This restoration was done by RIXCAR (http://www.rixcar.lv), a vehicle restoration and painting workshop located in Riga, Latvia. The company has an experience of seven years in car restoration processes.
Previous projects include full restorations of such cars as BMW E24 M6 (http://www.miata.fi/forum/index.php?topic=2962.0), Ford Thunderbird (http://www.miata.fi/forum/index.php?topic=3036.0), Studebaker Golden Hawk and many other American and European classics, and now a classic Mercedes-Benz W123C project has been finished.
This is what the car looked like when it arrived. At first glance it doesn't look so bad.
The car came to the workshop just for a body painting from outside, but during the disassembly process a necessity for more complex body repairs appeared.
Classy MB body had hidden rust spots all over the car - not the best news for the owner. A lot of work had to be done to ensure that the rust won't come back and that the car will look great.
Old cars usually change their looks dramatically after being painted and this wasn't an exception. The Mercedes looked wonderful and the assembly process could begin. All the assembly works must be done with high accuracy not to scratch or damage the new paint.
Although the car is old, it is still a Mercedes and must provide it's owner with a comfort so a new noise and vibration cancelling insulation layer was installed.
And here is the final product. All the details are in their places and the Mercedes-Benz W123C is ready to see the sunlight. All of the body is treated with anti-rust materials so the owner won't have to worry about that.
A lot of welding and grinding works had to be done and we are proud to be able to give this Mercedes a new breath of life. Hopefully it was an interesting reading material. More updates on other projects coming soon. Meanwhile, feel free to take a look at RIXCAR Facebook page (http://facebook.com/rixcar) or homepage (http://www.rixcar.lv) to see other projects.