Initial condition and work order

Car was unloaded from container to land on our yard. 220SEb was partly disassembled and all components were loaded into the car.

Another similar 220SEb of the same age was delivered as donor for missing and unrepairable components of the project car.

Car was brought into workshop for unloading of previously removed components and detection of initial condition.

Both doors were seriously damaged.

Doorsteps on both sides were destroyed by corrosion.

Front longerons and front crossmember were completely damaged by corrosion.

Dashboard carcass and windshield frame were damaged by some impact from the top.

Radiator grille was damaged in the centre of the lover part.

Certain new body components were delivered together with the car. Adequate remarks were made in the required spare parts list. There were received 2 floor pan kits to excess.

Set of rusty chromed decorations was unloaded from the car. We should check inventory to see what is missing.

Carefully packed and marked small parts were unloaded from the car.

Components of the former electrical system were delivered together with the car.

All wooden components were damaged by humidity and some of them were additionally broken.

Damaged interior trim components were stored together.

Car was on wrong wheels from later 250SE model – originally 220SE was running on 13” wheels. We expected use of correct wheels from donor vehicle.

Soft top frame was broken. We removed soft top remains to continue disassembling of the passenger compartment.

As seats were dismantled it became obvious that floor pan should be replaced completely.

Rear bench was removed from the car.

We removed all door trimming elements.

Door internal mechanisms were dismantled.

All disassembled items were listed and stored until further repair actions.

Remains of side window mechanisms were removed from the body.

Rear end of body was sloping down since there was no live metal keeping together front and rear parts of the car.

As passenger compartment was free of components power plant was lift out of engine compartment. Crankshaft of this motor was stuck so we had to disassemble whole unit to find out reason for damage.

Transmission was separated from the engine.

Steering unit together with steering arms was removed from the place.

We separated both axles from the body.

Axles were cleaned before further defect detection actions.

All rubber items were damaged so those were entered on the parts list with no delay.

Springs were not broken so after cleaning and painting we could put those into service again.

Separated body was installed onto our rig for further detailed inspection and manual cleaning of the surfaces which may be repaired.

All unloaded from the car and removed by us components were shelved until further defects detection restoration actions.

Restoration and assembling process was split in several steps presented in the table below: