Restoration Restoration: Pre-preliminary of the 9966 km S 320 03/09/202506/14/2025 After a long reflection and precipitation, I decided to keep and preserve this 9966 km 1995 S 320. Not an easy decision, I had to dig up some positive motivations…
Impression Impression: The acquisition of a Hassle 02/21/202506/14/2025 As a so-called environmental organization, we recycle many donors every year. Most are parted out nicely and never have a chance of returning to the road. I consider myself pretty…
Photoreception Photoreception: Nonna’s Barrenness 2024 02/09/202502/09/2025 Till one month to 2025, we were still at a dead end in terms of photreception in 2024, so I tried to make up for it in December. I still…
Restoration Restoration: Big Apple’s interior 01/25/202501/25/2025 I've been taking it pretty easy with Big Apple since December, and now that we're heading into a long holiday season, it's a good stopping point to take stock of…
Restoration Restoration: Big Apple’s correction 12/21/202412/21/2024 Big Apple is a new member of the family in 2024. In the order of joining the fleet, there are two cars ahead him, Chimera and Cougar, waiting to be…
Investigation Investigation:Brunei’s Mercedes and AMG orders 12/07/202412/07/2024 Our attention has been drawn to the impressive high-resolution, extensitve variety of a set of photos that have recently revealed, purportedly from the Brunei Royal Family (BRF) car collection dating…
Restoration Restoration: Nonna’s reward moment 11/23/202405/27/2025 I have been on a diet since August, giving up carbohydrates, and successfully lost 10kg of fat. The drastic reduction in sugar intake did something to my brain: I wasn't…
History History: Beatrice in Kremlin 11/09/202410/15/2025 Beatrice is a rather special car in my collection, both for me and for her. I have already described the part about me in <Restoration: The 1/43 Beatrice>, there is…
Investigation Investigation: Why serial numbers aren’t so informative 10/26/202403/19/2025 Earlier, an Instagram user commented on our post about Nonna (tagged as #Nonna144545): "I don't know why people call the pre-facelift S 320". His implication is that since it is…
Restoration Restoration: Nonna’s early 104.994 09/29/202409/29/2024 Working on the earlier 104.994 is a job full of fun. As the earliest Motronic it retains some of the original old-time vestiges from 80s compared to the later updated…
History History: Cannes trial-driving launch 09/15/202409/18/2024 The new S-Klasse is the absolute star of the 1991 Geneva Motor Show, where the press days begin on March 5th. Meanwhile, preparations are underway for trail-driving in the south…
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: 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…
