Wilbert Grinsven's Blog – August 2009 Archive (2)

The Restoration of a 1957 Mercedes 300 sL Roadster

The NTX Automotive Museum is currently in the process of restoring a 300 SL Roadster. 17 years ago this car was parked in a barn because of a blow head gasket. When found piston No.3 was totally locked up inside the cylinder because of the old type coolant used back in the day. When pooling the piston we found out that this was already the 1st oversize and the drilled the cylinders in a cone shape. Now with the 2nd oversize it turns like she is new. The engine was rebuild by Arthur's Mercedes… Continue

Added by Wilbert Grinsven on August 10, 2009 at 1:42pm — No Comments

NTX Automotive Museum Richardson TX

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Added by Wilbert Grinsven on August 3, 2009 at 11:10am — No Comments

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