Restoration Restoration: The second half of Nonna 09/07/202409/07/2024 Since March 2024, we have been working on Nonna's interior and exterior. I've had two long break and worked on other vehicles from time to time, so it may not…
Impression Impression: IM VERGLEICH 08/24/202408/24/2024 IN COMPARISON, that's what the title means in English, it comes from Mercedes brochures from the 80s. Since then, Mercedes has been producing these brochures comparing their cars to competitors…
Restoration Restoration: Persian Kitty 08/17/202408/22/2024 Persian Kity is by far our lightest working vehicle and is a true preservation rather than full restoration example. This is an older article that I drafted for the Persian…
Investigation Investigation: The 1/1 600 SEC model 08/10/202408/10/2024 I'll be mesmerized as I read about a beautiful brochure. Perhaps reason will remind me that these charming vehicles have been specially beautified and professionally photographed for promoting purpose. But…
Restoration Restoration: New Core Workshop 08/03/202408/04/2024 Halfway through the 2024, the priority project for this year is not any car, but the new restoration facility. In theory it won't take up much of my time, but…
History History: AMG JAPAN’s timeline and statistics 07/27/202409/17/2024 In the 140 era, AMG-tuned S-Klasse were marketed independently from the Mercedes sales system. They were not official Mercedes models and did not even have a warranty from Mercedes. After…
Restoration Restoration: Nonna’s paint job (2/2) 07/19/202407/24/2024 After about 90 hours of pre-sanding, we have completed more than half of the work. Next comes applying primer, refined sanding and painting, all of which will be covered in…
Restoration Restoration: Nonna’s paint job (1/2) 07/13/202407/19/2024 After a technical summary of the past Persian Kitty paint job and an analysis of Nonna's current paint, the work officially began. I 'm responsible for the disassembly, sanding, assembly,…
Parts Parts: Propeller Shaft Flex Disc 07/07/202407/07/2024 This is a review that started more than half year ago. We tried to confirm that a strange phenomenon was not accidental, so as not to cause some misunderstanding. When…
Restoration Restoration: Prelude of Nonna’s paint job 06/22/202407/13/2024 After finishing the interior, I decided to adjust the order of work on Nonna. First, we did dry ice blasting on the underbody, it's much worse than we expected. It…
Impression Impression: Acquisition of Amigo 06/15/202412/28/2024 The most exciting event this year may not be the acquisition of any 140, but my first non-140. Yes, I have purchased more than 20 140s, but never tried other…
Investigation Investigation: The Falcon Design Estate conversion 06/07/202408/16/2024 One morning earlier this week, Instagram brought a white 140 estate or wagon to my phone App. I checked it out and decided to forward it to Christian (mb-w140.de). When…
Investigation Investigation: Three Limited Editions 06/02/202401/29/2025 One night in September 2019, my newly acquired not-start 1999 CL 600 was pushed off the trailer by the black pal truck driver. "Hey boss, you got bulletproof glass, it's…
Impression Impression: A Chinese 140 toy 05/25/202405/25/2024 I thought about what title to give this article for a long time, and then decided to use a very popular way. On the one hand, it may make people…
History History: Olivier Rahier recalls Duchatelet W 140 05/18/202403/27/2025 The Carat Duchatelet from Liege, Belgium is a special tuning company that isn't "Made in Germany" as people obssesed with, but is more favored by Mercedes-Benz than those "Made in…
Parts Parts: Windshield washer sight glass 05/12/202410/17/2024 In the past, "Restoration" articles have always been more general, as I recorded them briefly in a bookkeeping-like manner. Because there are so many tasks that cannot be described in…
History History: Our first anniversary 05/04/202405/04/2024 On April 29, 2024, we are one year old! What an age, the 140 has been discontinued for 24 years, where have we been? But our number is nothing to…
Investigation Investigation: AURUS prototype, an enlarged W140? 04/26/202401/04/2025 In <History: Project DIAMANT, the MAYBACH>, we already explain that the MAYBACH show car launched at the 1997 Tokyo Motor Show was built by STOLA on the 140 sedan chassis.…
