Mercedes 190E FTSENNA pronta?!

Summary

The video follows entrepreneur Anderson Dick as he visits the restoration shop working on his Mercedes 190E Senna tribute car. He checks the progress after 10 months, impressed by the custom suspension and brake upgrades but realizing there is still interior work, engine installation, and testing required. Wanting the iconic car finished in 2024 for the 30th anniversary of Brazilian Formula 1 legend Ayrton Senna's passing, Anderson sets a completion deadline, commits to transporting it to his FuelTech facility, and promises viewers exciting updates over the next two months of intensive work.

Takeaways

• 😊 Anderson is excited to reveal progress on his Mercedes 190E Senna tribute project at Redline Restorations in Connecticut.
• 🚘 The project has involved sourcing a donor Mercedes 190E for necessary parts like door seals and glass that are hard to find.
• 🔧 Colton and his team at Redline have made good progress on the car including suspension, brakes, interior, and more.
• 🎨 Custom bodywork like the carbon fiber door panels and gold trim painting still need to be finished.
• 😍 Anderson is very happy with upgrades like the rare 19-inch wheels and adjustable coilover suspension.
• 🏁 The goal is to finish the car this year, ideally by May for the 30th anniversary of Ayrton Senna's passing.
• 🗓 Anderson and Colton have agreed on a timeline to complete work over the next 8 weeks before bringing the car to FuelTech USA.
• 👍 Anderson feels confident in Colton's team at Redline to progress on mechanical work until the car moves to FuelTech.
• 🤝 The project has been challenging but Anderson is motivated by honoring Senna and his impact on Brazilians and racing fans.
• 😄 Anderson also enjoys checking out the incredible collection of rare sports cars at Redline on each visit.

Q & A

What car is Anderson working on restoring?

Anderson is restoring a Mercedes 190E Cosworth.

Why is restoring the Mercedes 190E a challenging project?

The Mercedes 190E restoration is challenging because many original parts are hard to find or discontinued, so they have to source a donor car and adapt parts to fit.

What is the significance of finishing the project by May 2024?

May 2024 will mark the 30th anniversary of the death of Ayrton Senna, a famous Brazilian Formula 1 driver. The restored Mercedes is intended as a tribute to Senna.

Where is the Mercedes 190E restoration taking place?

The restoration work is being done at Redline Restorations in Connecticut, USA.

Who is working on restoring the Mercedes 190E?

The main person working on the Mercedes restoration is Colton, the owner of Redline Restorations. Anderson is the car's owner who is overseeing the project.

What upgrades are being made to the Mercedes 190E?

Upgrades include a new suspension, bigger brakes from an Mercedes SL55 AMG, 19-inch wheels, and engine modifications.

What is the goal for the finished Mercedes 190E's power output?

The goal is for the finished Mercedes 190E to produce around 500 horsepower.

How will the Mercedes 190E's interior be customized?

The interior will have carbon fiber door panels, alcantara-wrapped dashboard, and custom bucket seats.

What is the next step after the current restoration work?

The next step is to bring the Mercedes 190E to FuelTech USA for the final mechanical and electrical work, engine installation, and tuning.

When does Anderson hope to have the Mercedes 190E finished?

Anderson hopes to have the full restoration of the Mercedes 190E completed by May 2024.

Outlines

00:00

😊 Introduction and arriving at the workshop

Anderson arrives at the Redline workshop in Connecticut to check the progress on his Mercedes 190E Senna tribute project. He talks about the history of finding the car, receiving it as a gift, and wanting to finish it as a homage to Senna for the 30th anniversary of his passing.

05:00

😎 Taking a tour of the workshop's car collection

Before seeing his Mercedes, Anderson takes a tour of some of the other cars at the Redline workshop, including a rare Ferrari 288 GTO, Shelby Continuation Cobra, and others.

10:00

🕵️‍♂️ Chasing down a black interior 190E to use for parts

The team spots a black interior 190E on the street which would be perfect to source interior parts from for Anderson's car. They track it down and arrange a burnout competition to try to buy it.

15:01

😆 Winning the 190E in a burnout competition

Colton wins the impromptu burnout competition in the cop car, earning the right to buy the black interior 190E parts car for $2500.

20:07

🚗 Beginning disassembly and cleaning of the 190E parts car

With the parts car now secured, Colton starts disassembling it to source the components and hardware needed to complete Anderson's 190E project.

25:08

🛠 Underside cleaning, prep and undercoating of Anderson's 190E

The team strips and cleans the underside of Anderson's 190E, prepping it for undercoating to protect and improve the aesthetic.

30:11

🔧 Sourcing parts and components from the 190E donor car

More components are sourced from the donor car, including door seals, window regulators, hardware and electronic modules.

35:15

👷‍♂️ Front and rear suspension rebuild and refresh

Colton details the full front and rear suspension refresh, with upgraded adjustable coilovers, bushings, control arms and more.

40:17

⚙️ Additional project status and pending mechanical work

An update is provided on other project work including brake caliper rebuilds, interior status, required fabrication, and engine accessory layout.

45:17

🖼 Finalizing exterior wrap concept design

Colton and Anderson discuss finalizing the gold accent exterior wrap design render being created by FuelTech's designer before application.

50:54

🚪 Test fitting and door adjustments using donor parts

Using components from the donor vehicle, the doors are test fitted and aligned on Anderson's 190E.

56:03

🤯 Seeing the car and suspension movement for the first time

Anderson sees the car in person for the first time in 10 months and is blown away by the progress and the range of motion of the new suspension.

01:05

💡 Analyzing remaining tasks and next steps

With Colton, Anderson walks through what's left to do on the project, agreeing on a 8 week timeline before needing to take the car to FuelTech USA.

06:08

🏎 Taking a tour of Colton's new cars and collection

Before leaving, Anderson tours Colton's personal car collection again, checking out new additions including a Ferrari Roma, 993 GT2, 850i V12 and more.

Keywords

💡tribute

"Tribute" refers to something done or created to show respect, admiration, or recognition of someone's achievements or contributions. In the video, Anderson Dick talks about the Mercedes 190E Cosworth project car being a "tribute that I'm paying to Ayrton Senna", the famous Brazilian Formula 1 driver who tragically died in 1994. Dick wants the car to honor Senna's legacy as an idol and source of inspiration for many people around the world.

💡restoration

The video frequently references the "restoration" work being done on the Mercedes 190E Cosworth. Restoration refers to the process of repairing and renovating something old, like a car or work of art, to restore it to its original or ideal condition. Much of the video shows the painstaking restoration process for the Mercedes, including finding donor car parts, custom fabrication, engine tuning, cosmetic upgrades, etc.

💡donor car

A "donor car" refers to an existing vehicle that is dismantled to provide parts and components to build or fix up another vehicle. Dick bought a junkyard Mercedes 190E to serve as a donor car, so they can salvage hard-to-find OEM parts like window rubber seals and door lock mechanisms to restore the Cosworth.

💡Formula Drift

Formula Drift is a premier professional drifting championship series held in the United States. Colton Herta, owner of the Mercedes restoration shop, is the agent for Brazilian driver Diego Higa who competes in Formula Drift. Work on Dick's Cosworth project stalled in 2022 when Herta got busy managing Higa's drift season.

💡homage

An "homage" is a show of respect or reverence for someone or something. Dick talks about the Cosworth project being a "homage to Ayrton Senna", meaning the car will pay respect and honor the racing legend's legacy and impact on Brazil and the motorsports world.

💡roll cage

A roll cage is a reinforced metal framework installed in race cars to provide protection for the driver in case of overturning or impact. The video mentions cutting holes in the original dashboard to accommodate the roll cage installed in the Mercedes Cosworth.

💡upholstery

Upholstery refers to the materials used to cover furniture like car seats and door panels. Dick shows the upholstery shop at Redline Restorations where they will re-cover the Mercedes' seats and interior panels in Alcantara fabric.

💡render

In the context of car design, a "render" is an image or artistic depiction of what the finished vehicle will look like. Dick mentions needing a final render of the Senna tribute livery and decals for the Mercedes Cosworth, which the shop will use as a guide for hand-painting.

💡stance

A car's "stance" refers to its height/ground clearance and wheel/tire fitment, which affects the vehicle's aggressive aesthetic. Dick admires the slammed "stance" achieved on the Mercedes Cosworth by its ultra-low suspension kit and huge 19-inch wheels.

💡intercooler

An intercooler is a specialized heat exchanger used on turbocharged engines, like the Mercedes Cosworth, to cool compressed intake air before it enters the engine, producing more power. Dick notes they still need to fabricate custom mounts for the intercooler piping.

Highlights

The car project is a tribute to Brazilian racing icon Ayrton Senna.

The Mercedes Cosworth engine was found abandoned and given as a gift to start the project.

The car has been worked on for over 2 years but stalled due to other commitments.

A donor Mercedes was crucial to finding discontinued parts to restore the car.

The project required fully disassembling both the original and donor cars for parts.

Custom suspension gives the car an adjustable track-like setup.

Finding parts and making adaptations took more time than expected.

The project aims to finish the car in 2022, 30 years after Senna's passing.

The car will be transferred to the USA in March 2024 to complete the build.

The donor car provided many unavailable new old stock parts.

Reproduction parts often don't fit and require modifications.

The project exemplifies the challenges of restoring a rare discontinued car.

Finding parts involves sourcing from multiple continents.

