There you have it. Have fun Speedy!

That MB straight six is a great motor, wonder why it is a salvage, looks very not bad. I like the wood on the interior, is it faux wood?

MB has never put fake wood in a car, AFAIK.

Looks like the real wood in our M3....

Hey Randy, I remembered that you had one of the C36s here. Looks great in silver.

Yeah, that's a really similar heap to mine. Has it been punched hard? Mine doesn't seem to have been. The picture of the short block looks like it was exposed to the elements, (and moisture), for quite awhile. Mine is still running, (albeit w/ some really old fuel in it), so it should look fine when I remove the head. Yep, looking again at your pic and that thing was definitely left exposed to the PNW elements w/ no cyl head on it for some time. Bummer. Rusty cylinder walls are not good. :(

I took some better pics of the interior yesterday, it's really not bad at all.
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I love the OEM Mercedes Benz cell phone:
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1321814149.jpg

With separate dash control: :D

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1321814214.jpg

Fix it and enjoy it...

My buddy Neal did that, and now he is building a meaner one (this is a DD too)

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Sweet, I was just watching some Tans Am races from that era on you tube...

My guess is a 959 kit with cheaper head lights...

I have a soft spot for all things AMG. Congrats a saving a great car. Sadly these 3.2 and 3.6L engines are hard on head gaskets, but lots of tips and threads on this repair.

Looking forward to updates.
Yasin

They do go through head gaskets but often w/o any overheating or other damaging results. They just start leaking oil, (either internally/externally or both), which is what happened with mine.

It's real, I tried to refinish the window switch panel in my C36 but was never happy with the results. The depth of the OEM finish is difficult to duplicate.

I dont think it is layered varnish. The finish lloks more like the 2 part plastic/epoxy table top coating stuff from a hobby store to me. It even turns yellow and cracks like that stuff and pulls off in big chunks.

Great project, Denis. And thanks for the pics of the R5 and Z/28 (one of my favorites). :)

I was going to ask the same question. Looks like a 959 wannabe... Love the light covers.

The flag mirrors look just wrong with that body. :(

I'll try to get another picture of that car when I go back there, it's some kind of bodykit thing.

sub'd. Nice score Denis. Looking forward to seeing it's resurrection.

Finally got off my ass
 

And did the head gasket job on this car over the last 2 days. It was a piece of cake except for the cleaning out the oil from the cooling system, which I haven't really done yet. The good news is that this HG failure is so common that MB makes a special cleaner for getting the oil out and i'm picking some up tomorrow. :)

The head was more or less perfect, un-warped surface and no cracks. I just cleaned it and the block up really well and put a new HG on it. This was at the advice of the most respected MB machinist in town, FWIW. I had him look the head over, (he's done hundreds of MB heads), the surface was perfect and it's never been shaved. The CCs looked fantastic, very little carbon and plugs show a great burn. Lucked-out so far.

Here are some pics:
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Congrats Denis! Was lining up the cams straighforward? Is the oil pump driven off the crank?
Yasin

Yes and yes. There is a variocam sprocket on the intake cam that needs to be set correctly, (fully retarded), but otherwise nothing special.

[QUOTE=RANDY P;6380898]It's a hammered car
Oh no.

Seeing that particular car gives me a headache.

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Oh and mine:

{/QUOTE]

That looks expensive!

Slight difference between the way that short block looks and mine. Just sayin'...