[W126 Coupe] Wannabe Gullwing & Who know how to fix oil leaks on de cpe

[Ernie Stephens]

Well, at least they haven't changed over to battery motors yet.  

My 87 560 SEC has either struck oil or is loosing it pretty bad.  It appears that the front pan is not so hard to R&R but the bigger pan looks like a major job . . . any suggestions from the pros?
Thanks,
Ernie
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  Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 12:41 PM
  Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] SLS Coupe


  Dave... I agree! Hope you feel better getting that off your chest. ;-)

  This is the "Zeitgeist", spirit of our times. Pathetic as it may be...



  On a brighter note, it made you appreciate the genuine article even more... Your SEC!!

  Lucky you! 

  Sam


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  Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:54:53 +0200
  From: Dawid Loubser <dawidl at solms.co.za>
  Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] SLS Coupe
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  Oh please, *another* retro product? And the proportions look all wrong  
  to me, but that's just personal taste.
  I wonder if we live in a time which will be looked back upon with  
  pity, as the auto makers ran out of ideas
  to innovate with style, instead insisting to keep on re-hashing old  
  ideas, and selling them for ludicrous
  amounts of money, not on merit, but because of the "spirits of old"  
  which are evoked by the new cars,
  which are not at all the same thing.

  The 1954 300SL Gullwing had a sound technical reason for the gullwing  
  doors, in fact, they were a humongous
  compromise enforced upon the styling department by the engineering  
  department, who had to make the best
  of the situation.

  It makes me so mad when styling fakery are employed to make a car  
  resemble something it's not. Another prime
  example is the current MINI Cooper S, with the very prominent fake air  
  intake on the bonnet leading to nowhere (not
  even just channeling extra air to the engine - I mean, they may as  
  well have left a "hole") just because they switched
  over from the supercharger the previous generation used, to a  
  turbocharger. It's sad to see that Mercedes benz is also
  now (and have been, for a while) in the fake styling business, with  
  fake plastic air intakes etc. to make a design look
  "aggressive" or "balanced".

  No sir, I am 100x more excited by my 1990 560SEC, which was actually  
  forward-looking and original, than by the prospect
  of a "new" SLS coupe 300SL rip-off, with ridiculous fake gullwing doors.

  Sorry for the rant... had to get it out of my system :-)






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