The car features a one-off carbon fiber and Alcantara interior.

The car aims for a 500 HP turbocharged engine and drivetrain upgrade.

Transcripts

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Welcome

To another episode

Of the sagas and stories that I am sharing with you on this channel

For those who don't know me

I'm Anderson Dick

I am the founder of FuelTech

And today I'm here in Connecticut

Next to New York

Who has recognized this old New York police car?

I'm at Redline Restorations here

Which is where the Mercedes FT Senna is

This project I've been trying to do

That has been running for more than 2 years

I got, I started this car

For those who have followed the channel since the beginning

In my first video I found this Mercedes

Not exactly this one, but I found a Cosworth

There, where the abandoned cars were

Where I found the Ferrari

When I brought the Ferrari to show José there

He was impressed with the Ferrari

And he gave me this Mercedes that's in there as a gift

I haven't seen her yet, I arrived now

Here in Connecticut

It's covered in snow, white, everything is beautiful

Minus 9 degrees now, feeling like minus 15 Celsius

Its cold

But I wanted to come out here to open this video

'Cause I'm so excited

And I'm sure you're very excited to see how this car is doing

There's a special date this year

First of May 2024

It will be 30 years since Ayrton Senna left us

And this is a very special date

A year that many people, I think will bring back the memory of what Senna represented to all of us

And you know that this car is a tribute that I'm paying to Ayrton Senna

That was our great Brazilian idol

And even in world wide motorsport

Not only in motorsport, in Formula 1

But as a person, as an idol

As a personality reference

Of entrepreneur, of determination, of many things, so

For me, this car represents a lot

I think he will also represent a lot for the entire history of Ayrton Senna

And for all Brazilians

And everyone who follows and admires what Senna did

But here's the thing, it's really cold out here

Let's go inside because I'm anxious

To see Mercedes, how is she

It's been 10 months since I last came here at Redline

And during this period I learned very little information

So, come on, put it on TV

Chimarrão, cheese bread

Let's watch it because this episode is going to be good

Let's go in here

But before

Look at the 3 examples in front of you

Golf R

Central exhaust, I think it's really cool

Audi RS4

This one is from some of the employees apparently

Yellow RS4, that's beautiful

Damn, I miss my RS2

That pain of having sold

Subaru STI's

This one looks like it's Colton's daily

Look at the snow here

It looks like refrigerator ice

Just look

Just look

For us who are Brazilian, we are not used to

We were not born with ice like this

This is very impressive

It's very impressive

I want to remove it all

But I won't, leave it

Lets go in

Let's get in

I saw that there is a new car in the collection here

Damn, this is better

Look, let's go in parts

Let's start with this decorative table here

It's obviously not an original car, but it looks nice here

Redline here, for those who don't know

It is a company that mainly is a car curator

There are several collectors here

They leave their cars here for them to take care of and for them to display

Additionally, they also have a restoration workshop

Obviously my Mercedes is here because of this

And they also have Colton's entire collection here

That is JDM Supreme

That I will show you

These cars here in front are

There is a collection specifically, from here to there

Ferrari’s, perhaps the rarest in the world

These are cars that have a history

They are all very low mileage

It's got

This one, for example, has 600

That one has 600 miles, no

599 GTO, is not here

But there is the sign

That one there, 229 miles on the odometer

But the car that caught my attention the most here

288 GTO

1985

This car is very rare

Because he is literally the precursor of the F

Of the F40

That we have

Is there not one here

There was an F40 here, but there is an F50

There's an Enzo, there's a LaFerrari

But this GTO here

It's the car like that, that

For guys that, the collectors

For those who understand history, it is one of the rarest cars

This one has 156 miles

This car here

It's pristine impeccable

This car comes from Bahrain

He spent most of his life in Bahrain

But the car is all new here

Tires, all impressive

What a wonderful interior

What a beautiful thing

You can see the engine a little here, the intercoolers on top

Wow, cool

I've never seen this one in person

But there are other things here

There's a Shelby here

Who saw last week's episode?

That I went to visit Shelby American there in Las Vegas

This here is the Shelby they call Continuation

That this car was manufactured in 97

And it is precisely a car remade by Shelby itself

Not a replica

It's Shelby itself, but it's modern now

There are some modernizations, some interesting things

And this one is an original

That one was made in 97 and this one was made in 65

This one is also a special version, it's a 289

Totally classic

So, imagine that car there

It's a Continuation and this is an original

There are Ferrari’s here

And Enzo, obviously

Imagine this car here

This Ferrari suit is an awesome super car

And there's even one thing that I think is really cool about this Ferrari

The engine it has is the same as the 599

Like Frederico's

That V12

Frederico Sceriffo

That is in Formula Drift

That we put FuelTech and made a turbo

And that Ferrari is a relatively cheap Ferrari

That you can have this Enzo engine

So it's crazy

There you have it, LaFerrari

F50

This F50 here is impressive

The guys have 309km of mileage

All these cars here are new

Impressive

But now here's the thing

I'm looking for Colton, see if I can find him

And let's have a chat with him

Ok, now, I'm really curious, he's holding me here

Because

I'm kidding

We are actually catching up on the project

Behind the cameras

But It was definitely, I'm excited to see the car

But before seeing the car

You recorded some of the progress

Yes

To actually get to this point, right?

A lot of the progress

Take a look and watch the progress

I haven't seen any of that footage yet

Again

I love and I hate the way this happens

They keep it secret

Yes, until the last time

'Cause I hate it some way

But at the same time it's so cool to be

Yes, the natural, the organic experience

The experience is priceless

So watch some of the progress

Before we see the car finished

So let's get it

We have a listing search of 500 miles

Still scrolling down

Going as far as Vermont

Which is multiple states away

Looks promising

It has a black dashboard and

And tan interior

So

Our latest quest, we have to find a parts car

And it has to be a 190E

It needs to be a very rare

Originally factory black interior

We need plastic door handles

A lot of of these are factory original

But they are black

We don't have all of the other items

Such as a black center console in good condition

Various sections on the interior

The plastic cladding as well

There are so many components that don't make sense

These parts are not made any longer

And if we can find a black interior 190E, Original

Something that hasn't been messed with, to much

Then we are going to be good to go

But unfortunately this has been our biggest thorn on the side for the last months

Holy shit

That's a

Is that?

It could be what we need

It has a dealer plate on it

It might be for sale

Just follow it

Following them in a police car right now

Sketchy ass neighborhood

Police car over there, these guys won't go

Expect it, but

I think i'm just going to throw the lights on and get there attention

This neighborhood is not the greatest

It looks like it's got black seats though

These two people must be like, what the hell is going on?

It looks like it has a black interior

But it's dark

There's only one way to find out

Where are they going now?

Shit

I just threw the lights on these people

Hold on

Shit

Whats up guys

Whats up man

You scared me

I'm not pulling you guys over

This is a 190E?

Is the interior black or is it blue?

This one has a black interior leather

Holy shit

Where are you guys heading?

Is it for sale?

Not really

It has a dealer plate

It was my grandmother's car

I used it in college

Oh shit

So it is a very sentimental to me

Would you mind selling it?

Hmm

I got to catch up with some bills, but I don't think so

I can definitely come by

Yo, if

I got a deal for you

If that police car behind you can do a bigger, nastier burnout

Than this thing here

So you have to at least give it some thought

How about that?

Grandma will appreciate it

Grandma will

Grandma will appreciate it

Yeah Definitely

Here is my card

It's got the address of my place

If you honestly are about it, you can swing through

And we will do it

But if I lose

Then, obviously

You know

You'll get to see yet another broken police car

You know, I would like if someone take care of this car, I can't

I'll be honest with you, it's going to be used as a parts car

Oh

Yeah, its going to be a parts car

Alright

I’m not going to lie to you

It's going to be a parts car

But it looks like you can't find these things with a black interior

We just need the trim, the plastics

All the stuff inside

I assume the doors are still good

This thing is like half way open

Yes

She has her kinks here and there

Yes, yes man

Dude

Like I said, she will run forever

But you are going to use as a parts car

We can talk about

We are interested, if you swing by

We'll do the dam thing tomorrow

It will be worth your while

I've been trying to find one for a minute

For another project we have at the shop

And this randomly happened

He cut in front of me when I was half way down the street

I apologize, I got the video running

Oh no man, like I said, you scared the crap out of me

I'm sorry guys, with the lights, man, I'm sorry

With the crazy shit bro

Alright fellas

It's okay, Ill catch you up

See you

I think we might have found it

There it goes

Thankfully we didn’t get pulled over pulling someone over

Hopefully, all goes well

They got the address to my shop

Tomorrow they will swing through

He said it was his grandmothers car

I was up front with him, we are going to use it as a parts vehicle

God bless grandma

Its going to a right place

It's definitely going to the right car

Shit my grandmother would probably wish to be part of any project as big as this

Needles to say

That is the car there

He is everything we need

We are looking for

It has a dealer plate, so it makes sense that it's for sale

Whether it's his grandmother's or not

I think 2 grand and a burnout competition will do it for anyone

Alright guys

So just a update

This is the Mercedes we saw last night floating around my home area

Bridge Work Connecticut

And it's a 190E

With black interior, which is truly rare

Hey Luis, I appreciate you for coming today

All right, so GoPro just died on me

Everything has been dying on me lately

This is the car that

For what I want to say

This is what we're looking for

Its got the black interior

Which is hard to find

Lots of the black trim pieces

Just don't exist

Most of these cars came with gray or tan interior

Or dark blue

Black seems to be the one they made the least, or the rarest out there

This car is exactly what we need for or to finish the Mercedes-Benz 190E

Of Anderson's

So, door panels, back seats seats in good condition

Door switches, stuff like this

We're definitely going to need these parts

Much of the harness was cut, so

Original harness seems to be intact, switches do not work

After meeting up last night

After I pulled him over last night

He was a little reluctant to sell the car

But, by way of a challenge on a burnout

So this thing vs the cop car

I think I'm going to win at this

This

I’ve watched a few videos last night

These are not the best burnout machines

Wow, there's a tire shine on that

Or some shit

Wow, ok, it might work

Might compare

But it's his grandmother's car

I was totally up front with him that this will be a donor Vehicle

So, grandmother's legacy will live on

In a higher form

And

That’s fair

Let's get it going

So if I do win the burnout in the police car

I haven't drove the police car in a while

Chances are something is going to blow up or the tranny is going to fail

What do you want for this?

