The coolest car on the street! Runs well and looks fantastic...
The coolest car on the street! Runs well and looks fantastic...
I bought my 1961 Mercedes Ponton from California, hence the LHD and sun-caused patina. I call her Brunhilda, one of the Valkyrie (ie from Wagner), because she is the most beautiful woman in the world.
I don't really want to finish doing her up as she now drives so well (I use her 3-4 times every week) and is the ultimate cool machine attracting attention wherever I go and the admiration (yes, really!) of all my friends. But I'm retiring soon and the small size of my pension means we'll have to put up with just one car - my wife's!
Brunhilda came to the UK in 2018, since when I have been slowly restoring her - mechanical and structural - so it just needs the interior and body renovating now. She lives in a heated garage.
I've always had specialists working on her, and we have installed many new parts:
Windscreen wipers
Stainless steel front pipe and centre section exhaust
Front and rear windscreens
Fitted floor matting (rubber) and underfloor supports
Propshaft flexi-disc
Engine mounts
Fuel tank removal and checking, replacing fuel gauge sensor gasket and hoses
New carburetor (Weber)
Electronic ignition
New doorlocks
Windscreen washer fluid reservoir
Waterproof, breathable, custom outdoor weather cover
Plus structural:
Welding on front and under wheel arches (photos available)
Extensive underside welding - now with an almost completely new floor in cabin and boot
Roof protection
She comes with a trunk full of old parts, several bits of memorabilia from California and a complete log of what I have done to her since purchase.
Since 2018 I have spent more than double her purchase price bringing her up to the great condition she is in now. Doing up the exterior and interior will obviously cost more, but you may choose to keep her as she is - I did, because I and most people think she is more beautiful like this than when fully restored! She looks amazingly cool, attracting attention wherever she goes - admiration, conversation, envy and interest!
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