Walk away...Or start with the most difficult repairs. Doing the easy ones now with obtainable panels will, as you say, be wasted if you decide to stop. In this way it will also be easier and easier :)

If you get an extra thousand patreons you will have to speed up your credits! Save it, don't weld it up to look pretty where no one can see it, just weld it solid, isn't sheet metal cheaper than factory panels?

If…you want to take on repairing the cowl/firewall/scuttle area, check out Soup Classic Motoring. He did similar repairs to his W123 on a fascinating to watch stop motion style. No idea how he does it, but great to watch. Your poor car is pretty far gone though. Quite a task. Good luck

Those inner front wings are grim. The whole project depends on whether you really think you can repair them well. If you don't then it's not viable.

The front areas you exposed by taking the wings off look really bad with limited reference points left. I would start here because if it’s too far gone, you’ll find out quickly. Don’t be tempted to waste time and energy doing the easier bits first! Yes I am very dull and very sensible. You’ll need to be super committed to see this one through and I’m just not sure if it’s your kind of project. But if you go for it, we’d all love to see it

That's a nightmare. Those inner wings and firewall are doomed. I'm amazed it hasn't gone banana shaped already. Swap the good bits into your brother in laws 240D!

How the F does that car have an MOT?😮

Has your daughter started showing an interest in fixing up cars?

Ahhh, yes... Quite a bit of weight reduction there. But a classic Merc and well worth saving!

12:36 I think this is what would be quite literally a _bottomless_ money pit if you ever had the terrible idea to try to save it. Here you don't need to look for repair panels... no my friend, even if every single one was available, you still didn't needed them. What you need here is a replacement body, as a whole...

Rent or borrow a truck and come to visit Finland. I’m up to sell my property within a year and I have two sedan shells (and ton of other stuff for w/s123) for you wich have solid stuff at the firewall area. Approx 80 km from Turku. And yes, really cheaply.

Be wise and find another car which is better salvagable. You’ll have your fun, no worries. But this one will make you broke ánd sad. Very sad

Unfortunately, the car is passed its sell by date. Best to sell it off for spares.

Know where to stop, part it out!

Start with the scary parts - Look to Yorkshire car resturations and Soup automotive for inspiration

Maybe you should swap notes with Matt Furious Driving on his W123 efforts.

I’m afraid that’s too far gone, plough your skills into saving another 4 cars in the time it takes to fix that, which will only ever be satisfactory

I think you should fix it, you have the skills, it would make good content, and you said you dont have the cash to buy a good one. You can't scrap it! They're not making any more!

Just in time, it is a lot of welding but when it is done you will want to keep it it will be good project.

Wow! Rusty. Try "furious driving." he has done a lot of metal replacement on a 123.

You've just got to love these old Mercs.

Mat from Furiosdriving YT chanel had the same rust spots under the arches.

I'd enjoy a series of videos on the Drain repairs.

That's the problem with W124 Diesels. The engine and transmission last far longer than the body shell.

Thats my dream car🥰 i would do everything i could to save it. please don't part it out.

Nice job on the clutch and the exhaust pipe. Now back to cruising with it.

Woah, she's got a hefty dose of tin worm. That's an awful lot of work there. A difficult decision for sure.

We have an electric mower and a string trimmer. They are very nice to work with and I like how non-fussy they are to use. I still keep the old petrol (gasoline) powered ones around because there are times when I need to run them for several hours at a time and the (multiple) batteries just don't last that long.

When you have finally replaced every rotten panel, you will have replaced all of them. It will just be a new body welded together from various spare parts using the old body as scaffolding. As much as I love and adore W123s, this is not worth it. It's too far gone. You know that rust is like an iceberg, for every bit of rust you can see, there's ten more you can't. This car needs to go to Old Merc Heaven.

Sad to say that it is just too far gone. It’s tough but I would break it and sell the good parts.

I'm usually all for fun jobs, but this seems too far gone to make any sense unfortunately. Would keep you from showing a lot of interesting and fun progress on your channel I'm afraid. :/

Lad den gamle mercer få fred! skrotpris!

16:40 No, stop right there!! That is your baby you are talking about... I vote you get the repair panels and sort it out... It looks worse than it is.

12:30 That is not rust, that is all new air conditioning for your feet! I am happy you are fixing this up. You will be very happy when it is finished. If anyone can sort this out, you can. You are very good at this.

Such a fine car!

Stupid. That's the more simple car in the world.

0:10 Could you please come to my home and cut my grass for me? 😂😂🤣🤣😂😂

W120'erne bliver meget mere værd i de kommende år, og pladedele er nemme at få fat i. Den skal selvfølgelig bare laves i stand! 😊

How could the Danish inspectorate know whether the shell that you swapped came from Denmark or not?

Don´t flog a dead horse kzfaq.info/get/bejne/etKfgtucssm9dJc.html

That is indeed a tough call!

i thought it would be more bad :D It is savable, and you would learn alot of metal working if you would complete this. But it will take shitload of time and motivation :D

Good grief Seppo! I don't think that Odin himself could resurrect this old bus! I truly admire your enthusiasm and skill, but I believe you may as well throw your money into the sea! Best option would be to part it out and recover some of your money, as well as helping other owners restore their Mercs.

great work mate!!!

That is a massive job to rebuild that shell

I have scrapped less rusty cars, it really is too far gone to be viable, the deeper you dig, the more rust you will find!

Salvage the good parts and scrap it, save your time and energy for a better example.

Perhaps strange to say but I hope it can be saved, it is just a heck of a lot of work, as you say.

Yikes! Some off time at the storage, apperently didnt fix the rust! 😮😅

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