Oh

Be easy no me

I know, I'll take 2500

After the burnout

I give you 2 grand

Big burnout

But if I win, ok, ok

If you win 2 grand

And 2500 if you beat me

And I still don't know what that shiny shit on the tire is

Oh no

I do not know man

It's just a shine, they look clean

And that

You go first

I'll go first

There you go

It's been a while

Holy shit

This is a good sign

I mean, I was driving her last night

But only short to keep the battery charged

I just got lucky, running into this dude

Like 3 blocks from here

This is insane

So

Hammer down

500 dollar burnout

Let me see, I don't even know

Yes, I think see will do it

I just don't know what the shit on his tire is

I think he set me up

Bro

I try once in a while, I show you how to do it

No offense

All right, let's go

No promises here

That might be it, she's so tired

She's so tired, that might be it

I'm worried now

That’s actually got me worried

Dude, that’s done

Dude, give it a go, that was mine

I'll be fair, that was my one shot

That was the weakest burnout this thing has ever seen in its life

Has to do better than this

Wow

Let's see

That’s it?

I don't know, maybe I forgot something

Hold on, hold on

Hold on

A special juice

That's what it was, it was tire shine

Alright, I have one more shot

Alright, one more shot

If you

Tire shine dude

Where did you get this from?

Grandma's bro

Grandma's tire shine

All right

Shit is going to work

This shit is going to work

I got a second go though

Alright, that's enough dude

That is enough

That's enough

All right

And I'll give it to you with the car

All right?

I hope so

It will cost me 500 bucks

Now it's your turn again

All right

Let me try

OK

That was a lot better

The check engine light is on

Look at this thing

She's done

This car is done

So done

so

All right

If you do better than that, you will get the 500

Alright, sounds good

I need to get back to work

All right

That's all she has got

I tried

All right bro

You win, I'll give it to you

I give it to you bro

As I said, she is reliable

Yes, like I said, she has everything I need to

Thank you very much

I hope it does good for you

Let's go inside, finish the deal

Thank you so much dude

Of course

Guys, here it is, the Mercedes 190E

That we just bought of Luis

So it was 2500 bucks

He gave me an extra 500 dollars for the burnout

It is every bit of Mercedes that we needed

We have got, also hard to find

Inner lock door plastic

We have the door handles intact

Also a big item

The window harnesses here

These door panels

They're alright, but we are going to put carbon fiber panels

In Anderson's car which is up on the lift

So we won't need this stuff

But we need everything else inside

Including the glass

I was able to find some good Mercedes-Benz parts department

If you will, up in California

In fact, Mercedes-Benz classic

A company I use for restoration projects here at Redline

And I was able to source a few glasses

But not everything

So this car is going to come in the absolute greatest way

This is huge

Good stuff

I'm excited to get this thing torn down

Let's go

We are under 190E

And what I'm doing is squaring away the underside of this car

We're going to paint this, clean it up

With some undercoating

Just re-black the underside of the Vehicle, clean it up

And these old patched squares

How you can recall

This was from the old roll cage location

And we've already reinforced the top side of this

So our duty under here is to clean these guys up

And grind all this back to fade it in

So when we spray

Our transition isn’t right in your face

That had a lot of work done

So we have them on both rocker panels

Front and rear

And also some sections in the rear

Rear wells

See one there

And also

There's another one right here

It's very nasty job this stuff is extremely thick

We have areas where it has been applied and re-applied again

And what I'm going to do is smooth it out

So we are going to re-black this with under coating

Its all uniform

And does not stand out like this right here

This has to get faded in

And repainted

Its going to get cleaned up

These welds are not going to be perfect

But it's also the underside of the car.

For a nearly 40 year old vehicle

This car is looking very well

For the underside of a 190E

I looked at a ton of these things to be used as parts cars

And sure enough

They were more rotten than the car was ultimately worth

You spend 10 thousand dollars just fixing the rust alone

But we are here

Clean up a little right there

A little bit of tack welding that needs to be done

To paint

These are the mounts at the front, actually lift points

On the passenger and driver side

Motor and tranny are in there just for fitting purposes

And all the transition from front to the rear

Let's go back to work

We've already had some close calls, we had one in the glove

We have a talking glove right now

And also another one

Skipped off and almost took a good chunk off my arm.

From my sweatshirt

But let's get the job done

And have fun

I will live

And we are ready

The entire vehicle has been prepped on the underside

All our problematic areas have been ground down

Level and cleaned up

Again, utilizing what was there

I got heavy plastic on the floor

Because this stuff gives off a lot of over spray

Even the shirt I'm wearing now

It will no longer be as white as it is

This is my lab bench

I’ve got a bunch of concoctions here

Rip up my undercoating

And here is the car

190E has been completely masked off

To protect all that fantastic paint work we did in the past

I just want to make sure that this over spray doesn't stick to these painted surfaces

Because, if it does

It is a wrap

Its going to be almost impossible to get it off

It's the underside of the vehicle again

These floors, we're going to re-black it

Its going to look clean

Under here

Transitionally its going to come up

And slowly fade into this area

Just as it did factory

This is the brake line

The rocker panel, again

At a one point it was previously textured

And this is driver's side wheel well region

I pulled off a lot of the wheel well body plugs

Just so I can make sure all the undercoating gets inside

All these details, I'm tripping on the plastic

And here is one more shot of the rear

So after this is done

Let's start disassembling our donor vehicle

And re-assembling the 190E

So let's mix this stuff and get it

Now the undercoating process is complete on the 190E

I have to clean up this mess

I have stuff everywhere

It's sticking to my shoes the entire time during this procedure

I just noticed, I shouldn't been wearing these things

Destroyed

No

Crap

This stuff has hardener in it, so

What its going to do

If I don't get this off now

Its going to destroy this box

Crap

Who gets a white toolbox?

Dam white people

No

All right

I got a late night

Going to wrap this up

And clean off my toolbox

Like a ding dong, I didn't put a plastic on it

See you

I want to make sure this gets raw and not shiny

So that the glue can stick better

You know all this

Do you want to say something special to people who speak Portuguese?

Like a little joke?

Can you bring a Brazilian?

They speak Portuguese

Oh fuck

Nobody in Portuguese

You are doing a good job, thank you

You did it?

Got it

Good boy

And that's the interior for the dashboard

Keep some of this in stock

Run upstairs, about Sergio

Rolls of material

So, we got

Leathers, top material

And Alcantara

So

Let's roll the black we pulled for Anderson's dashboard

Sergio is with him downstairs, he is working on him now

It's exactly what we needed

Running and taking the doors off the car

This is coming super handy

I'm excited to wrap the whole dashboard black

I just let Anderson know that we were going to do this 1 hour ago

So it looks good bro

It's already clean inside

If you don't make a mess of ourselves when we're taking this apart

Strut towers, all between ABS

I believe we will be using the factory ABS system

But all around the sub frame

To get out

Components wise, bushings, bolts, hardware

We will reuse it in Anderson's 190E

And we don't want our hands to be a absolute mess with the gloves on

Shit goes everywhere

And the interior?

It has no interior

That’s it

It's exactly what we need

All this good stuff here

Thank you

So we get it on the lift

About right there

And

And we go from here to there

Back here and back there

It's going to be a bunch of running back and forth

This is exactly what

The rear sub frame has already been lowered, we only have our two front bolts

You have the gun over there, yeah

So we are lowering the vehicle down

We are going to put it on top of this table

Get this pressure washed

I just noticed one thing as we were removing the rear sub frame bolts and the fuel line

That the car was getting ridiculously front end heavy

So I just set the straps on

To hold the rear body down

Should be alright

So

We are going down

Right there

Might snap

Right here

Come on

All right

Good?

Let's go to the other side

All right

Stay away from the spring

Hold on

This thing is about to drop

Alright, we are out

Yes

What the hell are you holding on to?

Come out

Where are we stuck on?

Drive shaft, strap

Strap for the drive shaft

Yes

We forgot it

Hmm

It's not the end of the world

Let's just cut it

Those bolts are all seized at the top anyway, so

Grab the saw from Troy

We're just going to have to

Look at that thing

We don’t need it

Some of this stuff we can use

Some of the stuff obviously we can't

But the rear end looks like it had some work recently

Like

Rear sub frame bushings

Hardware is a big thing

We're not going to use any of that obviously

ok

Alright

Good?

