I've been working on this restoration for the past 2 years and figured I might as well share it here on the forum. Originally my father bought the car used in 1964 and it was driven till the mid to late 70s. Since then it has been sitting idle in the garage. I took the car from him a couple years back and have started on the restoration.
I've been doing all the mechanical work and the body is at friends body shop who does a lot of restoration projects. Current status of the build is most of the metal and fabrication work is complete. They are on to the final refitting of the body panels. I've completed the front and rear end rebuilds and the engine is about 95% complete.
I'll update this thread to show how the project has progressed so far. For now here is quick pic of when I first picked up the car from my father. For those not familiar with old Mercedes, it is the one on the left. The other is a 1969 300 SEL 6.3 which I also obtained from my father.