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Love seeing a father and son working together

So glad to see my Uncle's old Mercedes moving under it's own power. My only memories of it are seeing the back end of it sitting in one garage and then another. I'm amazed they didn't have to do a complete rebuild in order to get it running. Good job! FYI - Those dings on the driver's side rear fender are most likely from my cousins' bicycle handle bars.

Beginning to end restorations are so unbelievably satisfying to watch

Mercedes pontoon is truly an elegant and beautiful car.

This brings back memories. When I was a kid my dad came home in a 1959 220-S. It's the only car I at 68 years old still dream about.

I own a 1960 180D diesel version of this car. Bought it in 1983. Ive owned dozens of these 180-190 Pontons over the past 40 years. They're built like tanks with a hand built quality and stay tight and rattle free for most of their life times and are insanely reliable. The ride and handling is impressive for the era and its their first car to have crumple zones. Shame this wasnt a diesel, it would bring twice the price. Great job bringing it back from its 50 year slumber.

This brings back memories! My first car was a 1961 Mercedes 190b I bought for $1,095 in 1969 when I got out of the Army. It was a great car, wish I still had it!

The first trip to Germany I can remember well was in 1967. My German uncle had a 190D that was a little newer than this one. I remember the only front turn indicators it had were those two bulbous things high on the fenders close to the windshield. I can still visualize Uncle Herbert switching through the gears on the steering column shifter. That Mercedes exuded wealth to me. My Dad had bought a VW 1600 Squareback station wagon to take back to America with us. My little 1967 self wanted to ride with Uncle Herbert!

History is everything on these kind of builds. You guys knocked it out of the park. Another quality job behind the scenes by Christian. Never a disappointment spending time in the garage with y'all!

Amazing work. You took me to 1970s, golden days when every thing was much much brighter and colorful. Now with even glasses on things don't look that clear but memories are as sharp as before. Big thanks to you

Im getting a 1950 plymouth in 3 weeks, and i can hardly contain myself. Evrry since i blew the motor in my 47 chrysler i have been hoping to find another old antique car. And best of all she is a runner, good shape, has everything in tact. And even the interior is in good shape, and the paint isnt bad at all. Sat in a barn for 45 years, but it was drained and maintained. 1100 bucks. I got lucky. My 8 year old sons reaction was he was shocked, and got really happy. Cant wait to get under the hood, and drive her too. Make new memories.

Great to see you all back at it. Hope you are feeling better and the family is all doing well 🙏

That is surprisingly rust-free for a Ponton ; I bought mine back in 1982 and kept it for 34 years ( mine was a 219 with the six cylinder engine ) . However , regarding parts , you can get just about anything - just go down to the dealership and ask , most everything is readily available . For harder to find items , like body panels , while the MB Classic Centre will reproduce them at eye watering prices , there are specialists like Heinrich Niemoller in Mannheim , or SLS and DB Depot , both in Hamburg . Be sure to ask Niemoller for his parts catalogue which lists every single part , along with the original MB part no .Used parts for these are abundant , at least in Germany , but around the world you will be surprised how many are still around . If this car is a 1960 model , it is a very late Ponton - the series started in1953 with the 180 , which still had the side valve engine carried over from the 170 ( which itself was a pre war model resurrected after the end of hostilities ) , and was replaced by the Fintail series around 1963 ( Fintails were also known as the Ponton-B series ) . Yours is indeed a 190b ( note the lower case b ) which designated it as a facelift model with the wider grille . I would just start by replacing the chain and the tensioners , I doubt the gears will have worn - the trouble is usually just weak tensioners . Do check the wheel cylinders in the drum brakes ; I rebuilt mine , and these cars are also prone to eat clutches for breakfast . The engine and transmission is designed to be easily removable by dropping the front subframe complete with suspension - these cars are so easy to work on . The model got its name because of that front subframe , which a journalist of the time likened to a pontoon bridge , hence the name Ponton , which is German for Pontoon .

Appreciate there is no bad language.. enjoyable.

Having an original shop manual when y'all start any project would be a great help.

One of those German Die-Hard Treasures! Never drove a car at home that didn't last forever. Even the old Opels. Friend of mine had one with almost 700,000 miles on it and still driving.

Wow, never thought it would end up looking this good! You guys outdid yourselves!!! Awesome transformation!

