Bodywork & Engine Bay Respray - 1983 Mercedes w123 Restoration
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 Published On May 4, 2022

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In this episode of Restore It, I finish off the welds with some well-needed body filler as well as mask and paint the engine bay in preparation for the full respray coming next episode.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro
00:23 - Working on the front wing
01:36 - Avalon King - https://glnk.io/qo1q/restore
03:20 - Applying new undercoating
03:47 - Finishing the welds with filler
07:27 - Before & after montage
08:20 - Finishing and strengthening some welds
09:40 - Masking the engine bay
10:09 - Removing heat shields
10:28 - Removing the steering box
10:58 - Removing the sway bar and control arms
12:52 - Prepping the sway bar for paint
13:06 - Rust converting any bare metal
13:33 - Masking continued
14:11 - Filling some forgotten welds
14:33 - Masking the rest of the car
15:06 - High build primer
16:02 - Basecoat
16:55 - Clearcoat
17:49 - Demasking
18:57 - Results
18:59 - Next episode, other projects & thanks

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