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Classic Muscle Car >> What do you get when you cross a 1959 Mercedes 190SL with a Corvette?
Answer: A custom classic built by Jellybean Hotrods.
Spotted at the Abbotsford Collector Car Show Oct 13 & 14 2007
This classy drop top packs a punch with a 5.7 LT1 motor (300 horsepower) replacing the original 1.9 , 4 cylinder. Only weighing 2,700 lbs I am sure it’s one hell of a ride!
Endless amount of mods…
Featured in RPM Motoring Monthly Magazine – July 2007
BUILDER UPDATE:
This 190SL came into Jellybean Hotrods for a custom built air cleaner but once it was looked at closer, evidence of major previous butcher work was evident. The customer saw the state it was in underneath the vehicle so he decided to go all out & build a 1-of-a-kind modern day sports car.
In went the fuel injected Corvette LT1 motor with custom built ceramic coated headers & 4 speed automatic transmission with a Lokar shifter, air ride all around, 4 wheel disk brakes, 373 posi, triangulated 4 link rear suspension & a custom built Mustang 11 front suspension. The interior received new vintage style gauges, air conditioning, power windows, GPS, 800 watt stereo with a custom built consul & speaker boxes that fit like a glove & look like they grew in their place. The trunk was finished off with carpet on the floor & upholstered side panels with an oval plexi-glass window to showcase the Audison amp that drives the thumping stereo. A show quality paint job with a custom mix color helps this fantastic car take a trophy in every show it enters.
Whether it is on the road or in the shows, it turns heads big time.
More images can be found here: http://www.jellybeanhotrods.com/59mercedes.htm
Karma:
Take your time, plan out your project & make sure you will like the finished product. Do your research so you know what you want & build it the way you want, not the way your buddy or a magazine says it needs to be. After all, you will be the one paying for it & driving it.
Classic Muscle Car >> What do you get when you cross a 1959 Mercedes 190SL with a Corvette?
Answer: A custom classic built by Jellybean Hotrods.
Spotted at the Abbotsford Collector Car Show Oct 13 & 14 2007
This classy drop top packs a punch with a 5.7 LT1 motor (300 horsepower) replacing the original 1.9 , 4 cylinder. Only weighing 2,700 lbs I am sure it’s one hell of a ride!
Endless amount of mods…
Featured in RPM Motoring Monthly Magazine – July 2007
BUILDER UPDATE:
This 190SL came into Jellybean Hotrods for a custom built air cleaner but once it was looked at closer, evidence of major previous butcher work was evident. The customer saw the state it was in underneath the vehicle so he decided to go all out & build a 1-of-a-kind modern day sports car.
In went the fuel injected Corvette LT1 motor with custom built ceramic coated headers & 4 speed automatic transmission with a Lokar shifter, air ride all around, 4 wheel disk brakes, 373 posi, triangulated 4 link rear suspension & a custom built Mustang 11 front suspension. The interior received new vintage style gauges, air conditioning, power windows, GPS, 800 watt stereo with a custom built consul & speaker boxes that fit like a glove & look like they grew in their place. The trunk was finished off with carpet on the floor & upholstered side panels with an oval plexi-glass window to showcase the Audison amp that drives the thumping stereo. A show quality paint job with a custom mix color helps this fantastic car take a trophy in every show it enters.
Whether it is on the road or in the shows, it turns heads big time.
More images can be found here: http://www.jellybeanhotrods.com/59mercedes.htm
Karma:
Take your time, plan out your project & make sure you will like the finished product. Do your research so you know what you want & build it the way you want, not the way your buddy or a magazine says it needs to be. After all, you will be the one paying for it & driving it.
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Lu
I need one. Somebody finally built a cool Mercedes
Nov 10th, 2007
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