A fish outa water?

[Steve in SoCal]

Hi folks,



I am an old time hot rodder who has been smitten by the three pointed star. My project is not an American Muscle car but a 1987 Mercedes 560SEC with a bit of tweaking. I have done several engine conversions on MB cars and this one is sporting a V12 from a 1993 600SEL with a few mods and it will be sipping fuel via MegaSquirt and my own fuel system.

How do ya'll feel about a Zeppelin hot rodder? I have played with many an American car and my once owned list includes 67' Mustang FB with a 427 medium riser, 67' Nova SS, 1969 and 1970 AMX's, several ElCaminos and a few old trucks. You guys probably my idea of hot rodding better than any other group and I would love to build a Nova or Camaro some day!

Steve

[spooledx2]

Welcome, I am a newb as well but have the same love for the MBZ's as well. Post up some pics. Love to see it!

[Steve in SoCal]

Wow,

I thought I would just fad away into obscurity!

These are a few pics, the last pic is a factory electronic throttle body and a modified 70mm Ford that will replace it.

The album has many more detail shots

Steve

[Mike Holleman]

What you are doing is definately hotrodding. Cool build. Thanks for sharing it.
Mike

Wow,

I thought I would just fad away into obscurity!

These are a few pics, the last pic is a factory electronic throttle body and a modified 70mm Ford that will replace it.

The album has many more detail shots

Steve

[CruizinKev]

welcome aboard Steve! awesome project!

[1971CHEVELLE]

Welcome to the site

[srh3trinity]

I think you will find that this board is populated by "car guys." You really don't even see much of the Chevy/Ford rivalry here. Everybody appreciates somebody who is building a car that is faster, cooler, and better in some way. Cool build, my uncle has always had MB's and they are great cars.

[Steve in SoCal]

Here is a picture of my red car and my partners car in front of our old shop. The red car had a Paxton on the stock engine and the gray car had mildly ported heads, cams and exhaust. Both cars are 18"s and have several other mods.

Steve

[DarkBuddha]

First, welcome. Second, eurotrash is always cool! I'm not sure if many would call it "pro-touring", but I'm not much for labels personally. I am empathetic with the "fish out of water" feeling with my XR4TI project, though folks here are always cool with anything built in the right spirit.

[71RS/SS396]

That looks like you need a shoehorn to get that in there. Cool project.

[Tom Welch]

build it man, build it! I always like the guy that goes his own way.