DanialA11 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Seen as I'm planning on staying on this forum for a while with my mb thought if start a thread about my restoration of my 190e 2.3 cosworth manual dogleg Dad purchased car in 2005 then parked in storage in 2006 due to not having a drive way ane someone keying it down the driver side.Then late last year took it back out, gave it a full service brake change and so on.Car is not standard is lowered all round, has a SL front nose job ( was done prior to purchase however after restored will keep this bonnet but have original on car) ,oz opera alloy wheelsCurrently in the body shop getting a full respray with new rear inner arches, rear quatres, new front wings, rest of the car is unbeliably solid Have many pictures on my photo bucket but ill put the main few upThis is when we got the car out of storage :Serviced and detailed changed the alloysMy e30 I sold prior to taking cosworth out of storage due to space, was only a 1.6 but had a engine conversion waiting, sadly couldn't keep it do miss it was a real head TurnerAt a motorheads car meet in birmingham in a secure closed car park after houres Droped off for restoration, they have carried out work on my friends classic mercedes and e30 bmws and I'm happy with the quality:This is my 2.5 automatic I sold about 2 years ago lovely drive however the 2.3 is much more livelyer car Stripped down rear quatres test fitted Rust free front inner arches Driver side rear inner arch rust removed and plated up Rear quatre fitted and smoothed Some sort of laqar or something I don't know That Is all so however ever car should be complete by this weekend, once it's out will get the wheels refurbished, new exhaust downpipe as it already has a cat back exhaust Hope you like itI'm all for originality but I'm the kind of guy that likes making a car my own, won't be hard to put back to standard if I ever decide to sell up but not planning onit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krzys Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 The wheels you changed to look so much better on it! Great stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanialA11 Posted July 27, 2015 Author Share Posted July 27, 2015 Yes I agree, the ones that where on the car we got when we bought it, then it was either these or genuine mercedes amg monoblocks, but there to common and these are wider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krzys Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Yeah the first wheels looked okay, but the second ones really suit it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanialA11 Posted July 27, 2015 Author Share Posted July 27, 2015 What can I say I got good taste Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skymera Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Whoah. WHOAH. This car is AWESOME. Liking the OZ wheels. Big flat faces, reminds me of the AMG wheels you see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fyfie5 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 very nice indeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Agree second set of wheels look so much better! Very rare car the Cosworth mercs now, can remember when these were new!! What interior does yours have, is it the original burbery styleee cloth? Wheelere dealers once did a resto on one, was a great watch. Nice to see the rust being repaired properly mate, it's the only way to do it. The grey over the repair is the primer paint , ready for the colour then lacquer after that. Gonna watch this one! Also agree about originality but making it your own, you have to put your own stamp on a car. Its what its all about! Big fan of the 3 series tourers aswell mate, she looked a mint one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiNK43 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Absolutely beautiful mate. Know someone with one similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Love this .. Never knew what they were, but always thought they looked cool as fook.. Although not keen on that nose :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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