Alright, so we're finally coming down

Kev, you gotta pressure wash the rear

Don’t go to far

Let's put those, brand new clothes to work today

It's crazy to wear that shit today

Maybe it will fall on the ,children

Thank you, ok

1,2,3

All right

so

Here we are

Brake lines, fuel lines

There wasn't much we needed, but the car is in decent shape

Wow

The front end is definitely something we will need

Hub assemblies, these are in great shape

Yes

Typical 80s Mercedes

Sweet

So this is the working environment for Anderson's Mercedes 190E

We have the engine, the location

Obviously turbo in place

All suspension is on the table

At least the front, part of the rear suspension

We have got

Upgrade AMG

I believe it is a C32 AMG caliper

Rear differential right there

This is the upgraded rear sub frame

With all the extra welds and gussets

These cars are notorious for cracking the rear sub frames

We have end links

We have suspension for days over here

Guys over at Ground Control hooked us up with these things

We have the bushings

These are the wheel bearings and hub assemblies

They came off that car

Chances are we will use the units that are in that vehicle

Over the years, they got rusty

Original stuff there

This is the suspension we tried to use the first time

To get the fender wheel clearance

These are the cut springs that we modified

At one point we just completely took the springs out

So I believe the new units will be short enough so we can get them underneath there

Clear our wheel arches

Steering box has been blasted

Cleaned up, all those links get changed

The inside of floor is all painted

Let's get some of the interior in place

The center console, the dashboard

We are not sure if we will keep the tape deck

That would be pretty crazy

And don't forget the cassette holder

Fancy, fancy

So all that gets wrapped with Alcantara

The dashboard is now with Sergio getting done

We have a fuel cell coming in

It's going to sit right about there

Yes, this is how we do

The doors, the suspension

Carbon fiber door panels

The bucket seats

To give you an idea

After you disassemble two complete vehicles

You roughly need 5 or 6 car spaces

So we got this thing on the lift

When this comes apart, it will accommodate all this area

And then, interior

Some of the

These are parts that should be sanded and buffed final

Fit to assembly and paint

If painting is necessary, Then bring it downstairs

The remaining doors

The last one to be removed

The original seats out of the Cosworth

And we have a whole bunch of rubbers

Gaskets, these are all the door seals

That we bought new at one point

And they just didn't fit

So we have, like

I don't know, hundreds of dollars in gaskets

That we just tempted and tried

And nothing fits better than the original

But we can clean it with a solvent

In original stuff, it comes out better than new

Intake, heater box

Rear door panels , a little beat up

Wiring and electrical

This stuff is a lot wiring and electrical interior

These are all door handles

Accessories, door trim, rubbers that we do like

Door panels

And we have interior work

And obviously the hood

OCD kicking in, organization is key when you have multiple vehicles a part

If there is no organization, Then you have no completion

Period

Taking a look at quick what else we have in the shop

This is an SRT engine directly from Chrysler

It's one of the Hellephant engines

Makes roughly around 1000 horsepower

And it's going in this old school Charger

Tubular control arms

Suspension, Willwood brakes

We have A/C lines hidden in the fenders

This guy here is going to be one bad mamajama

Rear differential, third member, I mean, we got

A serious fuel system

So, it will make about 1000, probably 1000 to the wheels

And on the other side of things

That might be faster than that

Is our International scout

That we are building

Massive turbo

LS

6 speed and all wheel drive

Back to work

New suspension going in Anderson's 190E

We got the front end up

Sneak peak, we also have the rear going together

Third member is in it

We have the rear lower arms, bushings

All the stuff getting replaced

This will probably be the only moving part in there

Front hub assemblies

These are getting changed out, bearings have a little play

We're gonna clean and blast these guys

These are these big honky replacements

Bearings, in good condition, again

All the hardware needed

I'm going to get back to work here

Side in, good stuff

Parts that need to be cleaned soon and buffed

There is a little more organization, the doors are ready there

Making some progress

So, first wheel bearing is out

I did this one off camera

Just because of how dangerous this procedure can be

This is a 25 ton shot press

Build specifically for pressing out these wheel bearings

This vehicle had roughly 140 to 180 thousand miles

30 years worth of wear and tare, so

As you can already see, its got some rust on the outside edge

It gave way just around 40 thousand PSI

Made me jump, I'll be honest

I'll bang the other one out on camera

This one here was just to test the parameters on how far I had to push this thing

This was a clip that was on the inside of this bearing

Goes in from the bottom like so

To hold it in place

And this is your wheel hub

So the hub sits in right inside this bearing

Like so

The bearings themselves, they could be in better shape

The grease was still there

And there were no signs, the bearings weren't blue

As long as the bearings are not turning color

Then they're still good, somewhat

But this car deserves everything new, so

No questions asked

We go forward, to the bearing number 2

A little pressure

Okay, she is out

That was 32 thousand PSI

So as can you see

I do have a lot of the suspension components missing

We started some test fitment

This way

Trial fitment

On the location of some of these bushings

I will say this is a first for me on the 190E chassis

And these are custom links

And control arms

And support arms, if you will

I just have them lightly sitting in position

And the bushings do still need to be pressed on these

I want to make sure they are in the right location

Because some of the bushings are actually wider

And some obviously shorter then others, so

I want to make sure they are pressed in the right place the first time

Because trying to take them back out later

The bushing isn’t going to be as solid as the first time

So

This seams to be a very loose correct location

The spring is not in place

We do have, 1,2,3,4

4 units in place there

This side is the hub that I was working on

It's under construction right now

We had that nasty ball joint that had to come out

And it was actually bushing rather

And it was giving us a little bit of a problem, so

For now, I’m liking this layout

I'm going to start pressing the bushings

In the locations

And we're going to start reassembling and cleaning the driver's rear hub assembly

So here we go

Test fit Process

Good stuff

Ground control

So, where we got most of these components

There aren't so many instructions online on how to install this.

And I don't have time to reach out to tech support

So I'm just winging it and

It seems to fit all right

Not bad for the a first time

Yes, this is going to be

This is going to be a problem

Oh, maybe not

Maybe not

OK

It scares the shit out me a lot every time

Just about at it's limit, so

Then I'm going to release this, and then drop the rest of the bottom

Why?

Shit

I spent time with Bob

He seems crazy

Oh no

Issue with the C clamp

Then the hub pushed through the bottom

Obviously it had enough force to minimize the displacement

Between the ring and the bearing

So she pinched it and now she's frozen

I have to pushed the bearing this way

Using this inner raise

Its not going to do anything

Its just going to slide through the bottom

I just need to pound this ring out

Without scathing the inner walls of the hub

This is a typical Mercedes thing

So a little tip of advice

Save your old bearings

And pieces of your old bearings

To press out or in your new bearing

So

Right here, let's use a session from our old unit

On the other wheel hub, and then we'll just use one of these

Contact

I jump every time with this dam thing

Let it stop

That will be it

The socket

Slightly

That’s it

Its not really moving

I forgot what the last one looked like

So we're expecting for another one of these

Holy shit

We can still use this one again

We can reuse this, we can clean this up

This is nice

This is nice

That will pass tec right there

This one, not so much

We are going to have to weld this one up

I'm just kidding

Junk

Both are junk

But I do know a guy that can fix this

I know a guy

And we all know guys

Its just so bad

This is the hall of fame

OK

So close

Then the remaining door rubbers had to be chopped

The reproduction stuff does not fit

I re-used a lot of the original components

We were able to clip the ends

You saw on the band saw

I made this one fit

And slightly chopped the reproduction inner vent window rubber

And it meets perfectly in the center

This door is done

This door is done, that door is done

Again, similar same situations

This was actually a piece of a much larger session

That went for the front door and we were able to utilize it

Everything on this table

And pretty much original stock

From the factory, this came off the donor car

But I was able to use a new front seal for that

So I dig get lucky in some of these theses

More often than not I was unsuccessful

And just had to make my own

So, lessons learned on a 190E

Going forward, if you ever restore or purchase one of these cars

And its in rough shape

Get a donor vehicle

Like that car right there

Without it

None of this would have been possible

Its actually, it's mind-blowing

Because it's like

It's a year in production

Where these vehicles still have to rise value

Or instead, appreciate in value rather

To the point where individuals are out sourcing components

And willing to pay money

So many of these factories can

How can I say?

