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Information

Model: 1962 Mercedes-Benz 180
1st restoration: 1982
2nd restoration: 2002
Current location: Patras, Greece
Owner: Kakoulidis family
Contact: harry@xarka.com

Pictures (2002)


	general view after repair in body-shop
Driving back to Thessaloniki from Larissa	Group of tourist (probably German) observing the car under the Castle at Platamonas
	New top fitted
Hole and rust fixed under right seat (see before restoration)	Hole under back-right door fixed (see before restoration)

Pictures before restoration (2001)

Parts of the car was so rusted and degraded that the metal affected was cut off and new metal sheets where welded. This task however was done very well at:

Rear right door, bottom and outer side of it
in front and under of all seats
in two bottom corners where the rear window is seated
on the chassis under both front doors
front left and right headlights

Also note in the pictures below the huge amounts of putty that had been used in 1982 for a quick job. This made the problem worse. In this restoration the use of putty was minimized.

rust in front of driver's seat. Under the wooden floor there was actually a pool of water.
The back-right door had alot of rust. Below the door there was a hole.
Hole in front of front-right seat.	Rust in back seats