You folks never cease to amaze! Granted you’ve worked on VW’s but this is a whole different animal! German engineering from over 50 years ago! Fantastic work! Thank you all for great content and a wonderful video!

Mesmerising to watch, the resto but more the depth of the relationship between father and son and the way you so comfortable around each other. Thanks

That brings back fond memories of helping my dad work on our Mercedes 190 when I was a kid back in the early sixties. We bought it when we lived in Germany and drove all over northern Europe in it. Great episode. 😊

In my opinion, this has to be the coolest restore project you guys done.

Great job lads, really impressed by the condition of the old girl, I bet if you slipped those aftermarket seat covers off, the original MB TEX seats will be in mint condition. A couple of things to note when replacing the timing chains on these. The tensioner is hydraulic and ought to be de-pressurised before being refitted but on yours, it already looked as though it was as the chain joining clip wouldn't have gone on. 2ndly, it is IMPERITIVE you make sure the round part of the joining link clip is FACING in the direction of travel or it runs the chance of dislodging itself. Then you will be looking at a camshaft cracked into 4 pieces! Best to check as I couldn't see on the video which way you clipped it on. 👍👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

One of the best revivals I have ever seen on the ol KZfaq! You guys knocked this one out of the park. The little Merc is lookin sassy!

Thank you for the sneak peek. That looks like the cleanest car you have worked on yet in this series.

I owned a '59 190 gas Ponton when stationed in Frankfurt in the early '70s. Amazing build quality for what was considered an ''economy" car. Drove it all over Europe, not one hiccup. The doors had that distinctive"thunk" when shutting. Great to see this one saved.

You gentlemen are the definition of true mechanics 👍👏

Love watching family working together that's awesome thank you for sharing with us 🙏🏿👍🏿

That’s wild! Who’d have thought it would come back to life like that. Well done.

CArchaeology at it's finest. Enjoyed seeing the synergy between you both. A wonderful team.

Fantastic work, that car definitely belongs on the road with a loving owner. I hope whoever bought it keeps her going for many more years. Love y’all’s videos!

Hello everyone! I am absolutely delighted with you! I've been following you from the start! but the fact that you are now working on a vehicle from my homeland is unbelievable for me, even considering the distance! Nice that you exist and please keep it up! I'm also a mechanic and I'm committed to the English and mainly screw on the original and "real" Mini's not on the BMW! Many greetings Heiko, Germany/Cologne

What a GREAT family! I really appreciate your show! God bless you all !

What a great find and what a great job you guys did putting it right, God bless

Looks like a London taxi I'm sure it's a lot of people who would want it back in Europe for sure nice to see your work on anything as mechanic myself I remember when I had to take a jaguar straight 6 head off to do the head gasket nobody knew how to do it and our shop said we would give it a try never know what you can do until you try 💯👌

Old Mercedes-Benz's never die - they were built to last forever and a day!

Great seeing these old Mercs being brought back to life

That car could be a best all original show winner at any car show.. that means keep the original paint job as it is! That's one cool ride guys. One of my favorite Mercy days😎

The first car I bought back in the mid-70s was a 190D Ponton. It had been bought direct from the factory by a RAF officer serving in Germany, it was RHD and had a very personalised set of options. Given that is was a diesel the performance was decidedly sluggish but the fuel economy was very good. Provided you kept it rolling it was reasonable, just needed to predict what was happening at traffic lights and roundabouts so keep the momentum up.

Great job guy's and old Mercedes are a living proof that certain things will live forever .

Awesome find! My mother's all time dream cars! I've been hearing her say that ever since I can remember.. Yall got a deal too considering how straight and solid it is! 👍

Super engineering mindset is what this father & son tag team has in common......no matter how problematic an engine has they are just able to solve it with a little cracking on their head. Salute to their ability to tackle problems with ease and restore an old junk to a brand new machine to its original glory. Cheers......Greetings from the Far East........

An all-round beautiful job. I am glad you're back. God bless you all.

