190sl Body before restoration
190sl in Los Angeles USA before shipping to UK in 1999.
This photo was taken on arrival of the car from the USA. To aid shipping parts were packed into the boot, interior and bolted into the engine bay where possible. In addition to this chrome and valuable items were shipped over in secure crates.
This 190SL was assembled in the Mercedes-Benz Sindelfingen pant and delivered to the customer through Mercedes-Benz Denmark on 21st September 1960. From there it ended up in the USA.
On initial assessement my plans were to complete engine rebuild, flat and paint existing paintwork and to complete 190SL as a driver. As I started stripping parts it became obvious that previous repairs were not done satisfactorliy. More and more I stripped the car more and more I became dis-satisfied with previous work. The floor pans were initially painted semi-gloss black and the finished results was not good. On stripping the paint on the floors a great deal of pitting and pinholes were discovered. The decission to replace the floor pans and seat supprot proved to be right. One thing lead to another and finally I made the desicision to strip the entire 190Sl of every all paint, components and every nut and bolt.
