JZM3: Project 66' 250s

On October 22, 2010 I purchased a 1966 Mercedes 250s. This year and model hold a spot in my heart. My dad owned a '66 when we lived in San Diego, he had welded in a new back end and swapped in a 2.8 liter. He sold it when we were moved to Washington, and at first I didn't really mind, but as the years went by I realized I really wanted to own one. I looked for months before I came across this one, and what a catch she is. I have paper work dating back to the first sale in 1966. From my understanding, the car sat in a garage for around 10 years, then sat outside for a few months.

She would turn but wouldn't start, and when we got her home we saw that it must have been a carb issue. We towed the car to Carb Connections in Kirkland, WA, and just as we suspected they needed to be rebuilt. After Carb Conn rebuilt and tuned them, the motor sounded very healthy, however the transmission wasn't shifting into 3rd, it was slipping. There is a gentlemen by the name of Rob that owns Benz Friendz here in the Seattle area. He has a warehouse filled with old-timer parts and he had the 250s transmission that we needed.
The '66 would become my daily driver and slowly I would get her back to where I wanted her. A few months later I had NorthWest AutoSalon do a full exterior detail. They attempted to get the original 46 year old paint back to it's former glory, and boy did they do a great job. I found a set of pretty rare NOS Cibie 5 3/4 headlights and had NWAS put protective film on them. I'm very pleased with how she looks.
The plan for the next few months is to take the seats out and sand the floor boards, put a rust preventive coat of paint and then install brand new carpet. Since purchasing the '66 I have tossed the idea around of Airbags and to this day I can't decide if thats the way I want to go...