats a long time before I discovered the joys of a bike.

Sadly, I have nothing to contribute to this thread. I am a terrible mechanic. So I have to drive something practical since I have to pay to have it fixed.

[dt]

I’ve got a new photo of our Jeep.



We were out with our Jeep Club today in a place a little south of Ocala. Kind of a gnarly riding area. My son was actually driving (he’s the guy in the dark red shirt to the right) and I’m actually still hanging by my seat belt inside the cabin in this photo. That’s a fairly steep ravine we were coming up. He was in 4wd low and had the front wheels locked. He was on it pretty good and it just got hard right up the side of the ravine and sent us over on the side. No injuries, not even a scratch on us. We got a winch line on the side to upright it and another to pull it forward and were out pretty quickly. That's why we ride in groups. These Wranglers are pretty solid. In fact, I ripped out the busted windshield and drove it all the way home about 75 miles on back roads. It looks like I'll need a new windshield frame, glass and the frame hinges. If I can find them it's just nine torx bolts and we're good to go. Didn't even crack a fender flare.

[bagobones]

Holy crap!  Glad you both are OK. Your son is still probably crapping his pants. Maybe you could take the windshield off and just wear your motorcyce helmet instead - "spyder" style.

[mrbones]

Wow. Good thing there's no injuries. Does it look worst than it is?

[v65infla]

I am glad your both Ok Bill and wearing your seat belts.  Your son just learned a very valuable lesson with relatively low consequences that he will carry the rest of his life.  Next time he will recognize those set of circumstances and take actions to prevent wrecking. 

[dt]

Does it look worst than it is?

Yeah, that looks bad but they all do. Equipment damage was very minimal. It was pure fluff in there, just soft dirt and clay mix which the entire place was. Rocks may have been different, but we’ve agreed we’re not playing on rocks. You know the damage that does. The Olympic rocker guards did their job, like I said the plastic wheel flares didn’t sustain even a crack or bend. We’re just looking for a windshield frame and at least the left hinge, maybe the right, looks a little tweaked. And of course some new glass for the frame. I still stand by my contention that these wranglers can be either the safest vehicles or the most dangerous…just depends on whether you’re wearing seat belts.

I am glad your both Ok Bill and wearing your seat belts. Your son just learned a very valuable lesson with relatively low consequences that he will carry the rest of his life.  Next time he will recognize those set of circumstances and take actions to prevent wrecking. 

True indeed on the learning experience, although this was 100% my fault. He’s a dirt kid and knows what he's doing, but when we’re not on simple marked forest roads, my job is to be both in the co-pilot’s seat and on my feet. I spend half of our time in places like this walking, scoping and spotting out ahead. Anything unusual looking, I’m on my feet. Then I get back in and say, okay, here’s what we’re gonna do. In this case, I didn’t walk this ravine. Other Jeeps had already made it up…one didn’t but backed down. Since I didn’t walk it, I didn’t know what was there and all he could do was put it in 4 low and grind it out. So, yes certainly a learning experience for him, but I’m taking the fault. My bad!

[dt]

All fixed…got out of this with just a windshield frame, glass, and the front windshield frame hinges. But we also installed a “full” front roll bar last weekend just in case.