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Return of the Dead 6.9 Roadster AMG??

Old May 9, 2007 | 09:03 PM
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Return of the Dead 6.9 Roadster AMG??

dusted off my 6.9 today as summer is near...since I have owned it I have tried again & again to see what exactly AMG did to the car but have yet to find out....But anyway here is what I have done
written off in 2003 when I was much dumber and did not know you take a fast car on the track don't play on the street...I hit a Lincoln at 65 mph totalled 2 days after a 2 year restoration...rebuilt but 6,000 miles since

1. Roadster conversion with reinforced frame and integrated roll bar...
AMG front spolier
W126 Side skirts
AMG rear apron
AMG wheels third set 18x8 front 235/40/18 19x9.5 rear 265/30zr19
560 AIR box
Zebrano shifter
Nardi with Mercceds horn button
Battery relocated to trunk
AMG cams
Free flow exhaust with 4 glasspacks(no cats-legal in CAli)with h pipe with AMG twin exhaust tips
Power rear seat-Factory
Black wrinkle grill
No A/C yeah I know but it's a convertible
Factory Euro car with Euro bumpers/lights-3900 lbs
0-60 6.1 in 1st gear
Rear view camera with TV/DvD & too many subwoofers
AMG coil spring conversion in rear with heavy duty Bils
Recalibrated front self leveling rise & lower very quickly when flying
Mexico city vinyl interior

Drawing Board
3.07 or 3.27 diff l has factory 2.65)
M119 Turbo & v12 automatic
Blood red or **** brown full leather maybe
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Old May 9, 2007 | 11:29 PM
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nice wheel.
now post pics of the damn car already!!
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Old May 10, 2007 | 11:51 AM
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still super dirty but here are a couple
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Old May 10, 2007 | 01:39 PM
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Old May 10, 2007 | 03:23 PM
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Old May 10, 2007 | 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by CoastLine
still super dirty but here are a couple
holy crap man, that's one of the nicest cars i've ever seen. please take a *****load more pics and post them, asap.
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Old May 12, 2007 | 12:02 AM
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 08:03 PM
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Yes please post more pic's that looks amazing
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 11:07 PM
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Old Jul 11, 2007 | 08:06 PM
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okay will have pics this weekend have been so buried with a backlog of work that I don't have time for much lately
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Old Jul 13, 2007 | 12:49 PM
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Old Jul 13, 2007 | 01:22 PM
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more pics i have zero skills in taking photos..cars looks lot better than pics...
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Old Jul 13, 2007 | 01:50 PM
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coast, please take one full-on side shot, just like bjay's sig...
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okay will post side shot...
will take a pic when I get home today...
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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 06:38 PM
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Old Jul 27, 2007 | 05:04 PM
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pics of the side, these are silver arrow wheels polished...now has AMG 18/19...in the pics have 18 all around.

Sorry for the delay guys but my shop is busy to the point that I take my lunch break about 6pm,by the time I get home well past midnight there is not much time for pics and no light....
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Old Jul 28, 2007 | 01:39 AM
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Originally Posted by E4///Turbo
dusted off my 6.9 today as summer is near...since I have owned it I have tried again & again to see what exactly AMG did to the car but have yet to find out....But anyway here is what I have done
written off in 2003 when I was much dumber and did not know you take a fast car on the track don't play on the street...I hit a Lincoln at 65 mph totalled 2 days after a 2 year restoration...rebuilt but 6,000 miles since

1. Roadster conversion with reinforced frame and integrated roll bar...
AMG front spolier
W126 Side skirts
AMG rear apron
AMG wheels third set 18x8 front 235/40/18 19x9.5 rear 265/30zr19
560 AIR box
Zebrano shifter
Nardi with Mercceds horn button
Battery relocated to trunk
AMG cams
Free flow exhaust with 4 glasspacks(no cats-legal in CAli)with h pipe with AMG twin exhaust tips
Power rear seat-Factory
Black wrinkle grill
No A/C yeah I know but it's a convertible
Factory Euro car with Euro bumpers/lights-3900 lbs
0-60 6.1 in 1st gear
Rear view camera with TV/DvD & too many subwoofers
AMG coil spring conversion in rear with heavy duty Bils
Recalibrated front self leveling rise & lower very quickly when flying
Mexico city vinyl interior

Drawing Board
3.07 or 3.27 diff l has factory 2.65)
M119 Turbo & v12 automatic
Blood red or **** brown full leather maybe
You bought that car as it is from the previous owner?
It's just a normal 6.9. AMG cams have AMG stamped on the firewall end of each cam shaft.You can remove the covers and use a mirror to read what is written there. Factory cams have 'L' Or 'R' and a number 19 or 18 and other numbers depending on when the car was built .
It's chassis number 116.036-22-001765 so it's pretty close to a Euro delivery 6.9 I have at the moment.( #1738) so I can vouch for the better performance of the high compression cars compared to the low compression versions delivered to the USA and Australia.
AMG only did what you paid for,from a simple set of wheels to a full engine job at 14,000 DM. There are plenty of AMG 6.9's out there and probably only 12 AMG enhanced performance 6.9's including at least two 7.2 liter conversions.
When you have driven one of those you soon appreciate the big difference between the' body kit' cars and the real deal. The nearest comparison is a hi perofrmance motor cycle acelerating at full throttle.There was no other comparable car 30 years ago.
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Old Oct 12, 2007 | 09:47 PM
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AMG cams were installed in 2002 bought them in 2000 for 3700DM in HAGEN,GERMANY. when I bought it had partial AMG body kit,and AMG imported it into the US and there was a AMG sticker on the door that was not legible...The car is worth more in pieces,I want a 15-20ft Runabout boat for it...
This car did 151 mph 2 days ago with no top-my speedo is correct,no i don't have video...without question it will outrun any stock NA euro 6.9,,US 6.9's are not even in the same universe as far as the performance....last dyno it hit 247hp/340TQ--last month it did 221hp/315tq at GTR performance but I could not hold the trans from shifting,GTR did say however it was the first Mercedes they had ever tested so it was tought watching my car hit 221 when I know there is a lot more on tap....

as far as i am concerned though this is a 15-20ft runabout boat waiting to happen----I will trade it for a boat this year or early next
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Originally Posted by E4///Turbo
pics of the side, these are silver arrow wheels polished...now has AMG 18/19...in the pics have 18 all around.

Sorry for the delay guys but my shop is busy to the point that I take my lunch break about 6pm,by the time I get home well past midnight there is not much time for pics and no light....
That's the model that made me realize that when I grow up, I'm getting a Mercedes. Wow. Really nice copy of the dream.
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