Restart there whole entire assembly line

Specifically for making parts

New old stock for 190E's

It's just, it's just stuff right in the middle

With the next 5 years, I'm sure we'll see a lot more of that

Carbon fiber door panel is on

Inner pull support

This is to get the door closed

When you're inside

Door locks, latches and mechanisms do work

This is a clean look

It has two metal flaps on the inside

I'll show you a little more about the install

There is a ton of hardware that came with this

I don't know if I have enough screws here to do all 4 doors

But we are going to leave that for Anderson's decision

I do like the clean look

It is clipped in two areas

He is held on by the inner door handle

And also this rear latch schrout

And you also have the locking mechanism for the top of the door

So, yes

Hardware for that will stay for the time being

I have the other 3 sessions to install

They just slide on at this point

And the handles get installed

Nothing crazy

We have the suspension on the back of the vehicle

Which is

I mean

It's pretty sweet

I love this stuff

The rear sub frame

Bushings

Hardware is in a temporary fitment

I do have one more issue with the brakes

As you can see

This is the factory rotor

It sits inside the original dust shield

Its not to typical

For car manufacturers to bed the rotor inside that dust shield

However

If we were to throw our new rotor in place

We will have a massive fitment issue

You can actually hear it grinding the back

And that is after I applied a little pressure on it

Probably a little too much pressure

It is started knocking into the end-links

So, I don't want to go any further with that

I'll just have to cut it

I actually have a pen on me

Its gotta go something like

You can see it right here

And right there

Those are the main contact points

And if we were to cut it

Its going to do one of these

Come up on inside of this pen

Down and kind of just fade off

So with that said

It eliminates all the scraping and the drag

And it also allows the new rotor to go on much further

So as we go over to the front

These are massive brakes, so

These originally

Give a little back story

These were on an SL55 AMG

The conversion for this is simple

Just get large wheels

And remove your dust shields

They are massive

So, you can get the SL55 brake kit

Obviously, calipers and rotors

Or you can go with the SL55 Sport

There is no difference in diameter, I think

I think the only difference between Sport and regular line

One has cross drilled and slotted rotors

And the other one has just regular vented

So, there is no difference in diameter

So I believe, I may be corrected

We got this bad boy in place

It will require a little work

Unfortunately we will lose our safety pin somewhere on the disk

It just doesn't line up

This hole is not consistent with the hole on the back of our hub

So unfortunately

We don’t have any

As in most cases, these vehicles have this little safety screw

We don't have that here

Suspension is up in place

These are the ABS sensors

All that fun stuff

Steering wheel, we've already started laying out the pedals

We will drop the car down

Try to pull it

This is taking forever

So slow

Come on, let's go

Anderson is on his way, we don't have time for this stinking slow lift

All right

Pedal assembly is in place

I'm not sure if this will be the final assembly

It is to be determined by our friend Anderson

The steering column is in place

We have our brake booster and our master cylinder as well

And last but not least

We have our dash bar

Which also adds a ton of support from the left to the right side of the vehicle

We didn't pre-plan this one

It was done with the dash support bar out

And it was totally gutted when we put the roll-cage in

And unfortunately

We do have a couple of holes

I mean, we just totally missed the mounting location of the passenger side

Something that we've landed, I mean I want to say

It was probably just a few tenths off there

And having to rework around this corner

It all added up along the way

So what are we going to do, we are going to clip this

And make it so, it slides in

And that side should be something like, clip the ears off

And maneuver it up

If it doesn't, then we're going to have to call our friend Ricky Bobby

To come do some fantastic fabrication

Finagling

There is the rest of the interior right there

We have our dashboard still being wrapped

By our in house interiors guy, Sergio

It's taking a little too long for that dash, I kinda need it buddy

And calipers

So these rotors

These are just some Dura Last

We have our Brembo brakes on the way

The Brembo rotors

Unfortunately, it's taking us a little to much time in shipping

We've had a bunch of snow days lately

And everything seems to be taking longer than expected

So, we are going to use our mockup

Big rotors just to get the car on the ground

I’ve got some chopping and surgery to do on the inside lip here

I'll clean it up so it looks well

He will hide

I still want to have some kind of splash shield or protection

In that massive caliper, it sits right there

It is what it is, and if Anderson wants to move later

So be it, this car is coming out awesome

Excited, I have to get back to work

Because we see Anderson in 24 hours

So I forgot to give a shout out to the donor car

This is absolute savagery right now

We got the interior out

We got a section of the harness

We have a heater core on the floor

Battery tray, which we no longer need

Brake booster

We used Anderson's original brake booster

Wipers

The entire body control

Fuse junction

Right there and we have additional ECU's

We are not going to use that stuff

We might use bits and pieces of this

But for now I just want to get everything out and then

When the car is done, then we'll start throwing it away

But until then

Most of what we see here

Is usable and good stuff

It's very hard to find pieces for these vehicles

This is an original 4 cylinder

And from what I’ve learned

Is that the bottom end on this car

It's actually the same bottom end that's in our little race car

so

For what it's worth, we'll probably take that bottom end and build it sometime later

But it's just cool to know, if you have a Cosworth head

And you just have a regular 8 valve bottom end

Then you can put something together

It's the same stuff

This is why these cars are so interchangeable

I was completely mind blown, that that engine has anything to do with the motor that is on there

Dashboard out

This is what it looks like

Yes, we are going to get the a/c system and heater core out of this thing

I believe Anderson will want air conditioning in the car

If not, at least we have the option to do so

And this is what these cars look like behind the dash

It's a typical German car

There are a lot of over-engineering in this thing, I mean, like

Again, this vacuum system

That we have been so delicate with

Its just got dead mat for days

You got layers of stuff you have to pull out

Just to access most of the hard-to-find parts that we need

connectors, and so on

I have a treasure chest in the trunk

The guys have done a fantastic job on this

I got a little assistance from my people here

And I'm not sure what to do with this donor car after

I mean, it can still live on

There are still great parts on this

If they're going to keep it and do something else

Or build another car off it, I'm not sure

It's in decent condition, so

Yes, shout out to the parts car

Let's do a photo shoot with her, just one last farewell

Perfect Dashboard

Beautiful dashboard

Alright, so

Where am I stuck on?

What the fuck happened?

My friend, don't scratch the bar

OK

Oops

Take out that

I see something in this

OK

He does it like that

Your cut is where it should be

Luis's is over to the left

Good lord

Thank god this is the bare dashboard

Cut this to clear the roll bar on the inside

And also modify that inner dash brace that goes on the front of the car

This is our old crusty dashboard, the original

Out of the 190E

It's good to have a spare one

So we are not cutting into a very nice dashboard

Just guessing, I mean, we can measure

Only with so much

So obviously having a template

Means everything

Alright, round 2

Oh yes daddy

Dashboard

Round 2

Round 2

That one is in

More

We're really going to have to

Murder this dash?

Or murder the corner at least

All the way

We might as well, right?

Yes

There's nothing, there's no mounting tab on the end, so

Oh, damn

Full send

Yes

We can always add and rebuild later, but

If we keep ourselves symmetrical on both sides

Then it will obviously look all right

I think I got it

There's a hole here that I'm trying to line up just to get an idea

I think

That's not bad

I think it might have to come

I feel like it's a little bit

To the right

Yes

There's a mounting hole right here, tab

I think its got to go right there

And then forward

So it still has to go forward

If this position is correct

You see, there is a little dash mount under here

Under the corner, so

This little guy here

And you might have one

Is there another one there?

If there's another little tab right here

I mean

This dashboard comes way off to the edge

I don't know

Honestly, it's

It's that screw right there

Speaker

That’s speaker screw

Maybe

so

Lets take a little more out of there

So after murdering this old crusty dash

We realized two things

The dash had to go a little further in than expected

So, we trimmed out the inner side of the speaker, it's not a problem

We can also cap this off

When we finish the new dashboard, it will look a lot cleaner

This area down here

What is the lower dash support

The dash support itself

It's going to have to go in roughly, I want to say, half an inch

So we're going to have to slightly modify this bar

And then tie it in to the area of the roll cage

And lastly, it will also add a lot of stability

For what it's worth, so

So its also a bit gift and the car is here

The screws

Align a little

We should have a re-union

We should have a what?

A re-union

A re-union for what?

Bring all the good guys together

We get PJ

Bro, this shit is on record right now

Bro, don't get me started on PJ

Please

Please

He will be going

We will have a quinceañeros for them, so

What?

Celebrate them growing up

The only Spanish one here is Ricky

OK, awesome

Is it good

looks good

The car way the up there

He is weird

Characters

Hell yeah

Dirty

Your dirty motherfucker

Hell yeah

Scary bastard

All right

Do we need to fit the dash again?

Or we Gucci?

No, okay, I just need to do the back side

And it's awesome

So going and cleaning the inside of the door jams

This is the paint line in the transition

From the rear to the front

I sprayed it twice

And if you are in a situation where you have a sharp paint line

Simply grab a piece of cardboard

Any old cardboard

And just rub the edge

And what it will do, is actually file down

All of your sharp paint edges that are sharp will wear off the paint

Obviously, if you're RoboCop and you're sanding this at a million miles an hour

You will do some damage

But this is the safest, easiest and most effective way

And cost effective way to clean all this up

Doing this before the doors go on the car

We are good

19 inch Rotiform wheels

These things are chunky

We just got them on for the first time with the new suspension

And here is the front wheel

Right there

Going up, right here

We took a measurement 0.3 seconds ago

And the distance of the wheel

Lightly touches the inside of the strut

So

Or the outside rather

I want to be sure we are not just throwing it up there and and its banging on back of this beautiful wheel

So, I’m guessing it is 3, if we can take anything out

Here

See if our calculations are correct

It's a huge wheel

Holy shit

Yes

How far?

Yes, it's probably like, maybe 2

Can we remove it?

But it's not much

I will measure with a micrometer

Just get a close estimate later, but

This is the say-bar in place

Front suspension

We have our ABS sensors

We have our steering components

And lower control arms

Let's put the doors on it, I'll get the car on the ground

And it's almost 10 PM

We have a little more to go underneath

Under the back, as you can see

We have our hardware in there, fresh

We have the rear strap, as we had to compress the control arms in the back

And we didn't want this thing to going flying forward

So, good old trusty strap

On the upper door hinge for safety

This is crazy these wheels are nuts

19, 19

Still, I've seen 18 people, but never 19 people in person.

Yes

Good

Good?