Ive been watching will it run videos from several KZfaqrs for years & can honestly say this is the first time Ive seen someone have to do a timing chain lol

"Just polishing it out by hand is everything we're looking for" jump cut to polishing with a machine lol

I would just like to say that I have become a fairly recent fan of the "Restored" and "Turnin' Rust" videos. This particular video, detailing the replacement of the timing chain in the Mercedes' engine, is one of my favorite. I cannot think of another show that I've seen on any kind of television or internet-based series that features this kind of hands-on information. The camera work is great, and I am simply amazed at the level of patience shown by the father & son duo. Their voices are never raised - at least, not on camera - and I'm very impressed by their ability to diagnose these problems, and then complete the necessary repairs. I wish you much success in what you are doing. Your videos are great - very entertaining. Easy to watch, easy to listen to, and very interesting, at least to me. My wife even seems to enjoy most of them. Please, keep it up. Kudos!

That is one sweet car. Far better than the 66 I owned 30 years ago. One of the classiest front ends you will ever see on a car. FYI, that emblem missing on the front is cheap and easy to get from the dealer. I bought two just to use one as a key chain. The rest of the parts are another story.

Man, you got a heck of a deal on that ride. Should bring you guys a pretty penny all cleaned up. I'd drive it.

Wow Lance you and your dad were the right people to find this it looks amazing and well done on another fantastic find and keep up the good work.

This is the best yet by far the nicest car you guys have done. Well done guy's brilliant job..

What a cool and interesting little Mercedes Benz. You two looked like jewelers for a bit working on it. 👍

Thank you for your APPRECIATION to your subscribers Lance

I loved this episode because you showed that you should restore them rather than junk them. Great restoration,keeping it all original. I'm not a Mercedes guy,but I'm sure there are alot out there that would die to have that car in their collection. God bless

What a beauty, the old 190B is back, it's useful again, and looking good. Great work Restored and Company.

That ol Mercedes turned out gorgeous!! Great job guys!

Amazing!! Absolutely Amazing!! What a piece of Nostalgia, I am totally flabbergasted how well this Father/Son team works together. Thank you sister/daughter for the great filming each and every time. This is the high point for me in the evening. Keep it up! LOVE IT!!!

Amazing work guys watching you two working together reminds me of me and my father.

I'm about 30 minutes in and you guys are in for a treat, this is some old school cutting edge German engineering, you can probably get parts for it but everything is going to come from Germany

I rebuilt all the shift linkage in a 1960 just like this one. Mercedes (at the time, 1997) was still able to provide every bushing, etc. that was needed. I love how, just like most German cars, reverse is push down on the stick and forward and to the left of first gear. This is the only setup I have seen that is a four speed on the column.

This is interesting to me because my first car after graduating from engineering school was a 1956 Mercedes 180, four-door sedan. Living in South Dakota the heater did not have a fan and you had to drive the car to get air to the heater coil thereby getting heat. All in all I have had two 220-S, one 450 SL and one 450 sedan. Years laler now, we have a Tesla. Thanks for your video.

Love the look of this old Benz. You tackle cars that are a dream. Good luck with this one!

Well, I'm very glad to see you guys fixing up this old 190. I myself got a 1959 190D back in '78 when I was 19, and drove it for many years. That one, like my 220S from 61, got the trailing-arm mount rust (and timing chain issue). I didn't fix it, so it's still sitting in Southern Maryland. Those cars are too expensive for me now in Denmark. So I now have a 1990 190E - and a bunch of English cars. But one never forgets the first!

OMG! I just finished watching the whole video... She's amazing, I can imagine myself driving her! Wonderful job as usual guys! 🤩

Good luck and god bless you guys restoring classic cars

Once again Gods hand guiding you to another garage find and with patients the old Merc shines and rides again .. I was bit surprised you didn't pull that little motor to make it easier to get... Thankyou for letting in the shop...

The restoration videos are so relaxing and educational to watch...all the way from Port Elizabeth ,South Africa ........hooked since the first episode i watched a year ago 👌👌👏👏

You guys did an amazing job on that Mercedes. It looks beautiful.

This was Great Fun to watch. My "Going To College" car was a 1958 220S (the 6 cylinder version of this) and this brought back a lot of memories. One big difference - mine had a "Hydrak". 4 speed on the column but no clutch pedal. There was a torque converter with a vacumn canister that pulled the clutch arm. Once in gear, when you let go of the shift lever, the torque converter kicked in (there were contacts in the base of the shift lever to trip the solenoids, etc). Fortunately, you didn't have that problem to deal with! This car was definitely worth saving.

Fantastic recovery! This car looks like Col. Klink's staff car from Hogan's Heros.

