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Can somebody help me identify this model of Mercedes? It’s a piece done by an artist Robert Bidner. He passed in 1984, I’ve been interested in him.  I’ve never seen this one before and just stumbled upon it. Who can educate me about the car? AJ?

Watch Chris Runge transform flat sheets of aluminum into flowing automotive sculpture using traditional coachbuilding techniques. It’s a fascinating look at the patience, precision, and artistry behind hand-built cars.

🎥 Full credit to Petrolicious for another outstanding film. Watch the video here:

You can see that the park brake hardware is completely missing from this car.
Whoever did the AC brake conversion removed the park brake shoes for some reason.

When the AC brakes failed, there was no way to stop the car properly.

I'm going to be removing the AC brakes and installing the larger, Rocky Mountain brakes as well as putting the parking brake system back together.

When you have a Ruckstell 2-speed rear axle like this car does, it's very important to at least have good, functioning park brakes. Even better to have good accessory brakes. If the Ruckstell gets worn, there is a possibility of it sticking between high and low gear, giving you a neutral. If you only have the brake in the transmission functioning, bad things will happen.

The Reo looks really good.  I like the dark blue!  Looked like you were downshifting pretty well in the video!

Spent yesterday at the Rivian Service Center in Raleigh, NC test driving both Rivian R1 vehicles.
Been a Tesla Model X owner for 5 years and I love that car — but it's starting to show its age. So I went to see what Rivian's been up to. Drove the R1T first (never owned a truck in my life) then the R1S — both felt massive coming from the Model X. On our way out, my wife and I hopped in the new R2S almost as an afterthought... and that's the one. Right size, real range (sorta), doesn't feel like piloting a barge.
We're seriously considering placing an order. Tesla might finally have some real competition.

A car that helped define the modern supercar era. Rare, beautiful, and still one of the most special Ferraris ever built. Absolutely love the profile of this gem.

Ugh, my shop smells like 600w oil, thanks to the diff and transmission being open.

Pulled the diff housing out today, looks like there isn't much metal to work with. Not enough for a Time-Sert repair and certainly not enough for a Heli-Coil. Either one will end up breaking through the inner edge of the housing.

I think the best repair in this case will simply be to install bolts from the inside and put the nut on the outside of the housing. It's not correct but it's minimally invasive and very strong. It won't look out of place because the heads of the bolts with the grade markings will be inside the diff. There's plenty of room for the added hardware inside.

This is for repair, not restoration. If someone restores the car one day, then it can be put back to "correct" very easily.

Brakes will need the lining replaced as well.
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