See that other side

So

We will definitely have to move the car out of the way

Looks good

We have to tighten that up

Yes

That's why, this thing is slamming around

She is loose

Just stand on it

Up and down

So all of this brace, you can zoom in on some of these welds

Just show it up close

Ricky was able to

These are the ones Ricky did today

He was able to size this up

He clipped both mounts off, both plates

And its actually going to be be, its going add a lot more rigidity to the chassis

Instead of just bolting into the side of the inner door structure

I mean, there is nothing stronger and more stable than obviously, than a roll-cage so

Mounting it direct, less flex

Adds more rigidity and strength to the cage

We cut the inner speaker wells

To get this to clear

I'll be honest with you, this panel is for sacrificial purposes only

And it did its job well

Everything seems to clear the way it should

Headlight switch clears

This is the new dashboard, which we got it wrapped, if Sergio finishes it ever

Then, it will have similar contours

But what we will do, we will keep a lot of the inside structure of the speaker well

So that it encapsulates more of the corner of the roll cage, does not look so

There won't be a huge hole there

But it's nice, it should stay there, right?

This way

Lower it

Yes, you can lower it now

This is insane dude

The movement in this thing, you see how far it just

Look at how adjustable the suspension is

It's insane

Its not obviously, it's not clamped down super tight now, it's just for tolerances and see where we can

And difference

But

It's all there

It's totally and absolutely amazing

This stuff is crazy

For a stock

For like a stock, blot-on upgrades

To the rear and changing some end links

That is a lot

Yes

We go forward first, and then we slide it back

Keep going, yeah

Look at that

I'm amazed, like

Usually when I see some shit like this driving down the street

Something broke in the rear of the car

Or they screwed it up on purpose

Wow

That is crazy

It's impressive

Cover on

Anderson just showed up

He walked by with his crew

Crossed the front

He has yet to see the car in its current condition

What we're going to do is wrap it

So when he walks through

That door there

He has no idea whats about to hit him, so

Hopefully he likes what he sees

I’ve been a little behind schedule

For many reasons

That I probably don't even have enough time in the day to discuss

Needless to say here we are, we're back

And he'll be excited to see the progress

See his natural reaction

You guys are going to experience it with him for the first time

Okay, you guys seen already

I haven't seen anything

Can I see now?

Yes, let's get the natural reaction

Natural reaction, so

Look there, it's there

It's there under the cover

So this is the donor car

Yes

Obviously

This is the donor

We have dropped the sub frame in this thing multiple times

We're getting bits and pieces of hardware where we need it

Sessions of, oh no

Battery

Ahh

Don't worry

Let me get a battery

Hardware here and there, brake lines

Some of the pre-bent stuff

Its all in good condition, we can scuff it down

And replace it

Air conditioning system which was complete

In case you do decide to put A/C in it

We like to have option, obviously

One thing you need to save on this

A custom GoPro mount

And it's adjustable

Good

I need to save this engine block on that later

Yes and I know

Because, both of these blocks are

Hard to find

Very hard to find

And they are the same engine

So

Just the head is different

I learned a lot in my Mercedes days

Yes, so the donor car is there

We are still going through it

Harness, heater core box

Vacuum system

Can you see this fragile vacuum system

If it cracks as it comes out

Yup

If that line is cracked anywhere, it's no good

Yes

So you can see these fittings

It's just a regular vacuum hose

It's a compression style

Yup

So, updated version

But there are also some differences in this car

That put up a fight

Anyways, so

Can I take the cover off?

Yes, it's your car

Course

Look here

Yes

That's all we get

We are going to put it back now

I liked that

Oh, the brakes

Those mirrors are something that

Yes

They are special mirrors, but

They will work with it

We will work with it

Look in the rear view mirrors

Yup

Are those the new glasses?

Many of the pieces are new

Whatever we could find from Mercedes

We replaced

Everything else

That was unavailable

Obviously were discontinued

I have a pile of glass pieces here

OK

Tons of glass that we went through

So we ordered some

Some new ones where we can find

And anything else

We sourced best possible replacement on-line

And we went with cleaning it up

There's a lot of sanding, buffing

And now the door cladding and the rockers

Getting doors on and the alignment

Have the strikers that are all

On that car, I still have to weld some additional bars on the inside

Door card is test fitted over here

There's, we had a few

A few fun aspects

I will explain later

And a lot

Some of that trim is actually used and old

We made all the rubber look new

Because a lot of it is discontinued

Or reproduction is not measured in the same metric

Oh

So you need a parts car for a lot of this stuff

This panel

There was no force or pressure here

But it's starting to naturally crack

Maybe because of the amount of clear they used, I'm not sure

But this will be part of

We can paint this section

Yup

Probably in a gloss black

And do the line here

And then the line goes there

Its easy

So there's a method to the madness

On some of it

Yup

There are also a lot of hardware that go on the door

That I didn’t install yet

Because it looks a little too chrome

Flashy

The door handles

Mechanisms, keys do work

Yup

But this is your

The new key?

That is your key

We swapped the ignition

From this car to this one

Because of the vacuum system

And the latching mechanisms are a slightly different

Because we use the door handles

Yes, you're talking here

OK

The dashboard was the original dashboard

OK

But we had to cut and reshape it a few times

Because on the other side of this

Was your dashboard brace

And it didn't fit any longer

Because of the roll cage

So we clipped it

And we welded it directly to your roll cage

But in the factory position

Yup

Then we began to assemble the pedal box

We began to assemble some of the steering

Obviously, as you see

The suspension on this car

Is amazing

It's all, looks all very brand new under there

Photos and videos before installation

Oh yes

1 bolt, one hardware down

I want hydro, vapor

And make it look nice

I replaced some of it

It's loose now, because I wanted to show you the movement on this

But you can

If you had Anderson, you could take this wheel

And this is just

Look how much this thing will, the adjustment

Ahem, you can really play with the alignment

Unbelievable, it's almost like a dedicated track car suspension

Very adjustable

Rear calipers are not on it

The adapter plates are not exactly as I like them

We're just dialing those in

Front calipers went on

Because the front caliper are just a spacer

Yup

they just have a shim behind them

But the hubs

When you put the hubs on

There are some aspects of the hubs

That you have to nip a little bit off

To get that rotor on

So it's the SLK55 not sport brakes

Yup

The sport brakes, I believe might be just ever so slightly different in diameter

Yup

And the non sport are

Cross drilled

Cross drilled and slotted

Very small, small, but

Small in consistency

That just make big changes

And the overall geometry of the suspension, so

It's crazy

And we called the Mercedes dealer

Don't you want the Sport brakes?

Because it's something custom, they're better

No, we can't because the tolerances are so tight

But these are, I have not seen a 19 inch on this car

Yup

Are there any others?

I never seen

On these vehicles

Yes and honestly, I

I feel like, I know it's almost to the limit

Especially to touch

But I love the size

It looks perfect, yes

It looks perfect

And the color of these Rotiform wheels are amazing

Awesome

I love it

And we started doing, the say bars, let them in the front

Say-bars mounted in the rear

Under the hood, we began to

Obviously, you can see some of the

Yes

We put the hood hinges on it in place

The brake booster is in place

It should just sit back right there

The vapor hole on valve cover has a little more touch up to do

But it's not, it's less aggressive than a sand blasting

Because its magnesium and you can't

These things, they obviously naturally deteriorate

So you have to be very delicate with them

Obviously suspension

Coil-over, everything is very easily adjustable

There, we can get all the travel we need out of these

Yes, there has just been

A continuous pressing of all bushings and changing the hub bearings

Fun fun, fun

It's amazing equipment

The bad stuff is that all the reproduction is garbage

Like, your door seals, and I have a lot of that stuff on camera, but

Oh

For example, this is my

This is my wall of shame right here

These door seals

Look at the size of that door seal

Massive

And it is measured and spec’s on a different measurement scale

It's not the same as what's in there

So when am I go to put this rubber in

It wouldn't allow the windows to go up and down

Oh

And this is directly from the guys supposed to know the most

So a lot of what you see there, we clean ourselves

And made new

All your locking mechanisms

The windows go up and down, everything has been tested

I tested the regulators, the motors I greased

All the key locks work

Harnesses are done

The remaining section of the door harnesses would be obviously, window switch

The connections are there

And the hard plastic vacuum lines

The central system that runs from the front of the vehicle to the absolute back

Where the trunk

Your fuel system obviously goes here

I left this raw

We will clean the edges and frame it

The way it should be

And all this will gets, you know

Polished and clean

The entire underside of the car was made with rocker guard

OK

And a protectant

So when you're driving on the street, it won't be as abrasive

It's loud, its going to make the car feel more solid

So that's where we essentially re began the process

Was the underside

Stripping and cleaning of the underside and spraying

Making it look presentable

And obviously protect it

This is her original dash

It said 181 thousand miles

The car, the donor there

139 thousand

Their difference is that one shows 140 miles per hour and the other 160

This here is the original instruments that I had in my car

Very hard to find now

It's very hard to find one of those

Did you see it along with me

Pulled the car cover

It's exciting to see the car

Obviously, everyone is anxious about wanting to see it ready soon

I didn't know exactly what state I was going to come out from under the cover

And you look at it like this

There are a lot of things that have been done

But there's still a lot of things left to be done

So

The cool things

Obviously, the entire suspension

Like it or not, it was a lot of work

We had to buy two suspensions

Had to take a lot of things out of the other car

Had to mount the brakes right here

Various things, the height of the car

Managed to match correctly

Engine here in place, it already looks like things are falling into place

This part of the doors here

Really, gives a

We had to buy another car

To remove the original rubber parts

Because the parallels weren't working

I was showing here

These ones were all gaskets

Most of them are new

New glass gaskets that I bought, reproduction

That doesn't let the window close

She doesn't have the right measurements, you know?

