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How bad is this rust?

MrCostington · 2018-07-26 18:07:07

Hello, Firstly, not sure if this should go here or in DIY, I'll try here but feel free to move Mods. Was looking at an 1983 Mercedes W123, first time to look at a classic with a view to buy. I'm wondering how one with more experience than me would assess this rust? First pic shows the rear quarter panel which obviously…

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#32 02-01-2019 4:40pm
jmreire

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MrCostington wrote: »

Good points and very true. In an ideal world I'd love to have the space/time/skills/money to do all that (or buy from Mark Cosovich and the like), but in reality I'm just going to have to take my chances and do what checks I can before buying. I did do a nut and bolt restore of a Honda Noddy once (CD175) but a much smaller project then that could be done in a shed.

I was not trying to discourage you, please don't get me wrong. Well if you have already done some restoration work ( even on a smaller scale) you will have good idea on what lies ahead.. I hope that it all works out for you..if you decide to go ahead with this project, take a few pics as you go along, and post them here. Would be very interesting to follow your progress.
Good Luck with it !!!:)

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