Category: Guest Articles

Guest Post:  W126 parking brake shoes 0

Guest Post: W126 parking brake shoes

I purchased my 1989 420SEL about two years ago and have been busy doing a lot of work to the car to bring it up to my standard.   My most recent job was to inspect and replace the W126 parking brake shoes.   The parking brake was not holding the car, even after I adjusted it.   The Mercedes W126 uses a separate set of drum...

Guest Article Update:  Mrfrotop’s 1978 280CE 0

Guest Article Update: Mrfrotop’s 1978 280CE

After purchasing my 280CE, I was keen to discover more about its history.   Through the history file, I was able to make contact with the 3rd owners of the 280CE, the lovely John & Jenny. They owned the CE from Jan 1995 to Oct 2011 during which it was cared for and meticulously maintained by an expert mechanic (Peter Klarenbeek, ACT). In their care,...

Guest Article: MrFrotop buys a coupe 6

Guest Article: MrFrotop buys a coupe

The club guys were right about the bug. You know, the one you catch after buying your first classic Mercedes. It’s not that the W108 3.5 wasn’t enough, but after a couple of years you feel an irrational (yet somewhat justified) urge to have a Mercedes for every occasion. Rescuing all of these beautifully engineered machines from an untimely demise is a noble cause,...

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