Another reason why we had to get the rubbers from the donor car

Here for example, key parts and things that don't appear

That he was explaining to me

This here is the hinges

Here are the key locks

That they change here

They made a whole combination so I could use a key

In all, in the trunk, on the door, on the ignition

These are little things that take work

This one for example

It's the door mechanism

They are different

One is from the donor car here

Another is from the other, it has a different angle

Ends up getting

These pieces here, to close the doors

All the windows here, it took some work to make the mechanism close

And one thing he was explaining

In this car, the locks are all vacuum operated

For example, this here

It's the system that comes in my car

And the new system

It's a system, instead of this hose being fitted from above, it is a quick release

Which is better then they took it all from the donor

And they put it there

Here you see the door handles and trims

All these pieces have to be fixed, they have to be done

You have to get them up to date

Here they are

Mechanisms, for example, for the windows

The window buttons

There was a window that wasn't working

All panels here

I was showing it before

All panel finishes

The pieces here, the plates

The original door cards

What does each one do

That door card back there, it's a carbon fiber

And she will do

Does the trim finishing

Here on the side are the side stirrups

The windows, they managed to use

So, we were able to put new glass in practically everything

New windows here

All mechanisms here inside the door and lock

Everything as you do

The dash that is here

It's the dashboard that comes in the car, it was really in a very bad condition

But they only put it to cut because of roll cage

And to understand

And there are two panels, there is one that we had bought

This one

Or is this one from the donor car?

He is in much better condition

You see it's even surprising

The state of it, I'll tell you I wouldn't even need to cover it

If you want to keep it

But we are unsure about covering it with Alcantara

Here we have the seats to put in place

They're down here

These are the car seats

These are the bucket seats you sit in the back

I joke that I want it to have 5 seats so I can take the kids

To go for a drive

There are the front seats

They will be fixed

And these ones have Alcantara in the middle

We want to make it match that

Door linings

I already showed

It's in the car there, they're made of carbon fiber

It's exposed, it's even translucent, you can see

And here's the carpet

The dog is here smelling

I really wanted to see the car finished

I want to see the finished car

But the reasons I came here is so I can see it in person

Because there's no connection, a phone call is something you can't

Simply sort everything out in the car

So you have to stop, come and look and see what you need

Where its stuck, I think the

Bringing and getting the donor car was one of the biggest leaps

So I can make the car move on, you know

Now we need to think what are the next steps

And how do you see

I have my list

Ill send you my whole list

Yes

OK

I kept it the notepad on

On a few things I can remove now

Because we actually made more progress, but

But you know

E.T.A, expectations

And also

You know, a few personal preferences

If you want to go with a seat belt harness

The localization

If you are going to run the SwitchPanel

Which wires, and can I extract the unnecessary stuff

Yes

And it will be much more seamless

Pain free

Moving from here

One thing I was debating

Do you have anybody to do the golden painting?

Yes

On that car

Yes

OK

I have my ideas and I have the people, but

I’ve seen a couple of renders

Yes we need to go find the final render

Yes, we need one final render

Because once that goes on

Yes, absolutely

There's no turning back

Yes

So a lot personal preference things

Outside the suspension, the brakes

You know

We can give the suspension and brakes 1 week from being complete

I have all brake lines, again

It wouldn't be possible without this car

We were able to get so many items

door switches

And again, brake lines

Small rubbers, bushings

Its really, just picking this thing apart

Until that car is done

Yes, there are some animals back there

Quite a few

It was like a hotel back there

Yes

I don't know how they got back there

It's like in and down and under the heater box

So, it's hard to imagine that this car was just running

Running like that

Yes, I was just running

But I think the next step of where we are with this

I was going to pull these latches off today

So the doors to lock, close and open

Done

And

And the dashboard strategy

Preparing the harness, SwitchPanel

Just answers from you on that

I would say the wipers, probably keep the oem

OEM wipers, that's why we pulled them out of this car

These are oem wipers

And even the control for them

It's probably ok to be the oem

The harness on it is a peculiar plug

We have his female end of it

So if you wanted to

Directly to the SwitchPanel

By cleanliness, we could

OK

Or the original one that is on the steering column

So

Brake booster is good

We do have to rebuild the front brake calipers

Replacements, AMG brake calipers that we use for the SLK

Two of the seals, one on each cup

They were just bleeding trough

So

I recommend rebuilding that obviously

That would be next, I'll just rebuild all 4

We have the remainder of the brake system

I mean, really it's just electrical, interior, brakes

The pipe is going to be easy for the intercooler

There does need to be 2 mounts made at the bottom

We were just using hock puck

Remember that we have, the intercooler piping on this side is done

We have to, the intercooler is ready

And the fan, I believe Vini has to began taking a look at this

Yes

But again, that is with or without a/c

So that also might dictate the placement

Oh, here

Rear calipers

Rear brakes here

The size of the rotors

Are night and day difference

Ah, the front

Oh, the OEM

The OEM compared to that

It is unbelievable

These rotors that are on there now

Are just test rotors

They are regular Duralast rotors

But

Because Brembo

Had a back order on the actual rotor itself

So yes, we had

We wanted to upgrade things where we could

These are the original end links

Ball joints

We have Intercooler

We have more bushings, we have more links

We had two different kits

So we had some from Ground Control

And both components

They were bonuses of one

And they were downsides of the other

So we did a blend

Correct

A blend of the best

Look, that's the new rear brakes

That we took from a Mercedes, an SL, something like that

And that's the

Yes, rear

Previous brake

SLK55 and this is the factory

What year is this car, do you know?

This is a 91 I believe

Oh, this is a newer one

Yes, it's a 90

93

Oh 93

Yes

This is actually the last

One of the last years, yeah

Because that is a 86

One of the last years

This is an 86 and this is a 93

This Mercedes is one of the latest years

So actually

You are following, I'm trying to digest it all

Piece of this, piece of that, piece of that other

Obviously, whoever sees from outside

Thinks, just put it together

But even having an entire car to remove a lot of parts like that

You end up having to adapt a lot of little things

Having to make it easier

I'll say this

My feeling, I'm thinking it's going to take longer than I expected

So here's the thing

We are analyzing everything that needs to be done in the car

To understand

Let's say this

Myself, making several cars in my life

I'm impressed with the complexity of this project

And it is, look

I already regretted it once

I almost regret starting this project

I almost regret it again

Because I think it's a lot of work

But what motivates me to finish this project

That’s really the purpose of this project

Which is really a car that has a whole feel of homage to Senna

There's this whole connection with Brazilians

I will repeat this again because it is what motivates me to continue and do it

But

It's cool that I'm managing to motivate Colton

Of working on the car this year

He had a lot

Last year, he had a lot of professional setbacks

He got involved a lot with Diego Higa here in the USA

The whole challenge that was Diego's debut in Formula Drift

It was a very difficult season

For those who follow Formula Drift, you know

And they are partners, the car was his

He followed, I think he is Diego's agent here too

So it was a challenging year

He had to, for several months he didn't even work on the car

He stood still and I knew it

It wasn't something I thought he was working on

That's why the car stayed here for 10 months

And during that period he worked for weeks

A few months, so to speak, on the car

And a lot where he got stuck

It was because he didn't have the donor car with the parts either

I was trying to buy, and we get stuck

And anyone who works on projects knows what it’s like

When you get stuck

When you see, you are stuck

So, ok

It was a difficult year

But now, what we are trying is the following

How are we going to efficiently finish the car?

With all the conditions he needs to complete the car

And we can bring this car to FuelTech USA

And do the final part of it there

That will be the electrics

What will it be, obviously tuning

There will be these mostly mechanical parts of the engine

Put in the engine, forge it

The gearbox, you have to check the gearbox

Do a lot of things, drive shaft

There's a lot of mechanical stuff here to do

But before that, he'll have to focus on the car

Let me even show you here

While you were

While I was talking off camera, he showed me the dashboard

Even let me show you here, there are some cool cars

Just look

Land Rover here, 110

What is this here? its a

I don't even know what truck that is

Bronco, I don't know

It's not a Bronco, the Bronco is short

Yes

They have it here

This one is also a strange one here

A turbocharged LS

He is building this with FuelTech

But this car here

Who knows Mercedes?

