You're quite an inspiration! I hope I’m half the badass you are at 75.

Is this green SL wearing factory paint? Doesn’t look like a standard color but I suppose they had some that we rarely see.

 

Yes it is factory paint the only mods are the Bremmer 17" wheels and H&R springs. The car is a load of fun in the canyons and mountains, plenty of power for that. The 500 is mostly daily driver and Vegas trips. The V12 is for longer trips where I can stand on the gas for a little open road racing

 

Is it paint code 008 - Designo AlanitGrun by chance (check video at 13 second mark)? Weird coincidence that the YouTube algorithm fed me a R129 video all about paint codes. I have no life apparently...either that or Google is spying on everything I do. Or both could be true. lol.

 

Here is the info on the SL320

 

designo purpur metallic

 

I am 79, going on 50! Acquired my Silver Arrow in June, Enjoy driving it and get lots of "thumbs up".

 

New to the site! Just bought my 1995 SL500 as a 40th birthday present this year.

 

Good choice... You now have 40 + years of great R129 driving ahead of you!

 

I’m 21 picked up my 01 last year when I was still 19

 

So you and the car are about the same age!
How do you like it?
What do your friends think?

 

I love it. I just wish I had enough money to bring the restoration to a close swiftly and just fully enjoy it.

friends like it too, but the girls go crazy. Must be the color and my obsessive waxing of the paint lol

 

65 years old and have owned my '93 500SL about 3 years now. Working on the mechanicals to get it back into the condition it deserves.


Work so far is:Replaced all top hydraulic cylinders with rebuilt units from Top Cylinders -
Replaced power steering pump filter
Changed power steering fluid
Changed air filters
Replaced intake manifold gaskets
Replaced plugs
Replaced distributor caps and rotors
Checked Compressions - 165, 160, 165, 162, 169, 168, 160, 165
Changed cabin air filter
Replaced fuel filter
Replaced fuel pumps
Replaced top strut mounts
Replaced battery
Rebuilt headrest drives
Rebuilt throttle actuator
Replaced tonneau MB Tex
Replaced hood pad
Replace all shocks - Bilstein
Replacing transmission - Sun Valley Unit being built now.

 

After all that work - I hope it gets up and goes on demand! Fun to drive?

 

The more I work on it the more fun it is. The transmission is the last major issue I needed to address. Next will be the cosmetics..

 

The drive train on the R129 has been described as “bulletproof” ... so hopefully it is minor repairs.

 

Even "bulletproof" stuff needs maintenance. In this case it's the transmission that decided reverse gear wouldn't work any more. So, I'm waiting for a rebuilt unit from Sun Valley Transmissions and when it gets here I'll put it in and should be good for another 27+ years.
Way cheaper than a new car...

 

Did you know the R129 can do 60 mph in reverse?
I read that one time - have never tried it.

 

Let me know how that goes...

 

Still getting older! Still driving and willing to go fast!