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Thanks Feder, The merc has come together nicely, you're right it did get a much larger makeover than I'd planned given our discussions, but I...
Thanks Guys, and thanks Troy, FYI the Hambster is Drewfus's which finally got a decent run on Saturday. Regards the rims, there are still a...
Just an update for all those interested, As of Friday the beast is now on the road! Passed engineering & rego no probs. Made the trip to day of...
Post numbers 3,8 & 31 have photo's of the graft, if you want more detailed ones I'll see what we have.
The sheetmetal is all back on and so to answer your question the Jag IFS front fits perfectly for a Merc, no need to modify the sheetmetal at all....
Thanks to all from my Brother, he's a little preoccupied so hasn't been able to log onto the net, Carla and Emma are home from hospital and...
CONGRATULATIONS to Drewfus & Carla on the birth of their daughter Emma on Saturday night. :)
Unfortunately these things can happen, glad to hear your OK Matt, get well soon.
Here's a pic of the bare metal Merc, sorry we have a better one just can't find it at the moment [IMG]
Thanks, there does appear to have been an influx of American cars to Oz over the last few years but I think that's a good thing. Althogh I presume...
Yeah there is a bare metal merc RHD in Oz, will try and get a photo put up once I can find it.
Update: The engineering issue has been resolved, fortunately it should be fine so the Merc's staying LHD, Phew!!!!:) Well back on track and...
Hopefully it's not an issue and provided with some more information I'll work through it with the engineer, we had a brief discussion about the...
Thanks Pimpin Paint, Very good point, don't get me wrong I agree, I'm all for regulations and having vehicles on the road that are safe. Part...
Thanks guys, Yeah I'm stoked with the way she's coming together, will be on the road in a couple weeks hopefully, I just have an issue to...
True there aen't many Mercs in Oz total, that's actually something I'd like to gather numbers on, although I do know of a few and there are...
I loved the mean stance of this chopped merc in the matt black and chrome look, so I'm sticking with that. Matt black and chrome exterior, gloss...
Yeah kinda sucks, they do have guidlines to stick to so just a matter of fitting within them. Yeah I got a feeling we would wipe out half the US...
Thanks Guys, Yeah can't go past a chopped Merc and she's coming together great, one last hurdle to get past (Engineer) and hopefully she'll be...
Here's a pic of the front end for reference [IMG]
I decided that if i'm gonna fix it I might as well do it properly, so the only way to go is to strip the thing in pieces, and your right it was...
Thanks all, I should clarify that a lot of the mods we've done have been to bring it up to our strict standards, a number of others have just...
No complaints, happy with the deal just wanted to detail the project and explain why we made some of the mods. As mentioned I was aware of the...
For a period of time I had been looking to purchase a car of my own to cruise in. Due to my current limited storage space and time restraints I...
Thanks Brootal, Yeah Andrews been talking about that stuff, for rego purposes it's just getting the old door trim put back in and some boards...
Thanks all, Appreciate the comments, we'll throw some more progress pics and threads up once the things up and running.
Hi Guys, Just an update, plans changed slightly over the weekend as the seats came back from the trimmer so the front clip and glass didn't make...
Thanks Guys, Yeah she's close and looking good. Will have some more updates after this weekend hopefully. Grant
Thanks Troy, Yeah the plan is to have the Merc on the road in Feb so would be cool to bring it for a cruise to day of the Drags. Hopefully see...
Hi all, Many of you will know my older brother Drewfus, I'm new to the HAMB but definately not new to what & who the HAMB is. Last year I...
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