Sunday, August 21, 2011

Shop update - August 2011

The summer has been quite busy and it's time for an update on what's been going on in the shop. After spending the early part of July prepping the HRG Coupe for its trip to the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix, we have turned the main focus of our attention to the 1957 300SL Roadster and the 1962 Ferrari 250GT Lusso as well as several "small" projects that have come through the door. These include some minor repairs to several cars belonging to a prominent local collector as well as repairs to a 1950 Jaguar XK120 race car and installing an air conditioning system in a 1948 Jeep pick-up. The HRG has also continued to get some attention to various minor issues. The Ferrari engine is nearly fully assembled and is sitting on the engine run stand where we will fire it up and tune it. The car itself is having the brake system installed and a new fuel tank fitted. The 300SL roadster reached a major milestone when we reinstalled the body on the chassis. The car is really moving forward now. We've also put quite a bit of time into the 1956 300SL Gullwing with a new nose piece and inner wheel house being put in place. We've also torn down the engine to this car and will be taking the bare block to be cleaned before we begin reassembly. Last week we got the engine for the 1965 230SL back from the machine shop and have begun reassembly of it as well. Once it's together, we'll be able to devote more time towards getting that car completed. We expect to restart the restoration of the 1955 Gullwing in September as the owner chose to pause the project over the summer. Finally, there is the '68 GTO which is nearly ready for primer and the '80 500SL Mercedes that is awaiting a new set of exhaust manifolds. As you can see.....busy, busy, busy....which is good. In September we will be taking the HRG Coupe to the Radnor-Hunt Concours in Malvern PA. and Bill Hahn will be attending the Gullwing Group Convention in Virginia.

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