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The horror. The Horror. The Horror.
The horror. The Horror. The Horror.
0 2017/10/09 09:05:57
0 2017/10/09 09:06:32
The Horror. The Horror. The horror.
The Horror. The Horror. The horror.
0 2017/10/09 09:13:12
I shoulda stood in bed.
I shoulda stood in bed.
0 2017/10/09 09:14:12
Open Dashboard Surgery
Open Dashboard Surgery
0 2017/10/20 03:33:28
Roof Deformation
Roof Deformation
0 2017/10/20 03:34:18
Work Crew Surveying Carnage
Work Crew Surveying Carnage
0 2017/10/20 03:36:14
0 2017/10/20 03:37:03
0 2017/10/20 03:37:39
Trashed Hood Restored to Normalcy
Trashed Hood Restored to Normalcy
0 2017/10/24 09:31:59
Auto Body Meister Preparing to Install Windshield
Auto Body Meister Preparing to Install Windshield
0 2017/10/24 09:33:18
Windshield Lowering Into Place
Windshield Lowering Into Place
0 2017/10/24 09:34:21
Junkyard Cooling Fan From the Wrong Car
Junkyard Cooling Fan From the Wrong Car
0 2017/10/24 09:35:16
0 2017/10/24 12:24:21
Never Beyond Repair
Never Beyond Repair
0 2017/10/24 12:27:00
With a heavy heart I removed the CLK550 badge from the trunk of this car, the better to fly under the radar and stay low key.
With a heavy heart I removed the CLK550 badge from the trunk of this car, the better to fly under the radar and stay low key.
0 2017/10/29 11:12:34
My CLK takes its final bow as a red car, under scattered cloud cover that promises rain showers before long. Lurking at rest in the background are a D6D LGP, and D7G LGP Cat dozers used to excavate catfish ponds when the rains taper off come November.
My CLK takes its final bow as a red car, under scattered cloud cover that promises rain showers before long. Lurking at rest in the background are a D6D LGP, and D7G LGP Cat dozers used to excavate catfish ponds when the rains taper off come November.
0 2017/10/29 11:14:31
The painting crew head honcho leaving the grunt work to his apprentices.
The painting crew head honcho leaving the grunt work to his apprentices.
0 2017/10/29 11:18:16
0 2017/10/29 11:19:58
The ancient air-compressor jury-rigged by the painter runs on diesel, and belches ominous plumes of steam while its uncovered cooling water tank remains at a constant boil.
The ancient air-compressor jury-rigged by the painter runs on diesel, and belches ominous plumes of steam while its uncovered cooling water tank remains at a constant boil.
0 2017/10/29 11:20:50
The climate-controlled auto-painting booth is not inspired by the Tesla Factory's automated vehicle painting facilities, as you will agree.
The climate-controlled auto-painting booth is not inspired by the Tesla Factory's automated vehicle painting facilities, as you will agree.
0 2017/10/29 11:26:09
With the primer work done, followed by just enough perfunctory re-sanding of the hood to stop me complaining about imperfections, the serious business of applying the first coat of gun-metal blue/grey paint commences on a hot sunny day, said to be the best weather for painting cars outdoors.
With the primer work done, followed by just enough perfunctory re-sanding of the hood to stop me complaining about imperfections, the serious business of applying the first coat of gun-metal blue/grey paint commences on a hot sunny day, said to be the best weather for painting cars outdoors.
0 2017/10/29 11:30:01
Risking life and limb to frame a good picture, I ventured well within the fragmentation envelope of this infernal, angry machine that the painter has adapted for use as an air compressor, whose tank of boiling water threatened to lobster me at any instant for my trouble. I feel this need to juxtapose the ancient rusting contraption of the sort still prevalent in this neck of the woods, with the decidedly more modern invention, the CLK550.
Risking life and limb to frame a good picture, I ventured well within the fragmentation envelope of this infernal, angry machine that the painter has adapted for use as an air compressor, whose tank of boiling water threatened to lobster me at any instant for my trouble. I feel this need to juxtapose the ancient rusting contraption of the sort still prevalent in this neck of the woods, with the decidedly more modern invention, the CLK550.
0 2017/10/29 11:33:49
Finally my patented high-tech paint booth is put to use. Oddly the paint has an almost silvery hue after this first coat, but by the second coat of paint, a more bluish tint began to emerge.
Finally my patented high-tech paint booth is put to use. Oddly the paint has an almost silvery hue after this first coat, but by the second coat of paint, a more bluish tint began to emerge.
0 2017/10/29 11:44:58
After a few months of rainy weather, my R129 with the leaky windshield was ready for some hours of drying out in the sun, while work continued apace on the CLK in the background.
After a few months of rainy weather, my R129 with the leaky windshield was ready for some hours of drying out in the sun, while work continued apace on the CLK in the background.
0 2017/10/29 11:47:40
0 2017/11/01 01:34:52
My CLK and other Agricultural Equipment
My CLK and other Agricultural Equipment
0 2017/11/01 01:35:18
0 2017/11/01 01:36:01
0 2017/11/01 01:49:49
Backwoods Bodywork Resuts
Backwoods Bodywork Resuts
0 2017/11/01 04:25:12
0 2017/11/02 11:06:17
Oil Pan Sludge and Water
Oil Pan Sludge and Water
0 2017/11/13 04:15:17
Metal Fragments of Doom
Metal Fragments of Doom
0 2017/11/13 04:16:32
This is the result of my failure to go the whole hog and have the original water-damaged engine dismantled for inspection, before starting it up. Con rod broke and impaled the crank case.
This is the result of my failure to go the whole hog and have the original water-damaged engine dismantled for inspection, before starting it up. Con rod broke and impaled the crank case.
0 2018/02/03 22:27:57
Of the eight piston con rods, one was deformed, and another snapped in two, impaling the crank- case for a total engine write-off.
Of the eight piston con rods, one was deformed, and another snapped in two, impaling the crank- case for a total engine write-off.
0 2018/02/03 22:30:18
The replacement M273 engine is delivered from the junk yard. This motor is evidently from a Mercedes S550 of 2008 vintage, so the engine mounts and water pump were swapped out.
The replacement M273 engine is delivered from the junk yard. This motor is evidently from a Mercedes S550 of 2008 vintage, so the engine mounts and water pump were swapped out.
0 2018/02/03 22:32:36
The replacement engine is manhandled out of the tiny hatchback that delivered it here.
The replacement engine is manhandled out of the tiny hatchback that delivered it here.
0 2018/02/03 22:34:44
The replacement engine is lowered into place
The replacement engine is lowered into place
0 2018/02/03 22:35:57
0 2018/02/03 22:37:12
The engine serial number confirms that this motor is beyond the range affected by idler sprocket issues, but NOT beyond the range of cam shaft solenoid leakage, so we swapped in the solenoids from the outgoing engine, since they are in good shape
The engine serial number confirms that this motor is beyond the range affected by idler sprocket issues, but NOT beyond the range of cam shaft solenoid leakage, so we swapped in the solenoids from the outgoing engine, since they are in good shape
0 2018/02/03 22:38:55