It was a coupe

That he made a wagon

It was a project

Look here, he adapted

Put a whole wagon back here

Put a whole wagon rear end on a coupe

Because this is a car that Mercedes made in collaboration with some shopping mall

A company in the past

For a show

And this car disappeared after the show, no one ever found it

They say it's the missing Mercedes

A Mercedes that is

And there's a guy who's a collector from the region who wanted to make one exactly like it from the era

But here, this is the Mercedes dashboard, so

Here he is

This one is the dash itself

They already cleaned it

They removed all the material

And here its wrapped in Alcantara

So, he will do everything here

The stitches are already in place here

So its being built

Here, they do a lot of this upholstery stuff

Everything molded

Cool

So, there is this whole part of the panel that they have to do

Upholstery on the seats

The golden paint

Of the details we want to make of the Mercedes on the outside

We have to give him the final design

Even, Luiz

Right, Luiz from FuelTech design is responsible for this art

Let's pass him the final render

Because he's going to call the guy who's going to paint that

In gold on her

It will not be a decal

So, there's this whole part that only he can do

The moment he manages to finish that

And the idea is the following

He will work on it until he, in quotes, gets stuck on something

As far as he can

When he doesn't manage to

If, for example, if he starts to get very busy during the year

If the, I don't know, the Formula Drift season has started

Other things and he cant work on the car

Then I take the car to FuelTech and we finish

Because from where we are now here

Some way or another, we manage to finish the car at FuelTech USA

Obviously, the more he can work on it

It will be better

So, this will be our challenge now for the next

Let's then

Now I'm going to sit down with him and make a list and analyze things

And understand that

I will, in the mean while

I'm going to take a break so we can have lunch too

Then I'll come back, because I want to

In a little while I'll show you the new cars he has here in his collection

In the showroom, you'll go crazy

Oh, the last details we're discussing

We have the grill option

The front grille

This one is like an original style

Is that original, or yes

It might be, it appears to be an official Mercedes-Benz

Oh

This a replacement I bought

Or this one

So let's do this one

This one is a special grid from the 80s and 90s

The guys used

We're going to make it, paint it black

And here in gold, this symbol here

Lets see

Cool, okay

Awesome

If you allow me, I will do a walk through your collection

Of course

I always get some updates

At any time

It has to be a special occasion

Thank you for everything

Thank you very much

Thanks for having me

Yeah, thanks for the lunch

I really

Oh no

And March

Yes

We're taking the car and you are coming to my place

Let's go

OK

Let's go

Deal?

Yes deal!

OK

Deal

How much horsepower is it going to make?

I think the transmission is the limit

But around 500, it should

That's a good, solid number

That should be good

500, maybe in C85

Oh, for sure

Sweet, okay

Now here's the thing, let Colton work there

We agreed to leave it on video

8 weeks, he will work a lot on it

And she goes to FuelTech

End of March

It will be at FuelTech and we will continue from there

It's registered

Here, let me take you on a tour now

Show some of the new cars in the collections here at the Redline workshop

This Pontiac here

I thought it was very cool

It is a Formula 350, which is a special series

Very mint, everything, wheels from the time period

The car, look

Very cool, I liked it

I would have one of these in my collection

This is a Charger

That he is building the whole chassis and suspension

He's putting this engine here, which is the Hellaphant

That they say

Look at the brakes, how cool

The front suspension

It's very cool

And the entire chassis really did the whole rotisserie thing, as they call it

It's really extensive work

Now here's the thing

Let's take a walk around this room

'Cause every time I pass here, I go crazy

Let's take a walk here, because there are these really cool cars

That we always see here

And I'll start here with Diego Higa's

Iconic car owned by a Brazilian

This car belonged to Colton and is racing in Formula Drift again

Let's see how it will be

Last year was a mission, but cool

BMW M3 E36

Jaguar XJ220

This one, very rare

Oh, look here

Look at this Porsche

Ford GT

Damn

This car has 280 miles on it if I'm not mistaken

280

How many million is this car worth?

Oh

Millions

About 2, 3

Don't even touch it

There's a new Roma here

Wait a second

Ferrari

What Porsche is this?

Let's take it easy

This one, brand new

It's big

Here is 11 TTS

Look, that RS has 85 miles on it

A GT3 RS

Yes

Here, a Ferrari Roma

What is this here, a 599?

Superamerica

This is

Check this one out

Now that I saw it, passing by

A Dino

But is this original?

Original

Damn, I thought it was lower level, the cars back here

No no

It actually raised the bar

I don't even look at the Ferrari’s here, they are all common

Damn, is there a Testarossa there?

Not a 599

500 and

No, 575 Maranello

Look, wow, these Mercedes are really cool

Inaudible

Cool

Ah, this rally EVO here

This belongs to Colton

Let's see him get in there now

Oh, it's the other side

Oh yes

Mercedes

McLaren back there

Morgan

Corvette, McLaren

Wow, these Porsche’s, I think they're really cool

This the famous

Why?

Look

Burns two liters of oil per day

Oh, the GT3

That's a car right there, okay?

That's a car

That Hemi was in the showroom the other time

Man, that's cool too

This is an American car

But I was in France

Oh yes?

Yes, he was at a race in France

Henri Chemin

Look, a Pontiac here

This one is the best

Oh, Anderson

You that like jalopy’s

These are those Fords that come with almost 3 bar of boost

Oh, that's cool

This car has a nickname

Widow, something like that, black widow

Rolls

Rolls-Royce

Black Widow

What?

Black widow

Black widow, that's it

Man, this is cool

It's a 993

It is very cool

This is the version that comes with a lot of boost

Oh yes?

From the factory, like this

If I'm not mistaken, it's 3 bar, or 2.8

Damn

Let me see something

Wow, what a thing

Check the smell

Yup

The door is like from a Gol

It's no use

Yes

Ferrari Mondial there

Oh, this is my dream too

850i

Hi V12 Bmw

This is on the list

This is the continental

Is it for sale?

Do you know the price?

Yeah, this is his

Better not to ask the price

Go into a deal

What if

What else is for sale here that you know?

Everything here is for sale

Kind of everything

But there is something

A Landau here?

But, for example

50 thousand and lower, for example

Oh no

There's not much then

Yep, that one

Yes

You think?

I think so

He got it, if you ask Jeff

Yes

And this one nice or not?

Is that manual or automatic?

Automatic

But Luís must have a list of parts

To convert to Manual

And a flange for the 10 speed

Look at the phone

It's ringing for you here Anderson

Oh, there is it's telephone

Damn

How cool huh

No, I think it's better not to ask the price

Yes

Morgan

This one is owned by Colton's father

Oh yes?

Damn

Firebird, VW camper van

Look, this truck is really cool, GM

The whole thing, look

They made everything out of wood, brand new here

Cool

Here is Colton's collection of cars

There's one secret there

The last car there, I know what it is

It's covered, you can't uncover it

I won't say

I know what it is

I know it's a secret, that Colton won't let anyone show it

But there are all the cars here

And look, for those who remember

We installed FT on this car in a Saturday morning here

Yes

There was an episode of this that was really cool

We put it on the dynamometer there, it made

How much did it make?

700 wheel

I don't remember now

It was a lot

It was something like that

500 on the wheels, 500 and a little

590

And the car is working properly, cool

This one is cool

There are famous ones here

I won't even remove it

If you want

It is not necessary

All the cars there

The Top Secret

Look, Diego is filming

Turn the camera to film you

Can you show yourself or not?

Diego, our media to one

Guy who does all the animations

Today he is accompanying me especially here

You can see that today's material is different

Here, I like to bring only the talented guys

On the other visit Rabbits came

Now Diego

All the other folks also came

Luiz from design has already accompanied me here

Luis de Leon as well

So there is a

Here there is content to always bring good people to document this

I've been through all these cars

I made an episode specifically showing them all

Colton practically told me his story

So

Obviously I'm not going to return and I'm not going to say that again, but

Who wants to see this episode

There's a special episode here on Redline

In the JDM Supreme collection

So

Air cooled engine

Corvair

This is a GM air cooled engine

I can open it, the one with the pulley

My, do you know what that's like?

Air engine, right?

Air cooled engine, 6 cylinders at the rear

It's a boxer, right?

It's a boxer

This was dangerous at the time

Because, look, the engine is here

And there's nothing up in the front

Oh

So at the time, you turned and the car went straight

Oh

Killed a lot of people

Really?

And I don't remember the exact story

But some deputy or politician banned the sale of this car

He is a member of congress

And his daughter died

Oh

Prohibited

Banned cars from

That's why it was dangerous

Rear engine

This, Colton's Porsche is really cool

Very cool

This car is cool

Well, the Top Secret

Old Maserati there

Corvette here

This car is cool too

308

Modernized old Bronco

An E30 convertible

C8 here, nice but ordinary

I'm upset with mine

We made a quick visit here

Show a little of Redline

And see Mercedes

I'm sure everyone is

Everyone who likes this car

Who likes this project

That is looking forward for it

Due to the same anxiety, he also wants to see this car ready

You can be sure that I am most interested in seeing this car finished

Colton, I'm happy that now I think he's going to make a move

He worked a lot on the car

He was very busy for a very long time last year

And the car is also a huge job

But now we have some dates that we will try to meet

I put him under pressure

He promised to work on the car from here, straight on

Let's see how the car will progress over the next 8 weeks

And I intend to have this car with me at FuelTech USA

Before April, end of March

So I can work on that car

In the next months

And this car has to be finished this year

For sure

And if possible, by May

For us to have this anniversary of Senna's farewell in style

So

I'm glad I came

I'm excited about the project

I'm encouraged to see that there is progress, its coming along

One thing that bothers me

When things stand still

That we don't have much control

Obviously, this car is far from my direct control

But at the same time, you have to trust

I trust Colton, I trust the Redline team

And the project is turning out really insane

And it's also the following

It's always a good excuse to come here at Redline

Here in Connecticut

And see these wonderful cars

Chat with Brazilians who live nearby

I'm really happy

Also thank Diego who accompanied me this weekend

And lots of missions there

You will see more materials

It's really cool

I hope you enjoyed

And see you next episode

Goodbye