Well have been busy getting my 280CE up to scratch lately,
had my mechanic yesterday fix a few things, some noises in the steering caused by something in the steering hitting the fan shroud, also was a loose belt and had to replace a hose.
Have removed the stone guards from the front of the car, these seem fairly pointless to me, I also intend to fit some period chrome Hella driving lamps in the near future.



I received a large box of parts yesterday in from Germany, among the many goodies is a new pair of tail lights,

These are the correct tail lights for an early, pre 1973 W114, the later ones which are currently incorrectly fitted to my car look like this

So that will sort out one issue, the old ones are quite faded anyway.
Among my pile of parts I now have brand new headlight glass, new seals for the headlights, new reflectors, new indicator lenses for the front,
I also have a new combination, indicator, wiper stalk for the steering column

Also have a new grille insert, grille badge, grille bars, clips etc.. to fit

Just waiting for a new toolkit to arrive for the car from Germany, and some pieces to fix the horn ring from rattling around.
Also have a new set of locks for the car,
Going to have a go and some of the easy jobs myself, fit the lights and lenses.
had my mechanic yesterday fix a few things, some noises in the steering caused by something in the steering hitting the fan shroud, also was a loose belt and had to replace a hose.
Have removed the stone guards from the front of the car, these seem fairly pointless to me, I also intend to fit some period chrome Hella driving lamps in the near future.



I received a large box of parts yesterday in from Germany, among the many goodies is a new pair of tail lights,

These are the correct tail lights for an early, pre 1973 W114, the later ones which are currently incorrectly fitted to my car look like this

So that will sort out one issue, the old ones are quite faded anyway.
Among my pile of parts I now have brand new headlight glass, new seals for the headlights, new reflectors, new indicator lenses for the front,
I also have a new combination, indicator, wiper stalk for the steering column

Also have a new grille insert, grille badge, grille bars, clips etc.. to fit

Just waiting for a new toolkit to arrive for the car from Germany, and some pieces to fix the horn ring from rattling around.
Also have a new set of locks for the car,
Going to have a go and some of the easy jobs myself, fit the lights and lenses.
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