You're right what a beautiful car❤ great find

What was the condition of the brakes? Great video, glad to see you are wearing a belly buster back brace, I wear mine when I work on anything, saves my back. Great video Krissy.

This is amazing to watch. I've got a 62 190dB (same body, but a diesel) that I'm keen to get started on. Seeing this drives up my motivation. DM me if you've got any tips.

Wow that car looks a lot better it has a lot of potential I found a great diesel version one similar to it I almost jumped on whole card been reupholstered everything was redone. Well done it's good to see it out in the world again

A buddy of my little brother's collected 220's, super comfy cruisers, 4-5 people and able to stick with modern traffic, not too bad mileage, very dependable. Nice score! I love watching you folks work together, makes me really miss my ol' pops (RIP dad) who loved to tinker on stuff, especially his 2CVs, and I wish we'd spent more time doing things like this, but such is life. That car is a beauty, I am stunned at how solid the body is and it cleaned up amazingly. The dive into the guts/timing chain was way braver than me :) Great job! some one is going to get a beautiful platform for a restoration, or with getting the brakes sorted out, a classic, basic, daily driver, were this mine (and I had the bucks) it'd be deep forest green with small metal-flake, beige leather front seats, disk brakes, and a re-furbished AM radio, hey, a man can dream can't he? Cheers to you all for awesome content, I feel so much beter watching this on a quite afternoon :)

What a transformation and the buyer got a good deal too.

There has been one of these sitting in my local junk yard for years. Iowa rust did it in many years ago. The engine is possibly good but thats about it. I opened the rear door the other day and it dropped about 4 inches. Thanks for passing it on.

I am amazed it ran. Great job sir!

This is one of your best revivals yet due to the fact that you had no experience with this vintage of Mercedes! You both took a walk on the wild side when you dove into that overhead cam chain issue and all the rest! All the old girl needed was some old fashioned TLC which you delivered in spades! Thanks for saving a truly elegant machine while delivering a great video!

You guys did a wonderful job keep on keeping on

What a nice, vintage, 1960 Mercedes.

My favourite channel back again and never disappoints. Keep going guys

Keep up the great work you guys. Nice job on getting the car started back up again. Thank you.

Great video of a clue classic, a European 4 on the column! I know my heart rate went up watching you dealing with the timing chain. How did you get the paint off the back? That old radio might actually work if it's a tube type. Try letting it warm up and if it still doesn't work flick the vibrator on the back a few times.

Glad you done the car well. You saved that nice old merc

Lance I'm glad to see you got a back strap. It definitely helps.

That is such a gorgeous car, absolutely amazing transformation, great job!

You did very good job specifically when you choose materials for protect the inveronement. Chapeau et bien fait

wow you guys outdid yourselves this time, wonderful find, wonderful job bringing it back to life.

This was a fun one to watch, thanks! Out of curiosity, with a car this well preserved, why did you sell it with broken brakes and a dirty disconnected gas tank? Those seem like easy things to fix that would have bumped the sale price up and been well worth the time.

Very impressive, it runs sweet, and cleaned up really well, could job guy’s 👍🙂

Such a pleasure watching you work its peaceful and relaxing watching you spanner and polish such a sweet little car crack on

that keyboard is probably the most valuable thing in this video

That turned out sweet! Great job guys!

The old Mercedes ere engineered beyond what was needed and that made them a very superior car in it's workmanship and value! I don't know much about the ones this old but I had a 1973 280SE and it was WAY ahead of it's time. It had a form of ABS brakes as well as dicks all around. 4 speed Auto Trans Which was not done in USA at all until the 2000's really that I know of. Plus many more things that made it one of the very best cars I ever owned. I'll be looking for another soon.

In 1961 a lecturer at my college had one of these . It ran so quietly and the paintwork was superb. This was in the north of UK !

Its so rewarding to wash a car you brought back to life afters years or decades . regards from Deutschland well done like always😎👍🏼

Absolutely stunning outcome! And also one of the best heart surgery videos out there!

Love this family..love how they work together..amazin restoration as usual ❤

great job! she sounded good & looks fantastic

Considering your probable lack of experience with the many quirks of Mercedes , your talent , patience and inimitable skills managed to pull off a virtual miracle. Gentlemen, take a well deserved bow !