V8 Mercedes Coupe

Mercedes 300D

Mercedes-s124 Om606

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Picture of the car done on it’s first road trip through Saskatchewan.

Dropping in my 302 that I built in 2007, it’s originally from a ‘91 F150 but I had it bored .030  and put 10.5:1 pistons and a big cam, it has a 600 Edelbrock on it currently and makes around 300hp. 

I welded a Ford slip yoke on the original Mercedes driveshaft and locked down the original center slip joint.

My modified shifter linkage to link the original shifter to my AOD.

My true dual exhaust that runs down the factory routing so it’s tucked up. Cherry Bomb Turbo mufflers but it’s actually pretty loud.

Breaking into my trunk after the factory lock refuses to open.

Another road trip, this car is a treat to drive on a long highway trip.

Family trip to Waterton park, had some fun on the twisty road coming in.

My backwards shifter, used a Summitracing sticker + Sharpie to make a new shift indicator. Also the factory temp gauge works but added a mechanical one in the ashtray along with a manual fan control switch. The other toggle is for the heater valve… one is hot, off is cold… no frills! 

No A/C naturally and then the blower motor resistor failed, it was $700 for an aftermarket so I rewired the car to accept a $21 Ford unit, now I have 4 speeds instead of only 2.

First and only break down, very maddening, an aftermarket CV axle blew up as I was accelerating onto the highway for a weekend get away! Axle only had 3000 km on it.

The carrier that broke in the axle. Don’t buy GSP axles, they are low grade crap and they don’t have any customer service.

3.07 ratio open 198mm diff from a 2008 Chrysler 300, it’s a close match to the original, cheap and strong. 

Cutting the factory splines off the brand new Trakmotive axles for the 300 diff.

The 300 axles cut, shortened and bevelled.

Original Mercedes splines welded to 300 axles.

The sleeve, a piece of high strength steel from a Subaru door impact beam.

The 300 diff uses a 100mm drive flange, my driveshaft has a 90mm and smaller stepped holes… I made it work though.

I actually had to cut an inch off the driveshaft anyways and managed to do it without removing the shaft from the car.

Axles installed, they spline into the diff and the hub so it now requires me removing a lot of suspension the lean the knuckle out enough to install both splines… but it’s more reliable once installed and also improve the drive angle slightly.

Trip to Canmore for a little mountain retreat, this was with the new diff.

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